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With the weather warming up it’s time to look forward to Gamescom again. Seth Barton asks what’s hot at this year’s show

Publisher will focus on ‘franchising successful IPs and refreshing existing IPs’ to ensure a strong exclusive lineup

Prize pool to be spread out over several, as yet unannounced, events

Join us in Brighton on Wednesday 11th July to discover the winners

We talk to Keza MacDonald, The Guardian’s new video games editor, about games as culture, the changing relationship between the media and publishers and how discoverability impacts the press

New licensing business will see Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, Cities: Skylines and Hearts of Iron head to a board game shop or Kickstarter in the near future

Valve under pressure to remove sexual content, but has now seemingly reversed its decision and apologised to devs

May's Rising Star talks games and film marketing, and why a good marketing professional is like a swan

FIFA 18 has an 89 per cent increase to take No.2

Aardvark Swift honour the immense talent in the academic sector