Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games. It’s that time once again, gang. I always wait until the very end of ...

While we’ll likely spend the first few weeks of January tying up loose ends on the games we haven’t yet beaten, it won’t be long before 2026 begins to deliver its biggest releases. From highly ...

As we enter the final hours of 2025, we're resurrecting an erratically-followed tradition: picking out the best games that the team played this year. It's been another twelve months filled with ...

When we put together our top 20 games of last year, we specifically called out Civilization 7, Avowed, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Grand Theft Auto 6 as big franchise games we were already looking ...

Images, clockwise from top left: Zenith (PlayPunk); Duel for Cardia (Asmodee); The White Castle Duel (Devir); Iliad (Bitewing). Finspan box image: Stonemaier Games. 2025 is going to go down as a good ...

Clockwise from top left: Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo); Despelote (Panic); Baby Steps (Devolver Digital); Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Kepler Interactive); Skate Story (Devolver Digital) Like so much ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In the span of a week, Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was named Game of the Year by both The Game Awards and The Indie Game Awards ...

2025 was an eventful year for indie and AAA gaming alike, but what were the most-played new releases of 2025 per actual data? Sales and Steam charts can only tell so much of the story, but Alinea ...

It's safe to say Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been this year's biggest winner, sweeping awards shows across the board including a record number of victories at The Game Awards 2025. But the Indie ...

Just a small selection of the great games released in 2025. (Devolver Digital, Embark Studios, Team Peak, Dogubomb, Sandfall Interactive, Team Cherry, Konami, Retro Studios, Jump Over the Age, ...

“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 ...