GameDev News - August 9, 2019
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
- CryEngine
- Godot
- VR/AR
- 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
- Industry News
- Microsoft-related
- VR/AR
- 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