With GTA 6 not due until 2025, what will drive games in 2024?

Apple’s quest to have as much chip control as possible for a wide range of products is not going as the company anticipated. With its custom SoCs, industry watchers believe that the technology giant’s prowess in this area is unmatched, but when it comes to developing custom 5G modems and Wi-Fi chips, Apple is severely lagging behind its suppliers, Broadcom and Qualcomm. However, one report states that the company is expected to unveil its first Wi-Fi chips in 2025, and irrespective of how difficult this challenge has been, Broadcom would be the first to experience a significant financial blow.

The next free game in the Epic Game Store's Holiday Sale giveaway-a-thon is Melvore Idle, an «idle/incremental game» inspired by Runescape that blends casual click-here gameplay with a surprising level of complexity.

Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree might see a release date in February - just in time for the game’s second anniversary - if an accidental retailer leak is to be believed.

2023 has been a difficult year for the industry, one marred by layoffs and studio closures affecting thousands of developers globally.

For ages, video games have had a few difficulty options available before you start the game. This can help players get into a game without feeling they are being too overwhelmed. Likewise, this could help players get more of a challenge if they are going through the game too easily. Then, there are options where you can head into the settings and change the difficulty if you’re feeling a need to readjust your gameplay experience. But in the future, we could see Sony bring out an option that completely adjusts the game difficulty to how you’re playing. 

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has taken to Twitter today and—in a thread celebrating both Baldur's Gate 3's numerous awards and runaway success—mentions the recent layoffs occurring at Dungeons & Dragons. He reveals that, «of the people who were in the original meeting room, there’s almost nobody left.»

Off the back of Monster Hunter Wilds' reveal last week, Capcom is kicking off a campaign to revive Monster Hunter World's online scene.

Following the backlash No Man's Sky creator Sean Murray received when the highly ambitious spacefaring adventure didn't meet expectations at launch, you might think he'd be more cautious when drumming up hype for Hello Games' next project, but that's far from the case.

CD Projekt's live-action Cyberpunk 2077 offering won't be out until 2025 at the earliest. Not much is known about the preem project, except that it shouldn't be expected in 2024, according to the company's latest earnings call.

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A strange glitch is causing frustration for many longtime Instagram users. Reports have found that the oldest posted videos on the platform are suddenly losing their audio without any explanation. This has not been reported on any of the newer videos, but the ones posted in or around 2014. This is also not a case of audio being intentionally removed from the video due to copyright issues, as Instagram informs the user both in-app and via email of the steps taken. Users who have reported the issue have not received any such message from the company.

With GTA 6 not due to arrive until 2025, one of my favorite GTA 5 map extension projects says it's confident it can wrap up work on bringing more San Andreas to Los Santos just in time.