Video Game News 1/8/2025

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Monster Hunter Wilds Announces More Free Beta Weekends But They Won't Include Needed Changes

The Monster Hunter Wilds beta is coming back with two sessions next month, and there'll be new content - but no performance upgrades

Monster Hunter Wilds Is Getting Another Cross-Platform Beta Next Month

Monster Hunter Wilds Second Open Beta Announced — but Don’t Expect Improvements Set for Launch to Make It In

Here’s when you can play the Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta again

Monster Hunter Wilds gets second open beta ahead of February release

Two Weekends of Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Action Set for February

Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test 2 Set For February

Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test 2 Doesn’t Need PlayStation Plus, Xbox Game Pass

Second Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Confirmed for Mid-February

Monster Hunter Now adds Kirin February 1, Monster Hunter Wilds reruns its open beta February 6 and February 12

Monster Hunter Wilds getting second beta in February

Monster Hunter Wilds will have two more open Beta test dates in February

Next Month, Monster Hunter Wilds is Getting Two Open Beta Tests Weeks Before its February 28 Launch

Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test 2 Announced by Capcom

#SplashDamage
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Troubled Transformers Game Finally Canceled Amid Cuts At Studio Behind Gears Tactics

Transformers: Reactivate Canceled

Online Action Game Transformers: Reactivate Cancelled, Dev 'Potentially' Facing Layoffs

Transformers: Reactivate canceled, studio scaling down

Splash Damage confirms layoff plans as Transformers game is cancelled

Co-op game Transformers Reactivate axed before we could even see any gameplay

Splash Damage cancels Transformers: Reactivate, says roles "at risk of redundancy"

Splash Damage Ends Development Of Transformers: Reactivate

Splash Damage jobs at risk following Transformers: Reactivate cancellation

Transformers: Reactivate Canceled as Splash Damage Staff "At Risk of Redundancy"

Transformers: Reactivate gets canceled as Splash Damage scales down team

Transformers: Reactivate cancelled as Splash Damage lays off staff

Splash Damage Announces Transformers: Reactivate Cancellation and is Now Refocusing Its Efforts on Other Projects, a Number of Roles Potentially at Risk of Redundancy

Co-Op Game Transformers: Reactivate Is Officially Cancelled, Splash Damage Will Lay Off Staff

#February
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How to sign up for the Elden Ring Nightreign network test

Pre-Orders for Metaphor: ReFantazio's Hefty Hardcover Strategy Guide Now Open

Big Helmet Heroes release date set for February, new trailer

Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Returns Very Soon

Wacky Exploration Game 'Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip' Blasts Onto Switch Next Month

#Nintendo
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The boring Switch 2 leaks may be just what Nintendo needs

Nintendo Switch 2: Leaked Images, Rumored Release Date, Specs, & More

Here's How Many Units The Switch 2 Could Sell In 2025 In The US

Europe’s top 15 downloads on the Switch eShop for December 2024

Strania: The Stella Machina EX coming to Switch this month

Talking Point: Everyone Else Is Busy Revealing Switch 2 - What Gives, Nintendo?

Arcade Shmup 'Strania -The Stella Machina- EX' Makes The Jump To Switch This Month

Former Switch marketing lead expects Nintendo to “stick to their plan” with Switch 2 reveal

Rumor: French journalist says Switch 2 releasing in April

#Steam
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Steam Ate Microsoft's Lunch On PC, It's About To Do The Same On Handhelds

Dwarf Fortress' Adventure Mode Officially Launches This Month

Discoveries

Space Engineers 2 launches this month and promises a refined and expanded starcrafting experience

Dwarf Fortress' roguelike Adventure Mode gets full Steam launch this month

First Desktop Mate Mascot DLC is Hatsune Miku

New Lenovo Legion Go S and 2 Debut at CES

Review: Freedom Wars Remastered Deserves a Second Chance

Liar's Bar is Getting a New Game Mode

Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip gets console ports in February

Persian tragedy game The Tale of Bistun coming to Switch and PlayStation

Sea Fantasy Elixir Guide

Buying board games

#CES2025
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Nintendo Switch 2 continues to be uber-secret, with April launch claims and dummy models offering more evidence it looks like a Nintendo Switch 2

MSI’s panoramic PC case severely underestimates how bad at cable tidying I am

AMD’s CES 2025 announcements include what will probably be yet another 'world’s fastest' CPU

Colorful PC cases are so in this year

Switch 2 leaks turn into deluge as dummy units shown at CES

Horizon Hatred Simmers Once More As Sony Announces Movie Adaptation

UGREEN Announced Genshin Impact Kinich Accessories at CES

Players Can Smell The Last of Us in Sony’s Offical Future Concept

Helldivers Will Drop Into Cinemas As Movie Adaption Is Confirmed

Lenovo Details New Additions To The Legion Gaming Line At CES 2025

Is This Our Best Look Yet At 'Switch 2'?

