{"id":59850,"date":"2025-01-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/13-exciting-games-kicking-off-the-new-year-in-january\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T14:00:00","slug":"13-exciting-games-kicking-off-the-new-year-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/13-exciting-games-kicking-off-the-new-year-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Exciting Games Kicking Off The New Year In January"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Another year is in the books and that means that backlog season is officially upon us. We used to get several months for catching up on old stuff as the new year got off to a slow start, but now the season barely lasts a couple of weeks. January might be a good time to <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/february-2025-video-game-releases-monster-hunter-avowed-1851713876\">give your wallet a rest before the February\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/january-2025-game-release-calendar-ff7-rebirth-pc-1851730310\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another year is in the books and that means that backlog season is officially upon us. We used to get several months for catching up on old stuff as the new year got off to a slow start, but now the season barely lasts a couple of weeks. 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