Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Will Get New Game Plus in Early 2024

Throughout 2023 the overseas shipping crisis more or less resolved itself, allowing the busy board game release schedule to resume full-throttle. Consuming all of these titles, however, is like drinking from a fire hose, and 2024 looks to be just as splashy and bombastic as the year that came before. Here are eight promising new board games that have caught our eye.

Publisher and distributor Selecta Play has unveiled the contents of the upcoming Blasphemous 2 Collector’s Edition. Slated for release on PS5 and Nintendo Switch in early 2024, Blasphemous 2 Collector’s Edition will feature quite a few physical goodies alongside the game itself.

Developer Pet Project Games has announced the first major content update for its co-op horror shooter RIPOUT. The update, titled the Payload Update, brings with it a new mission type, new levels, as well as a new sidearm in the form of the Machine Pistol. Check out the trailer for RIPOUT‘s Payload Update below.

Developer Shiro Games has released the first DLC for its tactical open-world RPG Wartales. Titled Pirates of Belerion, the DLC brings with it a host of new features, including sea travel, character options, and new combat mechanics.

These days, fighting games live and die based on their online playerbase, and yet, Mortal Kombat 1 did not launch with crossplay support. Thankfully, that will change relatively soon though, as NetherRealm Studios announced in a recent livestream that crossplay between PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 will be coming in early 2024 (perhaps unsurprisingly, the ill-fated Switch version is left out).

[UPDATE] Bethesda Game Studios has now responded to the Starfield update 1.8.88 thread on Reddit to reveal plenty of details on the game's patch roadmap for next year.

Spiders’ 2019 RPG GreedFall is what you would call a diamond in the rough- a game that certainly had its issues, but one that endeared itself massively to those who played it nonetheless. Naturally, then, when GreedFall 2: The Dying World was announced last year, the news was met with plenty of excitement. But with it having been well over a year since the game’s announcement, many are beginning to wonder when we’ll be hearing more news about the RPG.

Ubisoft confirmed last month that it would be adding New Game Plus and a Permadeath mode to Assassin’s Creed Mirage with a free update in December, but it seems those plans have been slightly tweaked. While New Game Plus is arriving as scheduled, Permadeath mode will be added a little later.

Visually stunning Star Wars space battles are coming to Halo: The Master Chief Collection in early 2024 as part of the popular Battlefront pack mod.

Upcoming RTS from developer Frost Giant Studios is set to release in Early Access in the Summer of 2024. The PC-exclusive title had its release date revealed alongside a brief gameplay trailer at The Game Awards. Frost Giant Studios first revealed the RTS last year.

Apple's iPad shipments have declined in the past quarter as the company failed to bring new changes. The entire iPad lineup is expected to be upgraded next year, which includes the iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, and the entry-level iPad. Today, industry analyst Mark Gurman reported that Apple is expected to launch two variants of the iPad Air alongside OLED iPad Pro models in the first half of 2024.

Tomorrow, players will finally be able to check out The Day Before when it opens in Early Access.