GameDev News - Week Ending November 24, 2017
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
* Unity 2017.1.2p3 / 5.6.4p3 * Unity 2017.3.0b10 * Unity 2017.3b feature preview: Assembly Definition Files and Transform Tool * Making cool stuff with ScriptableObjects - Unreal
* Getting Started with Google Blocks and Unreal Engine - CryEngine
* A look into the Character Art Pipeline - VR/AR
* How to maximize AR and VR performance with advanced stereo rendering (Unity) * The Story Behind Moving with Your Feet in VR Mode (Unreal) - Microsoft
* Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17040 now available * New DirectX 12 features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - Other
* 10th Anniversary Classic Postmortem: Harmonix's Rock Band
- Unity
- Industry News
- Microsoft-related
* Xbox One X launch sales well behind competition in Japan - VR/AR
* Resident Evil VII Biohazard Surpasses 300K VR Players * Apple reportedly buys AR startup Vrvana for $30 million * Microsoft sued over HoloLens patent infringement - Other
* EA removes microtransactions from Star Wars Battlefront 2 temporarily following feedback * Tencent crosses $500 billion market cap milestone * Develop to be absorbed by MCV in 2018 * EA continue readjustment of microtransactions as Need For Speed Payback is updated * Nintendo Switch drives GameStop global sales to just shy of $2bn for latest quarter * Tencent to publish PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China * Multiple layoffs at Gazillion day before Thanksgiving * Rovio share price down nearly 20% after latest financial report * PC microtransaction revenue has doubled since 2012
- Microsoft-related
- Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting