The third playtest for Dark and Darker has sadly concluded, but developer Ironmace have already announced that there will be another playtest next year in February 2023, during Steam’s upcoming Nextfest event happening from February 6 - 13.

Santa Monica Studio have announced that God of War Ragnarok will be updated with a New Game+ mode sometime in Spring 2023. No details were given beyond confirming that the team will indeed work on delivering what is considered a sought after feature. 

Sega announced that they’ll be holding a Sega Winter Sale for the Holidays on the PlayStation Store from December 21 until January 6, 2023. Titles like the recently released Sonic Frontiers, Lost Judgment, and more are discounted on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 titles.

Developer Hopoo Games announced Risk of Rain Returns, a remastered version of the original Risk of Rain game as it’s coming to Switch and PC (via Steam) sometime in 2023. 

Here’s another Shrine of Secrets reset! This week offers the perks A Nurse’s Calling, Unnerving Presence, Calm Spirit, and Open Handed. Here’s a quick rundown of each of the perks offered from December 21 to December 27 2022.

Kojima Productions is giving PlayStation users four free PSN avatars to celebrate the Death Stranding 2 revea that occurred during this year’s Game Awards. You can claim the avatars now as there’s a code that covers all PSN regions.

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that their upcoming RPG One Piece Odyssey will have a free demo that will be available on January 10, 2023 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X|S. That’s three days before its official launch. 

Sony Interactive Entertainment gave us a glimpse of what to expect in the early parts of 2023 through a blog post, mentioning games like Forspoken, The DualSense Edge controller, Hogwarts Legacy, PlayStation VR 2 and more. But they did start by confirming that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is currently set for a Fall 2023 release. 

Sony have revealed the games joining the PlayStation Plus Game and Classic Catalogs for Extra and Premium subscribers in December 2022. All the games in this list will be available to subscribers of their respective tiers Starting December 20. 

CD Projekt RED has rolled out the long-awaited free next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. For those that have a physical PS4 copy of the game, you can pick up the PS5 version for free as intended, but it’s apparently not as straightforward as you’d hope. So here’s a quick guide on how I was able to get it running. 

Here’s another Shrine of Secrets reset! This week offers the perks Blood Pact, Botany Knowledge, Franklin’s Demise, and Overwhelming Presence. Here’s a quick rundown of each of the perks offered from December 14, 2022 until December 20.

Blizzard announced that their free-to-play action RPG Diablo Immortal will be receiving a major update on December 14 called Terror’s Tide. Players will get to explore a new zone called Stormpoint, five new Legendary Gems, and more.