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34 minutes ago

Nintendo Switch With Joy-Con Clearance Starts on Amazon, Already Selling Out Fast at Its Lowest Price - Kotaku

The Nintendo Switch OLED with white Joy-Con is available on Amazon for $359, offering an improved OLED screen, versatile docked/tabletop/handheld play, and expanded storage options.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
3 hours ago

Switch 2, Xbox Ally or PlayStation Portal? Helping you navigate the gaming handheld landscape | CBC News

Portable gaming resurged in 2025 with diverse handhelds from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft and growing consumer interest, led by major upgrades like the Nintendo Switch 2.
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fromFast Company
1 hour ago

4 clever games you'll want to play over the holidays

Four phone or computer games provide solitary entertainment alternatives during holiday fatigue, including a New York Times domino logic puzzle and a CAPTCHA-based mini-game.
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fromFast Company
2 hours ago

How the Nex Playground game system became the holiday's hottest toy

The Nex Playground, an AI-powered, controller-free motion-camera cube, surged from niche sales to become 2025's third best-selling gaming console, appealing to families and casual players.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

I plugged in Zelda and everything changed': developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories

Receiving video games at Christmas creates powerful nostalgic memories, sparks family togetherness, and can deliver transformative gaming experiences that shape lifelong enthusiasm.
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fromWGB
14 hours ago

A New Spyro Game May Have Leaked, Being Developed By Toys For Bob

Donald Yatomi has been an artist in the videogame industry for a long time, including a lengthy stint at Bend Studio as Art Director where he shipped Days Gone. On his profile, his lists working at Toys For Bob for 20 months. But the really interesting thing is that during his time there he cites working on "call of duty, spyro."
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fromGameSpot
4 hours ago

Fallout Season 2, Episode 2 Summary: War (And Radscoprions) Never Change

Maximus leads the Brotherhood to recover old-world tech, revealing buried Area 51, while his childhood trauma stems from an atomic bomb that killed his parents.
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fromGameSpot
19 hours ago

The Best PC Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic

PC gaming in 2025 offers unprecedented variety and quality, with major releases, standout indies, and numerous excellent titles across platforms and playstyles.
#2025-games
fromGameSpot
18 hours ago
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New Tomb Raider Should Go Back to What Made The Original's So Great

2025 gaming roundup highlighting overlooked titles, top-ranked releases, trailers, DLC reveals, gameplay changes, new project details, and major industry stories and awards.
fromKotaku
1 day ago
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John Walker's Top 10 Games Of 2025

2025 produced an outstanding range of video games across scales, with both big-name releases and indie breakouts delivering remarkable, artful, and surprising experiences.
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fromEngadget
1 day ago

The Morning After: The best games of 2025

Silksong is highlighted as one of the best games seen this year alongside Expedition 33 and Baby Steps.
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fromGameSpot
14 hours ago

The Best Games To Play Over The Holiday Break 2025

Holiday downtime is ideal for playing 2025's varied games, from cathartic multiplayer shooters to immersive narrative and discussion-generating single-player experiences.
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fromEngadget
1 day ago
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The Indie Game Awards snatches back two trophies from Clair Obscur over its use of generative AI

fromKotaku
1 day ago
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Battlefield 6 Is Selling Gen AI Cosmetics After Promising No Slop

fromGameSpot
1 day ago
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Just Lost Its Indie Game Of The Year Awards Over AI Concerns

fromEngadget
1 day ago
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The Indie Game Awards snatches back two trophies from Clair Obscur over its use of generative AI

fromKotaku
1 day ago
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Battlefield 6 Is Selling Gen AI Cosmetics After Promising No Slop

fromGameSpot
1 day ago
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Just Lost Its Indie Game Of The Year Awards Over AI Concerns

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fromKotaku
14 hours ago

Viral Gritty Mario Dub Is The Perfect Parody Of AAA Gaming

Big-budget games increasingly overload players with constant voiced hand-holding, exemplified by a gritty Unreal Engine 5 Mario fan render amplified by cringe voiceovers.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Appears To Be A Full Switch 2 Release

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launches May 29, 2026 on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and PC with preorder Deluxe options.
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fromInverse
18 hours ago

