With 2025 just around the corner, I thought it was the perfect time to list my most anticipated games for the new year. These are presented in no particular order and of course these all might not release in 2025, but as of right now that is the projected release year.
Fable
Fable coming back has been long awaited. Playground Games making it now has the game looking great. Based on what we’ve seen so far the humor from the other games is back as well. I loved the first game and the second game was amazing and just built on everything that the first one setup. Plus they added a dog, which made it 100 times better. I can’t wait to see what this new game has in store.
Ark 2 is supposed to have a storyline, which will be much different from the first game. The first game was all about taming and training animals and building, with bits of lore here and there. A story based sequel could be exactly what the franchise needs.
Even though Borderlands 3 didn’t hit the same way that the second game did, Borderlands 4 has the opportunity to get the game back on track to what made the second one so iconic. Hopefully the villain is as iconic as Handsome Jack was.
Hideo Kojima’s first game was different to say the least. It was a beautiful game with lots of twists that I did not see coming. For a game that was mostly delivering packages, it was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see what the second game has in store. I also wonder if it will be coming to Xbox day one since the first game released to the system recently.
This game looks great. Captain America and Black Panther in 1943? Yes please! It’s been a few years since Spider-Man 2 came out, so it is the perfect time for a new Marvel game, especially since Wolverine is rumored to be released in 2026.
Halo meets Portal with a kill confirmed mode where you need to t-bag the enemy? Yes please! The second game is setup to be more of a faction 4v4 game, so while it may be different, it should be fun!
I think Grand Theft Auto 6 is on everyone’s list for 2025 and if I am being honest, I don’t think this game will release next year. There’s been rumors of it being delayed and we’ve only gotten one trailer for it. It’s been a long time since GTA 5 came out and I am ready to cause trouble in a new GTA!
Does anyone like WordPress’ Gutenberg? Everyday I load Reddit and see at least one new post saying how it’s bad. The reviews for the plugin are not great at all. I still use the WordPress Classic Editor and I know many other people do as well. The problem is that Classic Editor has only been promised until at least 2024. The official word is
Classic Editor is an official WordPress plugin, and will be fully supported and maintained until 2024, or as long as is necessary.
but what does that mean exactly? Does it mean that it will be supported until the majority uses Gutenberg or until it becomes too expensive to maintain and thus deemed unnecessary?
Gutenberg is named after the inventor Johannes Gutenberg who created the original movable-type printing press. Arranging blocks on the printing press and pressing the ink covered blocks down on paper, allowed multiple copies of pages to be created in a short amount of time, thus making books more widely available to people. Its invention lead to mass spread literature throughout Europe. Unfortunately, WordPress’ Gutenberg does not have the same level of impact.
Guttenberg’s printing press (like the one shown above) made books more common, thus leading to mass spread literature throughout Europe.
I do not have a lot of experience with Gutenberg personally. I tried it when it came out and didn’t find it to be intuitive so I went back to Classic Editor. I recently had to add a contact form for a site that uses Gutenberg and it still was not intuitive. It took me longer than it should have to figure out how to add a block. Considering it’s supposed to be a block editor, you’d think adding blocks would be fast and easy and could be saved for use elsewhere, but I didn’t find that to be the case at all. While Classic Editor is not going to reach the end of life on December 31, it does seem that Automattic has plans to sunset it at some point.
While I hate the idea of leaving Classic Editor and I will be leaving it on LepsLair and my other existing sites for as long as possible (and making my own Classic Editor plugin if possible and necessary) I think going forward, new sites I create will be in Gutenberg. It also means that any future WordPress tutorials that I create will have a Gutenberg and Classic Editor version, if necessary. There are a few tutorials that I have wanted to write, but it would be different for both and while I know of how to do it in Classic Editor, I think the most value would be for it to be for both Classic and Gutenberg. The future of WordPress is Gutenberg and I suppose it is time for me to start learning and embracing it, unfortunately.
