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FQD Personal Studio has announced that the Bright Memory: Infinite first-person shooter will be coming to iOS and Android platforms on January 17, 2025. Bright Memory: Infinite began its life as just Bright Memory in 2020, with plans for it to be an episodic release. Instead of developing a second episode, FYQD remade the game into a full-length title, now known as Bright Memory: Infinite, which launched on the PC in 2021. View the full article

Rocket Raccoon in Marvel Rivals is a fast and nimble character specializing in dealing damage and disrupting the enemy team. He isn't meant to fight head-on but instead uses his speed and gadgets to outsmart opponents. Rocket excels at setting traps, using explosives, and causing confusion during battles. His small size and quick movements make him hard to hit, letting him slip in and out of fights easily. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Helldivers 2 has begun to introduce the Illuminate into the game, but what could they have planned for 2025? The Illuminate is a race that has been heavily anticipated since the first few months of this title, which has quickly become one of the best co-op shooter games. Though their recent attacks have been repelled rather easily by players, the Illuminate likely still have many cards to play. View the full article

The stylish 2024 roguelike Realm of Ink has been delisted on Steam, just a few months after its initial launch into Early Access. Realm of Ink was an interesting addition to the roguelike genre, and it's currently unclear if or when it will make its way back onto Steam. View the full article

The Grand Reef is the latest island added to Fisch in preparation for its upcoming Atlantis update, and the place is filled to the brim with new fish to catch. Here’s everything you need to know about all the fish in Grand Reef bestiary in Roblox’s Fisch. View the full article

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth doesn't seem to be getting an expansion in the vein of FF7 Remake: Episode InterMISSION, and as disappointing as that might be, I don't think it's the Final Fantasy game that truly needs DLC. A well-made expansion for FF7 Rebirth could certainly be a valuable addition, and I would welcome one just as much as any other fan would. Although a lengthy trilogy provides more than enough room to handle a thorough retelling of FF7 without the need for any DLC, InterMISSION proved that further additional material could still be interesting. View the full article

Fans of Halo Infinite are in for a great January 7, with Halo Studios confirming that a brand-new Operation will launch on this date. Operation: Brute Force will arrive in Halo Infinite on January 7, rounding out the game's Winter Update. View the full article

A new leak from Honkai: Star Rail is hinting at two playable characters set to arrive to the game as part of the upcoming crossover with the Fate/Stay Night franchise. HoYoverse first revealed the massive collab for the popular sci-fi RPG earlier this year, with the crossover confirmed to center around the Unlimited Blade Works portion of the series. The collaboration has seen plenty of speculation from fans about what it could include, though nothing was officially confirmed by HoYoverse. Now, a new leak may give the first hints of what's to come from the Fate crossover. View the full article

Combine the glorious mech battles of Armored Core 6 and the autobattling tactics of Super Auto Pets and TFT, and you have Mechabellum, a clever multiplayer strategy game that left early access in September 2024. Since then, developer Game River has parted ways with former publisher Paradox Arc to take full control of its future, and it's just dropped Mechabellum update 1.2, which kicks off the game's second season. With a training-focused specialist, new units, and reworks on the cards, now's a great time to check in. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Mechabellum 1.0 launches with big updates and even ******* Steam ***** Paradox published strategy game Mechabellum to hit 1.0 very soon View the full article

