Thursday, 28 November 2024
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 28 November 2024.
General1 story
Free Games / Subscription2 stories
December’s PlayStation Plus Essential and Classic games announced
- December’s Plus Essential games are It Takes Two (PS4/5), Aliens: Dark Descent (PS4/5) and Temtem (PS5). They’ll be available to all PlayStation Plus members from December 3 until January 6.
- December’s additions to the Classics Catalog will include PS2 games Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. They will be available from December 10.
Three more Mega Drive / Genesis games have been added to Switch Online
- ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron, Vectorman, Mercs
Business2 stories
Mac Walters' Worlds Untold studio on "pause" as it seeks new funding partner
- Mac Walters' Worlds Untold - which had been backed by NetEase - announced it was "pausing operations" until it can locate further funding.
- NetEase said it remains committed to "a strong global presence" despite pulling funding from Worlds Untold, whose project it has praised.
Block Blast reaches 40m daily active players
- Over 40 million active players every day and more than 150 million active players each month across the globe
Rumors2 stories
Rumour
Balatro has made almost $4.4m from its mobile release alone
- The feat has apparently been achieved without microtransactions
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