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GTA 6 trailer 2 drops out of nowhere, putting Lucia and Jason in the spotlight once again
News Indulge in crime in Rockstar's open-world sandbox
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 head was "bored" at Ubisoft and hungry for a JRPG, and made the highest-rated game of 2025 – "Somehow it worked, which still makes no sense to me"
News "We have, I think, an amazing team mostly of junior people," Guillaume Broche said
Nintendo Switch 2 anticipation partly fueled by "palpable desperation" in the world, analyst says, and people wanting "something to bring joy" no matter the launch games
News The world is hard and cold, but the Nintendo Switch 2 has Mario Kart World
Even John Romero is worried about Joy-Con drift on Nintendo Switch 2, so here's hoping those "not Hall effect sticks" hold up better than the originals
News Please don't rip and tear, analog stick sensors
Naughty Dog won't do it, so this AAA dev and his wife made their own Jak & Daxter-inspired retro platformer – it feels great and crushed its Kickstarter goal
News GearGrit is about as Jak 2 as you can get without digging out your PS2
After nailing his first JRPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio lead UI designer has one piece of advice for his old self: "Your PC is going to break in 2021. Do something about it!"
News "I always felt a sense of longing for the gaming industry"
Analysts react to GTA 6 delay: "2025 will clearly be the year of Nintendo now" and "the delay isn't a stumble – it's Rockstar doing what it always does"
News "The double whammy that was supposed to revitalize the game industry overall is now called off," one analyst says
"We're in kind of unprecedented territory": Analyst says there's hope for a Switch 2 and GTA 6 bump, but "are you going to pick food, or are you going to pick a new game?"
News "The biggest competition for Switch 2 is going to be Switch 2 supply and the tariffs," says Circana's Mat Piscatella
16 years in, Borderlands 4 just threw a wrench in the loadout I've always used in Gearbox looter-shooters, but the new guns look so cool I'm not even complaining
News Borderlands 4 is basically giving us five gun slots
$80 Switch 2 and now Xbox games aren't a big shock, analyst says, and games haven't really been $70 for a while: "The average price people are paying ... is much higher"
News "Was expected to happen. Is now happening. Will be happening more."
Danganronpa creator says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is "an amazing tribute" to classic JRPGs, while his new game is a cult strategy RPG that "will still be here" once you "come back from your expedition"
News "Now all that's left is for it to sell a lot," adds Kazutaka Kodaka
Lethal Company creator considered releasing a "low-key" update "right now" but decided to cook for "another couple weeks and add a creature or two"
News Lethal Company's first update in months is coming soon
Metaphor: ReFantazio's superbosses weren't intentionally easier than Persona or Shin Megami Tensei's, but the JRPG's lead says new classes made them feel that way
News You can thank/blame the game's new classes
Hoping to make realistic "simulated players" for his single-player MMO, Erenshor dev accidentally made a naked Leeroy Jenkins who would pull dungeon bosses
News The absolute irony
Marvel Rivals mid-season patch buffs Strategists, nerfs Groot and Spider-Man, and gives Vanguards and Strategists a competitive boost: "We can't guarantee perfection 100% of the time"
News Vanguards and Strategists could "face a slight disadvantage" in competitive performance rating
"Speechless": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the first game from a studio founded by ex-Ubisoft devs, is officially the best-rated game of 2025
News Sandfall Interactive's debut RPG beats Blue Prince, Split Fiction, and more
5,300 hours into Elden Ring, community hero Let Me Solo Them can beat the final boss almost “with my eyes closed” – and hopes FromSoftware loves her back
News Let Me Solo Them is a jar-headed hero all their own
Fans worried Oblivion Remastered could drown out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but Bethesda itself is cheering it on with 7 Adoring Fans: "We can't wait to play"
News Clair Obscur seems to be doing just fine
Open-world roguelike Hyper Light Breaker is pulling me back in with a game-changing update that makes it "easier, better, and ultimately more enjoyable for all players"
News "Making the game easier" was a very necessary step, it seems
As ex-Blizzard boss says Oblivion Remastered "will never hold up" despite acclaim, Baldur's Gate 3 dev reckons "AAA is feeling more and more disconnected from the audience zeitgeist"
News Oblivion is the game of the moment, here in 2025
Thanks, Todd: Bethesda gave the whole Skyblivion mod team keys to Oblivion Remastered, and "made it clear that they have no intention of shutting down our project"
News I love happy endings
"For people who've only ever played Skyrim, this is gonna be kind of a revelation": Elder Scrolls VA legend is back after fans helped fund his healthcare, and ready for Oblivion Remastered
News Wes Johnson explores Oblivion Remastered for the first time
The new roguelike from the Dead Cells team was already great, and it's bringing me right back with a big update adding new bosses, weapons, and a lot more
news Windblown continues to kick butt
