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The 5 biggest announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 2025
Reveals Reel If you missed the live show, here's the biggest stuff you missed—assuming the group chat hasn't already been typing in all caps to give you the news.
No pods in sight, but Star Wars: Galactic Racer still looks rad
news Now THIS is [not technically] podracing.
That sick-looking first person sci-fi game at The Game Awards is actually the sequel to Sons of the Forest
news Forest 3 has my attention.
Larian reveals Divinity, its 'biggest game ever,' that will be 'even larger than Baldur's Gate 3'
news The news was slightly spoiled by a trademark filing spotted earlier this week.
After 21 years, Knights of the Old Republic's original director is returning to the series for Fate of the Old Republic
news Emotionally, I am in middle school again.
Cultic review: One of 2025's best singleplayer shooters
cult classic Paint Anytown, USA red with blood.
Fallout 4 was initially set in New York because it's 'something grand and American' and Nick Valentine capped-off the very first design document: 'I think the photo was of Humphrey Bogart'
News "But at that time, other games were being set in New York."
Fallout: New Vegas lead writer inconveniently points out that Fallout season 2 is all about New Vegas but 'there's no credit for that, there's no residuals for that'
News "In some ways, I think doing narrative in video games is a little akin to doing comic book work."
Senior Bethesda dev says the Fallout show works because Todd Howard wouldn't let the usual 'videogame directors' touch it: 'We want the best director, the best showrunner possible'
News "We could have made a Fallout movie or Fallout TV show a decade ago—we had certainly been asked."
Statistics prove everyone is T-posing for dominance in Elden Ring Nightreign, the feared Bell Bearing Hunter is only the fourth-deadliest field boss, and nobody plays Guardian
news I expected better from Elmer Fudd of the Briar, the Ball Busting Hunter.
Gaming collectible purveyor iam8bit is suing publisher Skybound over alleged fraud related to cat sim Stray
news Cat fight.
The creator of popular animated short The Backwater Gospel is making an FPS inspired by 'Half-Life and the golden age of narrative first person shooters'
news Danish Half-Life.
Arc Raiders finally lifts the curtain on its Expedition rewards, showing us what players can expect to get for retiring and prestiging their Raiders later this month
news The departure window opens up December 17, and closes on December 22.
The 11 Elden Ring Nightreign DLC features that would surprise and delight the biggest FromSoftware fans
Wishlist Don't worry, poison swamp is on the list.
This FPS is basically Spongebob meets Duke Nukem, and it's only $10 on Steam
news Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation is the destination.
'Most of the innovation in gaming has happened on PC' says EVE Online studio boss: 'When I love a game, it's so deeply PC'
news "On PC, we still see a lot of experimentation."
'A big document of stealth' requested by Todd Howard from a designer of one of the best stealth games of all time was the blueprint for Skyrim's most beloved playstyle
news Garrett from Thief crouch walked so Dark Brotherhood assassins could run.
25 great Steam games you probably missed in 2025—from freebies to $40
sleeper hit Too many games.
Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
news Heineman's cancer fundraiser is now collecting for her funeral.
My favorite horror game of 2025 sounds like a literal nightmare because its composer sampled the creaking of an old house and a metal saw scraping 'an instrument that sounded horrifying yet could have been made in feudal Japan'
news That explains it.
The Blood of Dawnwalker's latest gameplay trailer starts out looking like a Witcher spinoff, then the main character starts walking on walls
news Wind's howling.
One artist is reimagining the first Metal Gear you've never played as an anime follow-up to The Phantom Pain
news Operation Intrude N313.
Walton Goggins and Aaron Moten make surprise appearance at New Vegas fan convention in the real-life Goodsprings, remind us that Fallout season 3 is already confirmed
news So says Ghoulgins.
Former id Software artist argues performance and optimization are 'as much of an art problem' as a tech one: 'Killzone 2 looks incredible today. FEAR looks incredible today'
news Defect lead Emanuel Palalic thinks leaning into this mindset from early development will leave the game optimized as well as pretty.
