Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and 2025 provided a fantastic array of different video games. We’ve survived and extracted from the robot-ruled battlefields of Arc Raiders, adventured ...

“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 — ...

An avid gamer in China left his hotel room in such a horrible state that it took staff three days to clean China Esports Gamer mess Hotel At a hotel in China that reportedly specializes in catering to ...

Hardcore Gamer can trace its roots all the way back to 2005, when it was originally founded as a print magazine. It made the leap to an online publication in 2012, and has maintained a reputation as ...

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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, ...

Gamers can be a fussy bunch, no matter what genres and platforms they lean towards. If you’re hoping to find a present for the nerd in your life, it can be tricky to find them something that isn’t a ...

The Game Awards announced its nominees for Game of the Year 2025 during a livestream on Monday, and while there were some expected picks, it was certainly a big, big year for indies. Clair Obscur: ...

If you're looking for something a little more niche than Battlefield 6, there are some lesser-known bangers among this year's 89%+ scores. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...