GameDev News - Week Ending September 1, 2017
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
* Unity 5.6.3p2 * Unity 2017.2.0b9 * AR comes to Android with the ARCore SDK * Adding some perspective to your Unity 2D game - Unreal
* Get Started With Google ARCore Using Unreal Engine Today - Cocos2d-x
* Cocos Creator v1.6.1 - Lumberyard
* Starter Game gets a massive update, adds over 950 features and improvements - CryEngine
* CRYENGINE 5.4.0 Preview 6 - VR/AR
* Implementing Quality Hands With Oculus Touch * Easy Gear VR Controller Support - Microsoft
* Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16281 for PC * Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16353 for PC (Skip Ahead) * New WinDbg available in preview! * Dream.Build.Play 2017 Challenge Updates - Other
* How (and why) we ported SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE to MS-DOS * The Develop Post-Mortem: 10 Second Ninja * GameMaker Studio 2 now available for macOS
- Unity
- Industry News
- Microsoft-related
* Mixed Reality is Microsoft's biggest 2017 launch - VR/AR
* Windows Mixed Reality buy-in starts at $900 * Sony now bundles camera with PSVR for $399 * Google gets into augmented reality with ARCore - Other
* Uncharted: Lost Legacy unseats Crash Bandicoot from top of UK boxed charts * Glu Mobile lays off dozens * Nintendo is closing Miiverse * Violent content could hurt esports' bid for the Olympics * Oomba buys GameWorks
- Microsoft-related
- Games/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting