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This year, games that did traditional things very well and games that broke the mold completely rose to the top ...

To that end, Kotaku ‘s top games of 2025 list this year will go back to straddling the Goldilocks GOTY middle ground of 12 best games. We are still ranking them and describing why each made the cut, ...

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Now in its eighth year, the Universal Composers Initiative seeks to find artists from both traditional and non-conventional ...

Skyforge was a free-to-play MMO title first released back in 2017. During its almost nine-year run, many players sank ...

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So with that said, here are some of the games Polygon's writers and editors played the most this year. — Julia Lee ...

Hooded Horse and Pavonis Interactive's grand strategy space game is out of early access now, and so far, it's a huge, ...

Games have gotten really good at immersing us into a world, in no small part to how amazing they are able to craft the visual ...

Our celebration of the best games of 2025 has us looking at which had the best design bringing us all together.