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Ultimate Fisherman The most underrated game of 2024 reminds me of Animal Crossing, but it's all about fishing - and nothing else
Fish, gamble, and parkour. What more could you want?
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Get over here Stalkr Stalker 2 is a miracle game, and deserves its flowers more than any of the other big budget behemoth games that launched in 2024
Nothing has made me happier than seeing this game, by this team, do well.
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Kessel Re-Run Star Wars: Outlaws is completely unoriginal, but that's kind-of the best part
It's not innovative, but sometimes the best thing about Star Wars is that it's unmistakably Star Wars.
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"We probably won't go out of our way to add a whole bunch of stuff specific to the show, because we don't feel like we need to."
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I Got A Letter... It's been a grim year, hasn't it? 2024’s best games are all about disgust, decay, and existential dread
I had a pretty cheerful 2024 in gaming, as you can tell.
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Testers Wanted Fancy testing out Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 and its long-awaited crossplay mechanics? Larian's now letting folks sign up to do just that
Apply for a nice prezzie that you might get to open in January, if you're one of the players picked.
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“I think ‘cool’ kinda overrode whether or not anybody cared about ‘does this even fit like that’”, says lead producer Bill LaCoste.
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"We will revisit this," the studio says of the item prices folks weren't fans of, while loading up the free gifts onto its sleigh.
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Flying Or Crashing James Gunn's Superman has just received its first trailer: some people love it, some don't, and we can't tell if Krypto or Lois Lane has the bigger stan army
Not everything is praise and hype.
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Sense Of Wonder James Gunn's Superman teaser trailer shows Krypto the super dog, and is therefore incredible (other characters appear too)
A fresh new start which skips the origin story.
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Cash Money Pokemon TCG Pocket players are heads over heels for a new addition to the cosmetic store
It's a cute little thing, but nothing can save you back-to-back tails I'm afraid.
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What sort of mindset does the Zenless team has towards big changes?
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GSC says "the size of the patch is huge and the process of downloading will take some time", so you best set it away and make a cup of tea.
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Bloody Reunion Courteney Cox is officially returning for Scream 7 after months of doubt, locking yet another Gale Weathers and Sidney Prescott reunion
Will she survive this one?
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Rock And Hard Place As Helldivers 2's Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing
Either way, players don't reckon the price is right.
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Through The Jungle Jurassic World: Rebirth director Gareth Edwards promises a very simple "survival story" and says they put the actors in water that poisonous snakes call home
Living dinosaurs aren't real, but other dangerous animals were.
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Horny Bat Zenless Zone Zero saves gooner Christmas by fixing bug that prevented pervy camera angles
The online community freaked out a bit before it knew this was an unintended change.
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Flew too close to the sun.
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Soulslike Strats Sony becomes the "largest shareholder" in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa, as the two put an Elden Ring on a "strategic capital and business alliance"
After all that corporate courting, the big duo have opted to strengthen their collaborative ties, but haven't gone the full buyout route.
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Fight the new year 2XKO fiends will have to wait until February to hear what's coming next in Riot's upcoming fighting game
The team is on holiday, but we have a roadmap on future updates
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Racoon Logic takes us to New Florida in a cathartic spin on a survival game that really hits.
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"The more of this we sell - the more Illuminate type stuff we can keep dropping for free"
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Sul Sul, My Lovely Love, death, and innovative storytelling: Game design, broadening perspectives, and the future of The Sims 4 with Anna Huerta
2024 has been a strong year for The Sims – we spoke to TS4's Senior Creative Director about the philosophy behind (re-)designing the life sim.
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Honk If You're... The first trailer for A24's Death of a Unicorn has Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega freaking out about accidentally killing everyone's favourite fictitious animal
It's an understandable reaction, honestly.
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Somewhere In Time VG247's best games of 2024 that aren't actually from 2024, because we're all time- and money-poor these days, right?
Look, it's expensive to keep up with the release schedule these days, and most of us have a huge backlog to get through – so let's celebrate some older games, yeah?
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Up In The Sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a tease of a teaser trailer for James Gunn's Superman, and it really wants you to look up
That's too many teases.
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MassConaughey Remember Exodus? Here's its first gameplay, featuring a not quite Commander Shepard sci-fi slapping up a space bear
The game also has Matthew McConaughey in it, doing video games for the first time.
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A Perfect Circle Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: an acquired taste, but a barnstorming classic
The best thing I can say about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is that I know I’m going to be thinking about this for a long time yet.
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Get out of here! Stalker 2 review: an excellent work of struggle and loneliness, even if it is plagued by bugs
In spite of its flaws, Stalker 2 is a brilliant game made under extenuating circumstances.
