Video games have gotten big. Really big. As budgets have ballooned, so has the scale of a full-priced game. It’s very rare these days to play a big-budget game that you can finish in under 10 hours.

Exactly one year ago, it felt like we knew what most of 2024’s best games would be. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Tekken 8, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth all had the ...

One of the highest-rated games of 2024 has just received a new ESRB rating, hinting at an imminent launch on Nintendo Switch ...

If there’s a theme uniting The A.V. Club‘s picks for the best video games of 2024, it’s one of focus: of dialing into one concept, one element of game design, one perfect idea, and then executing it ...

The main reason for this show is to recognize the games, developers, teams, and people responsible for bringing us the content we’ve consumed this year. Below is each of the categories including all ...

It’s easily forgotten that The Game Awards 2025 won’t exclusively reward games made in 2025 — or shouldn’t, anyway. With the awards ceremony taking place in early December, and the nominations and ...

More than 18,500 games will have been released onto the PC gaming platform Steam in the year 2024, according to SteamDB. Dividing that by the number of people covering games at Ars, or the gaming ...

Allysen is a writer with a passion for covering all things related to entertainment! While primarily focused on video games and the gaming industry, she also enjoys writing about movies, TV, anime, ...

The contest for 2024 Game of the Year has not yet begun. Tomorrow, the nominations will be revealed, giving communities and fanbases of particular games some hope or crushing their dreams altogether.

From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the ...

Recognizing the innovation, creativity, and impact of a studio that has set a high standard right from the start with its first commercial launch. Recognizing a game that prioritizes inclusivity by ...

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