GameDev News - April 5, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2019.1.0b10
    • Higher fidelity and smoother frame rates with Adaptive Performance
    • Tips for extending the Unity Editor – Lessons from Project MARS
  • Unreal
    • Unreal Engine 4.22 released
    • Real-time ray tracing and new on-set tools in Unreal Engine 4.22
    • Featured free Marketplace content - April 2019
  • Godot
    • Godot 3.2 will get pseudo 3D support in 2D engine
  • VR/AR
    • Developer Perspective: Test Automation For Multiplayer VR
    • Oculus Unity Integration: Experimental Cross-Platform Support
  • Microsoft
    • New in D3D12 – GPU-Based Validation (GBV) is now available for Shader Model 6.x
    • Visual Studio 2019: Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future.
    • Visual Studio 2019 for Mac is now available
    • Live Share now included with Visual Studio 2019
    • Introducing Time Travel Debugging for Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
    • Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18362 available now!
    • Overhauling the PlayFab Data Backend
  • Other
    • What Astroneer's devs learned while leaving Early Access
    • 'Roguelike' from another planet: The big ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove interview
    • Developing a Pixel Bloodstain System
    • A Deep Dive Into Steam's Discovery Queue
• Industry News
  • Microsoft-related
    • Minecraft on PC surpasses 30m sales
  • VR/AR
    • Valve Index and Knuckles Pre-orders Confirmed for May 1st, Shipping in June
    • Hands-on: Oculus Quest is Ready and Able to Handle ‘Beat Saber’s’ Highest Difficulty
    • Oculus Brings More Lifelike Avatars to Rift & Go in ‘Expressive Avatars’ Update
  • Other
    • UK Charts: Yoshi's Crafted World wins in close battle for No.1
    • Sony is shutting down all Driveclub online servers
    • Sega Mega Drive Mini will launch September 19
    • Sony updates policy to allow refunds on pre-orders
    • Google: We're "committed to protecting and respecting privacy" with Stadia
    • 20 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion
    • Borderlands 3 joins list of Epic Games store PC exclusives
    • GameStop posts $673m full-year loss
    • Tencent raises nearly $6bn in bond sale
    • Ubisoft cancels Starlink physical toys following game's under performance
• Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • The story of the Rendition Vérité 1000
  • The story of the 3dfx Voodoo1
  • Todd Holland (The Wizard) – Interview
  • Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job

Comments

[Christopher Toman]

Interesting sum-up, I didn't know about the VS19, looks great!

It's nice to see some relevant game dev articles again :)

I hope, that you will get the exposure of all game developers for this post and in general.