It’s been confirmed by Randy Pitchford himself that Borderlands 4 will be crossplay. “You can play together if you’re on PlayStation, I’m on PC, and another friend is on Xbox” he said in an interview with Famitsu. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise though as Tiny Tina’s Wonderland launched with crossplay and Borderlands 3 added it a few years after release.
Borderlands 4 will launch in 2025 on PC, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. It will be the first game in the series to run on Unreal Engine 5. After being announced in June, Borderlands showed it’s official first look during the Game Awards last week.
Are you excited for the game or did the last few turn you off to the series? I am skeptical, but optimistic, personally. The humor is changing from the toilet humor of the first few games they said, which I think helps define the series, so we will see how well that goes.
The past few years, Xbox has had Developer Direct press conferences at the beginning of the year. It’s where Hi-Fi Rush was shadow dropped and it’s usually where they announce a release date or two and show of a game that hasn’t been shown yet. There’s a rumor that not only is there going to be a Developer Direct in January of 2025, but that a remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be announced at that time. It was first rumored in 2023 when they said it was looking to release in late 2024 or early 2025, is it possible that it will be shadow dropped like Hi-Fi Rush was?
Personally I am excited about the possibility of an The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake. The original The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was a launch title for the Xbox 360 and the one game I bought with the console. As I played it though, I broke the game and couldn’t advance any further along, so I put it down and never played it again. A remake has me excited because I might be able to not break the game this time. I wasn’t even trying to break the game, I was just having fun knocking out guards with a stick that shot lightning and then it ran out of magic and I had no way to refill it’s magic. I think I needed the lightning to open a door and since I couldn’t refill it, I couldn’t get the door open.
I have wanted to go back and try it again, especially after beating Skyrim, but I never got around to it. A remake would definitely make me wanting to play it again much stronger.
What do you think, do you think there’s a shot that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion could be remade? Will it be a shadow drop or release sometime in 2025?
The 2024 Game Awards are tomorrow. While the primary focus is an award show, there are also announcements and trailers shown there. So far two trailers have been confirmed for the show, Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country. Now I enjoyed Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3 was fun with a friend, but the villains lacked something that Handsome Jack had. I’m not sure what it is, but I liked him more. There was a tease of him in the announcement trailer back in June, so maybe we will get some answers about what that is. I have not played the Mafia games yet, but we’ve been binging the Sopranos lately and it makes me want to check out that series. Maybe I will start it soon, I think I picked up all three, I know for sure I have the Mafia 1 remake, plus it’s on Xbox Game Pass.
One rumor that’s been circulating lately is the Black Myth Wukon will be announced for Xbox, if not shadow drop on the console during the show. Last year Baldur’s Gate 3 shadow dropped on the system right after winning Game of the Year. Black Myth Wukon was initially announced for Xbox, but then silently removed due to Sony paying for limited console exclusivity to the game. While we don’t know how long the exclusivity is, the Xbox version did get an ESRB rating back in October, so it’s possible that the deal is over soon.
