GameDev News - August 23, 2019
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Published: 2019-08-24 21:36:49

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title: GameDev News - August 23, 2019
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* **Dev/Tools/Tech**  
    * **Unity**  
        * [Unity 2019.2.2 / 2018.4.7](https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download/archive) 
        * [Now Available: The Spaceship Demo Project using VFX Graph and High-Definition Render Pipeline](https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/08/19/now-available-the-spaceship-demo-project-using-vfx-graph-and-high-definition-render-pipeline/) 
        * [New Creator Kit: Beginner Code – Get coding quickly](https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/08/22/new-creator-kit-beginner-code-get-coding-quickly/)    
    * **Unreal**  
        * [Unreal Engine 4.23 Preview](https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/announcements-and-releases/1640558-unreal-engine-4-23-preview) 
        * [It’s a wrap! We recap Unreal Engine’s week at SIGGRAPH 2019](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/it-s-a-wrap-we-recap-unreal-engine-s-week-at-siggraph-2019)  
    * **Godot**  
        * [GSoC 2019 progress report #2](https://godotengine.org/article/gsoc-2019-progress-report-2) 
        * [WebSocket updates, UDP multicast](https://godotengine.org/article/websocket-updates-udp-multicast)  
    * **VR/AR**  
        * [Common Rendering Mistakes: How to Find Them and How to Fix Them | Oculus](https://developer.oculus.com/blog/common-rendering-mistakes-how-to-find-them-and-how-to-fix-them/)  
    * **Microsoft**  
        * [Porting DirectX 12 games to Windows 7](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/porting-directx-12-games-to-windows-7/) 
        * [Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18965](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/08/21/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18965/#m7hKQmS4qqc5fgCP.97) 
        * [Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362.10014 &amp; 18362.10015 (19H2)](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/08/19/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18362-10014-18362-10015-19h2/#4tygskojS2o268BP.97) 
        * [PIX CPU Tools: Introduction to New Timing Captures Videos](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/pix/pix-cpu-tools-introduction-to-new-timing-captures-videos/) 
        * [PIX 1908.16 – Shader debugging fixes](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/pix/pix-1908-16/) 
        * [Find solutions faster by analyzing crash dumps in Visual Studio](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/find-solutions-faster-by-analyzing-crash-dumps-in-visual-studio/) 
        * [Make games with Visual Studio for Mac and Unity](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/make-games-with-visual-studio-for-mac-and-unity/)  
    * **Other**  
        * [Level Design for Combat](https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MaxPears/20190814/348663/Level_Design_for_Combat.php) 
        * [Material Pack 08](https://gumroad.com/l/aOozD) 
        * [AMD Radeon RDNA Whitepaper Available](https://www.gamedev.net/news/amd-radeon-rdna-whitepaper-available-r1017/)   
* **Industry News**  
    * **Microsoft-related**  
        * [Mojang ends development on Minecraft&#39;s Super Duper Graphics Pack](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-12-mojang-ends-development-on-minecrafts-super-duper-graphics-pack) 
        * [Xbox expands Nintendo Switch support with Ori and the Blind Forest](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-19-xbox-expands-nintendo-switch-support-with-ori-and-the-blind-forest) 
        * [Microsoft has &quot;no plans&quot; to release more Xbox exclusives on PS4 or Nintendo Switch](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-20-microsoft-has-no-plans-to-release-more-xbox-exclusives-on-ps4-or-nintendo-switch)  
    * **VR/AR**  
        * [Oculus VR loses its head of mobile](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-22-oculus-vr-loses-its-head-of-mobile)    
    * **Other**  
        * [Sony open to PC versions of PlayStation exclusives](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-20-sony-open-to-pc-ports-of-playstation-exclusives) 
        * [Sony, Ubisoft receive multiple honors in Gamescom Awards 2019](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-19-sony-ubisoft-receive-multiple-honors-at-gamescom-awards-2019) 
        * [Game Informer lays off &#39;many&#39; staff](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-20-game-informer-lays-off-many-staff) 
        * [GameStop lays off 120, 14% of total staff](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-08-20-gamestop-lays-off-120-14-percent-of-total-staff) 
        * [Sony acquires Marvel’s Spider-Man studio Insomniac Games](https://www.mcvuk.com/sony-acquires-marvels-spider-man-studio-insomniac-games/)   
* **Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting**  
    * [Adding A Co-Processor To Help SNES Games With Slowdown](https://hackaday.com/2019/08/18/adding-a-co-processor-to-help-snes-games-with-slowdown/) 
    * [MDStudio](https://github.com/gouky/MDStudio) 
    * [Obituary: Panzer Dragoon artist and designer Takashi Iwade has passed away](https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/349007/Obituary_Panzer_Dragoon_artist_and_designer_Takashi_Iwade_has_passed_away.php) 
    * [Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use](https://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html)    
   
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