Publishing

With Switch predicted to hit 30m installed units this year, there's a growing demand for physical games. We talk to Merge Games about the huge potential of games in boxes for indie developers

Developers SomaSim, Dapper Penguin and Bulwark Studios all enthuse about Kalypso's digital-only label

A great fit for both companies bringing together the specialist publisher with some very strong IP and creative talent

A shaky start seems to have done nothing to quell the games popularity – in part thanks to Xbox Game Pass and a lack of microtransactions

Matt Booty is Microsoft's new head of first-party development, in an exclusive interview MCV talks about Xbox's strategy before his first E3 in the role

Virtual currency bundles won’t be available to purchase anymore from July, before the servers shut down for good in September

Company also reinforces MAUs over unit sales strategy at annual investor day

Leisuresoft, Gauntlet, Pinnacle, Sierra, Vivendi and Reef – Rezon helped and influenced many in the UK games industry

Digital catalogue sales up, mobile up, subscriptions up – all good signs for a modern publisher

No plans to add top titles, such as FIFA and Battlefield, to subscription services for now