If you’re reading this right now, you did it: you made it through 2024. Time will tell if 2025 ends up being even messier and more chaotic for games and everything surrounding them but in the meantime, a short respite! Here are some great games (and game-spectating experiences with the return of Awesome Games Done Quick) to help usher you fully into the new year before the release calendar onslaught picks back up again. And depending on where you live, they might even help get you through a snow day on Monday.
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Awesome Games We’re Settling Into 2025 With
Awesome Games Done Quick and everything we’re playing to kick off January
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