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With Gears 5 heading to Steam, plus Ori and the Blind Forest being converted to Switch, Aaron Greenberg, GM of games marketing, clarifies Xbox’s first-party strategy to Seth Barton

Whether you’re at gamescom and missed our daily MCV@gamescom issue today, or at home and you’d like to catch up with the latest news from the show, we got you covered! This is the first of three daily magazines that the MCV@gamescom team is producing for you during the show, …

"My number one priority and focus is securing the long-term financing for the company"

Expect "a world-class Xbox experience"

"Some of our folks crossed the line with their comments"

"We are honored and thrilled to join forces with this legendary developer"

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