Game News Round-Up

James Wan is adapting indie horror Pacific Drive for TV

Jingle Jam raises £2.7 million after impressive 2024 fundraising event

• Over 800 creators raised money for the likes of War Child, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), Autistica, and Sarcoma UK

Marvel Rivals Winter Celebration features Splatoon-esque arcade mode starring Jeff the Land Shark

• Cross-progression is also in the works

Amazon renews video game anthology series Secret Level for Season 2

• Amazon said Secret Level enjoyed the most-watched animated series debut of all time for Prime Video within its first week
• Unofficial data from insights company Luminate said the show was viewed for 155.3 million minutes in the US during its launch week, which works out at about 1.4 million views based on its runtime

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance is being delisted

• Servers will be shutdown on the 2nd Feb, 2025
• Released in June 2021 for Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PS4/5 and PC. It was also made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers at launch.

Elden Ring Nightreign can be played in 3-player co-op or single player, but not as a duo

Marvel Rivals hits 20 million players