Every year, the Shacknews staff casts our ballots and tabulates votes for the best games of the year. 2025 was such a strong year for games, both AAA and indies, that for the first time in recent ...

As we enter the final hours of 2025, we're resurrecting an erratically-followed tradition: picking out the best games that the team played this year. It's been another twelve months filled with ...

Amid lineup changes, doubt and a humbling midseason loss, A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces turned turbulence into a third title in four years. [Editor’s note: This article is from Athlon Sports’ ...

Say it with me now: "indie and double-A games dominated the conversation this year." Over the past couple of years, this has started to feel less like an exception and more like the new rule. Yes, ...

2025 ended up being one of those quieter years for mobile games. This isn’t to say there weren’t a ton of titles. Lots of new releases showed up for folks who prefer to play on their phones and ...

The PC has been a welcoming home in recent years to the best indie releases, letting them catch on and work out bugs before heading to other platforms. Siliconera’s PC Game of the Year selections ...

Nearly a decade after consumer VR took its first real steps—driven by headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR—the medium has outgrown its novelty phase. Those early platforms ...

Read our Shacknews Person of the Year 2025 - Ross Scott article here. Follow Ross Scott on YouTube and Twitter. Do it for Shacknews Award 2025 - Mega Ran Read our Do it for Shacknews Award 2025 - Mega ...

It's safe to say Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been this year's biggest winner, sweeping awards shows across the board including a record number of victories at The Game Awards 2025. But the Indie ...

Grab your mouse and get clicking, because it's been a great year for games, and the PC has seen nearly all of them cross its path. The IGN staff has rounded up the best PC gaming had to offer in 2025 ...

Winter is the worst time of year. It's cold, it's wet, it's dark, the roads are terrible, and cooking on the grill is a full-on headache. The only thing that doesn't suck about winter is the onslaught ...

Year in Review is now available for Oura users. Oura users in Ireland logged the most steps in 2025 with an average of 8,924 per day. Austrailian users had the highest average sleep score (80/100).