GameDev News - August 9, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2019.1.14 / 2018.4.6
  • CryEngine
    • 5.6 Audio Upgrades Preview
    • CE Launcher Update 1.10.2
  • Godot
    • Vulkan progress report #2
  • VR/AR
    • Getting Started w/ The Unity GPU Profiler for Oculus Quest and Go
    • Developer Guide to ASW 2.0
  • Microsoft
    • TraceProcessor 0.2.0
    • PIX 1908.02 – Fixes for customer issues, plus DXR and New Timing Capture improvements
    • Windows 10 Servicing Release KB4505903 required for instrumented CPU captures
    • Preview Features in Visual Studio
    • Game performance improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362.10012 & 18362.10013 (19H2)
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18956
    • Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18950 available now!
  • Other
    • A Thread about Navigation Mesh and Sunset Overdrive...
    • Spine 3.8 Released
    • The 18-month fence hop, the six-day chair, and why video games are so hard to make
    • The AI of Hitman (2016)
    • When We Made… Baba is You
    • List of over 500 open source games with technical infos
• Industry News
  • Microsoft-related
    • Ninja off to strong start on Mixer
    • Halo TV series pushed to 2021
  • VR/AR
    • Rift & Rift S Now Account for Half of Headsets Used on Steam
    • Valve Cancels VirtualLink Adapter Accessory for Index, Cites Technical Issues & Laptop Adoption
  • Other
    • Roblox has surpassed 100 million monthly active users
    • ESA defends against Trump's proposed video game crackdown
    • IGDA, IGDAF issue statement on weekend shootings in the US
    • Take-Two Interactive ups full-year guidance following strong recurrent returns
    • Square Enix kicks off financial year with Q1 sales of $501m
    • Psyonix removes paid, randomized crates from Rocket League
    • Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony to launch platform-wide rules on loot box disclosures
    • UK spent £1.6bn on video games in the first half of 2019
    • Activision Blizzard sees sagging sales, profit, engagement
    • Epic Games commits to loot box transparency across portfolio
    • Walmart taking down violent video game demos, displays
• Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • The JRPG Startup Cost

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[GirlsUGames]

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