First unveiled as the final announcement of the 2025 Game Awards, "Highguard" was positioned to be a competitor to the likes of "Overwatch" and "Valorant," and it had the pedigree to match.

In brief: Layoffs have hammered the tech industry over the past several years, and video game companies are no exception. A new report ahead of the 2026 Game Developers Conference indicates that over ...

Until each of these seven Xbox Game Pass games depart, each is available to subscribers to purchase outright with a special and exlcusive 20% discount. As for when any of them will return, we do not ...

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 ...

Sid Meier's Civilization continues to be a juggernaut of the 4X strategy genre. And while the 'just one more turn' addictiveness of the series remains as potent as ever, Civilization VII also dared to ...

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.

The winners of 2025’s Steam Awards have been announced, with Hollow Knight: Silksong winning Game of the Year. Team Cherry’s long-awaited sequel to 2017’s Hollow Knight was the only game to win two ...

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 ...

'Marvel Cosmic Invasion' was one of a dozen fantastic multiplayer games in 2025. Here we are at the end of another year, wondering what the best multiplayer games of 2025 are, and I’ll tell you what: ...

2025 is ending, but Roblox will be ready to see another year. Let’s look at 5 most popular games on this hit platform for the year. This one may surprise no one, as the term Brainrot has been popular ...

In any given year, far more games are released than any one person could play, meaning you’re all but guaranteed to miss what would otherwise be some of your favorite games of the year. That held true ...

As artificial intelligence has seeped more into daily life, it’s been met with a mix of acceptance and repulsion. The technology has been used to modify photos and improve productivity, but it has ...