A pair of fan-favorite Sega PS2 games have unexpectedly been made available for free to everyone, and not by the publisher.

For AAA gaming, the top of 2026 sure looks a lot like the top of 2025. Xbox is rebooting Fable. Bungie is rebooting Marathon. Captain America and Black Panther are headlining a Marvel game. And ...

Games Split Fiction lead worries “AA games are taking over” after Clair Obscur's success: "You can't do GTA for $10 million" Action RPGs GOG director fears regulation for live-service shutdowns might ...

When we put together our top 20 games of last year, we specifically called out Civilization 7, Avowed, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Grand Theft Auto 6 as big franchise games we were already looking ...

“Continue?” It’s one of the oldest words in video games. You stumble. You put in another quarter. You try again. Hey, you’ll get ‘em next time. Never has that sentiment been more true than in 2025 — ...

In-mid December 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the Patriot Games, a four-day athletics competition between young men and women from all U.S. states and territories. In mid-December 2025, ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced plans to hold a four-day athletic competition among the nation's top high school athletes, as part of a series of events his administration is hosting to ...

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

Autobiographical stories and mystery games resonated in a chaotic year. By Yussef Cole In its struggle to understand and make sense of life, art has a way of remaining relevant even when, in chaotic ...

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?

Every year when we look back at all the games that dropped, trends reveal themselves. For 2025, you might boil it down to a year of innovation. Yes, there were many big, anticipated games that ...

LOS ANGELES — First, it was a film delivery service. Then, it was a global streaming service. Now, Netflix is trying to turn itself into a gaming giant, too. At Netflix’s corporate office in Hollywood ...