Well guess what, unity is on version 4.2!
What's new you ask? Only.. nothing... but... FREE SHADOWS!!!
THAT'S IT PEOPLE FREE SHADOWS... I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR MY LIFE. I'VE EVEN THOUGHT BUYING UNITY PRO FOR THE SHADOWS, AND NOW THEY ARE FREE!
Here's a pic of my game with shadows ON!
There's obviously more news, i think Android deployment got free. And now we can deploy (for free too i guess) for Blackberry, windows phone, iOS (free too).
Here's a quote from their website:
More information here: http://unity3d.com/unity/whats-new/unity-4.2New Platforms and Licensing
Windows Store Apps ("WSA", for both x86 and ARM) and Windows Phone 8 support. Pro version of WSA/WP8 is free for Unity Pro owners!
BlackBerry 10 support.
Now free: all "Basic" mobile licenses.
Now free: realtime shadows (one directional light only; hard shadows only).
Now free: text-based serialization of materials, prefabs, scenes etc. for easier version control.
Now free: NavMesh baking (OffMeshLinks still require Pro).
I really think this update major change was the shadows turned free.. a 3d game without shadows... that's unnatural and if you look at the first GTA... even top-down it had shadows