Watch: The Game Awards 2025 – Live!

Trophy hunting.

Our next dose of Geoff is right around the corner, as we are mere minutes away from The Game Awards 2025.

This year’s event kicks off at 5pm PST / 8pm EST / 1am GMT (Fri) / 2am CET (Fri) / 10am JST (Fri), though, as ever, a pre-show ‘Opening Act’ will begin half an hour before that — and you can expect to see some awards given out there too.

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Hades 2 Dev Shares Adorable GOTY Nominee Artwork Ahead Of The Game Awards

Now that’s sweet.

We are mere hours away from The Game Awards 2025, where we’ll finally learn which of this year’s nominees will walk away with the coveted GOTY trophy.

Hades II is one of the six games up for the grand prize, and before the ceremony can get underway, developer Supergiant Games has shared a heartwarming piece of artwork, congratulating its fellow nominees.

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A New Tomb Raider Entry Has Leaked Ahead Of The Game Awards

But is it a remake..?

The Game Awards is taking place later today (or early tomorrow depending on your timezone), but it seems that yet another major announcement has leaked ahead of schedule.

As reported by Eurogamer, the cover art for a new Tomb Raider entry has cropped up online along with a handful of screenshots. Titled Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, some are speculating that it might actually be (another) remake of the original game from 1996, which itself also dealt with Atlantis.

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Limited Run Games Is Bringing NES ‘Jaws’ To Switch In “Massively Expanded” Form

You’re gonna have a bigger backlog.

Limited Run Games has announced a very exciting enhanced version of 1987’s NES “classic”, Jaws – and they’ve got their signature offering of flashy physical editions ready to devour and everything.

These new physical editions of the game come complete with the 8-bit original, now with modern conveniences such as quick save. But, of course, the star turn is a “massively expanded” Jaws Enhanced Edition that embiggens the adventure to incorporate aspects from four (!) of the Jaws movies, rather than just the good one.

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ICYMI: Here’s What Else Might Be On The Way To Switch Online’s N64 Library

Rayman 2 has now been confirmed.

Earlier this year, a Switch Online + Expansion Pack trailer supposedly teased some upcoming releases for the N64 library. One of these games was Forsaken 64, which was released in September, and another title spotted was Rayman 2: The Great Escape, and that’s now returning next week.

So, what else might be on the way? In case you missed it, or just need another reminder, three other titles seemingly identified in this video footage include Donkey Kong 64, Super Smash Bros. and the original Glover release, which also got an eShop version earlier this year.

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Nintendo Switch Parental Controls App Updated To Ver. 2.3.0, Here Are The Patch Notes

Getting dark.

Hot off the back of yesterday’s Switch and Switch 2 system update, Nintendo has today released a patch for its Parental Controls app, bumping things up to ver. 2.3.0.

The big addition this time around is a new Dark Mode, which will turn on automatically according to your phone’s settings — so no more glaring white light in the gloomy winter evenings. There are also more options on the ‘Extend Daily Play-Time Limit’ menu, bonus bedtime settings and more.

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