As tradition dictates, the beginning of the new year is marked by CES. The annual event held in Las Vegas has not yet formally opened its doors – it will do so on January 7 – but manufacturers are wasting no time. The main novelties prior to the fair have been marked by the 27-inch 240 Hz 4K OLED monitors, as well as the QHD options with 500 Hz. Some of these monitors sport the new ClearMR 21000 and True Black 1000 VESA specifications. In addition, LG has shown a 45-inch 5K2K flexible OLED monitor, as well as Gram laptops with offline AI functions and new Intel chips.
In games, we have listed the upcoming releases like every month. In January, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for PC stand out, while analysts predict that Grand Theft Auto VI will generate 1,000 million dollars in reservations and will reach 3,200 million in income in its first year. We have also seen new images of the Switch 2 board and discovered a Nintendo patent explaining the use of upscaling technology up to 4K. On the other hand, Steam closed the year with nearly 19,000 titles released and Black Myth: Wukong took the award for best game of 2024.
For those who feel nostalgic about last year, remember that we published a summary with the news for 2024.
Nintendo
- New photos of the Switch 2 board appear and a Nintendo patent details scaling technology.
Xbox
- About 100 GB of Halo content leaked, including the original 1999 demo.
- Microsoft would continue working on Sebile, a controller with haptic technology for the next generation of Xbox.
PlayStation
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit y The Stanley Parable son los juegos PS Plus de enero.
PC/mobile
Multiplatform
- January releases: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 come to PC and Donkey Kong returns to Switch.
- SNK crea KOF Studio.
- Analysts predict that Grand Theft Auto VI will generate $3.2 billion in its first year.
- Stardew Valley exceeds 41 million copies sold.
- Ken Levine (BioShock) talks about the problems of AAA games, narrative, and the use of generative AI.
- The news of 2024: the Concord fiasco, cross-platform Xbox, laptops return and the rise of AI.
Technology/Internet
- Volkswagen exposed the location data of 800,000 electric cars that can be associated with its users.
- Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow him to negotiate an agreement not to ban TikTok in the United States.
- Max premieres The Pitt, Separation returns to Apple TV+ and Once Upon a Time in the West comes to Netflix.
- LG announces a gaming monitor with a 45-inch 5K2K flexible OLED panel to switch between flat and curved.
- VESA launches ClearMR 21000 and True Black 1000 specifications for the sharpest and brightest OLED monitors.
- LG renews Gram laptops with offline AI functions and new Intel chips.
- Samsung unveils its OLED displays for CES 2025, including a 500 Hz model and its first glasses-free 3D monitor.
- MSI and Asus present 27-inch 240 Hz 4K OLED monitors.
- Apple will pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit over Siri's unannounced recordings.
- MásOrange and Vodafone create a joint company to monetize their fiber optic network.