GameDev News - March 8, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2018.3.7 / Unity 2018.3.8 / Unity 2017.4.22
    • Unity 2019.1.0b6
    • Android Support Update: 64 bit and App Bundles Backported to 2017.4 LTS
    • Visual Effect Graph Samples
    • On DOTS: Entity Component System
  • Unreal
    • Unreal Engine 4.22 Preview 4
  • Amazon/Lumberyard
    • Delight your players with game analytics
  • Godot
    • Release candidate: Godot 3.1 RC 1
  • VR/AR
    • Oculus SDK 1.35 Release Highlights
    • Multiple Expansion Files for Mobile, Rift and Future Platforms
    • Pre-GDC 2019: Past VR Presentation Highlights
  • Microsoft
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18353
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18850
    • Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18346 available now!
    • PlayFab Localized Player Communications
    • Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview 3
    • Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement: New Revenue Share
    • Making C++ Exception Handling Smaller On x64
  • Other
    • Building a save system for level objects in Unity Pt1 - Checkpoints
    • Nsight Compute 2019.1
    • Designing Mortal Kombat's famously bloody fatalities
    • Nightfall - Scary Sound Effects and Ambiences
• Industry News
  • VR/AR
    • Nintendo introduces Nintendo Labo VR Kit
    • Valve lays off 13, some involved with VR
    • Oculus Rift is Out of Stock All Over the Web, Suggesting ‘Rift S’ is Near
  • Other
    • Tencent among shortlisted bidders for Nexon
    • UK Charts: Anthem holds No.1 as LEGO Movie 2, Dirt Rally 2.0 and Trials Rising make Top 10
    • Apex Legends hits 50 million players
    • Anthem reportedly shutting off PS4s, Sony issuing refunds
    • Vivendi sells remaining Ubisoft shares
    • Newzoo: Games are the third most-popular mobile app category
    • Kartridge is the latest PC storefront using exclusive games to entice players
    • Nintendo reportedly asks mobile partners to stop players from spending so much
    • Cloud games tech firm Hadean raises £7m
    • Here are your MCV Awards 2019 winners!
    • EA foregoes EA Play press conference for E3
    • Sony launches PS4 Remote Play for iOS
    • Blizzard cuts more than 200 US jobs as part of Activision restructure
    • SpatialOS dev Improbable is setting up its own game development studios
• Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • War Stories