Issue #266

NEWS Link to heading

CES 2025: Everything Announced

Judas ‘more reflective of player agency’ than BioShock, Ken Levine says

Intel Arc B580 performance takes major hit on older gaming PCs, new tests show

Sonic movie franchise grosses over $1bn at global box office

Xbox adds PC games to rewards scheme, after previously making it much worse

Astro Bot Now Has More GOTY Awards Than Any Platformer Ever

Crysis’ magical Nanosuit was so convincing that a nanotech conference asked Crytek’s boss to give a keynote speech: ‘I said, excuse me, but this is all fake’

Albion Online’s smuggler-filled Rogue Frontier update is coming in less than a month

Valve immediately shuts down upgraded Steam Deck “leaks” as rumours spread online

Xbox brings cloud gaming to LG Smart TVs

GameStop Quietly Closed a Large Number of US Stores

Tencent Designated as a Chinese Military Company by US

Activision disclosed the cost and sales of some Call of Duty titles

HBO’s The Last of Us: Season 2 Debuts in April

Diablo, UFC 5, and More Have Been Announced to be Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass

Steam Deck Get’s Native Nvidia Geforce Now App

Valve Announces SteamOS Is Available For Third-Party Devices

Microsoft is combining ‘the best of Xbox and Windows together’ for handhelds

Physical video game sales collapsed in the UK last year

Monster Hunter Wilds gets second open beta ahead of February release

Game Pass Causes Some Titles To Lose 80% Of Sales

PC Game Pass added 137 games worth $4,800 in 2024

Ubisoft has delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows again ‘to incorporate player feedback’

Nintendo and Lego Are Collaborating On A New Game Boy Set

Arcane’s Mel is the new League of Legends champion, and she looks broken

Amazon Has 16 More Free Games To Add To Your Massive Backlog

REVIEWS Link to heading

Tactical Breach Wizards

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FEATURES Link to heading

CES 2025 preview: What to expect at tech’s biggest show | The DeanBeat

Meet the man keeping hope, and 70-year-old pinball machines, alive

I’ve seen enough: No more forcing singleplayer studios to make mediocre live service games

Best Cozy Games With Co-Op Play

2025 is PC gaming’s victory lap

This year’s slate of sequels feels like nostalgic reassurance in a time of chaos

The Evolution of the Gaming World in 2024

Eurogamer’s 80 most anticipated games of 2025

The Xbox Series S Was A Mistake

Top-Selling Video Games of 2024 and What Makes Them Popular

The moments set to shape video games in 2025

The Most Memorable Mini-Games in AAA Gaming History

If The Switch 2 Is Just A Better Switch, I’ll Be A Bit Disappointed

‘Talking about the Palestinian story was forbidden’: a developer’s struggle to make a game about the 1948 Nakba

Evolving Monster Hunter: How Capcom’s Belief in the Series Made it a Worldwide Hit – IGN First

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

I don’t understand video game graphics anymore

What are the causes of the death of the stealth genre? And why does it seem that the Hitman series is the only series that seems unaffected by the genre decline in popularity?

VIDEOS Link to heading

2025 Is FINALLY The Year of Next Gen Gaming | Save Room

Monster Hunter Wilds: 9 Minutes of Rompopolo Oilwell Basin Gameplay

Season 1: Eternal Night Falls Official Trailer | Marvel Rivals

The Last Of Us Season 2 | April 2025 | Max

Albion Online | Introducing Rogue Frontier

Welcome to Noxus - Bite Marks (ft. TEYA) | 2025 Season 1 Cinematic - League of Legends

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad - Official Gameplay Trailer

Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode - Release Date Teaser Trailer

The First Descendant | Meet Ines | Character Trailer

Hands-On With AMD FSR 4 - It Looks… Great?

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH - PC Features Trailer

FUNNY Link to heading

This guy destroyed millions of friendships in the 2000s.

Modern Gaming amirite?

Overreacted a bit…

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