The 2024 categories and nominees are:
Game of the Year
Astro Bot
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Best Game Direction
Astro Bot
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2
Diablo 4
Final Fantasy 14
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
Best Performance
Briana White (Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth)
Hannah Telle (Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
Humberly Gonzalez (Star Wars Outlaws)
Luke Roberts (Silent Hill 2)
Melina Juergens (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2)
Best Mobile Game
AFK Journey
Balatro
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
Wuthering Waves
Zenless Zone Zero
Best Art Direction
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Neva
Best Score and Music
Astro Bot
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Silent Hill 2
Stellar Blade
Best Audio Design
Astro Bot
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Silent Hill 2
Best Adaptation
Arcane
Fallout
Knuckles
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Best Narrative
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Silent Hill 2
Games for Impact
Closer the Distance
Indika
Neva
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Senua’s Saga: Hellbalde 2
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3
Final Fantasy 14
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Helldivers 2
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Tekken 8
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Best Independent Game
Animal Well
Balatro
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Neva
UFO 50
Best Debut Indie Game
Animal Well
Balatro
Manor Lords
Pacific Drive
The Plucky Squire
Best VR/AR Game
Arizona Sunshine Remake
Asgard’s Wrath 2
Batman: Arkham Shadow
Metal: Hellsinger VR
Metro: Awakening
Content Creator of the Year
Caseoh
Illojuan
Techno Gamerz
Typical Gamers
Usada Pekora
Most Anticipated
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yotei
Grand Theft Auto 6
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Monster Hunter Wilds
Best Action/Adventure Game
Astro Bot
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Silent Hill 2
Star Wars Outlaws
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Best Role-Playing Game
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Elden Ring: Shadow of the ERdtree
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Best Fighting Game
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
GranBlue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics
MultiVersus
Tekken 8
Best Action Game
Black Myth: Wukong
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Helldivers 2
Stellar Blade
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Diablo 4
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Star Wars Outlaws
Best Family Game
Astro Bot
Princess Peach: Showtime
Super Mario Party Jamboree
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
The Plucky Squire
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Age of Mythology: Retold
Frostpunk 2
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Manor Lords
Unicorn Overlord
Best Sports/Racing Game
F1 24
EA Sports FC 25
NBA 2K25
Top Spin 2K25
WWE 2K24
Best ESports Game
Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
33
Aleksib
Chovy
Faker
Zywoo
Zmjjkk
Best Esports Team
Bilibili Gaming
Gen.G
Navi
T1
Team Liquid
The awards will air on December 12th at 7:30PM Eastern. What games, studios, or people are you hoping to win this year? Do you think any game will be shadow dropped on any system, let alone a huge game like Black Myth Wukon? Let us know.
While it’s not my favorite genre of game, racing games can be a lot of fun. The Need for Speed franchise holds a special place in my heart, I played a few games in the franchise. Even though I have always been horrible at driving and usually hit a lot of things on the road. One of the aspects that makes the game so much more real than Burnout or Grand Theft Auto is the real world card that appear in the game. Below is the Need for Speed Unbound car list.
Acura
2017 NSX
2004 RSX-S
Alfa Romeo
2016 Giulia Quadrifoglio
Aston Martin
1964 DB5
2018 DBS Superleggera
2017 DB11
2019 Rapide AMR
1977 Vantage V8
2019 Vantage
Audi
R8 Coupé ’19
S5 Sportback ’17
RS 6 Avant ’20
BMW
1971 3.0 CSL
1986 M635CSi
1988 M5 (E34)
2001 M3 GTR
2010 M3 Coupe
2016 M4 GTS
1988 M1
1988 M3 Evolution II (E30)
2016 M2 Coupe
2018 M5 (F90)
2013 M6 Coupe
2023 M3 Competition Touring
Bugatti
2019 Chiron Sport
Chevrolet
1955 Bel Air
1969 Camaro Z28
1969 Camaro SS
1987 Monte Carlo SS
2010 Camaro SS
2015 Corvette Stingray
2017 Camaro ZL1
