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Phantom Squad is a new co-op top-down tactical shooter from the team Super Rare Originals and indie games developer Ctrl Freak (Jérôme Scheefer). It's dropping on pc via Steam sometime in 2025. Check out the trailer below.

I used to be big into the Power Rangers growing up, especially the first iteration of the Power Rangers. And I am super happy to see them making games based on that cast of characters still to this day. This new one, Rita's Rewind looks to be a fantastic beat-em-up style brawler. It comes out tomorrow for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Steam) and the Nintendo Switch.

Who remembers playing The Thing video game from back in 2002? I never played it, but was aware of from a lets play I watched years ago. It came out originally for the PC, PS2, and Xbox. It wasn't a huge hit at release and was kind of went under the radar. But now there is a remastered version that just came out earlier this month. Nightdive Studios released this new remastered version and it's out for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, And Nintendo Switch.

We all know Sony has tried their hand at handhelds, and they were never really able to fully compete with Nintendo and their DS/3DS line of handhelds. Sony tried to make the PSP and than the Vita compete, but it always seemed like Nintendo won the handheld war. Now there are rumors of Sony jumping back into the handheld game, and Xbox finally jumping in, but could they both compete with Nintendo? I feel like they will have an awful hard time to compete, even with the power Sony possesses. Nintendo life put out an article discussing this, you can read about it here - https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-can-sony-and-microsoft-really-compete-with-nintendo-in-a-new-handheld-war And with a new Switch liking coming soon, do you think Sony and Microsoft can compete? If they both make a new handheld each, can they compete with Nintendo and their possible Switch 2? What do you guys think?

This looks like an odd one. It seems to be heavily inspired by Pokemon and some other GameBoy games. It's an new Turn-based RPG that just dropped a couple days ago. It was developed by Button Factory Games, who don't seem to be that well known yet. idk, maybe this game will make them famous. You can find it on steam here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1870700/The_Edge_of_Allegoria/

It really is. I've been utilizing Cleo ever since I got into it, and I don't think I'll ever stop or look back. It's helped me a lot since using it, and I know it's going to be useful for holiday shopping next. I just wish I heard about it sooner.

IGN recently put out a list of the top 100 PlayStation games of all time, and this accounts for all PS consoles from PS1 to PS5, including the PSP and Vita handhelds. You can view the full list here - https://www.ign.com/articles/the-100-best-playstation-games-of-all-time It starts from 100 and goes down to #1. The 100th listing goes to Ape Escape. And the top 5 are: 5. The Last of Us 4. Shadow of the Colossus 3. Bloodborne 2. God of War (2018) 1. Metal Gear Solid You can find the rest of the games via the link above. What do you think of the top 100? Are any games missing from the list? Do you think any games need to be moved around? I found it kind of weird to see Shadow of the Colossus so high. It's a great game, don't get me wrong, but I always felt like it wasn't that popular among gamers, or that it wasn't a popular as I had hoped. I am happy it hit the 4th spot though.

ANANTA is an upcoming free-to-play open world RPG developed by Naked Rain. This honestly looks like a lot of fun, reminds me of GTA V with anime style characters. The world looks realistic though. You can find more on the game here - https://www.anantagame.com/preview/ It looks to be coming out for PS5 and likely PC. But the site showcases Apple and Android, so it might be playable through their services as well.

This is cool, My First Gran Turismo is a new free-to-play racing sim that's accessible to all ages. It will be available on PS4 and PS5 December 6th. It will also be playable on PSVR 2 (only PS5). It looks like you have a lot of control in the game, so I like that. Check out more info on the game here - https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/products/myfirstgt/ And you can find it on the shop here - https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10011588 PlayStation also did a blog post discussing the game as well, you can check that out here - https://blog.playstation.com/2024/12/04/my-first-gran-turismo-launches-on-ps5-and-ps4-december-6/

The article here - https://twistedvoxel.com/nintendo-switch-2-joy-cons-leaked/ shows off allegedly leaked images of the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons. One of the images shows off a new button on the back of the joy cons that resembles a pedal sort of. It also feature a bigger SL and SR buttons. Do you think this could be what the new joy-cons will look like? Or is this a complete sham? Here are the pictures in the article. Also, I believe the top photo is of the IR sensors for the controller. Think it's real? Or could it all have been a custom build? Or could it really be for the Switch 2?

Has anyone here played the new G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra game? It's a new retro-style sidescroller beat'em'up from the team at Maple Powered Games. It's currently out for Steam, Epic Games, GOG, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5.

