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Andrew Byatt and Dominic Wheatley on Evercade’s success and their retail plans for Blaze’s expanding line of retro consoles

Game Development News

JULY 24, 2024

The Evercade platform, augmented by the Game Boy-inspired Super Pocket last year, is about to enjoy a refresh to its console and handheld hardware ahead of an arcade-style system, the Evercade Alpha, joining the line-up at the end of the year. The revised systems, the EXP-R and VS-R, will be bundled with the Tomb Raider …

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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.

Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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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Do developers get a head start to buy new consoles when they release them?

Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2023

I’ve only ever had the chance to buy a console early once and that was a special dispensation from Nintendo to buy a Wii (at a discount) from them directly as thanks for being a developer on a launch title. The rest of the time, I’ve had to buy new game consoles the same way everybody else does.

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The Play Pendulum • A theory of innovation cycles in interactive entertainment

PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I’ll start by defining these two types of innovation: Content innovation periods are characterized by a focus on developing new types of games, expanding game portfolios, and pushing the boundaries of gameplay mechanics and storytelling. Atari led the charge, creating new types of games for home consoles. It only sold 7 million copies.

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Bandai Namco is opening a store in London

Game Development News

JUNE 28, 2023

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

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Aldora market forecast 2025: Game Industry is slowly moving upward

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

Console gaming is on track to reach $44.9 Console hardware sales are projected to decline sharply by 31% in 2024 and another -11% in 2025E, due to the end of the current console generation cycle. Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6 billion (3.6% growth), and is forecasted to reach $115.7

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Congratulations to the 2023 MCV/DEVELOP Award winners!

Game Development News

MAY 12, 2023

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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