Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. First unveiled as the final announcement of the 2025 Game Awards, "Highguard" was positioned to be a competitor to the ...

Jason Momoa will lead the cast of a ‘Helldivers’ adaptation. It’ll bring the PlayStation game series to screens. Justin Lin is on board to direct. Having appeared in one of the biggest box office hits ...

Playing "Pong" during the Midwest Gaming Classic trade show at the Baird Center in Milwaukee in 2024. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) The ceiling of the lobby in One Liberty Plaza in New York’s ...

Battlefield 6 ended 2025 as the best-selling game in the U.S., beating its first-person shooter rival Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which ended down in fifth place. Black Ops 6, which also launched day ...

With the second full year of Meta Quest 3 and PSVR2 now wrapped up, the VR market's output seems intent on making modest, assured steps to continue. It's tough to expect more given the way the winds ...

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...

Scientists and NASA officials insist the object is a natural comet, not alien technology. Recent observations found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it was artificial. The comet made ...

Steam has unveiled its mega list of the most played PC VR games of 2025. And it looks to be another year of ‘old reliables’, as the top 50 only features a single game released that year. Valve ...

Highlighting an ongoing trend, the most popular games on PlayStation and Xbox are multiplayer, online, live-service titles that aren't necessarily "new," at least not in the traditional sense. Circana ...

We covered the daily 2025 Epic Games Store giveaway extensively here at The Escapist, and tens of thousands of you joined us each day of the annual event as we revealed the next title on the list.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games. It’s that time once again, gang. I always wait until the very end of ...

It can be tempting, in an era where there are simply way too many great games coming out every month, to give into list inflation. Top 10s become top 25s. Top 25s become top 50s. By 2030, we might ...