Microsoft Acquires GitHub For $7.5 Billion
It turns out the rumour over the weekend was true, Microsoft did in fact spend $7.5 billion to acquire GitHub. GitHub is the largest open source code repository implementing the open git standard....
View ArticleApple Deprecate OpenGL in iOS and MacOS
Today was Apple’s annual developer conference WWDC with the usual swath of new products and betas announced. Among the announcements was one of direct importance to game developers everywhere.From the...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.129 Released
King have just released a new version of their Defold game engine, 1.2.129. This release contains a few fixes around localization and Android notifications as well as a new tutorial Walking Astronaut....
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Unreal Engine 4.20.0 Preview 1 Released
Epic have officially launched the first preview of the upcoming Unreal Engine 4.20. Of course this is Unreal Engine so you can expect a swath of graphical improvements, but there are several other new...
View ArticleCryEngine 5.5.0 Preview 4 Released
CryEngine 5.5.0 Preview 4 has just been released. Keep in mind that “preview” tag, this is considered an under development patch and should not be used in production. If you haven’t checked out...
View ArticleGodot Android APK Fix Tool Released
Recently Google started rejecting APK files generated by the Godot Game Engine. APK is the file format for bundled Android applications for deployment to the app store, so this is obviously a pretty...
View ArticleHaxe 4.0.0 Preview.4 Released
Haxe 4.0 got one step closer with today’s release of Haxe 4.0.0 preview 4. The release focuses heavily on improved compiler display services that will enable better editor support in IDEs such as...
View ArticleGodot 3.0.3 Released
Godot Engine just got a new release, 3.0.3. This is primarily a maintenance release, composed mostly of minor improvements and bug fixes. Hands down the biggest new feature in Godot 3.0.3 is that...
View Article3ds Max 2019.1 Features
Autodesk have announced the new features in the 3ds Max 2019.1. The update includes massive performance improvements to Open Shading Language (OSL), up to nearly 100x faster than 2019. Alembic...
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PlayCanvas Engine Adds 2D Support
The PlayCanvas HTML5 game engine just added 2D support in the form of Sprites, texture atlases, animated sprites, sprite components and 9 patch support.From the PlayCanvas blog:PlayCanvas is one of the...
View ArticleGitHub For Unity 1.0 Released
After more than a year of development GitHub for Unity 1.0 is finally here. GitHub for Unity enables you to fully support git version control directly inside the Unity editor, including support for...
View ArticleUnreal Engine 4.20 Preview 3 Released
Unreal Engine released the first Unreal Engine 4.20 preview at the beginning of June with a slew of new features and functions, the top of which is the new Niagra particle system. I did a hands-on...
View ArticleUnity Adds New Prefab Workflow
At Unite Berlin 2018, Unity announced much improved prefab support in Unity. The release is available in a special preview download version that is available here. This new approach to prefabs gives...
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LeadWerks Marketplace Launched
These days it seems most game engines have an integrated marketplace that make it easy for their users to acquire assets such as models, levels and scripts. The Leadwerks game engine just launched a...
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ZBrush 2018.1 Released
Pixologic just released the first update for ZBrush 2018 bringing it to 2018.1. ZBrush is a popular 3D sculpting application that now includes Sculptris pro, a dynamic tessellation system that frees...
View ArticleLunarG Vulkan SDK 1.1.77 Released
LunarG have just released an updated version of their Vulkan SDK to be compatible with Vulkan 1.1.77. If you are interested in learning more about LunarG and exactly how it related to Vulkan, be sure...
View ArticleSteam 2018 Summer Sale For Game Developers
Once again, Steam’s annual summer sale is upon us, and of course loads of software of interest for game developers are on offer. This guide highlights some of the items on sale. Many of these...
View ArticleNew Tutorials At GameFromScratch And DevGa.me
There have been several new game development tutorials released in the last week here on GameFromScratch, on DevGa.me as well as on YouTube.Here on GameFromScratch.com, two new Godot 3 tutorials were...
View ArticleUnreal Engine 4.20 Preview 4 Released
Unreal Engine 4.20 just got one step closer to production ready with the release of 4.20 preview 4. Generally preview 1 is the release with all new bells and whistles (like the new Niagara particle...
View ArticleOpenFL 8.3 Released
Version 8.3 of the popular Haxe media library OpenFL was just released. OpenFL implements the Flash api, enabling developers to create cross platform rich media apps and games for several different...
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