We have been waiting for this for a long time, and the news has finally arrived. Announced at the Unite conference currently being held in Amsterdam, Unite Technologies has just announced that they will be supporting Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.

This will mean developers will have a very easy time porting high quality, graphics-intensive games to Windows Phone 8 from the iPhone, and we will finally see the gaming platform live up to its potential.

The news was relayed by Jeff Weber, well known Krashlander developer, and like him we are awaiting more details.

The news has been confirmed by Edge-Online.com where Unity Technologies CEO David Helgason revealed 53% of mobile game developers already uses the engine.

â€œOur mission at Unity has always been to provide solutions for developers to effortlessly bring their work to as many different platforms as possible,â€ Helgason said.

â€œThe Unity community has been asking for access to Windows Phones and have been eagerly anticipating the release of Windows 8. Weâ€™re happy to announce that we will support both.â€

See the full press release after the break.