First reviews are in for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and currently it's sitting lower than nearly everone predicted at 77 but amazingly it matches the one and only prediction below 80 placed by @Koragg (LegendaryBigBoss). Would be quite an upset if he ends up winning with one less prediction, we'll have to wait and see!

What's most upsetting is that majority of reviewers are giving lower scores due to performance issues that appear to have been heavily remedied according to Eurogamer and DF, so everyone is putting out reviews on the pre-patch.

Eurogamer at least is waiting to put out their review until they've played with the day 1 patch. One of the few times I respect Eurogamer lol

Damn that is unfortunate. Probably the reason most games go gold way ahead of release so they can smooth things out before reviews

DAMN IM GOOD

I'll need to put my tinfoil hat back on and reassess my other predictions.

Lowering Indiana to 83

Revies are in for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and it's the best reviewed Xbox exclusive of the year at 86! That approximately matches the average prediction though they were pretty all over the place and no one actually guessed 86 exactly (can still change though ofc).

In the meantime Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 reviews have been slowly trickling in and boy they are not looking great at 76 comapred to the last entry's 92. It's safe to say everyone was too high on this one, but @Koragg (TheLegendaryBigBoss) was closest at 84, potentially taking him one step closer to a suprise win...

Alright results are finally up for the Xbox Prediction League. Many games that suprised one way or the other this year so not the higest point averages for most, but regardless the results are the following:

The distinguished top 3 for total points is:

1. @Koragg (TheLegendaryBigBoss) - 37 points
2. @UnderwaterFunktown - 30 points
3. @VersusEvil - 26 points

The best prediction averages were:

• @Koragg  - 7.4 point average for 5 predictions

And the highest number of closest predictions was also @Koragg with 3 out of 6. In fact he was one bad prediction adjustment away from also getting a spot-on prediction for Indiana Jones and winning even more convincingly!

So congratulations to everyone on the board, particularly Koragg! Weird timing for a name change though since LegendaryBigBoss seems so fitting with these results. That's all for now and I hope you have a good new year!