December is right here and 2024 is nearly over, however not earlier than a number of the 12 months’s greatest video games launch simply in time for the winter doldrums. My console SSDs are already groaning beneath the load of all these downloads. How will I discover room for an additional 350GB of video games?
December 2024 is an enormous month for free-to-play video games in addition to free-with-Game-Pass releases. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the large vacation blockbuster that’s accessible to everybody with a paid Game Pass Ultimate or PC subscription, although followers who wish to go hands-on early will nonetheless must shell out further for the deluxe version.
Marvel Rivals, in the meantime, will take one other recent stab on the hero shooter style, whereas Infinity Nikki takes the comfy sim dress-up RPG collection into the open world. Both are fueled by microtransactions as an alternative of up-front value tags. Half of my Xbox Series S drive is already taken up with S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2, whereas Star Wars Outlaws, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Metaphor Refantazio are obliterating my PlayStation 5 storage. Hopefully Santa brings me a reminiscence enlargement card.
A bunch of different stuff, from console ports to ‘90s-style brawlers, can be popping out this month.