#294: Games Of The Year 2024
He's been!
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#293: Museum piece
It's one of the games of the year. Why is it so late arriving?
#292: Getting the band back together
Up in the loft, hunting for treasure.
#291: The Shu fits
Happy trails to one of gaming's few good-guy execs.
#290: Bang the gong
It's awards season! Time for us all to have that fight again.
#289: Vacuum packed
Having narrowly dodged the PS5 Pro bullet, Hit Points' thoughts turn to Switch 2.
#288: Mooncrash
Ubisoft’s crypto-game debut: NGMI.
#287: X-Day
Gird your loins for the most pivotal day in Xbox history.
#286: On one
Just when I thought I was out, etc.
#285: Is it me you're looking for?
The artist formerly known as 343 Industries offers a glimpse of Halo's future.
#284: Lead balloon
Further proof that nothing can bring Roblox down to earth.
#283: Shadow boxing
Assassin's Creed Shadows has slipped to next year, and Yves Guillemot is headed for a fall.
#282: Paperclip people
Sony's comms whiplash continues in another rollercoaster week.
#281: To me, to you
Game-industry bigwigs see Sony putting its foot in it, and decide to follow its lead.
#280: Pro lapse
(Final paragraph sold separately.)
#279: Discord
Jim Ryan may be gone, but Sony's odd 'strategic' choices are here to stay.
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#278: Squaring the circle
If this is all part of Microsoft's plan, then I'm Mickey Mouse. (Yes, that's a very awkward Indiana Jones reference, forgive me.)
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#277: Gathering steam
Valve's been making games again. Pass it on!
#276: I can feel another Rush coming on
Good news? In this economy?
#275: Jump cuts
A second round of layoffs in less than a year has ominous implications for Bungie.
#274: Striker!
Industrial action puts the brakes on the genML death march (a bit, maybe).
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#273: Collateral damage
A legendary cutscene maker closes its doors as the game-industry rot continues to spread.
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#272: Developing story
At Brighton's Develop conference, the vibes are as bleak as the weather.
#271: Winning ugly
Sometimes it's not about the win so much as watching the bad guys lose.