“Continue?” It’s one of the oldest words in video games. You stumble. You put in another quarter. You try again. Hey, you’ll get ‘em next time. Never has that sentiment been more true than in 2025 — ...

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and 2025 provided a fantastic array of different video games. We’ve survived and extracted from the robot-ruled battlefields of Arc Raiders, adventured ...

Editor’s note: Variety was part of the jury for The Game Awards 2025.

If you didn't stay up to watch The Game Awards 2025, here's the complete rundown of the hottest sci-fi and space games that appeared at the show. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Jennifer Svedberg-Yen and Guillaume Broche of Sandfall Interactive on stage at The Game Awards 2025 (MICHAEL TRAN via Getty Images) This year at The Game Awards, if your game wasn’t melodramatic, ...

The gaming obsessives at CNET and its sibling sites ZDNET, PCMag, Lifehacker and Mashable put their heads together and chose their absolute faves that were released this year. As Senior Video Producer ...

Every year when we look back at all the games that dropped, trends reveal themselves. For 2025, you might boil it down to a year of innovation. Yes, there were many big, anticipated games that ...

The Game Awards 2025 has finally revealed its nominees for categories such as Best Racing Game, Best Sports Game, and the coveted Game of the Year. This has been one of the best years for gaming in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Games are revolutionized in every decade, and 2000s games ...

It’s that time of year again. With E3 done and gone, Summer Game Fest has taken its place, and it always makes for a busy few days in gaming. The centerpiece of the event is SGF Live on June 6th at ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Let’s be honest. In this economy, many gamers have to make tough choices about which big games ...

It seems like every year I’m back here, trying to find a new way to comment on how the board game release schedule is off to a slow start. That’s because, historically speaking, the tabletop industry ...