Read original post by Peter Bright at Ars Technica
Microsoft has bought SyntaxTree, the developers of the UnityVS plug-in for Visual Studio, for an undisclosed price.
UnityVS enables developers using the cross platform game engine, Unity, to write and debug their Unity programs directly within Visual Studio, and judging by the logos on its homepage, the plug-in is popular in the gaming industry, with Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Valve, and many others listed.
The plug-in, formerly costing $99 for small teams, $249 for larger ones, will soon be made freely available from Microsoft.