Here are my noteworthy links for the week. I tried to categorize things a bit better as you’ll see. Let me know if this makes it better or worse… Enjoy!

Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
  - Unity v5.2.1p2 released, should fix various Win10 issues: http://unity3d.com/unity/qa/patch-releases
  - Unity UI Extensions: https://bitbucket.org/ddreaper/unity-ui-extensions
  - ARM Guide for Unity Developers: http://malideveloper.arm.com/documentation/developer-guides/arm-guide-unity-enhancing-mobile-games/
  - Unity Asset Store improvements: http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/09/29/unite-2/
- Unreal
  - Faceware Live for UE4: http://www.develop-online.net/tools-and-tech/key-release-faceware-live-for-ue4/0211750
  - Unreal Engine tutorials: http://www.unrealenginetutorials.com
- Windows
  - What's new for .NET and UWP in Win10 Tools 1.1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2015/09/28/what-s-new-for-net-and-uwp-in-win10-tools-1-1.aspx
  - Debug Visualizers in VC++2015 (one of my favorite underused features): …

GameDev News - Week Ending September 25, 2015

A busy week with both Unite and Oculus Connect happening at the same time. Have a look…

Industry News
- Nintendo joins Khronos group: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/254327/Nintendo_joins_graphics_standards_body_Khronos_Group.php
- Monument Valley team to launch first VR game: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/21/9353235/lands-end-vr-game-monument-valley
- Gameloft closes Seattle studio: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/254438/Gameloft_shutters_another_studio_this_time_in_Seattle.php
- Samsung Gear VR drops to $99: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/254576/With_big_price_drop_Samsungs_new_Gear_VR_aims_for_mass_market.php
- Adr1ft delayed to 2016, but selected as Oculus launch title: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/09/24/adr1ft-has-been-hand-selected-as-an-oculus-rift-launch-title-2016.aspx
- "Oculus Ready" PC partnerships: http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-announces-oculus-ready-pc-partnership-guaranteeing-vr-pcs-1000/
Dev/Tools/Tech
- Tanks! tutorial/demo for Unity: …

GameDev News - Week Ending September 19, 2015

Quite a few links this week. Off to the Unite conference next week and I expect we’ll see lots of exciting Unity news…until then!

Industry News
- Nintendo names new president (and promotes Miyamoto to a Fellow position)
  - http://kotaku.com/nintendos-new-president-has-been-named-1730475135
  - http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150914e.pdf
- Lionhead creative directory leaves: http://www.develop-online.net/news/lionhead-creative-director-quits/0211209
- EA kills a bunch of mobile games: http://www.develop-online.net/news/dead-space-and-real-racing-among-23-mobile-games-killed-by-ea/0211245
- Project Morpheus is now…PlayStation VR: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/09/15/playstation-vr-is-the-official-name-for-the-ps4-virtual-reality-system/
- …and will be priced "as a new gaming platform": http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-17/sony-to-offer-more-than-10-titles-with-first-virtual-reality-set
- Changes at Halfbrick: …

GameDev News – Week Ending September 11, 2015

I have started tracking interesting/informative links around game development and industry news on a weekly basis for the past few months. I thought these links might be useful to the world at large, so I’ll be cross-posting these “newsletters” here as well. I’ll start with last week’s set of links below. Enjoy!

Industry News
- Decent rollup of Apple stuff (which you already know about unless you spent the week in a cave): http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/09/apple-rumor-roundup-scorecard/
- AMD spinning off GPU business: http://venturebeat.com/2015/09/09/amd-to-set-up-radeon-graphics-chips-as-a-separate-business/
- Gameloft has closed seven studios in 2015
  - http://www.develop-online.net/news/gameloft-has-closed-seven-studios-so-far-in-2015/0211160
  - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/253366/Disappointing_revenues_account_for_Gameloft_shuttering_7_studios.php
Dev/Tools/Tech
- Amazon releases AWS C++ SDK for gamedevs: …