Newsbrief: The Oculus Mobile Store now allows developers to launch new downloadable content for games and apps already live on the platform.

The beta release allows developers to introduce two kinds of DLC to games on the Oculus Mobile Store, sellable and implementation-detail, that can either be purchased or downloaded as a player progresses through a game.

The company notes that introducing DLC to its storefront should provide developers on the platform with a way to both expand the offerings of their existing games and increase the money they earn from the platform. 

Right now, DLC is only available for platforms like the Oculus Go and Gear VR that use the Oculus Mobile Store, but the company says that a similar update for the Oculus Rift’s store is “coming soon”. More details on how developers can implement the changes into their own projects can be found on the Oculus Blog. 

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Location: Mountain View, California​

Game Closure is on the hunt for Game Engineers to help us build the social games that guide the development of our mobile game engine. We are a 60 ­strong and growing team with offices in Mountain View, California; Eugene, Oregon, and Tokyo, Japan. If you want to join us to make great games on our cutting­ edge technology and truly make an impact, then we want to talk to you! 

The Role: 

• Be responsible for designing, developing and deploying major game features.  
• Own game feature areas from end-­to­-end. 
• Be the champion for the user! Insist on the highest standards and create functional and engaging features that will delight our users. 
• Be part of a tight game development team looking to iterate fast on a fun concept and then building it out. 
• Have real input on the end-user product. 
• Be a key member of a high performing software engineering team. 
• Collaborate with design, engineering and production teams to devise optimal engineering solutions to game requirements. 
• Hands­ on architect and coder for sophisticated client/server systems for mobile gaming. 
• Innovate and iterate on process, systems, and technology to deliver world­-class social games. 
• Be a leader; Identify and articulate technical and production risks and obstacles, as well as generate solutions!

Desired Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, working on cross-functional teams.
• Proven effectiveness in directing or delivering production software for high-quality games with at least one shipped game product of which you were a primary contributor (self­ published titles are acceptable).
• Capable of JavaScript + HTML5 to create custom, interactive, user experiences that are enjoyable on all HTML5 browsers.
• We expect you to be good at using script debuggers like Chrome Debugger.
• You must be pretty knowledgeable with what jQuery can do, and what functionality you are better off custom coding.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in object­ oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
• Advanced software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable and robust code in a popular object-oriented language.
• Solid familiarity with 3rd party SDKs, analytics, and A/B testing in mobile games
• Familiarity with git, svn or other VCS.
• Self ­starter, analytical and creative
• Strong team player with a positive attitude.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, artists, testers, product managers and other developers.
• Check out Everwing on Facebook Instant Games in Messenger. Can you build this game?

Bonus:

• Canvas animation work
• 2+ years of game development experience with multiple shipped titles
• Both Android and iOS game development experience
• Specialized skills in a particular area of game development (for example: UI, Physics, graphics, multiplayer, game logic, etc.)

Interested? Apply now.

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Starting at 2:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving the latest Xbox One system update (1805.180510-1632). Read on for more about the  fixes and known issues in the latest system update.

Fixes:

Localization

• Various localization issues fixed in this build.

 Messages

• Fixed an issue in which some users were unable to read any Xbox Live messages.

 System Performance

• Misc. performance fixes in the platform.

Known Issues:

Groups (For Preview Alpha users)

• Preview Alpha users thanks for your feedback on Groups we are not expanding the feature to more users in Alpha today based on the feedback. Stay tuned for more information on expansion and thanks for flighting and the great feedback!
• If you add an system app (anything pre-installed such as Settings, Edge, etc.) to a Group, the next system update will cause you to lose its image. Workaround: Remove from Group and re-add to bring back its image.
• If you uninstall a game/app after previously adding it to a Group, it will lose its image. Workaround is to remove from Group and add it back. This is being investigated to be fixed for a later build.

Pi-hole

• Pi-hole users may encounter issues signing in, creating, or recovering accounts upon downloading the 1804 update. This is due to a new configuration file which is downloaded from a URL Pi-hole blocks by default.
• Workaround: Add clientconfig.passport.net to the Pi-hole allowed IP address list.

Profile Color

• Sometimes users may encounter an incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

Networking

• Work continues on the stability of the Wi-Fi connectivity.  If you see any issues please report the problems for investigation.

YouTube

• Some users are encountering an issue where their YouTube account is being signed out whenever they launch the app.
  
  • Workaround: Uninstall/re-install the app and sign in with your account again.

The fact that Sega is working on a new Sonic racing title isn’t a secret anymore; the company teased the logo at SXSW, after all. 

However, we know precious little about the game itself – but that’s about to change, according to Sega’s PR and social media guru Aaron Webber, who said this during a recent live stream:

A lot of you have been waiting for news and information, and you’re very curious about what that title was that we teased back at South by Southwest, and at least in the near future, you might be hearing some more news and information about that. So hey, that’s coming up. Get ready. It’s on the horizon.

Could this hint at a reveal at E3, or perhaps beforehand? Webber also mentioned that Sega will have more news about its plans soon, and that it has “cool” stuff to reveal.

Activision’s latest shooty-shooty-boom-boom game Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was officially revealed to the world late last week, but one thing missing from the presentation was any mention of a Switch version – something that many had optimistically expected, given recent rumours.

Twinfinite asked senior producer Yale Miller if there were any plans for the game on Switch in the future, and got a slightly disappointing reply. Miller apparently shot down the discussion with a quick “No there is not”, which we guess puts to bed any talk of Black Ops 4 coming to Nintendo’s console. That of course doesn’t rule out a Call of Duty entry on Nintendo’s hybrid system in some shape or form of course, but we guess we’ll see in the fullness of time.

If you’re still interested in learning more about the game despite the lack of a Switch version, then head over to our friends at Push Square where you’ll find out about the lack of a solo campaign, the game’s on-trend “Battle Royale” mode and its unique zombie scenarios – one of which is set aboard the Titanic. 

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