GameDev News - Week Ending April 21, 2017
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
- VR/AR
- Microsoft
- Just released – Windows developer evaluation virtual machines – April 2017 build
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16179 for PC + Build 15205 for Mobile
- Building a Telepresence App with HoloLens and Kinect
- Monetizing your app: Use interstitial banner as fallback for interstitial video
- CMake support in Visual Studio – what’s new in 2017 15.2 update
- Other
- 7 memorable boss fights that every developer should study
- Video: Building the worlds of No Man's Sky using math(s)
- New doc sheds light on how Guerrilla built the world of Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Develop April: VR and Engines
- Ludum Dare turns XV
- Making Horizon Zero Dawn's Machines feel like living creatures
- Industry News
- VR/AR
- Other
- Nintendo Switch becomes fastest-selling system in Nintendo history (2.4m consoles)
- Nintendo discontinuing NES Classic globally
- Nintendo preparing SNES mini for this Christmas - report
- Digital sales now represent 74% of the US game market
- New Facebook game initiatives aim to win back devs and reshape strategy
- Gaming video to generate $4.6 billion this year - SuperData
- Nintendo Switch drives March games sales to $1.36B in US - NPD
- Shopify enables devs to sell physical merchandise in-game
- Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting
- The AI of Street Fighter II (and a bunch of other great tech info at the root)
- Cloud Gaming On An Azure Server Using Parsec
- The Atari Arcade Theatre Kiosk