Evening Digest: Unity Hub Release, Star Wars: Rivals Closure, Titanfall 2 Level Creation

Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 17.

Development

Unity Hub 1.0 was released

Unity Technologies has brought its hub to a full release. Recall that it allows you to manage engine versions (including running various Unity builds on the same machine), select suitable templates for work, add assets from the store, and so on.

Unity Hub

Laws

In South Korea, they will be tried for sexual harassment in online games

More and more often we hear about lawmaking in relation to the gaming industry. Recently, a law was introduced in South Korea that will oblige the courts to consider cases of sexual harassment in online games. It was proposed by the Secretary of the National Assembly for Women and Children Kim Sumin (Kim Sumin).

Overwatch

Closures

Mobile shooter in the universe of “Star Wars” did not live up to the world release

Lucasfilm announced the termination of support and operation of the mobile game STAR WARS: Rivals. The game was a positional third-person shooter for mobile platforms. The project has been in softlonch since November 2016.

STAR WARS: Rivals

Video

Experience creating levels for Titanfall 2

Christopher Dionne’s report from GDC 2018 is dedicated to the experience of developing missions for single-player passage in Titanfall 2. More precisely, how he prototyped them using a technique that Dion calls Action Blocks.

Published publications

The following materials have also been published on our pages today:

• European regulators are concerned about blurring the line between gambling and video games
• Sales of Nintendo consoles in Russia increased by 250%
• In Russia, Nintendo consoles have overtaken Xbox sales