2021 Corvette Stingray
Dodge
1969 Charger R/T
1970 Challenger R/T
2015 Viper GTS
Ferrari
1987 F40
1995 F50
2004 Enzo Ferrari
2013 LaFerrari
2018 488 Pista
1985 288 GTO
1984 308 GTS Quattrovalvole
Ford
1965 Mustang GT Coupe
1969 Mustang Boss 302
1971 Mustang Mach 1
1995 Mustang GT
2015 Mustang GT
2021 Mustang GT
2017 F-150 Raptor
2003 Crown Victoria (Police Interceptor)
2024 Mustang Dark Horse
Honda
1997 Civic Type R (EK9)
2000 S2000
2004 Civic Type R (EP3)
Jaguar
1992 XJ220
Koenigsegg
2017 Regera
Lamborghini
1988 Countach LP5000 QV
2022 Countach LPI 800-4
2001 Murciélago
2009 Murciélago LP 670-4 SV
2014 Huracán LP 610-4
2019 Huracán Performante
2011 Aventador LP 700-4
2018 Aventador SVJ
2019 Urus
2014 Veneno
Lotus
2022 Emira
2023 Evija
Mazda
1997 RX-7
2004 RX-8
McLaren
1993 F1
2014 P1
2015 P1 GTR
2018 Senna
Mercedes-Benz
1988 190E 2.5-16 Evolution I
2017 AMG GT R
2021 AMG GT Black Series
2017 AMG G 63
2014 SLS AMG Coupe Black Series
Mitsubishi
1997 Eclipse GSX
2006 Lancer Evolution IX MR
Nissan
1965 Silvia
1997 Silvia K’s
1971 Skyline 2000GT-R (Hakosuka)
1973 Skyline H/T 2000GT-R (Kenmeri)
1993 Skyline GT-R (R32)
1995 Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R33)
1999 Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R34)
2002 Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (R34)
2009 370Z
2023 Z Proto
1987 300ZX (Z31)
1996 300ZX (Z32)
1970 Datsun 240Z
Pagani
2017 Huayra BC
Porsche
1970 911 Carrera RSR 2.8
1973 911 Carrera RS
1982 911 Turbo 3.3
1987 911 Turbo S Cabriolet
1987 959 S
1991 911 Carrera 4
1995 911 GT2
1997 911 Carrera S
2000 911 GT3
2004 911 GT3 RS
2016 911 GT3 RS
2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series
2014 918 Spyder
Subaru
1998 Impreza 22B STI
1999 Impreza WRX STI
2005 Impreza WRX STI
Volkswagen
1976 Golf GTI
1983 Scirocco 2.0TS
Volvo
1983 242 Turbo
Along with these stock options, there are a legendary customs that are unique customization options that offer one of a kind looks and other various legendary customs that came in later updates.
With mutants featuring more and more in MCU movies and with us seeing more of the old team before they officially come to Earth-616, let’s look at two different ways that you can catch up on the movies. First is chronological order. This is probably the most logical way to watch the movies as it features time travel and changes the timeline significantly. This list will probably appear different than a lot of lists that put them chronologically because of that, they will put things in the second 1980s before things that happened before the first 2000s. This list explores the chronological order in which they happen, not necessarily chronologically the year they happened in.
Chronological Order
Original Timeline
X-Men First Class
This is the start of it all. The movie starts back in 1944 giving insight into Erik and jumps ahead to 1962 where it explores Charles’ and Erik’s relationship. That relationship is the key to not only the start of the X-Men, but the start of the Brotherhood of Mutants. The movie also gives a lot more insight to a character previously only seen at the end of X-Men: The Last Stand, Moira MacTaggert.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This is the origin of Wolverine. What his powers are, how he got the adamantium skeleton, and how he connects to William Stryker, who first appeared in X2: X-Men United. The story starts in 1845 (he really is older than the professor) before picking back up in 1979. The movie also features the first time we see Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool.
X-Men
This is the original start of the universe. The first X-Men movie released and the one that introduced the concept of mutants to an entire generation who didn’t read comics. While some aspects are touched on, like Erik’s treatment in Auschwitz, this movie is really more about how Wolverine who can’t remember his past due to the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine ends up coming across Rogue and the X-Men. Though it’s not the first time he encounters Xavier, this time he sticks around and helps the team against Magneto.
X2: X-Men United
This movie picks up shortly after the previous film. While the first movie dealt with a plot to turn everyone into a mutant, this movie deals more with using mutants as weapons. Previous movies in this list have done this and probably in some ways in more detail, but this was the first one released to show it in action. Between Nightcrawler attacking the president to Mystique impersonating a US Senator, this movie really showed off for the first time, how mutants could be a threat to the world.