With 2025 looming, Star Wars fans have a whole new year’s worth of content to look forward to. Unfortunately, 2025 isn’t shaping up to be the franchise’s biggest year. With no new movies on the docket and only one live-action series confirmed for release, the pickings are looking a little slim. But that’s not to say there’s nothing exciting on the horizon. The release of Andor Season 2 alone is reason for Star Wars fans to celebrate like the Rebels dancing on Endor. Let’s take a closer look at what is coming in 2025, and the many Star Wars projects we hope to learn more about in the next 12 months. Andor Returns for Season 2 This is the big one. The Star Wars slate may be a little sparse in 2025, but it’s hard to complain too much when we’re getting a sequel to what is widely regarded as the best Star Wars project Disney has released so far. That’s right, Andor Season 2 is finally dropping in April 2025. Season 2 chronicles the second half of this deep, introspective origin story for Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor. If Season 1 was the story of how a young Cassian became radicalized and joined the fledgling Rebel Alliance, then Season 2 will show us the dangerous missions he undertook leading up to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Fittingly, with the series moving closer to the time ******* of Rogue One, we’ll see more familiar faces from that movie pop up in Season 2. Most notably, Alan Tudyk will reprise the role of K-2SO, as we learn how Cassian first met this eccentric Imperial assassin droid. We’re also looking forward to seeing Ben Mendelsohn don his cape once more as Death Star project manager Director Orson Krennic. Fans can expect Season 2 to cover a lot of ground, with multiple time jumps unfolding over the course of the season and the final batch of episodes set in the days leading up to Rogue One. In other words, don’t expect a Season 3. But do expect a Star Wars story that continues to explore the ordinary men and women who lit the spark of rebellion in a time of great darkness. More Star Wars: Visions More Andor is great, but what about the animated side of things? With The Bad Batch wrapping up in 2024, the one Star Wars animated series confirmed to return in 2025 is Star Wars: Visions. Once again, fans will be treated to an anthology of animated shorts featuring various animation studios interpreting the mythology of Star Wars through their own, unique lens. Season 3 is said to bring Visions back to its roots as an anime anthology, whereas Season 2 took more of a global approach. The studios involved in Season 3 include Cyberpunk Edgerunners’ Studio Trigger and Attack on Titan’s WIT Studio, along with David Production, Kamikaze Douga, ANIMA, Kinema Citrus Co., Polygon Pictures, Production I.G, and Project Studio Q. Will There Be More Star Wars TV? However much we’re looking forward to more of Star Wars: Andor and Star Wars: Visions, there’s no getting around the fact that 2025 is looking pretty thin on the Star Wars TV front compared to previous years. In 2024 alone we got two live-action shows in The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew and two animated series in The Bad Batch: Season 3 and Tales of the Empire. But in 2025, we only have one confirmed live-action series and one animated series, plus the final two episodes of Skeleton Crew. Is there a chance Disney has more shows planned we don’t know about? Possibly, at least on the animated front. Don’t forget that we only learned about the existence of Tales of the Empire a month before it dropped on Disney+ in May 2024. It’s entirely possible that they could pull the same trick again in 2025, announcing another “Tales of” anthology series to follow up Tales of the Empire and Tales of the Jedi. There’s also the question of whether Disney has any long-form Star Wars animated projects in development right now. With The Bad Batch wrapping up last year, we have to imagine that Dave Filoni and others have been hard at work crafting the next great Star Wars animated saga. We probably won’t see that series release in 2025, but it’s possible we’ll at least get an announcement and maybe even see some early footage. That could be one of the big announcements at Star Wars Celebration Japan in April. But on the live-action front, don’t expect any big surprises in 2025. The Acolyte was officially canceled, and with The Mandalorian saga continuing on the big screen, we don’t even know if The Mandalorian: Season 4 is ever happening. That just leaves Ahsoka: Season 2, and that series isn’t returning until 2026 at least. The End of the High Republic If things are looking a little barren on the live-action Star Wars front right now, the same certainly can’t be said for the publishing side of things. Fans of the Star Wars books and comics will be eating very well in 2025, particularly those following Lucasfilm Publishing’s High Republic saga. For the past several years, these books and comics have been exploring the triumphs and tribulations of the Jedi hundreds of years before the Star Wars movies, and it all comes to an end soon. Look for several major High Republic novels to be released in 2025, including Charles Soule’s The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi, Claudia Gray’s The High Republic: Into the Light, and Justina Ireland’s The High Republic: A Valiant Vow. Of these, Trials of the Jedi is the one most worth keeping an eye on, as it serves as the climax of the entire High Republic initiative. This novel will chronicle the final battle between the Jedi and the Nihil and the Nameless. Look for Trials of the Jedi to be released on June 17. Not to be outdone, Marvel Comics has quite an ambitious Star Wars lineup planned for 2025. In 2024, most of Marvel’s ongoing Star Wars comics were exploring the ******* between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Now that those books have ended, Marvel is casting a wider net and branching out to multiple Star Wars eras in 2025. Kicking things off, look for Marvel to wrap up the limited series Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku in January. This series has been busy fleshing out the final major battle between the dying Empire and the New Republic two years after Return of the Jedi, and we’ll see the climax unfold in writer Alex Segura and artist Jethro Morales and Leonard Kirk’s The Battle of Jakku: Last Stand. From there, Marvel is veering in two wildly different directions with its newest ongoing Star Wars