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.

That’s another year of video games down, and I don’t know about you, but my fingers are sore from all the button-mashing and joystick rotations. Games seem to be getting longer, sprawling between 60 and more than 100 hours.

Inverse has been hard at work trying out new games. Some games did not outlast their hype, while others proved themselves to be worthy of our highest praise.

While the 2025 season is not going to wrap up for Georgia Tech until the Pop Tarts Bowl vs BYU in two weeks, it is never too early to start looking ahead to the

From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.

Hell is skateboarding, or whatever Jean-Paul Sartre said. Some PlayStation Plus subscribers can now pick up a board and grind across the underworld as a demon in the devilishly unique skateboarding game Skate Story.

Find all of our “Best of 2025” lists here. It’s been a big year for video games, from couch co-ops to grand, story-driven blockbusters. PBS News Hour’s Jeffrey Brown sat down with James Mastromarino, NPR’s gaming editor and producer for the show “Here & Now,” to talk about the releases that really stood out.

Recent developments have made the Switch 2 an even better Super Mario machine, but there are six games that still need to make their debut.

BANGKOK: Soon after Singapore hurdler Kerstin Ong crossed the line in the heats of the women's 100m hurdles at the SEA Games on Friday (Dec 12) in a time of 13.47s, she knew something was awry.