Though he was once a leading gaming mascot, one ridiculously macho protagonist has struggled to maintain relevance in the modern age.

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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 ...

“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 — ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

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

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 ...

Autobiographical stories and mystery games resonated in a chaotic year. By Yussef Cole In its struggle to understand and make sense of life, art has a way of remaining relevant even when, in chaotic ...

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 ...