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Final Fantasy XV and Street Fighter V talent come together on Sold Out’s next big title, while it remains open to talking to developers at gamescom about its Unreal-specific retail proposition

No deal means that this year’s biggest-ever UK industry gamescom stand, with 84 companies, is more important than ever, Dr Jo Twist of Ukie tells MCV@gamescom

Distributor 4Side was just created following an MBO by the team that led Activision Blizzard’s former Italian subsidiary. It says it’ll be “setting a new standard” in the polarised Italian distribution landscape. MCV@gamescom talks to GM Paolo Chisari

New titles will sit alongside Tropico 6 in Kalypso’s gamescom line-up, which international marketing director Anika Thun reveals is the best-selling release in the franchise to date

Green Man Gaming’s answer to toxic behaviour in the community is coming in game form: Pride Run. David Clark tells MCV@gamescom about what led the publisher to pick up the LGBTQ+ project

The Settlers will return to PC in 2020 after a decade hiatus. MCV@gamescom talks to MD Benedikt Grindel about how Ubisoft Blue Byte wants to duplicate Anno’s success with the franchise thanks to the opportunities presented by Asian markets

Updated: Gamescom will move back in a week for 2020 – 25th to the 29th of August

Deadline closes September 15th

The feature has had to be disabled for Hyper Light Drifter players, though