GameDev News - January 31, 2020
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
- Unreal
- CryEngine
- Godot
- Stadia
- Microsoft
- New Roadmap Page (PlayFab)
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19555
- TraceProcessor 0.3.0
- WinPixEventRuntime 2001.27
- Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 Preview 2 is available
- What's New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 for C++, Xamarin, and Azure Tooling Experiences
- C++ Modules conformance improvements with MSVC in Visual Studio 2019 16.5
- CMake, Linux targeting, and IntelliSense improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2
- MSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2019 Versions 16.3 and 16.4
- Improve Parallelism in MSBuild
- Industry News
- Microsoft-related
- VR/AR
- Other
- Tencent bids to acquire 100% of Funcom
- Activision Blizzard, EA, Sony, Microsoft included in HRC's 2020 Corporate Equality Index
- Playful Studios "significantly reduces" full-time staff
- What new console features are important to gamers?
- Id Software was "crunching pretty hard most of last year" on Doom Eternal
- Stadia in the New Year
- US game content revenues hit $35.4 billion in 2019, say NPD and ESA
- Stardew Valley has sold 10 million copies in 4 years
- Console tariff off the table as tensions ease between US and China
- Activision Blizzard and Google sign esports, cloud deals
- UK Charts: The Witcher 3 rises as Dragon Ball holds No.1
- Rocket League support ending on Mac and Linux, offers refunds
- Minecraft was the UK's best-selling new IP of the decade
- Nintendo mobile games have brought in $1b in lifetime revenue
- Crunch and 'extended hours' both down in latest IGDA dev satisfaction survey
- Nintendo raises Switch forecast as console shipments pass 52 million
- Google responds to complaints of slow Stadia announcements
- Esports events delayed, cancelled as coronavirus spreads
- Nintendo president confirms no Switch Pro in 2020
- Digital net revenue was 70% of EA's total revenue in Q3
- In Europe, Google Play users spent more on mobile gaming in 2019 than App Store users
- Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting