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Epic Games’s Fortnite platform played host to The Simpsons and Quentin Tarantino, Microsoft upped their prices and a French RPG dominated at the game awards in another packed year for video games.

The year is coming to a close, and we're looking back at the best games that came out in 2025. This year, the staff at CNET came together with our sibling sites PCMag, ZDNET, Lifehacker and Mashable ...

I felt the spark when I started Metroid Prime 4, but the longer I played, the more I realized I wasn’t the only one ...

Why would Nintendo fill the latest Metroid entry with a rote sci-fi story, annoying new characters, and a literal sandbox?

Cut content that has surfaced reveals that one of the more controversial aspects of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond could have been ...

Beyond is similar to how Prime games have played in the past. Nintendo and Retro Studios have recreated the formula that made ...

Four decades of ninja representation made 2025 a year of shuriken and shadows ...

Super Mario Odyssey's stages are open-world. Mario Kart is literally called "Mario Kart World" and takes place in an open ...

Despite Metroid Prime 4 initially telling you that, after the Volt Forge, the world is your oyster, and you can pick and ...

Since 1986 the Metroid series has gone from 2D to 3D (and back to 2D) and to consoles and portables, with plenty of Samus appearances and cameos in other games along the way. It’s responsible for ...

Jake brings two decades of experience with him, having covered major industry events, breaking news, one-on-one interviews, and more. When he's not playing World of Warcraft, he's usually on the hunt ...