Mat, Matt, and Jen are here to present the IGN *** Podcast Alternative Game Awards for 2024. Which game had the best animal? Which simply requires you to get gud? Listen to find out. Remember to send us your thoughts about all the new games, TV shows, and films you're enjoying or looking forward to: [email protected]. IGN *** Podcast 780: The Alternative Game Awards 2024 IGN *** Podcast 779: The Alternative Movie and TV Awards 2024IGN *** Podcast 778: The Game Awards Reveals and Ferry FightsIGN *** Podcast Special Episode: We Visited CD Projekt Red to Talk About The Witcher 4 IGN *** Podcast 777: Indiana Jones and the Great GameIGN *** Podcast 776: Breaking Down the Top 20 PlayStation Games View the full article
A Valve employee recently provided PC Gamer with a rough calculation of the company's per-employee income, revealing that Valve generates more money per person than several of the world's largest companies. While the data is a few years old and doesn't account for some significant recent trends in the tech... Read Entire Article View the full article
Palworld's Feybreak update offers a lot more than new content; it lets you face one of the most popular challenges in the Pokémon community: Nuzlocke. The addition of a hardcore mode, where both players and their Pals can die permanently, lets players take on a whole new way of playing. The standard hardcore mode can feel too easy, making Pals seem almost invincible because they can always come back. The same can be said for the respawning player. View the full article
The Chaotic mode of the World of Darkness has released for Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail. This pits an entire alliance against a powered-up level 100 version of the Cloud of Darkness, previously seen in the story events of A Realm Reborn. This isn’t just the same fight with a 50-level increase; instead, Cloud of Darkness has additional moves and behavior to keep everyone on their toes. As long as the whole team can coordinate, the boss should prove to be a medium challenge. View the full article
Once again, it's the time of year when the sun shies away while moonlight and darker days take over as the Norhtern Hemisphere succumbs to winter. Following the annual inundation of beloved pumpkin spice and apple cider in fall, the perfect escape from the colder weather can lie within the comfort of cozy video games like Cozy Grove and Bear and Breakfast. There's a variety of games to choose from that feature autumnal and winter themes or simply have a cozy vibe, and plenty that don't include farming mechanics. View the full article
Grand Theft Auto 6 fans think that Rockstar Games might be revealing more details about the game soon, as the placeholder images on the website have been updated. While some fans are hopeful that it might finally lead to an update regarding GTA 6 before the end of the year, others are of the opinion that Rockstar Games might still not reveal anything more before 2025. View the full article
Wuthering Waves has officially revealed Jinhsi's highly-anticipated alternate outfit for Version 2.0. In recent weeks, Wuthering Waves has been promoting all the exciting content for its next update, which is expected to be the RPG's biggest one yet. View the full article
With the announcement of Elden Ring Nightreign's revolutionary gameplay elements such as randomly generated maps, three-person cooperative multiplayer, and three-day/night cycles, it's no wonder fans of Elden Ring are divided about the overhauled mechanics. The game is a major departure from the traditional "Soulsborne formula" seen in Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, the Dark Souls series, and of course, ******'s Souls, all of which have dungeon crawler elements at their core. View the full article
Mojang revealed several impressive stats about Minecraft in 2024, including the number of blocks broken and biomes visited throughout the year. 2024 also marked the 15th anniversary of Minecraft, which is still one of the most actively played games in the world across multiple platforms. View the full article
With Palworld's recently released Feybreak update, there is a ton of new content to explore. Included in the update are new Pals, additional and updated mechanics, new weapons, raids, buildings, and even tower bosses. The addition of the new Feybreak territory to the Sakurajima area has added a ton of new materials to farm as well, including Chromite, as this island is about six times as large as the originally released area. There are many new facets of the game to explore, especially when it comes to obtaining new items for building bases and upgrading Pals. View the full article
Genshin Impact players have managed to pinpoint the exact location of Citlali's house by only using the footage from her story teaser. An argument could be made that Citlali and Mavuika are the most popular female characters in Natlan. The latter is the Pyro Archon, and as such, is expected to have a strong debut on the Event Banners. The former is an irritable shaman from the Masters of the Night-Wind, whose popularity came as a surprise to most Genshin Impact players. View the full article
