Another news of the week was the death of Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty, co-founder of Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall, Apex Legends, Star Wars: Jedi) and head of Battlefield 6. Zampella lost his life in a car accident. In another order of things, IO Interactive has announced that 007 First Light delays its launch by two months, the former technical director of Rockstar Games has told us that Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo was close to existing, and Bloober Team has commented that it has a horror game on its hands for Switch 2 that fans of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Limbo and Eternal Darkness will like.
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Nintendo
Xbox
- A new Spyro appears on a Toys for Bob worker's resume.
PlayStation
PC/mobile
- Eldegarde, a game previously called Legacy: Steel & Sorcery, will be available on January 21.
Multiplatform
Technology/Internet
- Valve ends production of the Steam Deck LCD, the cheapest model.
- Anna's Archive extracts Spotify's «known» catalog, totaling 86 million music files.
- Samsung renews its Odyssey gaming monitors with a 6K 3D screen and a 1,040 Hz panel.
- Nvidia signs a licensing agreement with Groq, an AI inference chip startup, for 20 billion.
- LG launches new UltraGear evo monitors with 5K resolution and AI scaling technology on the screen itself.
- Trailer for Madden, the film in which Nicolas Cage plays John Madden.