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Revealed: the top new PC and console games of 2024
- The GameDiscoverCo newsletter predicts the top new games of 2024, according to complex analysis algorithms. Black Myth: Wukong tops Steam's chart for paid games by copies sold, followed by Palworld and co-op game Helldivers 2. Meanwhile, the Xbox console is strong in the US, with the most popular new paid game of 2024 being football game EA Sports FC 25. Most-discussed games at The Game Awards included Elden Ring Nightreign and the untitled sequel to The Witcher. Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch had few new entries with MySims Cozy Bundle the only major one.
- The GameDiscoverCo has over 32,500 newsletter subscribers and almost 3,000 of them have access to the Plus tier or higher in individual and company subscription.
- Fortnite Ballistic and OG Lego Fortnite are currently around 100k CCU each.
- UK November 2024 game charts were down 33% YoY, selling 1.53 million games during Black Friday week.
- Gorilla Tag on Quest is predominantly played by boys aged 10-18 years old and generated $100m in revenue.
- Apple revealed the most-downloaded free and paid iPhone games of 2024—Minecraft, Heads Up!, and Geometry Dash top the paid chart, while Roblox is fourth.
- Twitch’s annual recap shows there were 879 million hours streamed and 20.35 billion hours watched across the video platform.
- Roblox CEO David Baszucki celebrated concurrent user milestones on the platform with Dress to Impress hitting over 1.5 million concurrent players and Blox Fruits going over 2.25 million concurrent players.
- Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella reiterated Xbox’s plans to bring the best games to its platform that can be enjoyed by gamers everywhere.
- GameDiscoverCo predicted Elden Ring Nightreign, Palworld, and co-op game Helldivers 2 to be the top new games on Steam by copies sold in 2024.
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