Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

Editor’s note: Variety was part of the jury for The Game Awards 2025.

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. We are just hours away from The Game Awards, which honor ...

The Game Awards returned in 2025 for a big show celebrating the best games of the past year and an exciting look at the future. You can check out all The Game Awards winners right here, and you can ...

The role-playing game won nine prizes, including game of the year. By Zachary Small A role-playing game featuring a mythical paintress, demonic mimes and an orchestral soundtrack earned the top prize ...

Are you tired of feeling safe and happy all the time? Is your daily life overrun by feelings of security, contentment and peace? Do you want an escape from all of the oppressive niceness around you?

1 Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China The precision of projectile launching ...

DAHLGREN, Va. – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division recently fired high-speed projectiles into timed explosions to study how shockwaves affect high-speed rounds in a groundbreaking test.

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: ...

Nominations for the 2025 Game Awards, which honor the year’s most innovative, unique and impactful story-driven narratives in the gaming industry, were announced Monday. Leading the pack is the ...

Ctrl Alt Deal is a satirical turn-based strategy game about rogue AI and corporate dysfunction. CtrlAlt Deal is a game about an AI named Scout trying to escape the evil Paperclip megacorp through ...