The Game Awards 2024 is happening today, December 12, at 4:30 p.m. PT, and expectations are high following the report that there’ll besome major reveals. Leading up to the event, some nominations for The Game Awards 2024are being highlighted on Steamwith discounts and an elusiveHelldivers 2armor making a comeback. The Game Awards Steam page consists of discounted games that haveearned nominationsfor the 2024 show.Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree,Animal Well,Black Myth: Wukong,Helldivers 2, and many more are on sale ahead of the show....

July 26 As I said just recently, Nintendo loves doling out those super late night (for westerners) announcements. They dropped a surprise Joker DLC trailer forSmash Ultimatelast night that stole all of the thunder away from lesser reveals like new amiibo dates. Hell, a lot of you probably don’t even care about amiibo anymore and that’s okay. For the rest of you, Pokemon Trainer, Pichu, and Isabelle (the latter is new; the former two were not present inSmash 4, and thus didn’t getSmashstatues the first time around) are confirmed for a July 26 release....

Solo adventures can get pretty challenging in the world of Solisium, especially when you’ve got a monstrous creature breathing down your neck. So, if you are tired of going at it alone, here’s how to add friends inThrone and Liberty. How do you add friends in Throne and Liberty? Adding friends inThrone and Libertyis a straightforward process. you’re able to do this using theRelationship feature or by inviting them to your party....

Face full of bullets, more like Tower of Gunswas in a recent Humble Indie Bundle, which means I played a little of it but didn’t stick around quiiite long enough for it to take hold of me. It’s good, though! Hard, too. The roguelike first-person shooter originally released this year for PC (review here), and now it’s coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in early 2015. This trailer might be crude in presentation but, again,Tower of Gunshas proven itself, so do not let that reflect poorly on the game if this is your first time seeing it....

Last month brought someinterestingnews to light regarding the future of Sega’s beloved SRPG franchise with the reveal of a free-to-play card-battling strategy game by the name ofValkyria Chronicles Duel. The announcement was somewhat vexing and served to provoke an already irate fan-base upset by the series’ abandonment of the PlayStation 3 and Sega’s refusal to bring the third entry to Western territories. Today,Andriasang reportsthat the browser-based spin-off title will available next week via NHN Japan’s Han Games service on July 26th....

Weekend Destructainment contains 15 videos this week to make up for the absence last weekend. The Destructainment starts off after the jump with Mega64’s other IGF video, “The GDC”. Then it’s IGN’s awesome April Fools gag,Killzone 2: Helghasts in Lovezone. Next, check out Hunters getting mad air inLeft 4 Dead. Followed by a mod forFatal Frame IVgiving the main character Samus’ Zero Suit. Next up, InfiniteBits challenges a man to beatContrawith one life and with just the main weapon....

And gets a gameplay trailer It looks like Wastelands Interactive, the developer behindWorlds of Magic,isn’t just all talk when it comes to calling its new title a successor to the MicroProse classic,Master of Magic.The development team has recently been bolstered by the presence of George Edward Purdy, who was Assistant Art Director and Character Designer onMaster of Magicas well the much belovedMaster of Orion. As Creative Director forWorlds of Magic,Purdy will be working on character designs as well as providing assistance to the other artists in an effort to “capture the essence” ofMaster of Magic....

1.41 Xenoblade Chronicles 2is so packed and lengthy that it doesn’t really need ancillary DLC quests, but if you got the Season Pass you’re in luck tomorrow. Update 1.41 is bringing in five new missions with sprinkled availability from Chapter 3 all the way up to 10, one of which even requires the completion of previous expansion past quests. All of this is amidst free updates that have added new quality of life features to the game — in other words, Monolith Soft has been working overtime sinceXenoblade Chronicles 2first launched in December....

Plushies are cute and soft and huggable, but when was the last time one was actually useful? When has a plushie graduated from mere decorative artifact? When has a plushie saved your life!? These newDragon Quest Xstuffed critters may not save you from the maw of real-world peril, but they will offer some assistance to virtual adventurers. Based on the Omutsukkori and the Whip Ghost, two new monsters from the upcoming Wii / Wii U RPG, these plushies come bundled with a single-use item code for the game itself....

Nintendo must have used the duplication glitch We all knew the launch ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonswas going to be big. It’s a popular franchise coming for the first time to the hottest system on the market. Add in everyone who knows better staying indoors to keep healthy, and you have a perfect storm of sales potential. So we knew it was going to be big, but bigger thanSmash Bros.orPokémon? Apparently so, at least in Japan, where Famitsu is reporting thatNew Horizonshas sold 1....

Take your waifus everywhere The mega-popular anime streaming service Crunchyroll isnow available on Nintendo Switch. An official app, available to download today from the eShop, opens up a vast library containing thousands of hours of animated TV series, movies, and OVAs — all for a relatively modest subscription fee of around $8. Originally founded back in 2006, Crunchyroll has only increased in size and strength with the rising popularity of video streaming services in particular and anime in general....

The iconic ‘guitar-playing’ boss fight Quantic Dreams’ psychic thrillerBeyond: Two Soulshas been listed on the Steam database, (as spotted by @Nibellion), suggesting that the 2013 QTE-fest is preparing to move out of its Epic Game Store exclusivity deal and be made available to purchase on Valve’s digital storefront. Beyond: Two Souls, the third release in David Cage’s chin-stroking interactive adventure series, sees Ellen Page in the role of Jodie Holmes, a troubled young woman who can perform acts of psychic phenomena through her spirit guide, Aiden....

BioShock 2was released yesterday,and it’s great, but some members of the community have voiced disapproval over a widescreen issue that they’ve detected. Apparently the aspect ratio is off and … wait a minute, wasn’t this theexactsame issuethat 2K had to patch with the originalBioShock? Apparently so. For some reason,BioShock 2managed to import the glitch from its predecessor. Just like with the last game, 2K has now had to promise a patch to fix the game’s aspect ratio....