GameDev News - Week Ending December 15, 2017
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
* Unity 2017.1.2p4 * Using Machine Learning Agents in a real game: a beginner’s guide * Spectating VR * Available now: OctaneRender for Unity * Crunch compression of ETC textures - Unreal
* 4.18.2 Hotfix Released - Lumberyard
* A New Year, A New Engine - CryEngine
* Check out how we use Substance with CRYENGINE to create an iconic asset for Hunt: Showdown - Microsoft
* Microsoft Announces Simplygon Cloud; Optimizes Mixed Reality Development * Android NDK R15C support goes in-box in Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.6 Preview * Image Watch is now available for Visual Studio 2017 - Other
* Steam Curator Connect now live for all developers * IKinema RunTime development tools arrive on Switch
- Unity
- Industry News
- Other
* Global esports revenue to hit $2.3 billion in 2022 - SuperData * Physical games sales rankings to date 2017 - week one, lifetime and ratios * Nintendo Switch sales hit 10m worldwide * Apple introduces pre-orders to App Store * Nintendo seeks new partners to increase smartphone line-up * Crytek sues Star Citizen developers * Disney acquires the bulk of 21st Century Fox in $52.4B deal * The FCC votes to overturn net neutrality
- Other
- Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting