In the last two years Rainbow Six Siege has evolved into a beastly shooter of note. It’s Ubisoft’s vision for the future at its finest. A rock-solid title supported not only by an engaged community but also by a developer that wants to keep the dream alive. A dream that’ll last a decade by the sound of things.

Looking back on the series, I kind of think that Fable was largely…rubbish. Make no mistake, the world-building and characters within that particular universe were top-notch, but the rest of the actual experience.Ennnnhhhhh. I’d say that Fable 3 and Fable: The Journey represented the nadir of the series, a collection of games with lofty ideas that never materialised.

Last week revealed that Square Enix had decided to dump developer IO Interactive and Hitman, because we’re not allowed to have nice things in life. That raised a number of red flags: Was Hitman now properly dead? Would anyone buy the rights to it? Even more worrying: Would one of the best games of 2016 get that second season that IO Interactive had begun building the foundation for throughout the episodic release of Hitman? Maybe!

Publisher Square Enix have decided to ditch developer IO Interactive and the Hitman franchise. The numbers don’t lie: Whereas Hitman: Absolution managed to sell over 3 million units worldwide on PC despite middling reviews (Thanks NeoGAF!), last year’s Hitman has only managed to shift just over 650 000 units so far on PC. That’s not good.

It sounds like 2017 will be bereft of an Assassin’s Creed entry as well,as Ubisoft wants to make the next entry in the franchise worth the wait.

In a recent interview, Activision's big cheese Bobby Kotick confirmed that the the Call of Duty franchise isn’t going anywhere soon.

Despite terrible sales and being regarded widely as one of the biggest flops of 2016, Take Two is still sticking with Battleborn.

Lawbreakers is less concered with the fall of mankind and more interested in their future rise, setting the stage for a different feel to this online shooter.