Antonblast is a new fast-paced action platformer from the people at Summitsphere. The game had a successful kickstarter campaign which saw a release on PC via Steam today. But a Nintendo Switch version is said to be coming soon. It looks like a lot of fun, especially with the early 90s like look and feel to the graphics. Check it out on steam here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1887400/ANTONBLAST/ And the trailer below.

What do you think Bloober team may have in store for their next game? It's being reported that the team behind Silent Hill 2 will start pre-production of a new project, while the audio team involved on SH2 will moving on to Bloober's upcoming survival horror game Cronos: The New Dawn. You can learn about Cronos in one of the past topics I made here: What do you think the new game could be? Could it be a whole new horror game? A different genre of game completely? Maybe a new Layers of Fear game? What could it be? You can read more about this news here: https://mp1st.com/news/bloobers-silent-hill-2-team-to-start-pre-production-on-new-project-audio-team-moving-to-cronos-the-new-dawn

Cosmic Royale is a new F2P party royale kart racing game from the team at Eden Games. You may know them for games like V-Rally, Test Drive Unlimited and Gear.Club. It will be releasing December 12th for the PC via Steam and Epic Games. Read more about the game here: https://thegg.net/press-releases/the-f2p-party-royale-kart-racing-game-cosmic-royale-is-coming-to-pc-on-december-12th-2024/

I've been using Cleo for a while now, first hearing about it last year I'd say. I finally started using it about a few months back, and I wish I started utilizing it sooner, because it's been great for saving some money when shopping online. I always look to Cleo now days for any online purchases I make. I'm all about saving here and there if I can.

30 Birds is a brand new narrative puzzle game from RAM RAM Games and Business Goose Studios. The art style looks really cool and I can see myself finding this game to be a cozy time. It just came out on Steam yesterday. Check it out here on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708770/30_Birds/

Story with images - https://twistedvoxel.com/steam-controller-2-new-vr-controller-design-leaked/ There was an alleged leak recently which showed off a new Steam Controller, and a new VR controller design. A well known data miner known as Pavel Djundik is the one who unearthed this info. The same man is the creator and owner of SteamDB, so he is familiar with Steam it seems. It's being said the codename for the new steam controller is "ibex" while the codename for the new VR controller is just "roy". Check the link above for images of the mock-up designs.

Remember the custom avatars you could make back on the 360? It was brought back into the Xbox One, and I believe it still worked on Series X|S, but the avatar service will be discontinued on January 9th, 2025. This seems to only affect only Xbox one and series X|S as the avatar editor on the 360 will stick around. You can still use said avatar on your 360 as well. But, the Xbox one and series X|S will not support it going forward. I kind of expected it since I don't think anyone bothered to use avatars much, even on the Xbox One. I think I touched the editor once and never looked at it again. Source of news - https://everyonegaming.com/xbox-avatar-feature-is-closing-down/

Check it out here: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/playstation-history/1994-ps-one/ It goes into detail about each console and how many consoles sold. It shows the PS1 having over 102 million purchases from 1994-2006. Even goes into details about specs and even details the console variants. It's a pretty fun read. I really like that they show off old ads too, especially with the older controllers.

Check it out below. I wish I knew how to work with tech like this. The Keyboard doesn't look all too appealing though.

If you're into Parkour or free-running, this game is probably the one for you. I've been seeing clips of it on instagram as of late and ever since I've been interested in checking it out. It looks like you'd control the parkour action like if you played Skate or something. It's coming out on PC via Steam in early access sometime next year.

The Lemmings inspired platformer from Dr. Kucho! Games known as Moons of Darsalon is coming to consoles soon. It's been out on PC via Steam since 2023. The console version for PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S are supposed to come out in February of 2025. Has anyone played the Steam version so far? Is it worth checking out? It looks like it'd be a lot of fun.

Hunting Simulator 3 is an upcoming sequel in the popular Hunting Simulator series. It'll be coming out for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. There is no official release date yet though, but I imagine soon, so probably early 2025 maybe.

Towers of Aghasba is a new open-world adventure survival game with exploration in mind. It's a first time game from the team at Dreamlit Games. It's available now in early access for PC (Steam) and the PS5. Read more about the game here, along with viewing more screenshots of the game: https://www.thumbculture.co.uk/towers-of-aghasba-pc-early-access-preview For a small studio, this looks quite promising.

Sniper Elite is back, but this time you play as a different character, that being a British soldier known as Harry Hawker. I guess he was voiced in the previous games, but I honestly don't remember. Either way, I'm all for more Sniper Elite games. I guess it ties heavily into the 5th game. So I wonder if we'll get a cameo from the original character.