GameDev News - August 2, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Here’s what’s in the brand-new Unity 2019.2
    • Unity 2019.1.13 / Unity 2019.2.0
    • Unity 2019.3.0a11
    • Custom Lighting in Shader Graph: Expanding your graphs in 2019
    • The power of photogrammetry: Simulating the real world in VR
    • 2D Pixel Perfect: How to set up your Unity project for retro 16-bit games
    • How We Optimised Our Scripts in Unity
  • Unreal
    • Unreal 4.2.3 Preview 4
    • Featured Free Marketplace Content - August 2019
    • Watch Quixel and SideFX explain how they developed the photorealistic real-time cinematic Rebirth
  • Amazon/Lumberyard
    • Redesigning Amazon Lumberyard’s Viewport Interaction Model
  • CryEngine
    • 5.6 Physics Upgrades Preview
  • VR/AR
    • Oculus Tech Updates: July, 2019
  • Stadia
    • Engage The Crowd With Crowd Choice
  • Microsoft
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18950
    • Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18945 available now!
    • Improving the Performance of Standard Library Functions
    • Inlining Decisions in Visual Studio
    • Smarter Member List Filtering for C++
    • MSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2
  • Other
    • Video: A game programmer's guide to the dark secrets of RNG
    • Making the bizarre, hilarious world of Trover Saves the Universe
    • Creating a vegetation system that reacts to the environment
    • Blender 2.8 Released with Redesigned User Interface
    • libspng
    • C++20 Is Feature Complete; Here’s What Changes Are Coming
    • NVIDIA Brings Out Nsight Graphics 2019.4
• Industry News
  • VR/AR
    • HTC Releases 3 Vive Cosmos Trailers Ahead of Confirmed Q3 Launch
    • OpenXR 1.0 Released, Microsoft Supports HoloLens 2 & WMR, Oculus Plans Rift & Quest Support
    • Vive Cosmos Listed for £700 at Major UK Retailer
  • Other
    • Winner of the Fortnite World Cup took home $3m
    • Fire Emblem beats Wolfenstein to the top of the UK charts
    • PlayStation 4 passes 100m shipments, but revenues dip by ¥15bn
    • Nintendo quarterly profits down 10% despite rising Switch sales
    • Bethesda missteps mar Doom re-releases
    • Pole to Win, Sega and Baba is You headline MCV’s Gamescom issue
    • Nearly half of EA's unit sales are now digital
    • Zynga sees best mobile bookings and revenue in company history for Q2
    • Capcom profits up 50.8% thanks to "highly profitable" digital downloads
    • Google testing 'Play Pass' subscription for Android
• Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • Arduino MIDI Chiptune Synthesizer
  • Run Your Own Phone To Bring The Dreamcast Back Online
  • Creative Limitation And The Super Nintendo Sound Chips