X-Men: The Last Stand
While it wasn’t as good as its predecessors, this is the movie where we get our first look at Kelsey Grammer as Beast. We also see the return of Jean Grey as the more powerful Phoenix. The movie deals with the question of should mutants take a cure to make them powerless. The end also showed Moira for the first time, a character that would again be seen years later in X-Men First Class.
The Wolverine
The Wolverine begins in 1945 when Logan saves Ichir? Yashida from the atomic bomb near Nagasaki. In the present, set a few years after The Last Stand, Logan is suffering PTSD from having to kill Jean. He travels to Japan after Yukio finds him and tells him Ichir? is near death and wants to repay him for his act. While in Japan, Wolverine has to deal with the Yakuza and the Silver Samarai. At the end of the movie, a resurrected Xavier and Erik show up to warn Wolverine of a new weapon.
X-Men: Days of Future Past
In 2023, Sentinel robots hunt and kill mutants as well as any human that carries the genetic potential to have a mutant descendent. The Sentinels can adapt to any mutant power. They’re able to be such effective killers because Mystique killed Boliver Trask in the 70s and was captured sometime later and experimented on. Her DNA was used to create the ultimate mutant killing robots. Kitty Pryde, who now has the ability to send people back in time, sends Wolverine back in time to stop Mystique.
New Timeline
As soon as Wolverine wakes up in the 70s, the new timeline is created. Logan immediately goes to Xavier and finds him in a drunken state with the ability to walk from a serum, but one that also removes his psychic abilities. After stopping Mystique from killing Trask, she disguises herself as William Stryker and recruits Wolverine for the Weapon X program. When Wolverine’s mind wakes up in 2023, he’s at the X-Mansion where he sees Cyclops, Rogue, Jean, and the professor are all alive.
X-Men: Apocalypse
Where The First Class was how Erik and Charles met, this movie is about how the best known iteration of the team was formed. It sees Jean, Cyclopse, Storm, Beast, Nightcrawler, and Quicksilver all join the X-Men officially. They fight against the deadly Apocalypse, who was teased at the end of Days of Future Past. The ending teases the Essex Corporation with Weapon X’s blood samples.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
This is the second time that the movies tried to do Dark Phoenix justice. The movie was supposed to feature Skrulls, but since Marvel started using them in Captain Marvel, they were instead replaced by D’Bari. This time though, even after killing Mystique accidentally earlier in the movie, it ends with her being a hero.
Deadpool
This is not your X-Men Origins: Wolverine Deadpool, this is the new and improved Deadpool! With Wolverine being recruited in the 70s and the new timeline in tact, the movie recaps who he is and how he got to be where he is, why he wears red, and how he’s a fighter, but also a lover. The movie is filled with humor, while also being an R-rated action movie. Literally the best of both worlds.
Deadpool 2
This movie also deals with time travel, but this time Cable (who may or may not be Jean and Cyclops’ son in this version) comes back to kill an unstable mutant child who was being abused at an orphanage owned by the Essex Corporation, but labeled as a Mutant-Re-education Center. Wade takes it upon himself to protect the child, Russell. Eventually Cable uses the last charge in his time travel device to save Wade. Yukio (different version of the one from the original timeline and Negasonic fix the device and Wade uses it to go back in time to save Vanessa, the alternate version of himself from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Ryan Reynolds before he can read the Green Lantern script.
The New Mutants
There is no definitive time to watch it, but seeing as how it connects to Logan and how these mutants came to be, I am putting this before Logan. Essex Corporation features heavily in this and was supposed to lead into a new movie, where Mr. Sinister would be revealed, which could be why Apocalypse didn’t tease the next chapter. Since Disney purchased Fox prior to the release of this movie, those plans were scrapped.
Logan
New mutants have not been born for years and Xavier is suffering a mental break. Wolverine is dying from adamantium poisoning. Logan meets a mutant Laura after being summoned by Xavier, who turns out to be his genetic daughter. She was created by Essex Corporation as we’d seen the teases of in previous movies. The end shows Logan dying “with his heart in his hand”.
