For game development, Microsoft is previewing a Unity extension to replace a neglected, hacked-up tool by the gaming company that withered on the vine. The new Unity for Visual Studio Code extension ...

Unity Technologies, known for its real-time development platform used widely for gaming apps, has detailed its plans for incorporating new changes in .NET and C# being pushed out by Microsoft.

In order to use the Visual Studio Code extension, developers will need to be running Unity 2021 or later and have the C# Dev Kit enabled.

It’s long been a pain point when developing a Unity game: having to use MonoDevelop as the IDE. Originally I never thought it was that bad, but after using Unity VS with Visual Studio on my ...