Video Game News 1/21/2025

#MarvelSnap
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Marvel Snap Is Playable Again After TikTok Ban Fiasco, Devs Working To Make Sure It Never Disappears Again

Good news, US-based Marvel Snap fans, the card game is back online, and its developer has a slightly surprising plan to make sure it doesn't go down again

Marvel Snap Back Online After TikTok Ban, Devs Searching for New Publisher to Stop It Happening Again

Now that Marvel Snap is back online, its developer says it wants a new publisher

Marvel Snap is back online after falling afoul of TikTok's temporary ban, and unsurprisingly, its creators are on the search for a new publisher

Marvel Snap team seeking new publisher as game returns online following unexpected US ban alongside TikTok

Marvel Snap is back online, but Second Dinner aren't happy and is seeking a new publisher

Marvel Snap Back Online in the US as Developer Promises New Publisher

Two days after the Tik Tok ban, Marvel Snap is back online in North America

#Balatro
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Balatro Hits Big Sales Milestone After Being Showered With Awards

Balatro passes 5m copies sold as developer implores fans to play more indie games

Brilliant Balatro Breaks 5 Million Sales, Dev Asks Everyone to Give Indies a Chance

Balatro sales surpass two million, gameplay update in 2025, more [update: 5 million]

Indie Smash Hit Balatro Hits 5m Sales

Balatro tops 5 million copies sold

Balatro Dev Urges Fans To Buy More Indie Games As Title Hits 5 Million Units Sold

Balatro has now sold over 5 million copies

#Switch2
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Hall-Effect Joy-Con for Switch 2? Sure looks that way.

I know Nintendo won't do it, but I really hope the Switch 2 brings back the DS' best feature

Why Switch 2 Is "Significantly More Powerful," According To A Game Dev

Survey suggests ‘passion for PC game development has exploded’

Donkey Kong's new look in Switch 2 Mario Kart approved by former Rare artist

Switch 2’s Mario Kart 9 appears to be hiding a big series change

Switch 2’s Mario Kart 9 appears to be hiding a big series change

Switch 2 Release Likely Between April and September, Says Nacon

Nacon Expects Switch 2 To Launch In The First Half Of Next Fiscal Year

Ori Dev Asks Nintendo Fans If They Want 'No Rest For The Wicked' On Switch 2

Multiple Resident Evil Titles Might Be Getting A Next-Generation Refresh

Nintendo Music Adds Another SNES Banger, Here's Every Song Included

8% of respondents in GDC survey are working on Switch 2 games

#KingdomComeDeliverance2
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Reveals Three Expansions Coming In Its First Year

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Post-Launch Roadmap Revealed, Including New Hardcore Mode

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Post-Launch Roadmap Sets Stage for 3 Expansions in 2025

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has three expansions coming in 2025 alone

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's post-launch roadmap bringing barbers, horse riding, and more

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Roadmap Confirms Three Expansions and Loads of Updates in 2025

Post-Launch Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Roadmap Promises Plenty of New Content

#Xbox
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Wow, Xbox Game Pass Is Ending January With A Surprising Amount Of New Releases

PlayStation 5 In 2025: Most-Anticipated Games And What To Expect

Xbox has revealed the Pulse Cipher special edition wireless controller

Xbox sees red with latest Cipher Special Edition wireless controller

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Shreds a Path onto Game Pass, Xbox and PC

#Nintendo
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We’re Only a Few Weeks Into 2025 and Already There’s a New GTA 6 Trailer 2 Release Date Theory

Nintendo joins Japanese companies in pulling advertising after sex scandal engulfs TV channel

Raiden Nova secures Nintendo Switch physical release

Nintendo Joins 'Fuji TV' Commercial Boycott Following Sex Scandal

Super Mario Kart added to Nintendo Music

#DLC
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You Can Now Build A Cute Farm With Hello Kitty And Her Friends In Minecraft

Neon-soaked roguelike BlazBlue Entropy Effect explodes with DLC and free update

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Patch 2.0.6 Out Now on PS5, Adds Super Hard Boss Fight, Rebalances Combat

Guide: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero: All Characters, DP Costs, and Transformations

Warm Snow releases DLC 2: The End of Karma with five new chapters and a lot more content

Call of the Wild: The Angler ends development

Sonic X Shadow Generations Free DLC Available Now

PSA: PS Plus Extra’s Best New Game Has Free DLC

Feature: Citizen Sleeper Dev Talks Sequels, Stress, And Creating "My Own Take On The Mass Effect Series"

#EternalStrands
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Here's a demo for Eternal Strands, the Zelda-meets-Colossus wizarding sim from a former Dragon Age director

Coming to Game Pass: Sniper Elite: Resistance, Eternal Strands, Citizen Sleeper 2, and More

Gorgeous monster hunting RPG Eternal Strands just got a new demo

Eternal Strands Demo Now Available for PC

Xbox Game Pass Adds Tchia, Kunitsu-Gami, Eternal Strands, and More

#January2025
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NBA 2K25 codes January 2025 - all locker codes

Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance, more come to Xbox Game Pass in January 2025 Wave 2

Roblox All Star Tower Defense Codes — ASTD (January 2025)

Untitled Boxing Game (UBG) Codes (January 2025)

Roblox Blox Fruits Codes (January 2025) [XMAS]

Roblox Shindo Life Codes (January 2025) [Shinobi Life 2]

Reaper 2 Codes (January 2025)

Roblox Fruit Battlegrounds Codes (January 2025)

All Warhammer Tacticus Codes: Active and Expired (January 2025)

These Yummy Sanrio Keychains Look Like Cookies

Mortal Kombat 1 January 2025 update out now, patch notes

Sovrun’s Vision Meets Hyperliquid’s Infrastructure and Virtuals’ AI: A New Era for Gaming

#RPG
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The Blood of Dawnwalker's creative director explains how the RPG's narrative sandbox works: 'the core of it is maximising players' freedom'

The Official Metaphor: ReFantazio Manga Makes Some Interesting Story Changes

PS Plus Loses These 8 PS5, PS4 Games Next Month

Genshin Impact Maker to Pay $20 Million FTC Fine Over Gacha System

Complete Heroes of Hammerwatch II Console Commands List

Review: Dragon Takers Is an Inoffensive Turn-Based RPG

Interview: Notorious’ Chris Kaleiki on the ‘MMO bones’ in extraction RPG Legacy Steel and Sorcery

Corinne Busche, Dragon Age: The Veilguard director, leaves BioWare and EA after 18-year stint

Crashlands 2 gets release date in April

#February
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Monster Hunter Wilds PC system requirements may yet fall, as Capcom aim to improve performance

Civilization 7: Everything we know about the first new Civ game in nearly a decade

Here's our next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for January

Civilization 7 Goes Gold Ahead of Series' Simultaneous Launch Debut

Pokemon Trading Card Game Heads to McDonald’s Happy Meals

Ninja Five-O Nintendo Switch release date set for February, new trailer

Pokémon Cards Return To U.S. McDonald's Happy Meals Today

#MarvelRivals
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Even Marvel Rivals' Seasonal Events Are Overwatch Knock-Offs

Marvel Rivals newbies are drawing up handwritten playbooks to help teach themselves the ideal Venom strategy: arrive, do damage, then yeet yourself off a ledge

Microsoft Edge Now Features This Popular Steam-Like Feature

Marvel Rivals’ Chinese New Year event can’t escape the Overwatch comparisons

Marvel Rivals Spring Festival event has new mode with big Rocket League energy

Marvel Rivals Kicks Off Spring Festival With New Soccer Mode

Marvel Rivals Spring Festival event brings new skins for Iron Fist, Black Widow & Star-Lord

#January
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Hope you've got lots of spare time, because the next wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for January has 14 games coming to the service

Black Ops 6, Warzone Ranked Play Will Be Less Sweaty Soon on PS5, PS4

Game Pass Goes Big With a Fresh Batch of Brilliant New Games

#Steam
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EA is killing its Origin PC app soon, so it's a shame the EA app that replaced it isn't that much better

Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Drops To $30 For PlayStation And Switch

Sony Pulled GTA 6 Parody Game Grand Taking Ages From the PlayStation Store — but It’s Now Cleared for Release on Steam

My most anticipated indie of 2025 quietly updated its demo build while I was off eating lunch

In creepy real-time strategy game Calyx you battle a huge mass of alien plants

Hellish new Vampire Survivors rival Jotunnslayer hits Steam early access

20 years later, classic RTS game gets transformed by surprise Steam update

Hyper realistic new WW2 strategy game suddenly arrives on Steam out of nowhere

Warhammer Vermintide 2 is about to get a second free map, and it’s on sale

Restaurant sim action game Dino Ramen Express announced

Accolade Sports Collection launches this month

Ninja Five-O Brings Classic Action to Modern Platforms February 25

Urban Myth Dissolution Center Demo Returns – Play It Now Before Launch

#Updated
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Today's Coin Master free spins & coins links - updated daily (January 2025)

PS Plus Classic Resident Evil Quietly Updated to Add a Better Version

Fisch Boats Guide – Updated!

Fisch Rods Guide – Updated!

#SonicHedgehog4
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Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Arrives In Spring 2027, Paramount Confirms

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Gets March 2027 Release Date

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie gets a release date, but it's still a few years out

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie coming in 2027 [update: March]

#Netflix
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Netflix Is Raising Its Prices Again, Even For People Watching With Ads

Netflix raises prices again, making the standard plan $17.99

Netflix (NFLX) is raising sub prices again for U.S. members

#EA
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EA Is Killing Off Origin, But Also Your 32-Bit Gaming Collection

EA in Hot Water Over Alleged Use of Conflict Imagery in Battlefield Art

#GTA6
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Babe, wake up, a new GTA 6 trailer two release date theory has dropped, and it's definitely not people reading too much into some desperate shipping container maths

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director thinks GTA 6 might have the "clout" to normalise a $100 price tag