Deadpool and Wolverine
Some would argue that this should be before Logan, but seeing as how it happens because of Logan’s death, I think it belongs at the end. In it Wade is told that Wolverine dies in the future and that kills his world, so he travels to after Logan ended and then to the end of time, finally coming back to when Logan was still alive. The end saw two Wolverines on one earth, even if that wasn’t addressed, but due to these new events, it could mean that Logan never happens and that’s why the timeline is restored.
Release Order
The second way to watch the movies is the order in which they were released, which you’d think would be the logical way, but it’s not.
X-Men (2000) X2 (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) X-Men: First Class (2011) The Wolverine (2013) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Deadpool (2016) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Logan (2017) Deadpool 2 (2018) Dark Phoenix (2019) The New Mutants (2020) Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
While we didn’t cover mutants and X-Men showing up in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, The Marvels, or any upcoming movie, we are sure to see these characters again (because Feige said so). Are you exciting to see your favorite mutants again in the future? We recently saw Deadpool, Wolverine, Pyro, Sabretooth, Beast, and more, are there any you’re looking forward to that hasn’t been back around yet? Let us know!
We are less than a week away from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a highly anticipated game from Bethesda Studios that was revealed long before Microsoft purchased them. Today they revealed the PC Specs for the game, can your PC handle it? Let’s find out.
Minimum:
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.8 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz or better
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB, AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB, or Intel Arc A580
Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.8 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz or better
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB
Storage: 120 GB
Additional Notes: SSD required; GPU Hardware Ray Tracing required; DLSS 3 with Frame Generation & Super Resolution Preset: Balanced; Graphic Preset: Low / Resolution: 1080p (Upscaled) / Target FPS: 60
Recommended (full ray tracing):
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K @ 3.6 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 7 7700 @ 3.8 GHz or better
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
Storage: 120 GB
Additional Notes: SSD required; GPU Hardware Ray Tracing required; DLSS 3 with Frame Generation & Super Resolution Preset: Quality; Graphic Preset: High / Resolution: 1440p (Upscaled) / Target FPS: 60
Ultra (full ray tracing):
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-13900K @ 3.0 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 7 7900X @ 4.7 GHz or better
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB
Storage: 120 GB
Additional Notes: SSD required; GPU Hardware Ray Tracing required; DLSS 3 with Frame Generation & Super Resolution Preset: Performance; Graphic Preset: Ultra / Resolution: 4K (Upscaled) / Target FPS: 60
Not surprising, in order to play on ultra, you will some beefy system hardware, especially when it comes to your graphics card. Of course if your PC can’t handle it, the game will also be available on cloud and Xbox Series X/S. If none of these are an option for you, or you just want to check it out on a Playstation 5 or Playstation 5 Pro, you could wait until Spring 2025 when it releases for the system.
Check out the launch trailer for the game below and let us know how you’re planning on playing the latest Indiana Jones adventure in the comments below.
Hot off yesterday’s Crash Team Racing announcement and Crash Bandicoot 4 rumor, we have 4 more games hitting Game Pass this month. In total there are 7 games coming that we know about in December. We already know about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Overthrown, and Crash Team Racing: Nitro Re-fueled. Xbox has announced that EA Sports WRC, Wildfrost, Carrion, and Road 96 will be joining Game Pass Ultimate in December. All those games will be available to play on XCloud, Console, and PC. through Game Pass Ultimate.
If you are a Game Pass Standard subscriber, you aren’t getting left in the cold as Forza Motorsport, Hauntii, and Humanity will all be joining that tier this month as well.
Carrion and Road 96 are returning titles to Game Pass, they were previously on and removed from the service. Seven games in total with 2 returning titles still seems light for the service, though that could have to do with the licensing required to get Indiana Jones on the platform. It was previously mentioned that it took some work to make it happen as Disney had made the deal with Bethesda before Microsoft had purchased them. That could be why the game was announced for Playstation at Summer Game Fest before it was even given a chance to be exclusive to Xbox Platforms.
