London Games Festival 2024 gathered over 100,000 people

The Fallout London total conversion mod for Fallout 4 was supposed to launch on St. George's Day, April 23rd, but Bethesda's next-generation update disrupted those plans.

Player1 Events has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staff, believed to be the majority of the company, and shut down long-running UK video games event Insomnia Gaming Festival.

The INDIE Live Expo 2024 showcase will air on May 25 at 1:00 a.m. PT / 4:00 a.m. ET / 17:00 JST, and feature world premieres and content updates across over 100 hand-picked titles throughout a variety of segments, organizer Ryu’s Office announced. You will be able to watch it in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese on YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch.

I have never crushed on a Victorian polar explorer before. The thought simply never occurred to me, mostly due to a lack of exposure: Outside of the (very good) TV series The Terror, I’ve frankly never had much time to consider them, or the many ways they might be charming. Kaliane Bradley, however, has — and she’s written a whole book that might convince you to crush on one too.

It’s been a bit of a slow time of year for comedy movies, but 2024 has enough laugh-out loud gems to round out a list. And there’s a wide variety of sub-genres to pick from: musical reboots, existential animated kids’ movies, campy horror flicks, and even a DC parody.

Google I/O 2024: Google is integrating its Gemini AI into more of its products, with Google Photos being the latest to receive this enhancement. At the I/O developer conference, CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new feature called Ask Photos. This tool will help users locate specific images in their gallery using voice and text prompts.

While Sony has said there are no plans to release sequels in its major franchises this financial year, ruling out new games in the Spider-Man and God of War series until at least April 2025, we do know of one new first-party PlayStation game coming out this year: Concord.

Games companies in the UK can now enter the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2023.

New rumors about upcoming sets of the have begun swirling, pointing to a potential release later this year. The most recent set in the series,, is coming out on May 24, 2024, and many of those cards have already been announced or teased. Each series that releases in has specialty cards that have different uses and rarities, and fans always enjoy seeing what might be next, even if there is nothing confirming the rumors are true.

Fortnite is the highest-grossing game in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report published by Newzoo. The year 2024 for the games industry has been marked by events such as layoffs, Gearbox Software's acquisition by Take-Two Interactive, and the farewell to Nintendo 3DS and Wii U online services. Meanwhile, new releases like Palworld and Helldivers 2 hit the shelves, sharing space with popular releases like Fortnite and Valorant.

Research firm Newzoo has revealed what it claims were the top-grossing console and PC games in the first quarter of 2024.

It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.