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Imogen joined RPS in January 2020 as our full-time news writer after impressing us from afar as Eurogamer’s news intern. Working together with Alice0, Imogen’s excellent reporting has touched every corner of PC gaming imaginable. She’s covered it all, from the big, night-long E3 and Geoff Fest conferences all the way through to the weird and wonderful delights of things likeDemon Deleter,a Google spreadsheet MMO, and the dangers ofbaking banana breadwhile playingValorant.
She also jumped right in when it came to getting involved with every corner of RPS, too. As our resident online FPS expert, she joined Ed as the new co-host of our fortnightlyUltimate Audio Bangpodcast earlier this year in May, taking over from James Law (RPS in peace). Imogen drew on her deep and extensive knowledge of games like Valorant andApex Legendsto help keep listeners up to date with their fast-moving metas, and dissected the latest news with her usual sharpshooting precision.
Speaking of Apex Legends, she also shared her passion for sliding about its battlefields with our also dearly departed vid bud Colm Ahern (RPS in peace) back in April. You can watch it in full below:
Apex Legends Is Fast, Fluid & One Of The Best Battle Royale Games | My Fav Thing In (Apex Gameplay)Watch on YouTube
Apex Legends Is Fast, Fluid & One Of The Best Battle Royale Games | My Fav Thing In (Apex Gameplay)
But it’s Imogen’s fantastic interviews I’ll miss the most. Her love of in-game languages knows no bounds, and I’m devastated that we won’t have anyone investigating the origins ofAssassin’s Creed’s Isu languageanymore, nor anyone to quizJett: The Far Shore’s developers about how their fictional languageevolved out of gibberish choral music. I also loved her big developer roundtable onwhy early access is better than everthis year. She’s always been able to root out fun and interesting stories regardless of whether she’s talking to tiny indie devs such as the creators ofInscryption,TunicandDarkest Dungeon 2, or big mega studios such asArkane LyonandRespawn.
Indeed, Imogen’s never been afraid to ask tough questions. I’m still hugely proud of her big report into thetreatment of Paradox Interactive’s QA staff, and she’s tackled all the big, heavy news issues of the day with aplomb (and man alive, it sure has beena yearon that front).
Alas, now it’s time for something new, and Imogen’s going to be taking a break from games journalism while she figures out what that is. She will be greatly missed, as will hersassy (and correct) hot takeson all thingsMass Effect.
