GameDev News - Week Ending August 11, 2017
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
* Unity 2017.1.0p3 * Unity 2017.2.0b6 * Standard Events Explained: Part 2 – Application and Progression * Spotlight Team Best Practices: Project Setup * UnityScript’s long ride off into the sunset - Unreal
* Unreal Engine 4.17 Released * Epic and Unreal at SIGGRAPH 2017 - CryEngine
* CRYENGINE 5.4.0 Preview 3 - VR/AR
* Adding Gear VR Controller Support to the Unity VR Samples * Oculus August Monthly Tech Release Notes - Microsoft
* Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 16257 and Mobile Emulator Build 15235 Released * Xbox Live Creators Program Is Now Live! - Other
* The Shrouded Isle dev explains the allure of procedural design * 'Rage' - Development Postmortem
- Unity
- Industry News
- VR/AR
* Oculus now lets Rift users launch Steam games in VR - Other
* Digital sales boost profits at Square Enix * Steam attracts an average of 1.5M new customers a month * Over 200 games launched on Steam in the first week of August alone * Bandai Namco sees game revenue fall by 28% * The first two Fig releases have seen mixed results * Disney and Unity accused of collecting children's personal information
- VR/AR
- Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting