The first few days of a year are always a bit sleepy in the game’s industry. It takes a little while for those press releases to start rolling in, for the announcements and trailers to drop, and developers and publishers alike are wary of launching too soon after everyone’s Christmas spending. So, it’s a quiet week for this round-up, but here’s what’s happened.
In the News This Week
Naturally, there hasn’t been all that much news in the past few weeks, so here’s the sum total of our reporting:
- An Eternal Strands demo is coming to PC later this month
- Assetto Corsa EVO latest video shows what to expect from Early Access
- BLEACH Rebirth of Souls latest trailer is a Shinji Hirako special
- The January PS Plus Monthly Games start off 2025 with Suicide Squad…
Game of the Year 2024
We ran our Game of the Year awards around Christmas, as we always do, building up to our GOTY reveal on New Years Eve. Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio were both very heavily featured, but which took home the overall award?
- Game of the Year 2024 – Overall Winner
- Best PlayStation Game
- Best Xbox Game
- Best PC Game
- Best Nintendo Switch Game
- Best Virtual Reality Game
- Best Video Game Adaptation
- Best Single Player Game
- Best Multiplayer Game
- Best Narrative
- Best Gameplay
- Best Original Soundtrack
- Best Visual Design Graphics
- Best Independent Game
- Best Remake or Remaster
- Biggest Disappointments
Most Wanted 2025
Since the start of the year, we’ve then been looking at our most wanted games of the next twelve months. We’ve covered the first 15 of these so far:
- Our Most Wanted Games of 2025 – #50 to #46
- Our Most Wanted Games of 2025 – #45 to #41
- Our Most Wanted Games of 2025 – #40 to #36
The next batch is coming tomorrow, with more every day until we break for the final five.
Trailer Park
Primal Carnage: Evolution is coming out this year
So… that’s just about it for this weekend. Things will no doubt pick up next week, not least because of CES bringing some GPU announcements from Nvidia and AMD. We’ll see you then!
