GameDev News - September 13, 2019

• Dev/Tools/Tech

  • Unity
  • Unity 2019.2.5 / 2018.4.9
  • Unity 2019.3.0b3
  • Speed up your team with the Unity Accelerator
  • Amazon/Lumberyard
  • Visual scripting updates, new animation features, and PhysX 4.1 in Lumberyard Beta 1.21 – Available Now
  • CryEngine
  • 5.6 Particles and Systems
  • Godot
  • GSoC 2019 progress report #3
  • VR/AR
  • Google ARCore Update Brings More Robust Cloud Anchors for Improved Multiuser AR
  • Microsoft
  • PlayFab - New Navigation for Game Manager (Public Preview)
  • DRED v1.2 supports PIX marker and event strings in Auto-Breadcrumbs
  • Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18980
  • Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18975 available now!
  • Say hello to the new Visual Studio terminal!
  • C++20 Concepts Are Here in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3
  • Other
  • Methods of creating invisible tutorials
  • Unity UI: The Guru's UI Development Diagram - General and Gameplay Programming

• Industry News

  • VR/AR
  • Well-funded AR Headset Startup DAQRI is Shutting Down
  • Vive Cosmos to Support SteamVR Tracking Lighthouse Base Stations
  • Vive Cosmos Release Date, Price, and Pre-orders
  • iOS 13 Code Suggests Apple is Testing Its AR Headset Internally
  • Vality is Building a Compact VR Headset with Ultra-high Resolution
  • Other
  • UK Charts: NBA 2K20 is No.1 in poor sales week
  • Valve updates experimental Steam Labs features
  • Pokémon Masters made $26m in its first week
  • EA readying cloud gaming technical trials
  • Apple Arcade offers up 100+ exclusive(-ish) mobile games for $4.99 a month
  • GameStop to close 180-200 "underperforming" stores globally this year
  • NPD: US game sales drop 18% in August
  • Steam's latest discovery update tilts the algorithm away from popular games

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

  • Dreamcast 20th anniversary interview extravaganza
  • Web-based C64 Sprite Editor