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

It's hard to make open-world games feel fresh in 2025, but by all accounts, Yotei does an admirable job of that. If you want ...

The N64 can proudly boast a very healthy handful of the best games of all time. It’s a console that changed games forever. But, just like a lot of early 3D adopters, it had a bunch of games that ...

After all, there have been weirder combinations. Like say, Terminator and CHESS. Yup, they did that in 1993 too with ...

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2" builds on the first film's chaotic foundation with even more confusion, says Associated Press ...

That means a fully playable, unreleased Famicom game is now playable in English, which is the kind of thing retro enthusiasts ...

As any major awards ceremony approaches, there’s always a clamor for the addition of new categories to recognize unsung work and fill the hearts of followers with niche passions. It can even work: The ...

The Xbox 360 turns 20 years old today, and so what better time to look back at the games that most defined the console. The 360 was not only the most successful machine Microsoft has ever made, but ...

Every year, gaming publications and the YouTube algorithm gods alike flood us with games rundowns geared toward Halloween horror and Christmas coziness. But Thanksgiving and video games? Radio silence ...

LaMelo Ball had many thinking that there was a dying animal on the premises during Monday’s game. Ball and the Charlotte Hornets faced off on Monday against the Toronto Raptors. In the first quarter ...

“Weird Al” Yankovic is the first act announced for the 2026 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series. Tickets for his Aug. 28 show — which will be the seventh time the pop parodist has played the ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a very, very weird video game. As many were quick to point out on release day, it features surreal boss fights, nonsensical powers such as calling in destructive, building ...