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Resident Evil Outbreak | Super Replay

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One of the biggest eyebrow raisers for the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem was the surname of its protagonist, Grace Ashcroft. That's because she's the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft, an investigative reporter and oft-forgotten character who last appeared in the equally overlooked Resident Evil Outbreak. For the many unfamiliar RE fans, this begs the question: Who the heck is Alyssa Ashcroft, and why has she suddenly become a big deal? To prepare for the next mainline Resident Evil game, we're going to answer this tantalizing question. 

Resident Evil Outbreak launched for the PlayStation 2 in North America on March 30, 2004. Set only a couple of days after the initial T-virus outbreak in Raccoon City, the game unfolds across five scenarios across different areas of the doomed city.  Outbreak features eight playable characters, including Alyssa Ascroft, along with an RCPD officer, a Vietnam War veteran, a bar waitress, and a surgeon, among others, fighting for survival against the infected. 

Join Marcus Stewart and Charles Harte as they embark on their first journey through Outbreak. Catch up on each episode below:

Episode 1 - Starting RE Requiem's Spiritual Predecessor
Episode 2 - Tackling the Chilling Second Scenario
Episode 3 - Freezing Our Butts Off in the Second Scenario
Episode 4 - Facing Scenario 2's Icy Hospital
Episode 5 - Exploring Scenario 3's Harrowing Hospital
Episode 6 - The Leech Man Cometh in the Raccoon Hospital
Episode 7- The Key to Success Needs a Padlock
Episode 8 - Feeling the Heat in Scenario 4's Hellish Hotel
Episode 9 - Halloween Havoc in the Final Scenario
Episode 10 - Wednesday Night Fever
Episode 11 - Shark Tank
Episode 12 - Death Wears a Speedo
Episode 13 - Slowly Breaking Through the Daylight

Resident Evil Outbreak: Part 13 - Slowly Breaking Through The Daylight | Super Replay

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One of the biggest eyebrow raisers for the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem was the surname of its protagonist, Grace Ashcroft. That's because she's the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft, an investigative reporter and oft-forgotten character who last appeared in the equally overlooked Resident Evil Outbreak. For the many unfamiliar RE fans, this begs the question: Who the heck is Alyssa Ashcroft, and why has she suddenly become a big deal? To prepare for the next mainline Resident Evil game, we're going to answer this tantalizing question. 

Resident Evil Outbreak launched for the PlayStation 2 in North America on March 30, 2004. Set only a couple of days after the initial T-virus outbreak in Raccoon City, the game unfolds across five scenarios across different areas of the doomed city.  Outbreak features eight playable characters, including Alyssa Ascroft, along with an RCPD officer, a Vietnam War veteran, a bar waitress, and a surgeon, among others, fighting for survival against the infected. 

Join Marcus Stewart and Charles Harte for two hours today on Twitch and YouTube, starting at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET as they journey through Outbreak for the first time. If you can't catch the broadcasts live, they'll be uploaded to the official Game Informer YouTube channel. 

Catch up on previous episodes below:

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13

Every 2025 Indie Game Awards Winner, Including Clair Obscur's GOTY

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The Indie Game Awards 2025 Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Game of the Year

The incredible team over at Six One Indie held its inaugural awards-only ceremony, The Indie Game Awards, last year, and the team returned to do the same last night! Game Informer was on the jury for its various awards, and after an awesome ceremony last night celebrating the year's best indies, we have a list of every winner. 

So, without further ado...

Every Winner From The Indie Game Awards 2025

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Below, we'll list each category and every game nominated. The winner will be listed in bold lettering. 