comics. First, writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Madibek Musabekov are heading to the Prequel era in Star Wars: Jedi Knights. Set before the events of The Phantom Menace, the series will follow numerous members of the Jedi Order, including Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Mace Windu, and Shaak Ti. The series even focuses on Count Dooku before his defection from the Jedi Order. Elsewhere, Marvel is venturing deep into the era of the Sequel Trilogy for Charles Soule and Luke Ross’ Star Wars: Legacy of Vader. Set in between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, the series explores Kylo Ren’s struggle as the newly crowned Supreme Leader of the First Order and his quest to recommit himself to the Dark Side following his battles with Rey and Luke Skywalker. Soule previously fleshed out Ben Solo’s Dark Side origins in 2020’s Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren, so consider this a sequel of sorts. We have to assume these aren’t the only new Star Wars comics Marvel will be launching in 2025, as the publisher has tended to publish four or five ongoing titles at any given time. Will Doctor Aphra get another solo series? Will we see other books fleshing out the blank canvas that is the post-Return of the Jedi era? Only time will tell on that front. The Future of Star Wars Games If 2025 is shaping up to be a relatively quiet year on the movie and TV front, it’s not looking any better in terms of video game releases. In fact, there are no Star Wars games confirmed for release in 2024. About all fans have to look forward to at the moment is new DLC for Star Wars Outlaws. According to Ubisoft’s DLC roadmap, fans can expect a new story campaign called “A Pirate’s Fortune” to release in Spring 2025. This campaign focuses on fan-favorite pirate villain (or perhaps he’s more of an anti-hero) Hondo Ohnaka as he bumps into Kay Vess. Ubisoft has yet to reveal what, if any, new Outlaws content is planned beyond “A Pirate’s Fortune.” Are there even more adventures planned for Kay and her motley crew, or do the lukewarm sales numbers spell doom for Outlaws’ ongoing future? We’ll have to wait for future announcements to learn more. Beyond that, all we can do is hope that 2025 brings with it news about other upcoming Star Wars games. We know EA is developing a third game in the Star Wars Jedi series. But with there being four years between the release of 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and 2023’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, it’s probably too much to hope the new game will actually release in 2025. At best, we might see early footage of the game and get a better idea of when in the Star Wars timeline it takes place. We’re also crossing our fingers for news on the oft-delayed remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch confirmed in 2024 that the game is still in active development, despite rumors to the contrary. But what state is the game in right now, and when will we see footage of the remake in action? Hopefully, 2025 brings with it some good news on the KOTOR front. And let’s not forget Quantic Dream’s Star Wars: Eclipse, another title that was announced and then seemingly vanished off the face of the Earth. Will 2025 be the year Eclipse finally rears its head again, or will it go the way of so many other canceled Star Wars projects? What About the Star Wars Movies? 2025 won’t deliver any new Star Wars theatrical releases, which at this point is nothing new. On the theatrical side, the franchise has been dormant since the release of The Rise of Skywalker back in 2019. But that’s not to say Lucasfilm hasn’t announced plenty of new Star Wars movies in recent years. It’s worth looking at what’s currently in the pipeline and how likely we are to get an update in 2025. The Mandalorian & Grogu First, there’s the lone Star Wars movie that’s actually in production right now, The Mandalorian & Grogu. This big-screen spinoff of The Mandalorian continues the shared story of the two heroes after the events of The Mandalorian: Season 3. Co-creator Jon Favreau is directing the film, which is currently slated for release on May 22, 2026. With any luck, we should see a teaser trailer for the film at some point in 2025, possibly as early as Star Wars Celebration Japan. Dave Filoni’s Mando-Verse Movie Not to be outdone, Favreau’s partner Dave Filoni is directing his own live-action movie, one expected to tie together characters and threads from The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett, and other projects from that era. Don’t expect much news on this movie in the foreseeable future, however, as Filoni has to focus on Ahsoka: Season 2 first. James Mangold’s Star Wars Movie Logan director James Mangold is helming a movie set in the distant past of the Star Wars universe, revealing the origins of the Jedi Order and reportedly featuring a “Biblical” scope. Lucasfilm may announce a writer for the movie in 2025, but don’t expect more updates than that. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's New Jedi Order Movie Daisy Ridley is reprising the role of Rey Skywalker in a new movie set 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker. Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is directing. Hopefully, we’ll see some updates about the film in 2025, but it’s unclear where in the pipeline it currently falls. Simon Kinberg’s Star Wars Trilogy X-Men producer Simon Kinberg has been tapped to oversee a new trilogy of Star Wars movies. Despite early rumors the trilogy will directly continue the Skywalker Saga, IGN was able to confirm it’s instead meant to focus on a new storyline. It’s still early days on this project, so we’re not expecting to hear much about Kinberg’s trilogy in 2025. Taika Waititi’s Star Wars Movie Thor: Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi is apparently still set to venture into the Star Wars universe, though it’s been years since we’ve gotten any substantive updates on this mysterious project. Will that finally change in 2025? And that’s what you can expect from the Star Wars franchise in 2025. It’s a relatively quiet year, but there are still some very cool projects for fans to look forward to in the new year. What Star Wars story are you most excited to experience in 2025? Let us know by voting in our poll and posting down in the comments. Also be sure to check out every upcoming Star Wars movie and series. [/url] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky. View the full article

