(Cologne, Germany) January 18, 2016 – The ESL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro League returns in 2016 with US$1.5 million in prize money on the line for twenty-four of the world’s best teams. With a year-on-year prize pool increase of 50%, growth around the product is built on a proven track record. The ESL Pro League generated over 100 million sessions and almost 30 million hours watched in 2015, and steady growth is set to continue into the 2016 seasons as the world-class competition continues to set standards for both online and offline production.

COPENHAGEN, January 14, 2016 - Io-Interactive today released further details for HITMAN™ which launches on March 11th for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC.

A change to the release structure, sees HITMAN become a truly episodic AAA game experience, with a major live component. Where players will perform contract hits on powerful, high-profile targets in exotic locations around the world.

The world’s top women’s Counter Strike: Global Offensive teams face-off again at this year’s Intel® Extreme Masters Expo to compete for $30,000 in prize money at the Intel® Challenge. Held in tandem with the Intel® Extreme Masters World Championship on March 4-6, 2016, the Intel Challenge remains the premier women’s competition organized by Intel Corporation and ESL on the circuit’s biggest stop.

Retro-Style Harvest Moon Available Today on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch!   

Burlingame, CA. – January 14, 2016 - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, today launches their first full-fledged Harvest Moon title for mobile devices, as Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories arrives on iOS devices including iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. The game is a universal purchase across all iOS devices, and is available now for $9.99 HERE

“Here Be Dragons” Be Here Now with New Class, New Areas, and New Loot

STOCKHOLM — Jan. 14, 2016 — Paradox Interactive, a Level 18 Publisher of Chaotic Good games, today released the newest expansion for Knights of Pen & Paper 2, the meta-RPG where players play as players and game-masters simultaneously. The expansion, “Here Be Dragons,” is available today for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs, and iOS and Android devices. Included are new features such as a new story and quests, an added character class, and more monsters, loot, and humor than you’ll find on a d100 table. Developed by KYY Games, “Here Be Dragons” finally enables players of Knights of Pen & Paper 2 to play as the in-game Knight class while they slay every entry in the new in-game bestiary.

Elsword's Episodic Season 2 Update Series Continues With The New Magician and Mercenary

Aisha and Raven get new English Voiceovers, New Skill Tree, Attack Combo Commands and More

Irvine, Calif., January 13, 2016 - KOG Games, a leading developer and publisher of popular free-to-play action MMORPGs, today announced Elsword's Season Two update has launched all-new Magician and Mercenary, plus all new, star-studded English voiceovers for Aisha, Raven, the entire NPC cast and more! See the all-new Aisha and Raven video. 

Rebel Galaxy Now Live on Xbox One

Double Damage Games Launches Highly Acclaimed Space Opera on Xbox One and Launching on PS4 in EU January 15th

(Seattle, WA) - January 13, 2016 -- Independent developer Double Damage Games today announces that Rebel Galaxy is now live on Xbox One across North America and EU territories and will be launching on PS4 in the EU on January 15th. Rebel Galaxy previously launched on PC and Mac in October 2015 and on PS4 in North America on January 5th. Now console players can get their hands-on the thrilling space action RPG. Players can upgrade weapons and defenses, acquire new ships, negotiate with aliens, and battle pirates in this open space sandbox.

Skills are the Key to Surviving the Horrid Abominations and Terrifying Bosses Gravoria Has to Offer

I can't think of anything more terrifying than a giant mutant octopus... in space

(Pssst, don't forget that The Deadly Tower of Monsters will launch with a ~33% discount for two weeks!)

I've got to say, most "realistic" space movies these days are boring. What's so interesting about flying through a black hole to save a starving earth? Where's the excitement in growing and eating potatoes on Mars for 2 hours?! Even though a lot of these movies claim to be "realistic" and allegedly have a team of "scientists" overseeing things like "facts" and "accuracy," we're not buying it. Surviving the harshness of space isn't about relying on smarts and ingenuity; it's about what a spaceman could do in the face of a hundred hostile monsters standing in his (or her) way.

The World's End* Draws Near on June 7 -- Can Five Heroes Stop Ragnarok?

*In Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. Doomsday preppers, stand down!

Plus the full website for the game is now live at atlus.com/odinsphere

Battlestate Games has announced the launch of sales for pre-order bundles of Escape from Tarkov, their upcoming online game. There are four different sets available for pre-order. All of them give access to the copy of the game itself with guaranteed access to closed beta and improved equipment at the start.

Stop the presses! The Deadly Tower of Monsters director Dan Smith is at it again. He wants to make his sci-fi spectacular accessible to as many people as possible, so he's demanding that the studio cut prices to his film*! Is this truly the work of a passionate visionary director or just another diabolical marketing scheme by those despicable fat cat movie executives? 

I don't know one way or the other, but the fact is that The Deadly Tower of Monsters will get a special 2-week price discount when it launches! When the game launches in the Americas and Europe on Jan. 19, it will be discounted ~33% until Feb. 2 for PS Plus subscribers and Steam users. Plus, the Steam version of the game will also include a bonus "Scarlet Nova" digital calendar! While the price will revert back to normal after the promotional period, the calendar will be a permanent bonus for Steam purchases! 

Your Council Would Like a Word With You New Crusader Kings II Expansion “Conclave” Coming Soon

The new year will bring new goodies from Paradox Development Studio and the team behind Crusader Kings II, Paradox’s best-selling and critically beloved medieval grand strategy game.

Conclave, the newest expansion for the game, will give your vassals some bite to go along with your bark, as the council that governs your realm will now demand some say in how you rule. Powerful dukes, regardless of competence, will require a seat at the table, and those left on the outside will be more likely to plot against you.

The new Intel® Compute Stick based on 6th Gen Intel® Core™ M.

Building on the success of the Intel® Compute Stick introduced last year, at CES 2016 Intel unveiled new Compute Sticks based on 6th Gen Intel® Core™ M and the latest quad-core Intel® Atom™ processors. A tiny device about the size of a pack of gum, the Intel Compute Stick can transform any HDMI TV or display into a complete computer and improves upon the first generation in processing and graphics performance, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and additional USB ports.

LOS ANGELES ( Dec. 17, 2015) – SQUARE ENIX® today released a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS action role-playing adventure FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS®. The action-packed video showcases different ways players can experience FINAL FANTASY EXPLORERS, whether they go solo, or in a party as four friends in multiplayer mode, to battle the realm’s most powerful monsters.

Top 16 Players Will Fight For A $100,000 Prize Pool

Over the last few months, competitors from all over the world have battled their way through the ranks in ESL’s Mortal Kombat X Pro League Season 2 presented by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Xbox. North American, European and CIS territory players have clashed for weekly cash prizes and a coveted spot at the Finals which will take place on January 24, 2016 at the ESL America Studios in Burbank, CA.