Announcing its upcoming acquisition of Applifier, Unity has more news - this time it's the latest iteration of its game engine - Unity 5. Available for pre-order now on Unity's store, Unity 5 brings ...

Unity Technologies unveils its new game engine, Unity 5, which includes improved audio, shaders and real-time lighting.

In addition, Imagination Technologies' PowerVR Ray Tracing tech will allow Unity users to get instantaneous feedback from in-editor real-time lightmaps.

The agreement allows Enlighten, a real-time lighting technology, to be integrated into the engine. Unity 5 is the first iteration of the engine which will incorporate Unity Cloud's ad-sharing network.

In addition to better graphics performance and compatibility with new platforms, Unity 5.6 also ushers in Mixed mode lighting including Baked indirect mode, Shadowmask mode and subtractive mode.

Light maps can now be previewed in real-time. Unity Cloud: — Remember the built-in ad solution that Unity announced around the middle of last year? That’ll launch with Unity 5.