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

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, ...

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...

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 ...

Looking for a goose-themed body horror incremental clicker with a soft, cozy soundtrack? Oddly specific, but you’re in luck – Tingus Goose is exactly what you’re looking for. It’s odd and ...

The Game Awards has announced its nominees for 2025, as selected by a global jury of more than 150 media publications and creator outlets. Users can vote now in all categories via authenticated online ...

We’re almost at the end of 2025, giving us another fantastic year of gaming. As we round into the final months of the year, there’s little left other than to talk about Game of the Year, and Geoff ...

I haven't played Balatro in months, and it's not because I'm tired of it; quite the reverse. After pouring hundreds of hours into LocalThunk's creation, I finally managed to pull myself out of the ...

The farming simulator Rusty’s Retirement and other games that carve out space on your desktop may actually help people focus. By Nicole Carpenter There is an emerging genre of video games that sits ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. EA's skateboarding series, Skate, has been dormant since 2010's Skate 3, but it's officially back today with the launch of a reboot that's simply ...

JavaScript’s low bar to entry has resulted in one of the richest programming language ecosystems in the world. This month’s report celebrates the bounty, while also highlighting a recent example of ...

This is a simple clicker game in JavaScript which the goal is get a high score within a certain amount of time by clicking the button. Clone the repository. Open index.html in your browser. Click the ...