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If I said there weren’t times while playing the new early access Skate when I found myself hooked on clearing a task or engaged in executing an impromptu line I’d challenged myself to make, I’d be lying.

The next time I come back to replay my all-time favorite video game, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is the version I’ll be reaching for.

I wasn’t expecting one of my favorite games of 2025 to be about a socially awkward blob in a stained onesie with such poor motor skills that he ragdolls to the ground on the slightest of uneven surfaces, but here we are.

Silent Hill f serves up a fresh new Japanese setting to explore, a fascinatingly dark story to unravel, and plenty of twisted freaks to torment you with.

Dying Light: The Beast is an entertaining return to the rooftops and flesh pits I’ve come to love over the past decade. The gimmick of amping yourself up into a scary monster to fight other monsters sticks the landing and mostly makes up for a generic story and a map that has few surprises in store.

After completing Jump Space’s first early access chapter, trying out both of its ships, and spending around 15 hours traveling the stars I quite like what’s here, even, like your starting ship, it’s still under construction.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds fires on all cylinders with a fantastic roster of 24 of my favorite hedgehogs, foxes, echidnas, and more.

2XKO has found a way to distill what's fun about tag fighters – the insane mixups, the chaos of having assists fly in and out, the joy of landing a happy birthday as you deal damage to both your opponents characters at once – while mitigating a lot of the pain points that typically come with the…

The best part about Donkey Kong Bananza’s DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC is that it gives me a reason to keep experimenting in one of my favorite playgrounds Nintendo has ever created.

I would absolutely love to see the adventures of the 1x1 red and blue bricks continue, because LEGO Voyagers lays down a fantastic foundation that simply cries out for more – more story, more puzzles, and more time in this fantastically presented world.