In just over a week, Geoff Keighley will be hosting the Game Awards as well, usually they have some exciting announcements, so it’s entirely possible that we get a shadow drop on Game Pass as well.
Do any of these games look interesting to you? Will you be playing any of these this month? Let us know in the comments!
We reported yesterday that only two games were confirmed for Xbox Game Pass for December, but today they have confirmed one more game. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled is set to come to Game Pass on December 4th. While three games is not a lot for a month, it seems like it might trickle throughout the month of announcements and then releases. As I mentioned yesterday, they might be holding back some Game Pass announcements for the Game Awards.
This latest announcement for Game Pass is just the latest game coming to the service from Activision Blizzard King, since Microsoft acquired them last year. Since then games have been slowly coming to the service starting with Diablo. The latest game before this was Spyro Reignited, which dropped in November. I just played it myself so expect a write-up on it fairly soon.
The next game coming from Xbox Blizzard King might have been leaked already. It seems one user on Reddit has Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time available to stream on his Firestick. He claims to not own the game, so the fact he can stream it would mean that it would have to be available for the service. With how light December seems to be, it could mean that we are about to see some Microsoft owned IPs hit the service in a big way.
Are you excited about the latest Game Pass announcement? What about the potential for Crash Bandicoot 4 to come to the service next? I know I am, I just played the n’Sane Trilogy and I would love to be able to play all the games in the series without purchasing them individually.
Not every month can Game Pass provide lots of new and exciting games for the service, but December seems particularly shy of games. In fact only two games are confirmed for December so far, Overthrown and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Overthrown is a city builder in which you and up to five of your friends build a kingdom and try to maintain the crown. The game is set to be released in early access on December 5th. It’s being developed by Brimstone Games and published by Maximum Entertainment. Overthrown will be playable on console, PC, and XCloud.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a Bethesda game that you play as the title character himself that embarks on his greatest adventure to date. Indiana Jones’ latest adventure is set to release on December 9th. It is being developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game will be available for console, PC, and XCloud.
It is possible that more will be announced this week as well as more later in the month. With the Game Awards on December 12th, maybe they are preparing for some announcements for Game Pass then. There is a rumor that Black Myth: Wukong could be released then, could it be coming to Game Pass on day one?
The Young Avengers movies are now Champions? That’s what Daniel Richtman says anyway. Because the Young Avenges are no longer teenagers and Bob Iger wants to protect the Avengers brand at all costs, so as of right now the rumor is that it will be a Disney+ show called Champions.
Other Disney+ rumors say that Daredevil Born Again is looking for a female actor to play a mayoral candidate in season 2. Hawkeye will be getting a new season and season 2 and Nova are looking to start production in Fall of 2025 or early 2026. Nova is believe to follow Richard Ryder and a team of Nova Corps
We all know that Deadpool and Wolverine was a huge success this year, so it’s no surprise that there are talks of a sequel happening. The two are expected to appear in one or both of the next Avengers movies, but even beyond that, it’s possible the two will continue to pop up until they are 90.
Another returning actor, Wesley Snipes is rumored to show up in the new Blade movie. It could be getting a rewrite to make it more of a multiversal adventure and having two Blades instead of just one. Wesley Snipes’ character will really be surprised when he finds out there is another Blade out there.
Finally on to my favorite rumor in this update, MyTimeToShine has shared that Oscar Isaac is set to appear in one or both of the next Avengers movies as Moonknight. He will also appear in the long rumored Midnight Suns movie and Blade will lead right into it. We know that he had only been signed on for one season of the Moonknight Disney+ show, so after that ending it was only a question of when we would see him again, not if.
Are you excited for any of these? I can’t wait to see Moonknight return, it was probably my favorite MCU project in this saga. Do you think any of these are too far out there to be true?
