John Riccitiello has stepped down as CEO of Unity, the company announced earlier this week in a press release. While his retirement as CEO, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors was effective immediately, Riccitiello will continue to advise Unity to ensure a smooth transition. James Whitehurst, former Senior Advisor at IBM, has been appointed Interim CEO, President and a member of the Board.

While the press release did not specify the reason for Riccitiello's retirement, the news follows a recent controversial move by the company under his leadership which would have charged developers a fee whenever someone downloads their Unity-made game. Unity attempted to clarify its statement and said that they will be making amendments to the policy; but the initial announcement was considered as a breach of trust by the developer and gamer community and how much of that trust can be salvaged remains to be seen.

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[squeakycleanswine]

He just ruined Unity's image forever, and he's just gonna leave. What a piece of shit.

 

[xdarkx]

John Riccitiello is part of the reason for the whole install fee debacle. The board members that are still at Unity is also the reason for the bonehead decision. So it's still not safe to trust Unity.

 

[Xzi]

Stepped down? More like booted his ass to the curb. What a moron.

 

[Kitocco]

Which one exactly? There are many of them.

The one that won 1st place for title in 2012 an 2013, and has an article on Wikipedia just for criticisms of it all while being a game publisher
Their name starts with "E", and ends in "Arts"

Wow is that his actual face?

Yeah, I was also surprised to find out this was the same guy I vaguely remember seeing in this edit years ago

 

[Vetusomaru]

The one that won 1st place for title in 2012 an 2013, and has an article on Wikipedia just for criticisms of it all while being a game publisher
Their name starts with "E", and ends in "Arts"

Of course, who else?

 

[SS4]

Seems like the scapegoat tactic.
Have a pawn implement all the crazy BS.
Proceed to put all the blame on him while heavily compensating him as he leaves the company.

 

[Kioku]

Stepped down? More like booted his ass to the curb. What a moron.

Like he cares? Dude will get a fat check, and they’ll likely put someone else in who cares just a fraction more, but not enough to benefit the consumer and developers.

 

[Xzi]

Like he cares? Dude will get a fat check, and they’ll likely put someone else in who cares just a fraction more, but not enough to benefit the consumer and developers.

Gotta love failing your way to the top. And by love it, I mean hate it.

 

[Chris_Dai_Gyakuten_Saiban]

And nothing of value was lost. Hopefully, things get better for Unity now that this "thing" is gone.

 

[Ondrashek06]

This is some good news, but this won't fix the reputation that Unity had already received. I hope that this is really the end for the controversy surrounding Unity though.

Actually take that back. Unity was never a great language to begin with with all of those small, annoying games people just make for fun.

It was an engine, not a language -- a set of tools for game development. The language Unity uses is mostly C#.

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This 100% won't be the last anti-consumer stunt done by a major known corporation. These shithead execs NEVER get the idea that infinite growth is IMPOSSIBLE, not just hard to achieve. Remember when Onlyfans tried to ban porn to appease investors, despite the fact that porn is the only content posted to that platform?

 

[Lodad]

Womp womp womp wommmmmp.

 

[DarkCoffe64]

This psychopath should be fucking hanged, not just let go with a pat on the head after going "We've wevvy sowwy" and with all the fucking money he basically stole from everyone that invested in unity.

 

[m00k00]

Sorry to say so, Unity, but too little, too late. Should have gotten rid off your whole board of managing directors who allowed this shit to happen.

 

[17hitcombooo]

should've happened way sooner. that was fucking awful to even begin with

 

[totesmagotes]

isn't Unity owned by some Israeli company ?

It's based on San Francisco, and has many offices in different parts of the world, one of which is in Tel Aviv.
Ironsource is an Israeli company, but Unity owns it, not the other way around.

 

[jeremy2020]

And almost... JUST almost giving Bill Mahr competition for "most hateable face alive".

Wow is that his actual face?

Yeah, I was also surprised to find out this was the same guy I vaguely remember seeing in this edit years ago

The guy they replaced him with looks like a bond villain.

 

[hippy dave]

The guy they replaced him with looks like a bond villain.

"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to implement microtransactions"