GameDev News - July 12, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2019.1.10 / 2018.4.4 / 2017.4.30
    • Unity 2019.2.0b9
    • Unity 2018.3.0a8
    • Enlighten will be replaced with a robust solution for Baked and Real-time GIobal Illumination
    • Upgraded and Updated: Scripting your next game with Visual Studio and Unity
  • Unreal
    • Unreal Engine 4.23 Preview 1 now available
  • Amazon/Lumberyard
    • Getting Started with Dynamic Vegetation in Lumberyard: Sample Now Available
    • Large Match Support for Amazon GameLift – Available Now
  • CryEngine
    • Adding Audio to Your Level
    • Getting started with CRYENGINE
  • Godot
    • Vulkan progress report #1
    • Godot 3.2 ARVR update
    • Maintenance release: Godot 2.1.6
    • C# support on Android
  • VR/AR
    • Developer Perspective: UE4 Logging and Console Commands for Mobile VR
  • Microsoft
    • Use VHD to Accelerate DirectX 12 Development
    • DirectX - Useful Links
    • New in D3D12 – Motion Estimation
    • Clang/LLVM Support for MSBuild Projects
    • GPU timing data in New Timing Captures
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936
  • Other
    • Optimizing Project Hospital
    • Writing a small ray tracer in Rust and Zig
    • Filament v1.3.0 Released
    • 4Players launches Next-Generation Player Engagement Platform SCILL

• Industry News

  • VR/AR
    • Valve Index makes VR prettier, but it's the controllers that steal the show
    • Valve is already exploring "untethered" Index VR hardware
    • Oculus Job Listing Points to Eye-tracking in ‘next gen AR/VR products’
    • Valve Releases CAD Models for Index VR System, Letting Makers Build to Their Heart’s Content
    • Facebook reportedly after Ubisoft IP, other AAA franchises for Oculus exclusives
    • Rumor: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Consumer AR Headset
  • Other
    • Remedy obtains publishing rights to Alan Wake
    • UK retail charts: Super Mario Maker 2 overtakes Crash Team Racing at No.1
    • Age of Empires series brings in over 1 million players each month
    • Shovel Knight has surpassed 2.5 million sales
    • Media Molecule headlines our Develop:Brighton issue
    • Super Mario Maker 2 holds UK No.1 in strong week for Nintendo Switch
    • Cuphead getting Netflix series
    • Nintendo moves some Switch production to Vietnam
    • Nintendo Switch Lite launches this September
    • Mobile gamers downloaded a total of 11.2 billion games in Q2 2019
    • Google Stadia has received 4,000 applications from developers
    • Nearly three-fourths of gamers prefer Netflix-style subscription for cloud games
    • Steam launches Steam Labs to house feature experiments

• Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting

  • The time I tried to ruin Halo 2
  • Game Source Code Collection
  • This Chiptune Player’s Got What Nintendon’t
  • Quadplay Fantasy Console Open Sourced
  • DeluxePaint source code
  • PC Engine/Turbo Graphics Mini Games Revealed