The Digital Insider | Year: 2024

Dave The Diver Surpasses 3 Million Sales

Dave the Diver has surpassed 3 million units sold, developer Mintrocket has revealed. The studio announced this achievement on X today, alongside some new art from the game to celebrate the milestone. Selling 3 million units is no small feat, especially considering Dave the Diver is Mintrocket’s first game.

In Dave the Diver, players control Dave as he dives during the day to find treasure, fish, complete quests, and more. At night, Dave runs a sushi restaurant, and the game mixes its adventure gameplay with its simulation gameplay really well – read more about that in Game Informer’s Dave the Diver review.

Dave the Diver received great word-of-mouth at the time of its PC release in June, bolstered further by a Switch release later in October. It also crossed over with indie hit Dredge last month. Shortly before that crossover, Dave the Diver picked up a nomination for Best Independent Game at The Game Awards 2023.

Have you played Dave the Diver? Let us know what you think of it in the comments below!

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Resident Evil 2, And More Join Xbox Game Pass This Month

It’s a new year, and Xbox is kicking off January with its first batch of new Game Pass titles for 2024. This month is headlined by the additions of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and the remake of Resident Evil 2. As always, when new games enter a few must leave, and one big departure is Grand Theft Auto V in just a couple of days. Check out the full list below and check out the links to our reviews for applicable titles.

What’s Coming

Hell Let Loose (Xbox Series X/S, PC,Cloud) – January 4

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 9 | Our Review

Figment (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 9

Super Mega Baseball 4 via EA Play (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 11 | Our Review

We Happy Few (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 11 | Our Review

Resident Evil 2 (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 16 | Our Review

Those Who Remain (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 16

What’s Leaving

Grand Theft Auto V (Console, Cloud) – January 5 | Our Review

Garden Story (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 15

MotoGP 22 (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 15

Persona 3 Portable (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 15 | Our Review

Persona 4 Golden (Console, PC, Cloud) – January 15 | Our Review

Ask Us Anything: Submit Your Questions For Our Next Issue

In each issue, Game Informer prints questions that are submitted by readers via email and standard mail. We’d like to give our website readers the chance to make the magazine as well.

You’ll need to log in to your GI account and click “okay to print” for your letter or question to go through. We’d also love it if you included your location (city, state, or country will do). We’ll look through the questions and pick a few to include in our next issue, which releases on January 30.

For each issue, we ask our community a question for our SoundOff section. This time around, we want to know…

“Which gaming platform do you see yourself using the most in 2024 and why?”

You can answer this question and/or include any other feedback/questions you want. Thank you again for your support throughout the years, and we hope many of you get the chance to have your letter printed in an upcoming issue!

Power Your Breakfast Dreams With The Xbox Series S Toaster

First, there was the Xbox Series X mini-fridge, and now the Series S gets its own appliance in the form of a toaster. Bread will never be the same again.

Feast your eyes on the officially licensed Series S toaster, which is on sale now at Walmart. The novelty appliance boasts a wide slot to toast thick slices of bread, bagels, waffles, English muffins, and probably most PlayStation discs for the truly devoted. In a neat twist, the oven roasts the Xbox logo on the food itself to add a flavorful touch of corporate branding to your carb intake.

The toaster also sports a digital LED countdown timer, a six-setting shade selector dial for browning customization, a removable crumb tray, automatic temperature control, and a cool-touch exterior, among other perks. Though a cool appliance, I can’t help but wonder how many people will request a Series S as a gift from friends/family and receive this elaborately disguised kitchen accessory instead.

Those interested can purchase the Xbox Series S toaster for $39.99.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill 2 Remake Launching This Year

PlayStation has released a promotional video highlighting some of the biggest games coming to its console this year. The video hypes both first and third-party releases, many of which already had release dates/windows, but it also casually confirms 2024 launches for two previously un-dated projects.

Specifically, the video labels Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 as 2024 games. Both games, each a remake of their respective titles, had no launch window prior to today. But the video and the accompanying PlayStation Blog post confirm as much, which is a little surprising to see happen with relatively limited fanfare instead of Konami rolling out individual red carpets for each game’s launch update. But if you’re looking forward to playing either title, this is welcomed news nonetheless.

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Silent Hill 2 was announced in 2022 as a remake of the 2001 classic and is being developed by Bloober Team. The studio recently shared that work on the game was “progressing smoothly”, and it is a PlayStation 5 console exclusive (but will also launch on PC).

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a Unreal Engine 5 remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. It was announced during a PlayStation Showcase last May, and Konami released its first in-engine gameplay footage last October. Despite its inclusion in today’s PlayStation video, Snake Eater is also coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Inventions that Pave the Way for Green Hydrogen Fuel Cells – Technology Org

It would be a challenge for any scientist to match Alexey Serov’s rate of inventions related to green…

Our Most Anticipated Games Of 2024 (Feat. Matt Storm) | GI Show

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, returning guest and editor of this podcast, Matt Storm, joins us to discuss our most anticipated games of 2024. We dive into Game Informer’s 2024 game release calendar and go month-by-month, highlighting the projects we’re most looking forward to.

Watch The Podcast To Learn About Upcoming Games In 2024:

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The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday to chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

The Game Informer Show – Podcast Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:03:16 – Matt Storm Introduction

00:09:52 – Most Anticipated Video Games of 2024

01:39:32 – Housekeeping

Outcast: A New Beginning, The Sequel To One Of The First Open World Games | New Gameplay Today

The original Outcast was a PC-exclusive, 3D open-world action game that predated Grand Theft Auto III by two years. It was an innovative, well-regarded, but underplayed game about landing on an alien planet and trying to survive in the face of its dangerous fauna. A remake of that game, called Outcast: Second Contact, was released in 2017, but Outcast: A New Beginning is the long overdue, proper sequel to the cult classic.

Join Marcus Stewart and me as we check out what the game has to offer, which is primarily impressive jetpack mechanics that let you literally fly around the alien world at high speeds. Outcast: A New Beginning is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on March 15.

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Head over to Game Informer’s YouTube channel for more previews, reviews, and discussions of new and upcoming games. Watch other episodes of New Gameplay Today right here.

Persona 3 Reload’s Opening Movie Includes A Brand New Song And You Can Watch It Right Now

Persona 3 Reload is right around the corner – it hits PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on February 2. If you’ve ever played a Persona game, you’re likely familiar with the “opening movie,” which is the awesome animated opening to the game set to what is typically the main theme song. Ahead of Persona 3 Reload’s release next month, Atlus has released its opening movie, debuting a brand new track called “Full Moon Full Life.”

In it, we get a look at the main character and the rest of the cast, as well as Persona, Igor, and more. As you might expect, the opening movie retains the flashy and stylish animation Persona has become known for over the years, and no surprise, it looks great. Atlus notes the trailer contains violent and sensitive content, however, so be wary of that before pressing play.

Check out the Persona 3 Reload opening movie for yourself below:

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For more about the game, check out Game Informer’s hands-on preview of Persona 3 Reload and then read Game Informer’s list of all upcoming video game remakes. After that, watch the newest episode of The Game Informer Show to find out why Persona 3 Reload is one of our most anticipated games of 2024.

Are you going to check out Persona 3 Reload next month? Let us know in the comments below!

The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask | Super Replay

After The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reinvented the series in 3D and became its new gold standard, Nintendo followed up with a surreal sequel in Majora’s Mask. Set two months after the events of Ocarina, Link finds himself transported to an alternate version of Hyrule called Termina and must prevent a very angry moon from crashing into the Earth over the course of three constantly repeating days. Majora’s Mask’s unique structure and bizarre tone have earned it legions of passionate defenders and detractors, and one long-time Zelda fan is going to experience it for the first time to see where he lands on that spectrum.

Join Marcus Stewart and Kyle Hilliard today and each Friday on Twitch at 2 p.m. CT as they gradually work their way through the entire game until Termina is saved. Archived episodes will be uploaded each Saturday on our second YouTube channel Game Informer Shows.

Part 1 – Plenty of Time

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