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pcmag.com - Will Greenwald - The Best Video Game Controllers for Every Platform
The Best Video Game Controllers for Every Platform
PCMag

Deeper Dive: Our Top Tested Picks December 18, 2025: With this update, we removed the Hori Split Pad Pro, Razer Kishi Ultra, and Retro-Bit Sega 8-Button USB Arcade Pad. We added the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller. The existing picks have been…

nme.com - Ali Shutler - The best video game soundtracks of 2025
The best video game soundtracks of 2025
NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

Sure, Grand Theft Auto 6 didn't come out this year – but 2025 was still a great 12 months in gaming. From ambitious indies to huge blockbusters, there have been some unmissable titles to get stuck into. And where would the great games be…

ign.com - Vikki Blake - New FIFA Video Game Confirmed by Netflix, Developed By a Studio That's Yet to Ship Anything
New FIFA Video Game Confirmed by Netflix, Developed By a Studio That's Yet to Ship Anything
IGN

FIFA has announced its next soccer game will be published in partnership with Netflix and developed by new studio Delphi Interactive. Following the end of its partnership with EA in 2022, FIFA announced it was working on a portfolio of Web3 games…

hiphopwired.com - Bernard Smalls (@PhotosByBeanz) - Video Game Hardware & Software Sales Were Abysmal In November
Video Game Hardware & Software Sales Were Abysmal In November
Hip-Hop Wired

The gaming world is really feeling the effects of Donald Trump's reeling economy, which honestly shouldn't shock anyone. According to a new report from Circana's Matt Piscatella, November 2025 was the worst for video game console dollar sales on…

screenrant.com - Cher Thompson - Prime Video's Fallout Season 2 Just Set A New Record For Video Game Adaptations
Prime Video's Fallout Season 2 Just Set A New Record For Video Game Adaptations
Screen Rant

Prime Video's Fallout has become one of the platform's most talked-about shows over the past year, standing out in the crowd amongst other live-action video game adaptations and setting records with its second season. Based on the long-running and…

collider.com - Harry Potter Icon Jason Isaacs Joins Prime Video's Next Video Game Series
Harry Potter Icon Jason Isaacs Joins Prime Video's Next Video Game Series
Collider

This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. Prime Video's new Tomb Raider TV series has just unearthed a new cast member. Venerable cinematic villain Jason…

marketbeat.com - Top Video Game Stocks To Keep An Eye On - December 18th
Top Video Game Stocks To Keep An Eye On - December 18th
MarketBeat

Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, and Motorsport Games are the five Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose…

gamedeveloper.com - Bryant Francis - The top 10 game industry trends of 2025
The top 10 game industry trends of 2025
Game Developer

Well we made it. Most of us anyway. The sun is setting on 2025 and I have to say each year of the game industry's ongoing economic contraction has found new fresh ways to torment us (and occasionally delight us. There was SOME good news this year!)…

ibtimes.co.uk - Jonas Sunico - Physical Game Copies Are In Trouble After Industry's Worst Month In Decades
Physical Game Copies Are In Trouble After Industry's Worst Month In Decades
International Business Times UK

The video games industry has recorded one of its most alarming months on record, raising fresh concerns about the long-term future of physical game sales and dedicated gaming hardware. According to new data from market research firm Circana…

gamesindustry.biz - Isabel Davies - 2025 was a year of legal disruption for the games industry | Year in Review
2025 was a year of legal disruption for the games industry | Year in Review
GamesIndustry.biz

2025 felt like a year where legal stories dominated industry headlines nearly as much as the games themselves. Patent litigation over game mechanics, (unusually) public disputes over contested earn-out payments, and the busting open of the mobile…

billboard.com - Kyle Hodge - Thursday Night Football: How to Watch Every NFL Game on Prime Video
Thursday Night Football: How to Watch Every NFL Game on Prime Video
Billboard

Thursday Night Football continues its biggest season yet with an exciting, heavyweight NFC West showdown between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks. With both teams tied at 11-3, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the Hawks will host Matthew Stafford…

gamespot.com - Blair Marnell - Nintendo Wins Latest Round In Its 15-Year Legal Battle Over The Wii
Nintendo Wins Latest Round In Its 15-Year Legal Battle Over The Wii
GameSpot

Nintendo has been known to vigorously defend its interests and intellectual properties in court, and one of its longest-running legal battles may be nearing its conclusion. In 2010, the Japanese video game publisher filed a suit in Germany against…

techradar.com - Demi Williams - Gaming just had its worst month for 30 years - hardware and software sales have plummeted in the US, but one game is still bucking the trend
Gaming just had its worst month for 30 years - hardware and software sales have plummeted in the US, but one game is still bucking the trend
TechRadar

Hardware and physical software unit sales in November 2025 were the worst they've been in the US since 1995 Circana reports that 1.6 million units of video game hardware were sold in the US last month, which was the lowest since the 1.4 million…

gamesindustry.biz - Lewis Packwood - A look back at the games industry's turbulent year in AI | Year in Review
A look back at the games industry's turbulent year in AI | Year in Review
GamesIndustry.biz

Headlines about the games industry in 2025 have been dominated by AI. Barely a week went by without a story about how the tech was being used for good or ill, and that's certain to continue in 2026. Whereas previous tech trends like NFTs and the…

deadline.com - Matt Grobar - Jason Isaacs Latest To Join Amazon's 'Tomb Raider' Series - The Dish
Jason Isaacs Latest To Join Amazon's 'Tomb Raider' Series - The Dish
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus) is the latest addition to the cast of Amazon MGM's live-action Tomb Raider series, sources tell Deadline. Reps for Amazon declined to comment and it's not yet clear who Isaacs is playing. As previously…

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