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It looks as if a release date for Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break could be announced at Microsoft’s Gamescom 2015 press briefing tomorrow. When asked on Twitter whether Gamescom will deliver a firm” release date for the game, Xbox boss Phil Spencer replied: "You’ll see on Tuesday. I think you’ll …

VMC’s Kirstin Whittle on why indie developers need to think about more than development

Kabam has announced that Marvel: Contest of Champions has generated $100m in gross revenue after just seven months. This makes it the fastest-growing title in the company’s history, beating the previous record-holder The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth, which reached the milestone in 13 months. Kabam now has five titles that …

Publisher thought to be unhappy with high console dev costs as Metal Gear Solid V budget balloons past $80m

The troubles at Konami could run deeper than just a rift with the creator of Metal Gear Solid, if new reports from Japan are to be believed. Kotaku has translated a story in business paper Nikkei that claims a decline in relations between Konami and its staff began in 2010 …

As the games industry heads to Cologne for Gamescom, Timm Walter, senior manager at local industry body GAME, examines the struggle of Germany’s local market Germany is huge, and thus the German games market is one of the biggest worldwide. Germany’s estimated sales revenue in 2015 for games was €3.27 …

Four weeks after it first claimed the top spot, LEGO Jurassic Park is back to No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It manages this thanks in spite of a 14 per cent dip in sales week-on-week. Last week’s top dog, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place …

Karl MacGregor, VP of digital content at Worldpay, examines how in-game purchases have moved with the times in order to remain one of the hottest topics in today’s industry Digital gaming is where micropayments have no-doubt seen the highest adoption rate. Digital wallets, subscription services and aggregation models have been …

Microsoft has announced its Windows 10 OS is now running on more than 14m devices. The company revealed the figure in a post on the Windows blog, adding that many more upgrades are still in queue for qualifying users running older versions of Windows. Rest assured we are working 247 …

Sega has reported negative financial results for its most recent quarter, though the firm’s games division had little to do with the poor performance. Sega Sammy Holdings posted a $63.8m loss overall, down 41.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. The company’s ‘pachislot and pachinko’ division – …