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Ukie’s former head of public affairs Theo Blackwell has been appointed by the Mayor of London as his new chief digital officer. The position, which is the first of its kind, will see Blackwell play a leading role in realising the Mayor’s ambition to make London the world’s smartest city, …

Havingworked on triple-A titles such as Destiny, Halo, and Red Dead Redemption, the team at Polyarc has a pretty impressive CV. But when co-founders Tam Armstrong, Chris Alderson and Danny Bulla left Bungie in 2015 to create their new studio, they decided to make an altogether different kind of game. …

Cuphead has been in development for a while now, some seven years in total, but it’s finally coming out on September 29th and so we took a chance to play the near-finished game at gamescom. The side-scrolling shooter hasn’t been a big genre for many a year, and the genre …

After a much-deserved break, Ubisoft is back this year with arguably its biggest franchise – yes, Far Cry is also huge but as it’s yet to have its own movie, I reckon Creed pips it. Assassin’s Creed Origins takes the series to its earliest setting yet, and while we’re still …

Splatoon 2 has become the first Switch title to break one million units in Japan, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. The title shifted another 38,642 units last week, taking it over the one million mark after just four weeks on sale. This means it’s taken the Switch five …

UK publisher Sold Out has announced a new Souls-like action RPG at gamescom, titled Immortal: Unchained. The new IP comes from Swedish developer Toadman Interactive and will be available digitally and at retail on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in Q2 next year. The easiest way to …

The third day of gamescom is well under way, but we’ve been busy hunting down all the latest news to keep you up to date. In today’s gamescom daily magazine, we talk to Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg about Xbox One X and the new Age of Empires, as well as Bandai …

Yu Suzuki has told MCV@gamescom that he’s very pleased to be working with Koch Media on his upcoming title, Shenmue III. “They’re the good ones,” he said. The deal, which was announced last week, will see Koch Media’s publishing arm Deep Silver publish the physical and digital editions of the title …

COO Yuval Ziv from SafeCharge talks about SafeCharge’s Marketplace Manager – a comprehensive solution for marketplaces to effectively manage cash flow and revenue Marketplaces are booming worldwide across industries, including digital gaming. As emerging market trends open up new possibilities, businesses are expanding exponentially. For more than a decade SafeCharge, …

Creative Assembly’supcoming strategy game Total War: Warhammer II will be a dream come true for fans of the British fantasy board game franchise. Speaking to MCV@gamescom, lead writer Andy Hall said: “It’s the game I always wanted.” The game will be particularly rewarding for owners of the first Total War: Warhammer …