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Max Caulfield returns to headline a follow-up that hints at an exciting new direction for the series — but doesn't quite manage to answer all of its own questions.
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You're Kidding Me Who said nostalgia was dead? Certainly not the first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends
It's some guys you've seen in films before! Neato!
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A Colourful Bunch A Bluey movie is on the way, putting the fear of uncontrollably sobbing in front of a crowd of children in parents everywhere
Based on how parents have reacted to the TV show, you might want to bring some tissues.
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In The Killzone Helldivers 2's first ever crossover is here, and it's good news for super credit flush Killzone fans
When two PlayStation-backed shooty things with armour that looks a bit fascist love each other very much...
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This Is Fine Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse finally puts some names to its directors, and no, they didn't just join the film
It might not be coming out next year, but it's seemingly doing just fine.
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As TW4's director says, the Witcher community always delivers.
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Bonus Level Turns out Secret Level wasn't so secret after all, as Amazon has renewed it for a second season
Start placing your bets on what gets adapted next.
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Leaf It Out, Mate My game of the year is Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree because, yes, of course you're are allowed to choose DLC
It's my game of the year, I'll choose whatever I like, thanks.
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"I was fully naked the entire time, bathed in goo, a la Get Your Own Back"
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Simon Viklund sits down for a conversation on music, something here's clearly a fiend for.
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Rider! Warframe does it again, turning another mobility bug into a permanent feature
Motorbikes weren't meant to be used in non-Warframe 1999 missions. But fun comes first!
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So many showcases, so little free time.
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Big Time Hail Mary Can Behemoth save PS VR2?
PSVR2 needs to go big or go home, and Behemoth might literally be its best chance.
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Fallen-on-and-On If you can believe it, Lords of the Fallen is still getting patches that change its combat this many months after launch
Over a year after its initial release, the devs behind Lords of the Fallen continue to tweak some of its most fundamental aspects.
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Shadowy Behaviour Turns out we can't have anything nice anymore, as Sonic the Hedgehog 3 spoilers are apparently already floating around
The film is due out later this week.
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Dun-dun-dun-duhh-duh While you wait for that Superman trailer, have a listen to the upcoming film's quite lovely main theme that calls back to the 1978 original
A little something to tide you over.
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Exciting Stuff Hideki Kamiya might be all in on the Okami sequel at his new studio, but that doesn't mean completely new titles aren't on the table
"Our mission at Clovers is to create unique games that only we can make."
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"The trailer is a cinematic look at the kind of experience The Witcher 4 is aspiring to give to players."
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"Let's speak that into existence."
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Dead Man's Hand Balatro Dev jokes about adding loot boxes to lower 18 age rating, highlighting the "real gambling" EA Sports FC gets away with
The game features no actual gambling, while other games monetised through loot boxes get off with a lower rating.
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Global Goblin Grind Diablo 4's final event of the year has the entire community chasing Treasure Goblins for some cool rewards
Diablo 4 is just about ready to wrap up 2024, and it's going to do so with a very on-theme event.
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Rock The Dragon You might be surprised to hear it, but Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is apparently already one of Bandai Namco's best selling games of all time
"I wasn't expecting this."
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And they're good words of advice too.
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Get free Dice in Monopoly Go!
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Best Diablo 4 Spiritborn builds - Best Skills and Skill Trees
The new Spiritborn class is a force to be reckoned with, here's how to create their best builds!
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Mary… Silent Hill 2 remake endings guide
If you’re finally ready for the pain to end, here’s our Silent Hill 2 remake endings guide.
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Let The Race Begin There's a big JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime event coming next year, and fans have already convinced themselves that the next part of the series is finally getting adapted
I mean, what else could it be, right?
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Plus it's the only new Cyberpunk thing you'll be getting for a while.
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More! More! More! With Okami and Onimusha sequels finally in the works, you might be hoping Capcom is planning some more comebacks, and it turns out you might just get your wish
It's a good time to be Capcom.
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Speeding Things Up Want to refresh yourself on Final Fantasy 7 Remake before Rebirth drops on PC? A new patch should help you out, even if one new feature is a bit of an odd one
Ain't that nice of Square Enix?
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New outfits, an ice rink, and a flying obstacle course is on the horizon. Oh, Santa’s also gone missing.
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Eldamn, That Soon? Wahey, Elden Ring Nightreign is getting a network test that'll let you play a bit of it early next year, and you can sign up very soon
You'll just be helping the devs make sure everything works as intended, but it's still cool.
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Marvelous Hit Marvel Rivals' secret weapon is its healthy mix of A-listers and overlooked characters, and this may help the brand as a whole
A golden opportunity to up Marvel's brand synergy.
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