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 ...

Nearly a decade after consumer VR took its first real steps—driven by headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR—the medium has outgrown its novelty phase. Those early platforms ...

The Epic Games Store is once again giving away a free PC game every day for the holiday season. Every day at 11am Eastern, a new title is unlocked, which is only available for free for 24 hours and ...

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 ...

Each year The Game Awards sees its fair share of viral moments both cringe and heartwarming, but none have persisted through the years quite so much as orchestra member Pedro Eustache--better known as ...

Oui! Oui! It’s time to break out the baguettes. Sandfall and Kepler Interactive’s French action adventure game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 staked claim on the Game of the Year prize at the 12th Game ...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won nine trophies at 2025's The Game Awards ceremony on Thursday, including the coveted title of Game of the Year. The tally of wins breaks the record of seven wins set by ...

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

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. After breaking The Game Awards' record for the most nominated game of all time, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has shattered yet another record, ...

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, ...

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