For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Control.

The entire WorthPlaying staff would like to say "Merry Christmas!" to our readers, fans, contributors & staff all around the world. We hope everybody has a wonderful holiday, loads of good food, and a joyful time with friends & family. May Santa bring you all the games you wished for, but above all, stay healthy & stay safe!

For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Dredge.

For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Dark and Darker - Legendary Status.

For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Wizard of Legend.

For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: TerraTech.

Based on Bernard Werber’s best-seller, Empire Of The Ants will offer a strategic experience close to the iconic books series where you embark on a fantastic journey through the infinitely small and lead your colony to a hopeful horizon.

As an open world action title, Genshin Impact highlights its feature as freely explorable world, multiple playable characters, an in-depth elemental combo-based combat system and an engaging story.

Sword Of The Necromancer: Resurrection is a third-person 3D Action Dungeon Crawler where you can revive your defeated enemies to make them fight alongside you.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• ARK: Survival Ascended [PC/PS5/XSX] Extinction Ascended + Bob’s Tall Tales: Wasteland Wars DLC
• Black Desert Online [PC/PS4/PS5/XOne/XSX] DeadEye Pre-Play + Limited-Time Steam Sale
• Castaway Hand [PC]
• Crossout [PC/PS4/XOne] Wasteland Drift Update
• Deep Rock Galactic [PC/PS4/PS5/XOne/XSX] Yuletide 2024 event
• Forgotten But Unbroken [PC] v1.10 Update + Sale
• Fortnite [Android/PC/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX/iOS] Winterfest 2024 Event
• Hunt: Showdown 1896 [PC/PS4/PS5/XOne/XSX] Double Event Points weekend
• Jötunnslayer: Hordes Of Hel [PC] limited-time demo
• Monkies In The Brickland [Quest 2/Quest 3]
• PatchWorld [Quest 2/Quest 3] Content Update + Sale
• PulseJet [Quest 2/Quest 3]
• Star Citizen [PC] Alpha 4.0 Preview
• Still There [PC] Epic Games Store Launch
• Sword of Convallaria [PC] Night Crimson Update
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed [PC/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX] Colorblind Mode, Increased Difficulty, and QOL Patch
• Tetris Forever [PC/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX] Welltris Game + More Updates
• Toy Trains [Quest 2/Quest 3] Winter Update
• Underground Garage [PC] Update with New Driving Physics + Sale

An Action/RPG based in the Torchlight universe, Torchlight: Infinite is set to give players the freedom to create a build that complements their preferred playstyle.

For the next 24 hours, the Epic Games Store is offering one title for free: Astrea: Six Sided Oracles.

Center Mass: Streets Of Ramadi is a sniper simulation inspired by real events and built in collaboration with former Navy SEAL and bestselling author Brandon Webb.

Once Human is a sandbox survival game where you, as Meta-Human, need to survive in the harsh environment with swarms of enemies and rebuild the human civilization after the world was changed by the apocalypse.

New World: Aeternum is a content-rich action/RPG featuring real-time combat and set in a vast and mysterious world where players have the freedom to choose how they shape their adventure.

KADOKAWA and Sony Group Corporation signed a strategic capital and business alliance agreement, agreeing to conduct a third-party allotment by KADOKAWA to Sony.

Space Engineers 2 is an open world sandbox game where engineering meets exploration, construction, and survival in the vastness of space.

The explosive combination of first-person shooter, immersive sim and horror is back in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, unprecedented in scale, advanced graphics, freedom of choices and the thickest atmosphere of a deadly adventure.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Alien: Rogue Incursion [PC VR/PSVR 2]
• All You Need is Help [PC/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX] 12 Days of Christmas Update + PC Demo
• Alvastia Chronicles [PS5]
• Anno 1800 & Victoria 3 Bundle [PC]
• Asdivine Hearts II [PS5]
• By Grit Alone [Quest 2/Quest 3] v1.3.1 Update Now Live
• Conqueror's Blade [PC] Season 21: Leonides’ Glory
• #DRIVE Rally [PC/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX] Rio Guacamole Early Access Update
• Entropy Survivors [PC] v1.1.0 Holiday Auto-Attack Update
• Exploding Kittens 2 [PC] Santa Claws Pack
• F-ZERO 99 [Switch] v1.5.5 Update
• Garten of Banban 7 [Switch/XOne/XSX]
• Glorious Companions [PC] v1.0 Launch
• Gori: Cuddly Carnage [PC/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX] Winter Update
• Kill Knight [PC] Krystalized Content Update
• Laysara: Summit Kingdom [PC] Ice Altar Early Access Update
• Legends BMX [PC]
• Leif's Adventure: Netherworld Hero [PC/PS5/Switch]
• Megaloot [PC] Update Adds Online Co-op, New Content, and More
• Midnight Ghost Hunt [PC] v1.4 Content Update
• Mirthwood [PC] Night Of Falling Stars Update
• Monster Jam Showdown [PC/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX] Aloha Expansion 
• Mortal Kombat 1 [PC/PS5/Switch/XSX] Towers of Time Holiday Events
• Mullet MadJack [PC] ULTRAKILL Crossover
• My Time At Sandrock [PS5/Switch] Sandrock Online With Cross-play
• Neva [PC/PS5/Switch/XSX] Accessibility update
• One More Question [PC]
• Seal: What The Fun [XOne/XSX]
• Slitterhead [PC/PS4/PS5/XSX] Demo on All Available Platforms + Limited-time PC Sale
• Songs Of Silence [PC] v1.1 Update & Scenarios
• StarWave [Quest 2/Quest 3] The Be Strong Pack
• Terra Nil [Switch] Vita Nova Update
• The Forever Winter [PC] Gunhead: Online; December Update
• The Last Starship [PC] Alpha Update #13
• To the Moon [PS5] Sigmund Minisode 1 and 2
• Trash Goblin [PC] Festive Content Early Access Update
• Truck Driver: The American Dream [PS5/XSX] Patch #18
• Union of Gnomes [PC] Winter Early Access Update
• Universe for Sale [Android/iOS/PS4/PS5/Switch/XOne/XSX]

Relive the pinnacle of 2D sprite-based fighting, now enhanced for online play, complete with rollback netcode and overhauled online functionality!