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When developer IO Interactive announced that Hitman was going episodic, it came as something of a surprise. The studio then released six episodes between March and October last year, sending the deadly Agent 47 on missions in exotic locations such as Sapienza, Marrakesh and Bangkok. In the end, the Square …

QuakeCon will return for the 22nd year in 2017, running from August 24th to 27th.  The event will take place at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Dallas, with the venue also offering discounted accommodation rates for those attending.  As ever QuakeCon will be a celebration of all things …

Obsidian Entertainment has announced a new sequel to its smash hit RPG, Pillars of Eternity, and that it will be taking to crowd-funding and investment platform Fig to help finance the project. Entitled Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, the project has already met 86 per cent of its funding goal …

Mansell brings 18 years of industry experience to the role

Valve has announced that each region’s qualifying tournament for upcoming Dota 2 Majors will reserve one spot for a team that wins the tier-8 Champions Cup.  Now what is the tier 8 Champions Cup? Well the Champions Cup is the new end of season tournament that will see the best …

Improbable hires Dan Griliopoulos, Gina Jackson joins Imaginarium, mobile studio Sybo appoints Byron and Videogamer has a new editor. New lead content editor at Improbable Writer Dan Griliopoulos has joined Improbable as lead content editor. He’ll be directing Improbable’s content strategy as they build the next generation of virtual worlds. Previously, he’s worked as …

Jagex has appointed Phil Mansell as COO and acting CEO, the company has announced today. He replaces outgoing CEO Rod Cousens, who has now left the studio. Having worked at Jagex for over five years, Mansell was previously vice president of the studio and was responsible for its Runescape portfolio. …

Team Dignitas has announced its new Overwatch roster with three new players joining the squad.  Jose Antonio “BromaS” Ramos Gonzales, Joshua “ToxikeN” Campos and Jiri “LiNkz” Masalin are the three returning members, with all three joining the org in mid 2016.  The three new members are Marcel “Veineless” Lehmann, Elvinas …

Microsoft and Creative Assembly collaboration Halo Wars 2 has the potential to be a RTS game for everybody.That’s according to Creative Assembly’s console creative lead Alistair Hope, who told MCV that the combination of Creative Assembly’s experience in the RTS genre with the Total War franchise and Microsoft’s mass market …

Mobile and browser game publisher Miniclip says it hopes console games will become a big part of its portfolio going forward. The firm is due to enter this market for the first time next month with the release of Saber Interactive’s MX Nitro, a follow-up to the Motocross Nitro browser …