Video: Genki Switch 2 accessories demonstration footage

Video: Switch 2 dummy model CES 2025 footage

#LenovoLegionGoS
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Lenovo Legion Go S Windows Handheld Preorders Are Live, SteamOS Model Releases In May

SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April

Lenovo Legion Go S is first officially licensed third-party PC handheld to use SteamOS

SteamOS is officially heading to third-party handhelds

Lenovo Legion Go S is First Handheld to Run SteamOS Outside of the Steam Deck, Out in May

#PS5
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Nintendo Switch 2 to sell 4.3 million units in the US in 2025, analyst forecasts

Xbox games in Game Pass ‘can lose 80% of premium sales’, it’s claimed

(For Southeast Asia) New Midnight Black Collection of PS5 accessories launches next month

Poll: Do You Use PS Stars?

DualSense Edge Discounted in Europe, with a £10, €20 Price Cut

Looks Like DOOM 64 Is Getting a Native PS5 Port

Catch the 1.5 Zenless Zone Zero Special Program Livestream

Falcom Confirms Unannounced Trails, Ys Titles in Development

Primal Carnage: Evolution Gets New Trailer Announcing 2025 Release

Big Helmet Heroes launches in February for PC and consoles

PS5 Pro Owners Flocking to AliExpress for Covers

US: Mat Piscatella (Circana) expects Switch 2 to sell 4.3m units & PS5 best-selling console this year

#Switch2
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If The Switch 2 Is Just A Better Switch, I'll Be A Bit Disappointed

'Switch 2' Ergonomic Grip Case Surfaces On Amazon

CES 2025: Genki showing dummy Switch 2 model

#LeagueLegends
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League of Legends's Noxus cinematic soars past 25 million views in less than a day, and it's got a nice surprise for fans of Arcane

Arcane's Mel Officially Joins League Of Legends, With A New Noxian Look

Riot Insists This Stunning New League of Legends Cinematic Isn't Setting Up a Post-Arcane Noxus Show, but Fans Still Have Their Suspicions

World's biggest game publisher Tencent threaten to sue US government for listing them as a Chinese military company

Riot confirms League of Legends LeBlanc visual update, despite divisive response

Arcane's story continues in this five-minute League of Legends animated cinematic

All LoL Welcome to Noxus Season 1 Act 1 Event Pass Rewards List

#Xbox
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Xbox says its handheld will combine ‘the best of Xbox and Windows’

Railway Islands 2: a Puzzle Game for Train Fans and Cozy Gamers, Now on Xbox

Missing Xbox Exclusive Returns With New Tease: “Stay Tuned in 2025”

Games Coming to Game Pass Expect to Lose Around 80 Percent of Sales on Xbox

Microsoft Wants to Bridge the Gap Between Xbox and Windows for Handheld Gaming

Nox Dash: Where Platforming Meets a Pulsating Soundtrack in a Cacophony of Color

Pocket Puzzle: A Conveyor Belt Conundrum That Will Bend Your Brain

Shipwreck Escape: A Race Against Time to Survive a Sinking Ship

#MarvelRivals
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Marvel Rivals’ First Balance Patch Gives Hela A Slap On The Wrist

Marvel Rivals' Most Popular Heroes From Season 0

Marvel Rivals Season 1 Balance Update Is Full Of Buffs And Nerfs For Each Role: Full Patch Notes

Former Overwatch pro pleads with Marvel Rivals players to let him ‘move on’ from that C9 meme

Marvel Rivals season 1 patch notes reveal surprising buffs and welcome nerfs

All New Marvel Rivals Skins in Season 1: Eternal Night

Marvel Mystic Mayhem hits soft launch in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK

Marvel Rivals Version 20250110 patch notes buff Venom & Wolverine, Nerf Hela & Hawkeye

#Switch
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Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip heading to Switch Feb. 13th, 2025

Strania -The Stella Machina- EX heading to Switch

Review: Freedom Wars Remastered (Switch) - A Fair Reprieve For One Of PS Vita's Best

Successful Kickstarter 'Kero Quest 64' Could Come To The Switch Successor

#TV
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Remember Holes? The 2000s classic is getting a TV reboot on Disney Plus, with the writer of, uh, Cloverfield and The Cabin in the Woods at the helm

Call Of Duty's Squid Game Event Just Expanded With New VIP Operator Bundle

Final Fantasy 7 director would ‘love’ another movie based on the game

Mel from Arcane Announced as Next League of Legends Champion, New Ability Teased

Meet the World of Warcraft hardcore mode guild that turns its gameplay into a roleplayed soap opera

#PokémonGo
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Pokémon Presents Confirmed for Next Month Via Pokémon Go Datamine

Pokémon Presents 2025 plans may have leaked thanks to Pokémon Go

Pokémon Presents livestream looks set for next month

Pokémon Go will feature Ralts in its Community Day Classic event later this month