Summary 2023 was a bad year for video game layoffs. 2024 is far worse. Last year, more than 10,000 employees in the games industry lost their jobs, and this year, by July,an estimated 11,500 peoplehave already been let go. It’s a plague in the space, caused by a mixture of unrealistic development cycles and the need for lines on a graph to be constantly rising. However, a formerPlayStationboss has denied that the thousands of layoffs have been caused by corporate greed, and has said that those laid off should “drive an Uber or whatever,” or “find a cheap place to live and go to the beach for a year....

Summary Grand Theft Autofans have been discussing whether or not we’ll see the second trailer forGTA 6before 2024 ends, and most seem to agree that it’s looking unlikely. Just over a year ago, the ever-patient GTA fans finally got what they’d been wanting for nearly half a decade -the official reveal trailer for GTA 6, which confirmed that it’s set in Vice City, stars two protagonists,and is releasing in 2025. Since then, we’ve all been desperate to find out more about it, with rumours surfacing every few monthsthat suggest something new is surely on the way....

Summary GTA Onlineadded a temporary ‘spooktastic’ game mode for the Halloween season, bringing Online players to North Yankton for the first time ever to fight off hordes of the undead. The area fromGrand Theft Auto 5’s prologue (and a later mission) was previously inaccessible in Online without employing a series of glitches. Ludendorff Cemetery Survival has proved a massive hit for the live-service title, with the game mode attracting 1.2 million unique players in the few days since its release according toGTA Online Stats(thanks,PCGamer)....

Summary Grand Theft Auto: San Andreaswas originally going to have a separate map for each of its three cities untilRockstardecided to go for broke and include Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas on one interconnected map. Ever since the PS2 days, theGrand Theft Autogames have been known for their massive open-world maps.While Liberty City and Vice City were big for the time, things reached a whole new level in San Andreas, which contained three whole cities on one interconnected map for CJ to explore - once he’d got the police off his back, of course....

You know your movie, TV show or video game has made it when people start creating fan fiction out of it. While some forms of this fiction are deep and meaningful, action video games have their own trope based on the protagonist doing something cool. John Halo, John Warhammer, and many such Johns are a result of this trope. So, when you see aHelldivers 2clip of a player doing something like taking out a Bile Titan by rocket jumping onto it and calling in a 500Kg Bomb on its head, that’s none other than John Helldiver....

Even thoughHorizon Zero Dawnis only seven years old,PlayStation has decided to give Aloy’s first outing the remaster treatment, improving the game’s visuals and a whole lot more for thePS5. Horizon Zero Dawn is technically the latest addition to a list ofPS4games to get a PS5 upgrade those with the original can buy for $9.99. However,Zero Dawn Remasteredis also getting a full launch on PS5 andPC, including a physical release. Pre-orders for both the digital and physical versions of Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered are still available ahead ofthe game’s arrival on June 21, 2025....

Horrifiedis a must-play board game over Halloween season, but it promises great fun the whole year round for horror aficionados too. To celebrate the series' fifth anniversary, publisher Ravensburger is trying to emphasise this appeal with the game’s first ever expansion - Krampus. The Christmassy beast is compatible with bothHorrified: Greek MonstersandHorrified: World of Monsters, and I tested it out ahead of its launch, as well as chatting to Mike Mulvihill, the game development manager for Ravensburger North America....

Quick Links From the snowy mountains to the Webbed Hollows/Depth inBlack Myth: Wukong, the Destined One’s journey continues in chapter four with a bang. Nearly every mob and boss inflicts evil or poison stats in the hollows with every hit, including whopping physical damage. After the Second Sister kidnaps and takes the Destined One into the hollows, they are now ready to face numerous robust enemies. In the Webbed Hollows, you will meet Centipede Guai, a nimble and heavy-hitter boss who resides near a giant skull tower and will give the Destined One a definite challenge as they bout to prove who’s stronger....

The Jolly Ballon Man is a legendary creature introduced inMagic: The Gathering’s Commander format. This Boros (red/white) commander is all about copying your creatures and taking advantage of their various enter the battlefield and death triggers. The Jolly Balloon Man plays a bit like a blink deck, slowly building up advantage until you are ready to win the game. You’ll be drawing a ton of cards and generating a ton of creature tokens with a Jolly Balloon Man deck....

Quick Links InPlanet Coaster 2, you’ll spend most of your time thinking of new rides to thrill your guests and delicious food and drink options to serve. However, as you progress through the campaign, new challenges will arise. In the very first chapter, you’ll be tasked with restoring an ancient theme park to its former glory. There are four sets of objectives to complete to fully revitalize the park, and we’ll walk you through every step to ensure the operation goes smoothly....

Quick Links By the time you reach Blackhowl Plains inThrone And Liberty, you’ll probably have a pretty solid feel for the game. However, not every quest is just about fighting monsters and collecting loot. That becomes fully apparent when Plain-Running Hunter appears in your Codex. By all appearances, this should be a fairly straightforward quest, but some of its objectives aren’t particularly well explained. If you’re one of the many players who have found themselves wandering the Plains in search of answers so that they can complete the quest and move on, we’ve got the solutions for you below....

Quick Links XDefiantis yet another live-service shooter Ubisoft has created after the success of Rainbow Six Siege globally. The shooter’s uniqueness makes it special among fans, as it combines arcade-style mechanics with hero-shooter elements. But like all shooters, the overall feel while aiming differs due to different in-game sensitivity. This hurdle in XDefiant can be crossed easily using sensitivity converters, and we’ll tell you how you can use them. If you’ve played any other shooter previously, verify to take that game as your base reference while following this guide....

Quick Links Dead Rising Deluxe Remasteris an excellent way to revisit an absolute banger of a game or experience it fresh for the first time. It comes complete with all the whacky and deranged Psychopaths we all know and love, allowing us to see them in all their chaotic goodness in higher fidelity, making them much more daunting than ever before. And Larry Chiang is one of the bosses who benefitted most from the visual upgrades, making his horrific attempt at turning Carlito into ground meat all that more realized....