It’s only a couple of days away from the big day, and if you’re like me you’ll be frantically buying last minute presents and attempting to master the art of wrapping. Or, are you one of the more organised ones that means you’re able to put your feet up this weekend and get some gaming in?
In the News This Week
Sadly the tail end of the week was marred by company and game shut downs, which is the suckiest time of year for this to happen.
- Versus Evil has shuttered, all staff laid off – Jukai Studio also to close
- The Day Before servers shutdown in January, Steam providing refunds
- Firewall Ultra developer First Contact Entertainment is closing down
- Insomniac hackers release Wolverine, more Marvel games and new IP details
- Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick is leaving next week
- Creepy Jar’s Chimera has been renamed StarRupture
- Dungeons of Hinterberg Kolmstein overworld detailed
- South Park: Snow Day! is coming out in March 2024
- Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon update 1.05 adds ranked match
Game of the Year 2023 & Most Wanted for 2024
This week saw us kick off our Game of the Year awards, and we’ve already covered a bunch of categories:
- Game of the Year 2023 – Best Narrative
- Game of the Year 2023 – Best Visual Design
- Game of the Year 2023 – Best Remake or Remaster
- Game of the Year 2023 – Best Independent Game
- Game of the Year 2023 – Best Original Soundtrack
- Game of the Year 2023 – Best Gameplay
And we also got our Most Wanted Games of 2024 feature underway, counting down from the top 50:
Games in Review & Featured Articles
We rounded off the reviews this year with a strong showing, with both reviews being awarded almost top marks!
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 9/10
- Corsair HS80 Max Wireless Gaming Headset – 9/10
From the previews, Aran took the helm for a look a Skull & Bones, the long-awaited spin off to Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, which it turns out might need a little more work, even after it’s lengthy development journey.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Resident Evil 4 VR, Avatar & Tekken 8.
Trailer Park
Shaheen revealed for Tekken 8 in latest trailer
Choo-Choo Charles comes to PlayStation and Xbox this week
Your Achievements
Here’s what you in our community have been up to this week:
- SLRC98 popped in to share they’ve been playing Spider-Man 2 all week, and aims to have the platinum wrapped up by the end of the weekend. Other than that, he’s working through the Halo series with his son, now that he’s old enough, which sounds like a lovely bit of parental gaming!
I hope you have a good weekend, a good Christmas, and we’ll see you again soon!
