Soulslike Game Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Launches in Summer 2024

In Flesh and Blood’s latest expansion, Heavy Hitters, the trading card game introduces a brand-new hero named Betsy. Set against the backdrop of a fight club known as Rathe’s Death Match Arena, few competitors elicit the kind of fear and respect that she does. While other fighters have come and gone over the years, Betsy was born to this life — raised in the arena’s shadows. She embodies the determination, hedonism, and excitement that make its gladiatorial spectacle the only place where combatants can be guaranteed to win big or lose it all. Those odds are an excellent match for her signature mechanic, called wager, which invites players to bet against their opponents for increasingly complex and rewarding combat encounters.

The New Zealand games industry generated NZD $434.4 million ($270.9 million) in the financial year ended March 2023, according to a survey by the New Zealand Game Developers Association.

Apple is expected to switch from mini-LED technology to OLED for its iPad Pro family for the first time in 2024, with these panels eventually trickling down to the company’s premium MacBook range. Additionally, a new report states that the Cupertino firm is exploring the possibility of developing foldable iPad models, though it does not have a solid launch timeline. It is likely that the first tablets sporting this unique form factor will arrive a few years after the OLED iPad Pro’s inception.

Last month Path of Exile 2 was selected as the #9 Most Wanted game in PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. The sequel to the long-running ARPG Path of Exile is coming soon, and with work on Path of Exile 2 now well underway, we flew to New Zealand to talk to developers at Grinding Gear Games about how they're approaching a game that needs to be firmly rooted in the original while offering both new players and veterans something fresh and different.

Free-to-play 3D action game One Punch Man: World will launch for PC, iOS via App Store, and Android via Google Play on January 31, 2024 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, and on February 1, 2024 in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa, publishers Crunchyroll Games and A Plus Japan announced with developer T3 Studio.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

Side-scrolling action adventure game Aeterna Lucis, the sequel to Aeterna Noctis, will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in late 2024, developer Aeternum Game Studios announced.

Starting from tomorrow through January 5, 2024, we’re celebrating the holiday season with a month full of activities for our PlayStation community. As part of the PlayStation Plus Season of Play, PlayStation Plus members can redeem free avatars for PS5 and PS4 consoles, join eSports tournaments, earn points on PlayStation Stars and enter a competition for your chance to win amazing prizes. Activities for those who are not PlayStation Plus members are available as well.

Square Enix confirmed earlier this year that it was working on two paid expansions for Final Fantasy 16, and at The Game Awards, we got a full reveal for both- and even a surprise release for one of them.

Nexon Games’ upcoming free-to-play third-person looter shooter,The First Descendant, just got a brand new cinematic trailer during The Game Awards 2023, as well as a launch window. Specifically, it's been revealed that prospective players can look forward to diving into the action in summer 2024. 

The First Descendent, a third-person loot shooter made in Unreal Engine 5, has confirmed a summer 2024 release window.

Co-op shooter The First Descendant has gotten a new trailer during The Game Awards 2023, announcing a Summer 2024 release window for the upcoming title. Check out the new trailer, which primarily showcases the game’s general themes and mood with a pre-rendered cutscene, below.