Here is a digest of the biggest gaming news the week ending Sunday, December 24, 2023.
A 13-year old American gamer Blue Scutti (Willis Gibson) became the first player ever to beat the Tetris game on NES. He beat the game at level 156 with the 'kill screen' trigger.
Sega is working with the recently acquired company Rovio to bring several new Sonic the Hedgehog video games to mobile platforms.
ASUS unveiled the world's first 'dual-mode' monitor. The 32 inch monitor ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP monitor, features an option to switch between 4K resolution at 240Hz and 1080p resolution at 480Hz.
FromSoftware is shutting down the online servers for Armored Core: Verdict Day released in 2013 on Sunday, March 31, 2024. The company is also shutting down PS3 and Xbox 360 servers of Dark Souls 2.
The Day Before developer Fntastic announced that the game's servers will be brought offline permanently early next year.
Online servers for WWE 2K22 will be shut down on January 3, 2024.
SONY PS5 achieved the impressive milestone of 50 million units sold in just three years this week.
Spiderman 2 won the PlayStation Blogs' Game of the Year, Best Story, Soundtrack of the Year, and Best Use of DualSense awards for 2023. The company used fan polls to select the best games of the year.
GTA6 won PlayStation Blogs' Most Anticipated Game of 2024 and Beyond award.
Platinum - Grand Theft Auto 6
Gold - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Silver - Marvel's Wolverine
Bronze - Dragon's Dogma 2
Insomniac was hit with an online breach that leaked upcoming games, internal correspondence, employee social security numbers and more.
Upcoming Insomniac games from the studio as per the leak include 'Wolverine' and a new 'Venom' game in 2025, 'Spider-Man 3' in 2028, 'Ratchet and Clank' in 2029, an 'X-Men' project in 2030, and a new IP somewhere between 2030 and 2032.
Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $54 million as a settlement of a gender discrimination lawsuit.
James McCaffrey, the iconic voice actor behind the popular characters Max Payne from the video game series of the same name, Thomas Zane in Alan Wake, and Alex Casey in its sequel, and Edward Carnby in Alone in the Dark has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.
A 13-year old American gamer Blue Scutti (Willis Gibson) became the first player ever to beat the Tetris game on NES. He beat the game at level 156 with the 'kill screen' trigger.
Sega is working with the recently acquired company Rovio to bring several new Sonic the Hedgehog video games to mobile platforms.
ASUS unveiled the world's first 'dual-mode' monitor. The 32 inch monitor ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP monitor, features an option to switch between 4K resolution at 240Hz and 1080p resolution at 480Hz.
FromSoftware is shutting down the online servers for Armored Core: Verdict Day released in 2013 on Sunday, March 31, 2024. The company is also shutting down PS3 and Xbox 360 servers of Dark Souls 2.
The Day Before developer Fntastic announced that the game's servers will be brought offline permanently early next year.
Online servers for WWE 2K22 will be shut down on January 3, 2024.
SONY PS5 achieved the impressive milestone of 50 million units sold in just three years this week.
Spiderman 2 won the PlayStation Blogs' Game of the Year, Best Story, Soundtrack of the Year, and Best Use of DualSense awards for 2023. The company used fan polls to select the best games of the year.
GTA6 won PlayStation Blogs' Most Anticipated Game of 2024 and Beyond award.
Platinum - Grand Theft Auto 6
Gold - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Silver - Marvel's Wolverine
Bronze - Dragon's Dogma 2
Insomniac was hit with an online breach that leaked upcoming games, internal correspondence, employee social security numbers and more.
Upcoming Insomniac games from the studio as per the leak include 'Wolverine' and a new 'Venom' game in 2025, 'Spider-Man 3' in 2028, 'Ratchet and Clank' in 2029, an 'X-Men' project in 2030, and a new IP somewhere between 2030 and 2032.
Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $54 million as a settlement of a gender discrimination lawsuit.
James McCaffrey, the iconic voice actor behind the popular characters Max Payne from the video game series of the same name, Thomas Zane in Alan Wake, and Alex Casey in its sequel, and Edward Carnby in Alone in the Dark has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.
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