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With Gears 5 released on Steam, plus Ori and the Blind Forest coming to Switch, Aaron Greenberg, GM of games marketing, clarifies Xbox’s first-party strategy and fills us in on the thinking behind its upcoming London celebration, X019

To what extent is Xbox Game Pass responsible for taking retail sales away from Microsoft’s title?

Sega is remastering Yakuza 3, 4 and 5, with the first title having launched at gamescom, but not all of the content made the cut, series producer Daisuke Sato tells MCV

System Shock 3 and Oddworld: Soulstorm are among the first wave of titles to show that Unity is all-set for bigger things on console and PC

A second full Zelda title on Switch is great news for the platform

“Where you play is now entirely your choice, you decide.”

Microsoft also announced that Project Scarlett will use SSD storage in order to slash load times

If the future of games distribution is subscription then Microsoft is so far ahead it’s genius, or terrifying, depending on where you stand

Strauss Zelnick also reiterates the company’s support of Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford

Heaven’s Vault is out today, having recently won the Ukie UK Game of the Show at GDC. Seth Barton catches up with developer Inkle’s co-founders to talk about their passion for language, in all its many forms