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 ...

It can be tempting, in an era where there are simply way too many great games coming out every month, to give into list inflation. Top 10s become top 25s. Top 25s become top 50s. By 2030, we might ...

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 ...

(AP) — Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind best-selling video games such as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did ...

“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 — ...

Buying a video game gift for a loved one is a lot like ordering a pizza: you think it’s a relatively simple task until you realize the vast number of choices you must make. Not only do you need to ...

When you boil them down to their most basic essence, games are about combat. So are lists. The A.V. Club‘s regular roster of game critics entered into the arena of debate and after long, hard, ...

Following on from the wonderful It Takes Two, developer Hazelight took things to the next level when it comes to scale in Split Fiction and continued to hone its craft as the modern-day masters of the ...

With the Switch 2 having launched in June, 2025 marked the beginning of a whole new console generation for Nintendo. The more powerful hybrid console has seen an extremely busy first six months, ...

Amazon Games has sold its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game “March of Giants,” including the entire Montreal-based development team working on the upcoming project, to French gaming ...

We got a lot of great games in 2025. Some big, some small. But not every game released over the last 12 months was good. Some were meh. And others, well, others were downright terrible. As we’ve said ...

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