GameDev News - April 19, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2019.1.0 / 2018.3.13
    • Introducing Unity 2019.1
    • Unity ML-Agents Toolkit v0.8: Faster training on real games
    • Cuphead developer’s tips to optimize for Nintendo Switch
    • Unity3d LWRP and VFX Graph for mobile games seeking high performance and beautiful graphics
  • Godot
    • The State of Godot | GDC 2019, at GitHub HQ
    • Atlas support returns to Godot 3.2
    • WebRTC support, progress report #1
  • Microsoft
    • New in D3D12 – background shader optimizations
    • Start developing on Windows 10 May 2019 Update today
    • C++17/20 Features and Fixes in Visual Studio 2019
    • In-Editor Documentation for CMake in Visual Studio
  • Other
    • Managing your game dev career, from early to late stages
    • Project Substance Alchemist: a Fresh Harvest of New Features
    • LunarG releases new Vulkan SDK for 1.1.106.0 header
    • AMD GDC 2019 Presentations Available
    • Flax Engine Adds Vulkan Support
• Industry News
  • Microsoft-related
    • Xbox One S All-Digital Edition launches May 7
    • Microsoft announces Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
    • Forza goes free-to-play with Forza Street
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  • VR/AR
    • Superhot VR has out-earned the original Superhot
    • Microsoft Aims to Improve VR for Users with Vision Problems
    • Facebook is Working on a Voice Assistant for Oculus Devices, Portal & More
    • Oculus Job Posts Point to Facebook-built AR Headset on the Horizon
  • Other
    • Apple invested a reported $500 million in Arcade partnerships
    • Exclusive: What to Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation
    • Capcom rolling out its own retro system
    • Jen MacLean joins Amazon Game Tech
    • Top 25 public game companies grossed over $100bn combined revenue last year
    • GameStop offers full refunds on selected new releases returned within 48 hours
    • More powerful Nintendo Switch reportedly still in experimental stages
    • Kickstarter's games category surpasses $1 billion in pledges
    • Nintendo stock leaps following Switch approval in China
    • Streamlabs: Twitch is still streaming king, though YouTube is gaining ground
• Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • Infocom library source code (and more onGitHub)
  • Tom Payne and the Box of Sonic 2 Development Disks – MEGABITES EXCLUSIVE REVEAL
  • Visualizing Commodore 1541 Disk Contents
  • HD emulation mod makes “Mode 7” SNES games look like new
  • Video: A classic game postmortem of Panzer Dragoon
  • Super Mario Bros. for C64
  • Artificial intelligence is helping old video games look like new