The staff at CNET, ZDNET, PC Mag, Lifehacker and Mashable got together to pick their favorite titles from this year.

Here are some of the best games for kids this Christmas, whether you're on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch or PC.

Battlefield Redsec is brand new and very exciting, as it was only released in October 2025. This is not another standard game ...

No matter how carefully you play, your avatar will fall countless times, in comically painful-looking ways. The others you ...

The thin blue line just got a little... furrier, with the K-9 update for The Precinct, live on Xbox, PlayStation and PC ...

Lead producer Beralt Lyu said the open-world Wuxia RPG's nine million player count is "humbling," "motivating," and ...

A wave of action-roguelike chaos has just swept in as Terminull Brigade, the hero shooter set in futuristic digital worlds, ...

Steam drops a fresh wave of free indie games with puzzles, co op chaos, rhythm toys, and quirky surprises, offering players ...

It's not easy to pull off, though. As the OldUnreal team states in its announcement: "We're doing this for free because we're ...

It's a lot easier to take care of a PC than it used to be. I'm old enough to remember DOS, and often, just getting PC games to run was a battle -- if it wasn't a problem with the IRQ settings on a ...

Stefan Vaaks halted Rhode Island men's basketball's upset bid vs. Providence before it could start. Here's how the freshman did it.

NVIDIA GeForce NOW uses the cloud for an awesome way to play the latest games on laptops, smart TVs and even phones as if you ...