Achievement in Accessibility 

  • Abiotic Factor
  • Barista
  • Calm the Storm
  • Peak
  • Spray Paint Simulator
  • Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

African Indie Game Award

  • Bru & Boegie Get Da Milk!
  • Finding FAther
  • Flibbius McDoogle and The Mysterious Flying Machine
  • IKEELYA
  • Metavoidal
  • Stick It To The Stickman

ANZ Indie Game Award

  • Abiotic Factor
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Mars First Logistics
  • PROXIMATE
  • Tempopo
  • The Drifter

Bite-Sized Game

  • CARIMARA – Beneath the Forlorn Limbs
  • FlyKnight
  • Many Nights a Whisper
  • The Dark Queen of Mortholme
  • this game will end in 205 clicks.
  • Time Flies

Black Voices in Gaming Award

  • Advent Neon
  • Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
  • Sorry We're Closed
  • Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
  • Sunken Stones
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical

Community Management

  • Consume Me
  • Date Everything!
  • IKEELYA
  • Peak
  • Soulstone Survivors
  • Strange Scaffold

Debut Game

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Discounty
  • Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson
  • ILA: A Frosty Glide
  • Sorry We're Closed
  • Tyrant's Realm

Emotional Impact

  • Afterlove EP
  • and Roger
  • Don't Get Your Hopes Up
  • Henry Halfhead
  • Wanderstop
  • Wednesdays

Gameplay Design

  • Absolum
  • Ball x Pit
  • Dawnfolk
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Keep Driving
  • Look Outside
  • Öoo
  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
  • The King is Watching

Innovation

  • Blue Prince
  • FREERIDE
  • Gas Station Story
  • PBJ The Musical
  • Ruffy and the Riverside
  • Taria & Como

Latin American Indie Game Award

  • Adventure of Samsara
  • despelote
  • Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo
  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
  • Taria & Como
  • Tormented Souls 2

Music

  • Everhood 2
  • Herdling
  • Rift of the NecroDancer
  • SONOKUNI
  • Sword of the Sea
  • Wheel World

Narrative

  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  • Consume Me
  • Promise Mascot Agency
  • The Drifter
  • The Roottrees are Dead
  • The Séance of Blake Manor

Solo Development

  • Lushfoil Photography Sim
  • Megabonk
  • NAIAD
  • Spilled!
  • Tall Trails
  • Vile: Exhumed

Southeast Asian Indie Game Award

  • Afterlove EP
  • Artis Impact
  • Glyphica: Typing Survival
  • SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure
  • Urban Jungle
  • Whisper Mountain Outbreak

Visual Design

  • 30 Birds
  • Artis Impact
  • Cat Detective Albert Wilde
  • Eclipsium
  • Mashina
  • Slime Rancher 2

Women-Led Indie Game Award

  • Cabernet
  • Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
  • Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
  • Spilled!
  • Urban Myth Dissolution Center
  • White Knuckle

Game of the Year

  • Absolum
  • and Roger
  • Blue Prince
  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Consume Me
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Keep Driving
  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

Community Picks

  • Best Action Game: Hades II
  • Best Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Best Horror Game: R.E.P.O.
  • Best Interactive Fiction: Date Everything!
  • Best Multiplayer Game: Peak
  • Best Puzzle Game: Blue Prince
  • Best Role Playing Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Best Simulation Game: Schedule 1
  • Best Strategy Game: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
  • Best Survival Game: Abiotic Factor
  • Community Game of the Year: Hollow Knight: Silksong

Signature Awards

Here are various Signature Awards given to receipients throughout the ceremony. 

Indie Vanguard Class of 2025

  • Chantey (Developer: Gortyn Code)
  • Neon Knives (Developer: Cookiecrayon)
  • Seasonala Cemetry (Developers: Gabby DaRienzo, Kait Tremblay, Jen Costa, Nina Wong, halina heron, Mobeen Fiktree, Jacqueline de Leon)
  • HYPERBEAT (Developers: Alice Bottino, Chancellor Wallin)
  • Wildwood Down (Developers: Crashable Studios)

The Mohammad Fahmi Storyteller Award

  • Maddy Thorson of Extremely OK Games, Ltd (Associated Game: Celeste, TowerFall Ascension)

Industry Impact

  • Game Devs of Color, represented by Catt Small, Brian S. Chung, and Joshy Boykin

And that's every winner of The Indie Game Awards 2025! Are there any surprises for you? Let us know in the comments below!

Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ launches in 2026

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer Logo Mockup

A new Star Wars™ racing adventure is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ is prepping its engines for launch, bringing a runs-based, high-stakes reinvention of racing to the Star Wars™ galaxy in 2026. Launching on PlayStation®5 (PS5™), Xbox Series X|S, and PC, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the debut game from AAA development studio Fuse Games – led by former Criterion Games GM Matt Webster – in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and publisher Secret Mode. 

Star Wars: Galactic Racer introduces players to The Galactic League, an unsanctioned racing circuit born in the lawless Outer Rim, where the galaxy’s best pilots battle in dangerous races where only the bold survive. Slam, shunt, and takedown rivals as you pilot different classes of repulsorcraft, each with distinct physics and playstyles. Speed across new and iconic Star Wars planets, where branching routes and varied environments ensure no two races play the same. 

At the heart of it all is Shade, a lone racer with a dream of glory and revenge. But standing in Shade’s way is Kestar, a ruthless rival who has his own power-hungry plans for the League. Ride solo through a story-driven campaign, where Shade must forge alliances, outpace rivals, and survive long enough to become an elite racing pilot. Or battle for supremacy in competitive multiplayer, braving strategic PvP grudge matches where reputation rides with you. Customize your build, unlock new abilities on every run, and master brutal takedowns. No Force. No prophecy. Just skill, strategy, and the will to rise.

“For us, Star Wars has always represented the power of wonder – and racing is one of its most thrilling expressions,” said Matt Webster, CEO at Fuse Games. “With Star Wars: Galactic Racer, we wanted to reinvent what a racing game can be: adventurous, spectacular and exhilarating. We want every race to feel alive with dynamic risk-reward choices, and every victory to feel incredible.”

“From the beginning, Star Wars has drawn inspiration from racing culture, from podracing to high-speed chases across the galaxy,” said Douglas Reilly, VP and GM, Lucasfilm Games. “With Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the team at Fuse Games has captured that spirit and elevated it into a wholly new form of racing adventure. We can’t wait for fans to experience it.”

“Star Wars: Galactic Racer is exactly the kind of bold, innovative experience Secret Mode was founded to support,” said James Schall, Chief Publishing Officer at Secret Mode. “Fuse Games are building something truly genre-defining: a racing adventure with depth, drama, and identity. We’re proud to partner with them and work in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games to bring this vision to life for players worldwide.”

Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches in 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

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STAR WARS™ & © 2025 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
FUSE GAMES® and the Fuse Games logo® are registered trademarks of Fuse Games Limited 2025.
©Secret Mode Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

The Best Steam Winter Sale Discounts On 2025 Games

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Snow is falling, the chimney fire is blazing, and hot cocoa is brewing. Maybe that's happening for real in your life, or maybe you live in Florida like me and have to imagine these nice Winter scenarios because they don't exist here. Nonetheless, it's Winter here in the U.S., and that means it's time for the 2025 Steam Winter Sale, which went live today and lasts through January 5. 

Though the sale just began, we're already seeing some deep discounts on some of 2025's biggest and best games. While you're free to peruse the sale yourself, your wallet might be afraid. It's dangerous to go alone, though, so pull up the Steam storefront with this handy dandy round-up while you shop. 

The Biggest And Best Steam Winter Sale Discounts On 2025 Games

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Alrighty folks, we've all got some gaming to do, so we're going to keep this simple with some alphabetized bullet points, links to the games, and the discount price alongside the standard price. And, if it's for a game Game Informer reviewed, we'll link to that, too, to help your decision-making process. Let's get to it!

If we're missing anything big here, please let us know in the comments below and we'll get it added! Happy holidays, and happy gaming!!!