Evening Reading - December 20, 2024

Hello, Shacknews. One thing left for me this year. One more round of news, memes, and entertainment for 2024. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• Shacknews Hall of Fame: Class of 2024
• The Shacknews Awards 2024 nominees
• The Game Awards 2024 winners, announcements & trailers
• Shack Together 044 - The Gang's All Here! Feat. The Games of 2024 Trivia Bonanza!
• All 96 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tracks Ranked

And, because it's the weekend, go find yourself something to play!

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Dec. 20: PlayStation Holiday and Xbox Countdown sales
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Dec. 20: Steam Winter Sale 2024

And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

There's no 'Bye' in 'Team Fortress'

After just 2901 days, Team Fortress Comics comes to a close with Issue #7. Read it here: https://t.co/FIGWiIduPN pic.twitter.com/MMzPkaki2n

— Team Fortress 2 (@TeamFortress) December 20, 2024

Out of the blue, Valve has officially closed the book on the story of Team Fortress 2. This sure felt like a conclusive ending for everyone and a fitting way to say goodbye to this lovable cast of characters. Farewell, friends.

Going 'Beyond'

As an update, still planning on releasing 1.0 of MVCIB today. We're squashing several bugs and making sure our single player modes are functional before release. Will keep ya'll updated here when the website links go live! https://t.co/JUEyxNPhhC

— Maximilian Dood (@maximilian_) December 20, 2024

PSA: Maximilian and more than 40 others came together to make a definitive version of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. The mod will be out today.

We got to talk to Max at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, so check out that interview to learn more.

Nothing but the Hotfix

It's time for the Hotfix Holiday Party!

GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.

This week in Shaqnews

Shaq's new nickname is The Big Christmas Tree.

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

The hype train is leaving the station and heading to Netflix.

Tonight in video game music

With Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in theaters, let's end this year by going back to last year when FamilyJules and Caleb Hynes brought us a dynamite cover of Live and Learn.

Well, everyone, this is it for Evening Reading for 2024! As always, be sure to keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you'd like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord. We'll have articles going up over the next few weeks, but we're officially out for the holiday. We'll see you all in 2025!

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?