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Epic Games Store woos third party support

Game Daily

Since its launch in 2018, Epic Games Store has spent bucket loads of money on giving away free games, in order to attract PC gamers away from Steam. In 2022, the retail store front hit 68 million monthly active users and a peak daily active user base of 34 million. Success has been hard to come by.

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Bandai Namco is opening a store in London

Game Development News

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

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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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It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). They also have a different version of the console’s operating system for development stuff - they allow us to do things like reset achievements, change locale, connect to PSN/XBL/SwitchOnline, and other various features.

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Dark and Darker coming to Epic Games Store following injunction dismissal

GamesIndustry.biz

As reported by PC Gamer , the developer announced the move on its Discord server. A year after being removed from Steam, Ironmace's Dark and Darker will be available on the Epic Games Store. The game is currently in early access, with no release date as of yet.

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Congratulations to the 2023 MCV/DEVELOP Award winners!

Game Development News

After weeks of deliberation and thousands of votes, 500 of the UK game industry's brightest and best came together to honour the winners of the 25th anniversary MCV/DEVELOP Awards

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GAME to stop selling pre-owned games in the near future

Game Development News

UK retailer GAME is going to stop selling pre-owned video game software soon

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Epic Games incentivizes developers to release older titles on its digital store

GamesIndustry.biz

The program is eligible for products launched on third-party PC or subscription services before October 31, 2023. Read more