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Gina Jackson has been appointed head of games at UK production company The Imaginarium Studios. The newly created role will see the company bringing its expertise in performance capture, VFX and real-time animation to the games industry. Jackson was previously managing director at NextGen Skills Academy, where she worked for …

Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s new store in London while today he jumps into Overwatch. Fnatic certainly isn’t a stranger to supporting new games early on, but …

Several anonymous sources and a post on Imgur claim that staff have been paid late or not at all throughout 2016

Eligible developers will be given subsidised access to Improbable's SpatialOS

Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. It seems to have been a year dominated by hardware rather than software, with lots of new devices in the shape of VR headsets, updated consoles, new reveals and a smash hit retro revival. Lots of ‘new’ …

Still in Early Access, I-Illusions’ sci-fi shooter is already one of the highest rated virtual reality titles on the market. We caught up with Dirk Van Welden to learn more about the game’s inception.

Warner Bros has admitted that the launch version of the Fantastic Beasts expansion to LEGO Dimensions had a slightly different ending to the film so as not to spoil a big surprise. Suffice to say, spoilers lay ahead, should you be planning on a festive outing to the cinema. The …

With the Call of Duty competitive season about to kick off with MLG Las Vegas Activision is letting those who are yet to buy Infinite Warfare play for free.  Between 6pm (UK time) on December 15th and 6pm on December 20th anyone will be able to download and play Call …

Horizon: Zero Dawn’s UK release date has been moved forward to March 1st, Sony confirmed this morning. Originally set to launch on March 3rd, Guerilla Games’ upcoming third person action game will now launch two days earlier to bring it in line with the rest of Europe. That’s still one …

PS4 owners will be able to get hands-on with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare later this week. Activision’s shooter will be free to download and play from December 15th to December 20th. There will be restrictions, however – only the first two modes of single player will be accessible, while …