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Helldivers 2 drives UK March game sales up 26% | UK Monthly Charts

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million PC and console games were sold across the UK during March, an impressive rise of 26% over the same period in 2023. They are, of course, very different games, with Spider-Man 2 retailing at £70 and only releasing on PS5. Helldivers 2 has a lower price and is also available on PC. Read more

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Alan Wake 2 shunning physical release to avoid price hike

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The sequel will retail for $59.99 on consoles and $49.99

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Phil Spencer wants to see other digital storefronts on Xbox

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Xbox head Phil Spencer has said that he wants to see more digital retailers on the console, such as the Epic Games Store and Itch.io. When asked by Polygon if he could see these storefronts on the platform at some point in the future, Spencer said he believed console players would benefit from more options. Read more

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Video games is no longer the biggest entertainment medium in the UK

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ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 That includes sales of digital and physical video games, covering PC, mobile and consoles. billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before.

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I don’t know if this is confidential or “too technical” for the blog, but how does developing for consoles actually work? As in, what is the workflow like? Obviously, you do all the coding on a PC, but how does the build get tested on consoles? How do you debug on consoles? It would be awesome if you could do a little rundown, but I understand if it’s not possible.

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A console dev kit is a lot like a networked computer fused with a game console. It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). Game consoles today typically have plugins for Microsoft Visual studio to handle the remote debugging process.

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Bandai Namco is opening a store in London

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Bandai Namco has announced it is opening a new ‘interactive retail experience’ store in July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP

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Party Animals has left early access, and has launched on both Steam and Xbox

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Party Animals has officially launched on PC and Xbox consoles as of today - MCV/DEVELOP