Markus “Notch” Persson, well-known as the creator of Minecraft, has announced plans to create a spiritual successor. Notch sold the rights to Minecraft back in 2014 when his studio, Mojang, was acquired by Microsoft. This means the game’s original creator cannot legally create an official sequel, but Notch has said he plans to develop a spiritual successor under a different name. View the full article

After plenty of noise from the community, Treyarch might be making a major change to one of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6's most controversial cosmetics. The unicorn fart finisher was first added to ****** Ops 6 a few weeks ago, but it could be about to get an overhaul. View the full article

CD Projekt Red has revealed that it will be ensuring that NPCs in The Witcher 4 are better than the previous games, in order to ensure that players are able to get the most immersive experience. While CD Projekt Red is well known for delivering stellar narrative experiences, the NPCs in previous games have drawn some flak from the community, and it seems like it is quite eager to mend that aspect with the release of The Witcher 4. View the full article

A new finishing move featured in the latest Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 update appears to be completely broken, as players report that it does not eliminate opponents as intended. The “Roped In” finishing move is featured in the new Squid Game Event Pass, which has already caused plenty of controversy among the Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 community, but fans are now even more irate after paying for the premium track pass and receiving a broken finishing move. View the full article

The content for Honkai: Star Rail in 2025 is expected to be full of surprises and new things for players to engage with, as this is also the third year of content for the turn-based RPG by HoYoverse. Currently, the title is nearing the end of Version 2.7, the final patch before Version 3.0. The update’s final half offers players the chance to obtain Fugue for the first time or to try to pull for Firefly, who is rerunning in Honkai: Star Rail 2.7 banners. This is a big patch, but one that pales in comparison to the next one. View the full article

The ***** Lotus is one of the most important items in Jujutsu Infinite because it lets you get higher-tier items much more easily. Grinding high-tier items is time-consuming, so you want every shortcut available. Let’s go over how to find and use the ***** Lotus in Jujutsu Infinite quickly. What is ***** Lotus? The ***** Lotus is a Special Grade drop that increases your odds of getting rare items when you open chests. Using a ***** Lotus before opening a chest removes all lower-rarity items from the loot pool and ensures you will only get Legendary rarity or higher rewards. View the full article

