The biggest gaming news of 2024: Concord flops, Palworld vs Nintendo, and more

Marvel Rivals is full of iconic and beloved Marvel characters, but one character has been a glaring omission so far given his massive popularity. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. News »I just want people to appreciate the world and the strangeness of the world, » says Dr. Andrew Johnson. Epic Games Store users should set a reminder to claim the January 9 free game. Many Dragon Age fans were disappointed by Mythal’s character model in The Veilguard, so this mod gives her a new look. Here are the horror games TG’s staff are hoping to be scared by in 2025.

PlayStation Portal 30th Anniversary Edition Back In Stock At PS Direct (December

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Everything is at stake in terms of playoff positioning for the Lions and Vikings, the first regular-season matchup between 14+ win teams in NFL history. This matchup is just for playoff seeding, as a Commanders win gets them the No. 6 — and helps them avoid playing the Eagles for a third time. A Commanders loss could allow the Packers to slide into the No. 6 seed, and Washington has lost to Dallas this year. There are 11 games that have some sort of playoff implications entering Week 18.

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Naomi Osaka retires from Auckland final in tears with apparent injury, 1 week before Australian Open

/ Sign up for Verge Deals to get deals on products we’ve tested sent to your inbox weekly. Netflix’s new mobile game strips away all of the parts that make Squid Game so compelling in order to create a bloodier version of Fall Guys. Classified documents about the Eurofighter Typhoon’s radar systems have appeared on the War Thunder military hardware simulator’s gaming forum — mirroring a similar leak last December related to the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The folks at Digital Foundry have a video and writeup of all the ways the latest Call of Duty takes advantage of the “most powerful PlayStation ever” despite being published by Microsoft-owned Activision. A Reddit user posted images of what they claim is the Switch 2’s motherboard.

While ConcernedApe continues to update Stardew Valley, there could still be news in 2025 about the developer’s next planned game, Haunted Chocolatier. Renaissance is a tricky challenge in Bitlife, consisting of five parts. There are quite a few free-to-play PS5 games available, and here’s a look at some of the absolute best. This week on Gamers Said, we asked you what was the first Zelda game you ever played. The best-looking open-world games find beauty in different places, with some focusing on realism and others delving deep into the realm of fantasy.

Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka has been fined $50,000 for verbal abuse of a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his technical foul and ejection. We are only four days into the new year, yet Steam already has its first fan-favorite game of 2025, and it’s on sale until January 16 as part of a special “introductory offer.” The new Steam game is a first-person shooter, and a retro one at that. More specifically, it is an “anime style retro throwback” inspired by the 90s. Right now, the game is trending as a “Popular New Release” and has a 97 percent approval rating across 267 user reviews.

  • The official elevator pitch for Beyond Citadel is that it is a single-player first-person shooter inspired by FPS classics of the 90’s.
  • During my match, all combat stopped so that everyone could listen to her sing “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” before things went back to normal (and I was immediately killed).
  • This is another playoff-seeding matchup, but the Packers’ playoff seed falls in the hands of the Commanders.
  • As clone games become vogue again, the results of this case will likely set parameters for how much developers can copy games they enjoy.
  • Valve started selling the discounted PC gaming handhelds last month, and they’ve been hard to catch since.

At least 13 games published by EA will be shutting down throughout 2025. Nintendo shines the spotlight on 15 games that are coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2025. A hugely popular survival game is rumored to be receiving a possibly enhanced port on the Nintendo Switch’s successor when the console is unveiled. A senior FromSoftware official explains why the famed developer is going to ditch one of its super popular features in Elden Ring Nightreign.

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Wembanyama is the first player since O’Neal to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds before turning 21. In response, Riley publicly told Butler to « keep your mouth shut. » This was also after Riley announced the team wouldn’t extend Butler’s contract beyond this season. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens. He added that he expects the new coach and general manager that are put in charge will make a quick decision regarding his future with the team.

Sony’s second State of Play presentation of the year just took place. It gave us a clearer look at what we can expect from PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2’s video game lineup throughout the back half of 2024. That includes first-party games like Until Dawn’s remake, Concord, and Astro Bot.

We’re taking this with a big grain of salt, but some users believe it lines up with previous leaks. Still, looks like you’ll have to “pick two” at a time — while the Steam Deck offers dual touchpads, dual sticks and D-pad simultaneously. Valve started selling the discounted PC gaming handhelds last month, and they’ve been hard to catch since. No part of this site or its content may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder.