Graphics, eh? They’re good aren’t they. Check out those follicles. Sometimes they’re not, though, and they don’t need to be.

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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, ...

The 2025 Game Awards are here, and so is our TGA livestream, bringing fresh news and story updates alongside new trailers, surprise reveals, and the showdown between Game of the Year nominees like ...

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The role-playing game won nine prizes, including game of the year. By Zachary Small A role-playing game featuring a mythical paintress, demonic mimes and an orchestral soundtrack earned the top prize ...

In a stunning move, Sony pulled the plug on its long-in-development shooter game Concord just two weeks after its release and following a disaster of a launch. Concord, which was released on Aug. 23 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Considering the rise of home consoles that we saw within ...

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Owning a Playdate comes with the perk of already having access to 24 games at no additional cost from the bundled-in Season One — and some pretty good ones to boot. But there are a ton of great games ...

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From Emmy-winning HBO prestige dramas to guilty pleasure 3D schlock, gaming has a taken a long time conquering Hollywood Today’s entertainment landscape is all about IP infusion, and after Marvel had ...