Taking an Ascendancy is an important part of customizing your character build in the latter half of Path of Exile 2. In this complicated, Diablo-inspired action RPG system, you'll live or die by the strength of your own unique character build (or one you found in a PoE 2 build guide online). You'll choose everything from your character's class, to the equipment they use, to the skills they learn, to passive buffs that affect all of the above. It can get complicated, but only because of how deep it goes, how customizable every aspect of your character is. View the full article

The Intel Arc B580 arrived with a far ******* splash than many could have predicted when it launched just ahead of the holiday season last year. The budget gaming GPU delivered performance that exceeded expectations and arrived at a truly compelling price. However, further testing has revealed that the card's performance doesn't hold up when run on some older systems. With the new Intel GPU previously making a strong pitch for a place on the best graphics card guides of the world, this new revelation could seriously hurt Intel's push to consolidate its position. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This stunning wood gaming PC build is perfect for a minimalist living room Best graphics card 2025 Best gaming CPU 2025 View the full article

Another great deal here for you with the Speedrunning with Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle. Some good compatibility across Linux desktop and Steam Deck. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

It's not every day that a new, game-changing stealth action concept comes along, but Sleight of Hand could be that game in 2025. Developed and published by RiffRaff Games, a new studio out of Wellington, New Zealand, Sleight of Hand is a third-person stealth game with a unique concept and some ambitious goals. View the full article

If you've been itching for more roguelikes while taking a break between Hades 2 updates, Realm of Ink has been one to watch. With frenetic combat, an isometric viewpoint, and gorgeous paint-inspired visuals, developer Leap Studio's steady stream of updates keeps taking the early access game from strength to strength. Realm of Ink's journey has been hit by a sudden roadblock, however, as the entire game has been delisted from Steam, and the developer says it doesn't know why. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Beautiful painterly roguelike Realm of Ink adds new powers and perks Hades style roguelike Realm of Ink is even harder, and better, with new update Stunning Hades influenced roguelike Realm of Ink launches massive update View the full article

2024 was a magnificent year for memorable indie games, with the all-conquering Balatro even securing a nomination for The Game Awards' top honor. But its creator 'LocalThunk' is a big champion of his fellow indies, highlighting other greats including Animal Well, Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers, and the fantastic Arco. The stunning Mesoamerican RPG is a real sleeper hit, with 97% of players recommending it, and its clever tactical combat and beautiful pixel-art design completely won my heart, but it didn't get the attention it deserved. If you missed it, however, you've now got the chance to catch up for cheap as a Steam ***** brings Arco to its lowest price yet. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Gorgeous new indie RPG Arco's clever tactical combat has me entranced Exciting new indie RPG Arco gets a free Steam demo, and I'm hooked View the full article

I adore FromSoftware's take on multiplayer design. Instead of waiting in a lobby with friends or accepting an invite to join a game in progress, the studio's online functionality has its own character. You can watch the spectral recordings of fallen players, offer to help those in need where they need it most, and by far my favorite, write messages on the floor. These can be helpful, make no sense, or outright trick you, and this dynamic makes FromSoftware's games, from Dark Souls to Elden Ring, feel truly alive. That's why I'm sad to report then that these messages won't return for Elden Ring Nightreign, but it's for a good reason. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Elden Ring Nightreign release date estimate, gameplay, and news View the full article

Payday 3 has come a long way since launch, but it's yet to rival the highs of its predecessor. In the meantime, however, another free-to-play heist FPS is making a big name for itself on Steam, racking up an impressive ratio of 91% recommendations from more than 32,000 reviews. This is One-Armed Robber, a simple but surprisingly satisfying spin on the high-stakes combination of stealth and explosions. As 2025 rolls in, developer Duhndal follows up its recently introduced mansion mission with a fresh kit of seven new weapons, making now an ideal time to discover why it's so beloved. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Excellent free Steam Payday rival adds casino heist mission 9/10 Payday style free Steam game gets refined with new map This free Steam game is like Payday 3, but with a chaotic twist View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

While 7.1x still lacks content for non-raiders to tackle, (Chaotic) Cloud of Darkness is an excellent new addition to the patch cycle for raiders. View the full article