Monday, 6 January 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 6 January 2025.
General4 stories
Marvel Rivals is adding four new characters
- Fantastic Four characters; The Thing, Sue Storm, The Human Torch and Mr. Fantastic are set to be revealed today in a trailer drop at 8:00 AM PST / 16:00 UTC
- Season 1 of Marvel Rivals will bring balance changes and is set to launch this weekend
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players lament "battle passes in between battle passes" with Squid Game event
Notch has "basically announced" a spiritual successor to Minecraft
Business1 story
Rumors2 stories
Rumour
Images of Joycons for Nintendo Switch 2 appear online
- According to Internet sleuths, the difference between this rumour compared to previous rumours is the fact that the serial number on the images of these controllers can be validated with a Warranty Check on the Nintendo Technical Support website
Rumour
Cloud Imperium Games undergoes Major Shake-up To Hit Deadlines
- According to the rumour, several top-level executives have been laid off, and other top people at the company have been shifted to different roles