GameDev News - Week Ending October 20, 2017
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Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
* Unity 5.6.4p1 * Unity 2017.3.0b5 * Mobile inside-out VR Tracking, now readily available on your phone with Unity - Unreal
* Improbable's SpatialOS integration with Unreal Engine now in open beta - CryEngine
* CRYENGINE Master Class – Introduction to UI - Godot
* Introducing C# in Godot - Microsoft
* Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension October 2017 update
- Unity
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Industry News
- Microsoft-related
* Xbox releases the Fall Update for Xbox One today * Microsoft introduces anti-cheating tool for UWP games developers - VR/AR
* Upgraded SteamVR Tracking will support 4 base stations in 2018 * Magic Leap lands another $502 million - Other
* Sumo Digital going public - Report * IGN buys Humble Bundle * Sony to publish Nintendo Switch games with new label Unties * More games released on Steam this year than whole of 2016 * Japanese mobile market outgrows US three years in a row * EA closes Dead Space developer Visceral Games * Nintendo Switch passes 2 million US sales * Lego Dimensions dropped - Report * Harmonix lays off 14 in bid to 'reduce overhead' * Gabe Newell's $5.5bn net worth puts him in US' top 100 wealthiest * Gaming video content has an audience of 665 million * Does Visceral's closure prove AAA single-player games are dying? * Researchers expect close holiday competition between Xbox One X and PS4 Pro
- Microsoft-related
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Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting