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Popular Youtube content creator Jordan CaptainSparklez” Maron has reportedly purchased a $4.5m house in the Hollywood Hills. Variety reports the Minecraft-focused streamer has chosen a plot not far away from the Beverly Hills’ mansion Minecraft creator Notch purchased for a record $70m in December of last year. Maron’s YouTube channel …

Less than a year after joining Open Gaming Alliance’s board as vice president, Wanda Meloni has been named the organization’s executive director. Games Industryreports Meloni’s new role will see her take the lead in creating and implementing the Alliance’s strategies and initiatives. Meloni also serves as editor-in-chief of the Gaming …

Wethersfield, Connecticut resident Matthew Tollis has been sentenced to serve a 12-month jail sentence after being convicted for his involvement in multiple Swatting hoaxes. FoxCTreports Tollis was found to have participated in six Swatting calls – including one directed at the University of Connecticut that resulted in a campus-wide shut …

The creator of the first X-Com game has revealed he was so incensed by the announcement of 2K’s X-Com FPS spin-off that he almost crowdfunded a spiritual successor to the original. Take-Two announced a first person X-Com title all the way back in 2010, prior to the release of Firaxis’ …

With less than a month until its release, Bethesda has revealed its live-action trailer for post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 4. It’s called The Wanderer, not only due to the depicted wandering of the faceless protagonist but also due to its use of track ‘The Wanderer’ by Dion. Note that while there’s …

Pokemon Go developer Niantic Labs has received investment from a trio of companies. Nintendo, The Pokemon Company and Google have between them ploughed $30m into the studio. The money will be put not only into Pokemon Go but also Niantic’s smartphone AR title Ingress, as well as in-development titles. The …

The industry once again gathered last night to celebrate the Games Media Awards, and you can take a look at the pictures from the night right now. Among the biggest winners of the night were VideoGamer for Video Team, Eurogamer for Online Editorial Team, PC Gamer for Print Editorial Team …

Channel 4 is hoping to find the next big moblle hit at the upcoming return of Interface, Develop and MCV’s successful content marketplace event. The broadcaster has recently launched a new publishing arm, All 4 Games, and will be hosting one-to-one meetings at Interface in order to meet developers with …

Broadcaster's new publishing arm All 4 Games keen to meet developers at November 12th event

Having won plenty of admirers throughout its stint on Steam Early Access, Darkest Dungeon now has a full release date. The game, which earned Kickstarter backing of $313,337 and hit Early Access in February, will be released on January 19th. This community has grown beyond our expectations, and we’re both …