Fortnite fans will be surprised to hear that one of the NPCs on the Chapter 6 Season 1 island is set to be the skin included in the January Crew Pack. Fortnite's monthly subscription, the Crew Pack, received major changes at the start of December, and it's left many fans somewhat apprehensive about renewing their membership. Before, gamers would be able to claim the Battle Pass for free or get a refund when they became members of the Crew Pack. Now, those who bought the pass won't get a refund unless they did it within the last 14 days. However, if they get a refund or get access to the passes with a Crew subscription, they can't continue claiming rewards once their subscription is canceled. View the full article
Spider-Man's uppercut attack in Marvel Rivals is leaving some players confused and upset, as its hitbox seems to extend far past the end of the web-slinger's physical reach. While Marvel Rivals is proving to be a popular hero shooter nearly three weeks since its launch, Spider-Man's uppercut is just one of the moves causing players to ask NetEase for some rebalancing efforts. View the full article
Palworld players pointed out that the Feybreak content update allowed Pal statistics to be enhanced to a new total of 60% per statistic thanks to the addition of Giant Pal Souls. Before the Feybreak update, the highest stat boosts in Palworld that were granted via Pal enhancement only went up to 30%, meaning that Feybreak has effectively doubled that cap. View the full article
World of Warcraft just shared a short video highlighting some of the awesome community moments from 2024. From Plunderstorm victories and the race to world first in Nerub-ar Palace to the 20th anniversary event and reactions to player housing finally coming in Midnight, it is safe to say that 2024 has been a big year for World of Warcraft fans. View the full article
Some Palworld players have recently discovered that they can kick their Pals, using a recently added ability to abuse their poor companions. Many players consider abusing animals in video games to be peak comedy, so the new ability to kick Pals has been very popular with the Palworld community. View the full article
Ark: Survival Ascended has introduced Battlerigs to the franchise, opening the door for Ark 2 to expand on vehicles. The Battlerigs, added in ASA's Wasteland War update, are ferocious monster truck-like vehicles that can be used in various ways. All the different modifiers can make these war vehicles versatile and easily interchangeable. Though they can feel a bit out of place in this prehistoric survival world, a little innovation can't do much harm. View the full article
A Genshin Impact fan has noticed a very unusual detail related to the recently revealed official art featuring the Pyro user Xiangling. Since they are in the main spotlight of each update, Genshin Impact often releases new promotional art pieces featuring many characters from the playable roster. View the full article
Path of Exile 2 has changed how you unlock and increase your Ascendancies, starting with the slightly tricky Trail of the Sekhemas. PoE 2 has changed a lot of aspects from its predecessor to keep the game fresh while maintaining the core feeling. This has been handled in many largely positive ways while also making the game feel harder in the right ways. A good example is the new dodge roll mobility that has made PoE 2 feel like a soulslike. View the full article
World of Warcraft players can get three brand-new collectibles as free gifts for the Feast of Winter Veil this year: the Box of Puntables, the Winter Veil Cracker, and the Portentous Present. These World of Warcraft collectibles can be unwrapped by opening the gifts under the Winter Veil trees in Orgrimmar or Ironforge from now until January 2, 2025. View the full article
The popular monster-catching survival game Palworld just recently received a brand-new update called Feybreak. This update promised a new island to explore that is much ******* than Sakurajima from the previous update back in July. More importantly, however, the inclusion of Feybreak island has introduced many exciting new creatures for players to find and capture to add to their battling team, or their base headquarters. View the full article
Teasers for version 1.1 of Infinity Nikki, also known as Shooting Star Season, have been released online ahead of the update's December 30 launch. Infinity Nikki is a free-to-play adventure game that is powered by Unreal Engine 5. View the full article
SK Hynix recently released its new 1-terabit 4D NAND chips, setting a new record. The company is on a streak as it was also the first to launch its 238-layer NAND less than a year ago. Like the previous launch, the 321-layer breakthrough is significant because it could notably boost... Read Entire Article View the full article
Publisher Annapurna Interactive and developer Steph Thirion have announced FARAWAY, a procedurally generated audiovisual experience where you’re a shooting star that is constantly in the process of vanishing. FARAWAY is in development for Windows PC (via Steam) with a launch set for sometime in 2025. Here’s a rundown on the game, plus its reveal trailer: “I am […] Source View the full article
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A Valve employee recently provided PC Gamer with a rough calculation of the company's per-employee income, revealing that Valve generates more money per person than several of the world's largest companies. While the data is a few years old and doesn't account for some significant recent trends in the tech... Read Entire Article View the full article