Steam Has The Spiritual Sequel To A PS2 Classic We've All Dreamed Of

Tricky Madness is a solo-developed, pitch-perfect spiritual successor to SSX that recreates arcade-style snowboarding with exaggerated tricks, speed, and cartoonish visuals, available cheaply.
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fromEngadget
20 hours ago

Xbox cloud gaming comes to newer Amazon Fire TV models

Xbox cloud gaming is available on select Amazon Fire TV models, enabling Game Pass subscribers to play streamed Xbox games on TV without a console.
fromInverse
18 hours ago

A Clever Chess-Based Strategy Game Is Free Right Now On Epic Games Store

There's only so much you can do improve on chess, but you can at least make it a whole lot weirder. That simple fact led to the great Really Bad Chess in 2016, and now, a more recent spin on one of the most-played games in the world is available for free for a short time on the Epic Games Store for mobile. This time, it's an even bigger deviation from its origins, turning chess into a turn-based roguelike strategy game that's just as bizarre as it is captivating.
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fromEngadget
23 hours ago

2025 was the year Xbox died

Xbox consoles lost momentum due to lack of must-play exclusives, rising prices, and weak sales, undermining Microsoft's hardware and subscription strategies.
fromWGB
2 days ago

Skate's Player Numbers For 2025 Are Impressive

Alinea Analytics discussed the game in their latest newsletter, revealing that Skate has apparently managed to capture 23+ million players in 2025. That's a decent ollie up from October, when EA announced the game had surpassed 15 million players. At the time, Alinea said that those players had generated around $3 million in revenue. What's more, Alinea is also claiming that Skate is still bringing in 750k+ daily active users.
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fromKotaku
17 hours ago

The Best Video Game Characters Of 2025 - Kotaku

2025's standout games featured memorable characters—both newcomers and returning figures—that often defined players' experiences as much as game mechanics and level design.
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fromGame Informer
2 years ago

Bethesda Talks Fallout's Future And Lessons Learned

Bethesda's mainline Fallout sequel remains delayed as the studio shifts focus to multiplayer, new IP like Starfield, and builds development capabilities that will improve future titles.
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fromGame Informer
1 month ago

Total Chaos Review - A Haunting Catharsis - Game Informer

Total Chaos blends Doom II-style combat and makeshift weapon crafting with a personal, metaphorical fight against cancer set in a rotting coastal mining town.
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fromGadgets 360
1 day ago

Hogwarts Legacy Sequel Could Feature Online Multiplayer Component

Hogwarts Legacy sequel may include online multiplayer, suggested by a Warner Bros. Games job listing for an online multiplayer RPG at Avalanche Software.
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fromKotaku
18 hours ago

James Bond Game Delayed 3 Months, Snagging GTA 6's Old Spot - Kotaku

007: First Light has been delayed two months, moving from March 27, 2026 to May 27, 2026 to allow additional polish before launch.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Terminator 2D: No Fate review the least bad Terminator game in a long while

Terminator 2D: No Fate retells Judgment Day with retro 80s/90s gameplay, delivering a charming, thrilling action throwback that excels outside film-faithful sections.
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fromEngadget
16 hours ago

IO Interactive's 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27

IO Interactive's James Bond game 007 First Light is delayed to May 27, 2026, to allow additional polish and refinement.
#battlefield-6
fromKotaku
18 hours ago

Sonic Fans Want Refunds For Shoddy, Year-Late Limited Editions

fans had to wait over a year for their Limited Run Games special edition of Sonic X Shadow Generations . The remaster/excellent pack-in game launched in October of 2024, but with multiple shipment delays, it took 14 months between launch day and the special edition's arrival on fans' doorsteps. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely not. Several fans are reporting that the package's Sonic and Shadow statues are showing up with various defects.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago
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Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks

fromGameSpot
1 day ago
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Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks

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fromSportskeeda
22 hours ago

The Division 2 vendors this week (December 23 to 30, 2025): All named items, armor pieces, mods, and more

The Division 2 vendors rotate purchasable weapons, named gear, backpacks, and mods across DC, Countdown, and Clan vendors from December 23–30, 2025 using multiple currencies.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Switch 2 Holiday Sale Includes 75% Off Cyberpunk 2077 And More

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on Switch 2 is discounted to $17.50 during Nintendo's Holiday Sale, available through January 5.
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fromGadgets 360
2 days ago

