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Who won big at The Dice Tower Awards?

Also, DOOM!

Jason Dean

Jason Dean

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Who won big at The Dice Tower Awards?

The Dice Tower Awards for best board games were held recently at Gen Con, and we have the full list of winners! Also, QuakeCon took place, and featured plenty of DOOM. All that and more. Let’s go! 

The 2024 Dice Tower award winners

The Dice Tower Awards have been an annual tradition at Gen Con for the past 17 years. The 2024 winners were announced at this year’s convention, with Sky Team and Earth coming up big. Here are all the winners:

Congratulations to all the 2024 winners.

QuakeCon is filled with DOOM

QuakeCon, the yearly convention dedicated to id Software games, took place last week. The main focus of the convention’s announcements centered around DOOM. The classic game was released in 1993, and has been available on most consoles since that time. Those who own it will soon see new content coming their way. 

DOOM and DOOM II received a “definitive” release, which includes new levels and cross-platform multiplayer deathmatch. You can read the full press release here. The upgrade is free for those who own DOOM or DOOM II, but if you don’t, you can pick up the definitive version for $10 now on your platform of choice.

Limited Run Games also announced a physical copy of the DEFINITIVE DOOM SNES experience. Better hurry if you want a copy, as only 666 will be made. 

🔫 Marvel’s Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom are coming to Fortnite. 

🫰🏽 Fortnite also announced they will start selling battle pass rewards in their store. 

🎰 The creator of Balatro says “I hate the thought of Balatro becoming a true gambling game,” so he wrote language into his will preventing casinos from buying or licensing the game. Balatro will also receive a free major gameplay update in 2025. 

🎲 Gen Con 2024 had a record-breaking crowd of over 71,000 attendees. Also, check out thoughts from publishers in attendance on the huge crowds. 

🇹🇷 Roblox has been banned in Türkiye due to child safety concerns. 

🎞️ Meanwhile, Beetlejuice 2 launched a virtual box office in Roblox to sell more movie tickets. 

🚀 Bungie will address the “uncertainty” surrounding the future of Destiny 2 following a massive round of layoffs last week.

🥽 Meta shut down Quest developer Ready at Dawn.

📉 PlayStation 5 sales are down 27% year-over-year, while software sales rose. 

🕹️ The Guardian asks: can kids master the video games their parents loved?

💾 Remedy says Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes are in full production, while Control 2 is in a playable state. 

💂 Fallout London weakened its most deadly enemy: foxes. 

😌 Tango Gameworks, the studio behind Hi-Fi Rush that was scheduled to be shut down by Microsoft, was saved via acquisition by PUBG publisher Krafton. 

🗑️ The Borderlands movie released last week with not great reviews. Ugh. Maybe that’s why it only brought in a disappointing $8.8 million its opening weekend. 

📉 Take-Two and Unity both showed large fiscal losses in the most recent quarter, while Square Enix saw a 68% increase in profits. 

🎮 What exactly is a “gamer” and why does it matter?

😥 After its unexpected disappearance, preservation efforts are underway for Game Informer content. 

🔺 The producer of the Silent Hill 2 remake wants players to give the game a chance. 

🥽 Microsoft is planning a new mixed-reality VR headset to rival Apple Vision Pro. 

💸 Warner Brothers Discovery wants to license its biggest names to other game developers, including Batman, Harry Potter and more. 

🖥️ Sony reveals the PC specs for God Of War Ragnarok, and players will need quite a bit of hard drive space to play. 

🧟 There’s a new trailer for The Last of Us season 2. 

🚣🏿‍♂️ The Board Games that ask you to reenact colonialism.

New Releases this week:

Madden NFL 25

Check out our article on 15 new games to play in August.

8/14: Streets of Rogue 2 (PC)
8/15: Just Crow Things (Xbox, Switch and PC)
8/16: Castaway (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC)
8/16: Farewell North (Xbox, Switch and PC)
8/16: Madden NFL 25 (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)

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