GameDev News - July 26, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2019.1.12 / 2018.4.5
    • Unity 2019.3.0a10
  • Unreal
    • Unreal 4.23 Preview 3
    • Unreal Engine Now Supports Maxon’s Cinema 4D
  • Amazon/Lumberyard
    • Performance Improvements in Lumberyard Beta 1.20 – Available Now
  • CryEngine
    • Game and Level Design Tutorials
    • CRYENGINE Dynamic Physics Tutorial
  • VR/AR
    • Developer Perspective: Improving Memory Usage and Load Times in UE4 (Oculus)
  • Microsoft
    • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18945
    • What’s new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945
    • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 Generally Available and 16.3 Preview 1
    • Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2 is now available (and a Preview for 8.3)
    • Improved Linker Fundamentals in Visual Studio 2019
    • Visual Studio Code C/C++ Extension: July 2019 Update
  • Other
    • Understanding the Success of Fortnite: A UX & Psychology Perspective
• Industry News
  • Microsoft-related
    • Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI
    • New Approaches to Home and Xbox Voice Commands Roll Out to Xbox Insiders
  • VR/AR
    • Oculus Go emulation coming to the Quest later this year
    • Index Now Available for Immediate Shipping in US, Valve Promotes it on Steam’s Front Page
    • Magic Leap Update Brings Hand Occlusion, Expanded Multiplayer Support & More
    • Quest & Rift S Update Brings Controller Tracking Improvements
  • Other
    • Ubisoft pledges support to open source 3D creation tool Blender
    • The Pokémon Company teams up with Tencent to create more Pokémon games
    • SuperData: Crash Team Racing sold over 550k units digitally in June
    • UK Charts: Crash Team Racing returns to No.1 as Amazon Prime Day boosts market
    • Latest Unity investment values company at $6 billion
    • Epic Game store adds cloud saves
    • Corsair acquires Origin PC