Steam Winter Sale: Best Deals Under Rs. 500 and More

Steam Winter Sale runs Dec 18–Jan 5 with deep discounts on thousands of PC games, including major new releases and popular indie titles.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Dreamcast Web Browsing Is Dead Over 25 Years Later Thanks To Google - Kotaku

Google ended PlanetWeb support for Dreamcast; Chronos will add an easier mode; players note lack of launch difficulty options and Fortnite faces controversies in 2026.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Create Your Own VR Games Bundle For Less Than $3 Per Game

Fanatical's Winter 2025 Build Your Own Quest VR Bundle offers 21 official Meta Quest game keys with tiered discounts up to 65% off.
#ps5
#nintendo
fromEngadget
3 days ago
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Game publisher says cheaper Switch 2 cartridges are coming in since-deleted post

fromEngadget
3 days ago
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Game publisher says cheaper Switch 2 cartridges are coming in since-deleted post

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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

GameSpot's Top 10 Games Of 2025

A roundup of major 2025 gaming headlines covers awards controversy, previews, gameplay changes, crossover DLCs, trailers, and a top games list.
#nintendo-switch-2
fromGameSpot
1 day ago
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Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart Bundle Reportedly Discontinued - Save $50 At Amazon

fromGameSpot
1 day ago
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Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart Bundle Reportedly Discontinued - Save $50 At Amazon

fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Call Of Duty Is Finally Coming To Switch Soon - Report

Microsoft has said it's committed to bringing Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch, and it could be coming as soon as next year. Reporter Jez Corden said "the first CoD Switch version is nearly done." He added that the game, whatever it is, will launch "in a few months." In another post, Corden said the release may not be "close" but it's "on the way" for a 2026 release.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

More Tomb Raider Ports May Be Coming To Switch 2

"We've successfully brought back the classic era [Tomb Raider 1-6] and now the origin story of Lara Croft to modern Nintendo platforms," said Reese. "We can't announce anything at the moment, but the passionate response to this release is strong encouragement for us to continue exploring those possibilities."
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Amazon-Exclusive Steelbook Edition Is Back In Stock

Amazon restocked Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Mirror Edition for PS5 and Xbox, including the game plus a steelbook, art cards, and an oversized display box.
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fromVG247
2 days ago

Heartopia finally gets a release date... on everything but Steam

Heartopia launches January 7 on Android, iOS and PC via TapTap; Steam release is delayed, and pre-registration grants in-game reward bundles.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Mafia Old Country Can Be Finished In A Day And That's Great

Publishers should make more 8–12 hour, self-contained, narrative-driven single-player games instead of live-service, open-world, grind-focused titles.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Microsoft Denies Report About Increased Profit-Margin Goals At Xbox

Microsoft says it has ambitious Xbox profit goals but denies the specific 30% profit-margin figure.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Blue Prince Didn't Use Any AI, Says Publisher

Raw Fury confirms Blue Prince won Game of the Year and was developed without any AI, built over eight years by Tonda Ros and team.
fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Ghost Of Yotei Dev Studio Head Is Leaving And Doesn't Know What He'll Do Next

He's staying with Sucker Punch through April 2026 to help with the transition efforts, and after that he said he plans to travel. He's also going to spend the time trying to "sort out which opportunities" he wants to pursue next. Fleming said he's considering a lot of different options for the future, including staying in games, moving to the wider technology space, getting into the "entertainment" business, and even working in the "advocacy/politics" areas.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Ark 2's New Release Date Allows It To Dodge GTA 6 By A Comfortable Two-Year Gap

Ark 2 release moved to 2028 after multiple delays; development continues with expansions, roadmap updates, and Vin Diesel's involvement.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

The Teases For Nintendo's Next Zelda Game Have Begun - Kotaku

Age of Imprisonment blends Zelda strategic elements with musou combat, and that collaboration may influence the next mainline Zelda.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

This Popular Game Is Having Its Servers Shut Off Soon, Will Also Be Delisted

WWE 2K24 will be delisted on January 31, 2026, and its online servers will shut down on March 31, 2026, disabling all online functions.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Indie Awards Taken Back Over AI Use

The Indie Game Awards retracted three awards, including Game of the Year, after Sandfall Interactive admitted undisclosed use of generative AI and eligibility concerns arose.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

The 16 Worst Fortnite Skins Of All Time

A bad Fortnite skin is defined by boring design, obvious monetization, poor adaptation of source characters, or gameplay-hindering visual features.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Everybody Loves Fortnite's Kim Kardashian Skin

Kim Kardashian's 'Iconic Kim Kardashian' Fortnite skin became the season's most-used cosmetic, with about 5% player usage shortly after release.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Expedition 33 Actor Says The Game Awards Best Performance Award Doesn't Credit Everyone

A Best Character award would recognize all contributors who bring a game character to life instead of isolating a single performer.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Mewgenics Is Already My Next Obsession and I Need It Now | Previews Impressions

2025 gaming coverage centered on major releases, gameplay innovations, platform ports, high-profile collaborations, and trailers shaping industry momentum.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

The Best Switch Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic

2025 was a transition year: Nintendo launched the Switch 2, supported original Switch hardware, released major first-party titles, and attracted third-party and indie ports.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Win Too Many Awards?

Upcoming and recent gaming highlights include Mewgenics, Exodus romances, immersive D&D gameplay, Code Vein 2 changes, Ace Combat 8 cloud tactics, and Game Awards sweep.
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fromGameSpot
3 days ago

NBA Jam Deluxe Arcade Cabinet On Sale For Lowest Price Ever At Amazon

The NBA Jam Deluxe Arcade Cabinet is discounted to $400 (was $500) at Amazon and Best Buy as part of Arcade1Up holiday sales.
fromInverse
2 days ago

25 Years Ago, Sega Dreamed Of Connecting The World With One Ambitious RPG

The internet was a very different place in 2000. That's true in countless ways, but one of the biggest is how much the feeling of connecting with other people online was one of hope, rather than tiresome and frustrating as it so often is now. Even if your view was less utopian, the internet was something so new that the possibilities felt endless, and that was as true in online games as it was anywhere else.
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fromInverse
3 days ago

The Nintendo Switch 2 Just Quietly Added A Legendary Game That's A 'Dead Cells' And 'Prince of Persia' Mashup

The Rogue Prince of Persia is exactly what it sounds like. A roguelite genre adventure set in the Prince of Persia franchise is enough to get the attention of both sets of fans. Even more exciting is the studio behind the project: Evil Empire. Best known for its work on Dead Cells, Evil Empire understands what makes a modern roguelite tick. Get ready for buttery smooth level design, intricate loadout strategies, and lots and lots of sudden death.
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fromThe Verge
3 days ago

'Friend slop' made co-op gaming goofier than ever in 2025

Low-cost indie co-op 'friend slop' games rose in popularity by emphasizing goofy, chaotic social play, accessibility, and stream-friendly, intentionally messy design.
fromGameSpot
4 days ago

Nex Playground Boss Says The Console Solves The Wii "Problem"

"One of the most important things we should do is learn from history and try not to commit the same limitations, and that's why we have a subscription model," Lee told The Game Business. "Nintendo expanded the audience with Wii. When you expand the audience, and they want different things, and they only buy Wii Fit, Wii Sports and not many others ... that's a bit of a problem."
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fromThe Verge
3 days ago

Dogpile's puzzles mix Balatro, Tetris, and a pile of puppies

Dogpile is a cozy deckbuilding match-3 roguelike where players merge falling dogs into larger breeds, managing physics-driven stacks and card-based progression.
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fromFuncheap
4 days ago

NYE at Dave & Buster's: Video Games, Appetizers & Desserts (Daly City)

Family New Year's Experience 4PM: banquet, unlimited soft drinks, $20 Power Card for unlimited non-redemption video games, party favors, ginger ale toast.
fromGameSpot
3 days ago

The Best Shooter Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic

It's an evergreen draw for many players, but these days, shooter games are becoming more experimental as they mingle with other game genres. According to our sister-site Metacritic, several wildly different games were built around a core shooter gameplay component, as we saw guns used for both offense and momentum in Shotgun Cop Man, used them to solve puzzles in games like Revenge of the Savage Planet.
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fromThe Verge
3 days ago

The LCD Steam Deck is done

Valve has stopped producing the $399 Steam Deck LCD 256GB model, removing the cheapest Steam Deck option in the US.
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fromGameSpot
4 days ago

The Stray Kids Are Coming To Roblox

Stray Kids are performing virtual concerts and distributing SKZOO items in Roblox through Dec 22, amid broader safety controversies and legal challenges facing Roblox.
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