GameDev News - April 26, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2018.3.14 / 2017.4.26
    • Unity 2019.2.0a13
    • Community Component – Game breakdowns, visual effects, shaders, and falcons
    • What’s new with UIElements in 2019.1
    • Improved Unity Ad performance insights with Multi-dimensional Reporting
    • Toon Shader with Unity 2018.3
    • Free Unity Plugin Graphy 1.5.1 Released
  • Unreal
    • Explore En Garde! a 17th century, action-packed UE4 student game
  • Amazon/Lumberyard
    • Amazon GameLift Realtime Servers Now Available
  • Godot
    • Release candidate: Godot 3.1.1 RC 1
    • Godot 3.2 will get a new Android plugin system
  • VR/AR
    • Owlchemy Labs Case Study: Lessons Learned from JOB to VACATION
    • Introducing Avatar SDK: Expressive Update
  • Microsoft
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18885
    • PIX 1904.23 – New Timing Capture preview and improved DXIL shader debugging
    • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2
    • Improved C++ IntelliCode now Ships with Visual Studio 2019
    • Visual Studio C++ Template IntelliSense Populates Based on Instantiations in Your Code
    • Clang/LLVM Support in Visual Studio
    • Visual Studio CMake Support – Clang/LLVM, CMake 3.14, Vcpkg, and Performance Improvements
  • Other
    • Video: Building God of War's Atreus to fit with both gameplay and narrative
    • The Indie Guide To Marketing
    • Unboxing BOXBOY! - A Character Controller Cover
    • Snapchat is launching an SDK to let devs use Bitmoji avatars in their own games
    • NVIDIA Nsight Systems Adds Vulkan Support
    • GLFW 3.3 Released
    • Ray Tracing Gems Free on Google Play
• Industry News
  • Microsoft-related
    • Sagging Xbox hardware sales offset by software, services growth
  • VR/AR
    • Report: Apple to Announce ARKit Updates at WWDC 2019 Including OS Support for AR Headsets
    • The Simple Guide to Four Major VR Headsets Launching This Spring
  • Other
    • China introduces new game approval process, limiting total approvals per year
    • South Korean FTC examining consumer regulations surrounding in-game purchases
    • Over half of PUBG Corp's 2018 revenue came from Asia
    • Apex Legends is on the decline with streamers after a record-setting month
    • PUBG Corp sees $920 million in 2018 revenue
    • NPD: Nintendo Switch continues strong sales in quarter of hardware declines
    • World War Z sells 1m copies in first week
    • Google coy with new Stadia details, pushes the promise of discoverability
    • Here's why the Epic Games Store takes a 12 percent revenue cut from devs
    • Supply chain hackers are using video game development software to distribute malware
    • Nintendo Switch had 23 million-selling games in the last fiscal year
    • Rising PS4 game sales drive Sony to $78.1bn full-year revenues
• Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • GB Studio
  • Contributing devs up in arms over Capcom's use of the FB Alpha emulator
  • Get Coding With This Atari 2600 Development Suite
  • Circuit-Level Game Boy: Upping Emulation Ante By Simulating Every Cycle
  • Did a vigilante ROM leaker go too far to “preserve” a lost Atari ROM?