The weather can't seem to make up its mind this time of year -- one day feels like winter, the next like summer. But as the calendar turns, there's one sure sign a new season has arrived: spring ...

“Continue?” It’s one of the oldest words in video games. You stumble. You put in another quarter. You try again. Hey, you’ll get ‘em next time. Never has that sentiment been more true than in 2025 — ...

Editor’s note: Variety was part of the jury for The Game Awards 2025.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) watches videos with David Walsh (left), president of the National Institute on Media and Family, at a news conference in the Senate Office Building on the effects of ...

In the last decade and a half, boys and young men have more than doubled their average time per week spent gaming. By Claire Cain Miller and Amy Fan Claire Cain Miller is working on a series of ...

Microsoft has added a number of new games to Xbox Game Pass today as part of a major shakeup that has seen the Ultimate tier increase in price. As IGN has reported, Microsoft has hiked the price of ...

Games are revolutionized in every decade, and 2000s games are no different. 2000s video games saw genres developed and expanded upon, taking players to worlds bigger and better than ever seen before.

Nathan Kizi closed Mario's Corner Store last year after Macomb County officials announced plans to expand Romeo Plank Road between 21 and 23 Mile in Macomb Township. The store was in a 100-year-old ...

CU Boulder scientists find that playing video games comes with small but significant cognitive benefits Ever since video games began to gain widespread popularity, some have questioned how playing ...

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 ...

Thus far, 2024 has been a strange year for gaming. With a first half populated by a handful of big releases, but mostly dominated by the indie scene doing its best work, many gamers were left looking ...

The calendar brings a Legend of Zelda game with Zelda in charge, an Assassin’s Creed set in Japan and new role-playing games. By Jason M. Bailey [Update: Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed ...