Evening Reading - December 17, 2021

Greetings, Shacknews! We've hit the end of the year and the only thing left to do is send you all off with some Evening Reading.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• Shacknews Hall of Fame
• Do it for Shacknews Award 2021 nominees
• The Gunk review: Color out of space
• Sifu hands-on preview: Getting better with age
• Classic Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance comes to PC today
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 devs tease and then cancel plans for NFTs in a little over a day
• Ernie Hudson says a new Ghostbusters game is 'definitely happening'
• Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios
• Fractured Online gets new publisher and prepares for 2022
• Unboxing & Review: Numskull Ugly Holiday Sweaters
• Shack Chat: What is your Game of the Year 2021?

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

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Dec. 17: Xbox Countdown Sale
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Dec. 17: Free Battlefield 2042 Steam weekend

Around the gaming horn

Triangle Strategy promises to be one of the most anticipated games of early 2022 and it looks like Square Enix has the hype train on track.

We’ll take them all, thank you 👀

Check out our cosmic #GOTGgame collaboration with @adidasoriginals, coming 2022: https://t.co/xy2lihrBzS pic.twitter.com/dJhWyf3BJJ

— Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (@GOTGTheGame) December 16, 2021

If you want these shoes, look up your nearest Adidas shop, because lord knows that if you try and get these online, the scalpers will beat you to them every time.

‘Tis the holiday season, and getting quite chilly,
The Rot have been feeling so jolly and silly!
We’ve hidden more hats for some holiday cheer,
If you don’t find them quick they might all disappear!

Holiday Hats available through 01/01/22 with Patch 1.14. https://t.co/IDaC4GOzgw pic.twitter.com/wmQmt9ZynL

— Kena: Bridge of Spirits (@emberlab) December 17, 2021

New holiday content for one of the best indie games of the year!

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

End of an era

Kit and Krysta have been doing their thing for Nintendo for years and it's hard to imagine the Nintendo YouTube channel without Nintendo Minute. Best of luck to them on whatever's next.

Get well soon!

Quality time with your couch has been shown to help with getting over COVID. Get well soon @marcrebillet 💙 pic.twitter.com/cQCPyvbVz0

— Marc Rebillet’s Couch (@marcscouch) December 16, 2021

We love you, Marc! Get well soon!

He is Groot!

Well, partially. #IAmGroot https://t.co/g8b2YutAWs pic.twitter.com/ENrLrWiXyK

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 16, 2021

Who knew such a beautifully twisted mind could bring us something so wholesome?

Final Fantasy X turns 20!

Happy 20th to Final Fantasy X pic.twitter.com/YFvYUvpnw9

— Frankie (@FrankieLollia) December 17, 2021

Happy 20th to Final Fantasy X! Now roll the clip!

Japanese Tidus laughs with English Tidus in the distance #FFX pic.twitter.com/wzfeQk8cRq

— Spira Unplugged (@classicFFX) June 7, 2018

Leon's getting laaaaargerrrrrr!

Capcom: Resident Evil 4 is now in VR and it's scarier and more intense than ever before!
Me: pic.twitter.com/BTYXxm8gIJ

— Stop Skeletons From Fighting | ➕🔥🔥 (@stopskeletons) December 17, 2021

Resident NOM NOM NOM!

Thanks for all the fish!

Farewell, fish! pic.twitter.com/ojqnQDPah5

— Mondo Mascots (@mondomascots) December 17, 2021

Thank you and best fishes!

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

I'm writing this before tonight's AEW Rampage, but before watching Eddie Kingston take on Daniel Garcia, 2point0, and The Acclaimed, let's watch him take on Streets of Rage 4.

Tonight in video game music

We bring things down to end this year, as GameChops looks back at the best Lo-Fi covers of the year.

That's your Evening Reading to send you into the third weekend of December. You have one week left to shop for Christmas!

Shacknews, that is it for me and the staff! We'll have stuff going up throughout the break, but we're taking the rest of 2021 off! Me, I'll pop in Chatty here and there to give you updates on what YOU voted on for YOUR Game of the Year! As for everything you see here in Evening Reading, join the conversation and jump into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. We will see you in 2022!

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?