GameDev News - July 12, 2019

• Unity
  • Unity 2019.1.10 / 2018.4.4 / 2017.4.30
  • Unity 2019.2.0b9
  • Unity 2018.3.0a8
  • Enlighten will be replaced with a robust solution for Baked and Real-time GIobal Illumination
  • Upgraded and Updated: Scripting your next game with Visual Studio and Unity
• Unreal
  • Unreal Engine 4.23 Preview 1 now available
• Amazon/Lumberyard
  • Getting Started with Dynamic Vegetation in Lumberyard: Sample Now Available
  • Large Match Support for Amazon GameLift – Available Now
• CryEngine
  • Adding Audio to Your Level
  • Getting started with CRYENGINE
• Godot
  • Vulkan progress report #1
  • Godot 3.2 ARVR update
  • Maintenance release: Godot 2.1.6
  • C# support on Android
• VR/AR
  • Developer Perspective: UE4 Logging and Console Commands for Mobile VR
• Microsoft
  • Use VHD to Accelerate DirectX 12 Development
  • DirectX - Useful Links
  • New in D3D12 – Motion Estimation
  • Clang/LLVM Support for MSBuild Projects
  • GPU timing data in New Timing Captures
  • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936
• Other
  • Optimizing Project Hospital
  • Writing a small ray tracer in Rust and Zig
  • Filament v1.3.0 Released
  • 4Players launches Next-Generation Player Engagement Platform SCILL

Industry News

• VR/AR
  • Valve Index makes VR prettier, but it's the controllers that steal the show
  • Valve is already exploring "untethered" Index VR hardware
  • Oculus Job Listing Points to Eye-tracking in ‘next gen AR/VR products’
  • Valve Releases CAD Models for Index VR System, Letting Makers Build to Their Heart’s Content
  • Facebook reportedly after Ubisoft IP, other AAA franchises for Oculus exclusives
  • Rumor: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Consumer AR Headset
• Other
  • Remedy obtains publishing rights to Alan Wake
  • UK retail charts: Super Mario Maker 2 overtakes Crash Team Racing at No.1
  • Age of Empires series brings in over 1 million players each month
  • Shovel Knight has surpassed 2.5 million sales
  • Media Molecule headlines our Develop:Brighton issue
  • Super Mario Maker 2 holds UK No.1 in strong week for Nintendo Switch
  • Cuphead getting Netflix series
  • Nintendo moves some Switch production to Vietnam
  • Nintendo Switch Lite launches this September
  • Mobile gamers downloaded a total of 11.2 billion games in Q2 2019
  • Google Stadia has received 4,000 applications from developers
  • Nearly three-fourths of gamers prefer Netflix-style subscription for cloud games
  • Steam launches Steam Labs to house feature experiments

Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting

• The time I tried to ruin Halo 2
• Game Source Code Collection
• This Chiptune Player’s Got What Nintendon’t
• Quadplay Fantasy Console Open Sourced
• DeluxePaint source code
• PC Engine/Turbo Graphics Mini Games Revealed