The Inner Gamer Podcast

413: Game of the Year 2024, 2025 Most Anticipated Games and Marvel Rivals

The Inner Gamer Podcast

Show Notes

In this episode, we share our picks for 2024's Game of the Year. We also talk about our most anticipated games of 2025 and discuss how Marvel Rivals quite possibly has killed Overwatch.

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