GameDev News - May 24, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech
  • Unity
    • Unity 2019.1.4
    • Unity 2019.2.0b3
    • Unity 2019.3.0a3
    • GPU Lightmapper: A Technical Deep Dive
    • How to use Timeline Signals
  • Unreal
    • Unreal 4.22.2 Hotfix
    • Unreal Fest Europe 2019 presentations now available online
    • Introducing the session-based Example Project for the SpatialOS GDK for Unreal
  • CryEngine
    • Audio Showcase Level + Tutorial
  • Godot
    • WebRTC support, progress report #2
    • Major update for Visual Shaders in Godot 3.2
  • VR/AR
    • ASW and Passthrough+ with NVIDIA Optical Flow
    • SteamVR Update Brings Motion Smoothing to Modern AMD Graphics Cards
  • Microsoft
    • PIX CPU Tools: Populating the Range Details view
    • How to get the Windows 10 May 2019 Update
    • Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 now generally available (and 16.2 Preview 1 as well)
    • Windows Implementation Libraries (WIL)
    • Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18898 available now!
    • Code Reviews Using the Visual Studio Pull Requests Extension
  • Other
    • Game Design Deep Dive: Environmental storytelling in Generation Zero
    • Welcome to rabbit hell! Reliable AI locomotion with TDD
    • nWay Announces NWayPlay Backend Platform for Competitive Online Multiplayer Games
• Industry News
  • Microsoft-related
    • Xbox: “We have a huge responsibility to a healthy gaming lifestyle”
    • Minecraft has sold 176 million copies worldwide
    • Introducing the New Xbox Game Bar
    • Project xCloud: More for Gamers and Developers
  • VR/AR
    • Sony Hints Next-gen PSVR Could Bring HDR, Wireless, Eye-tracking & More
    • Rift S Will Get Enhanced Passthrough+ & ASW on the Latest NVIDIA GPUs
    • Vive Cosmos Expected to Launch in Q3
    • Index Specs Were Driven by Valve’s VR Game Dev Teams
  • Other
    • Improbable Edmonton: Spatial OS’ creator backs Bioware veteran’s RPG revolution
    • Sony launches PlayStation Productions to turn games into movies and TV shows
    • God of War reaches ten million lifetime sales
    • Valve lets players avoid toxic people in DOTA 2, charges for the privilege
    • Backwards compatibility and streaming key to Sony's next-gen strategy
    • Sony hardware demo showcases speedy next-gen load times and rendering
    • Metro Exodus recoups all costs, boosts Q1 revenue at THQ Nordic
    • Mortal Kombat 11 is the second best-selling game of 2019 in the US
    • Tencent acquires Sharkmob
    • Report: Tencent and Riot working on a mobile version of League of Legends
    • The Ouya's game store will close for good in June
    • Superdata: Apex Legends digital revenue down 74% in two months
    • The Playdate is a new crank-clad handheld from Firewatch publisher Panic
    • All Telltale Games to be pulled from GOG next week
    • These were the best-selling new releases on Steam in April
• Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
  • M2: Complete Works / MY LIFE IN GAMING
  • Novice Coders Can Create Classic Game Boy Games
  • Zork And The Z-Machine: Bringing The Mainframe To 8-bit Home Computers