Donkey Kong Bananza might not end up picking up too many game of the year gongs, but it's one of the most special games of 2025 regardless.

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Donkey Kong faces an overwhelming gauntlet of 100 opponents in a chaotic, action-packed showdown. This marks the explosive ...

And will a left-field project have what it takes to steal this year’s IGN Best Game award away from the very obvious ...

The savviest games industry critic could not predict just how good this year would be for videogame fans. It was destined to ...

In an era of hyper-specific genre blends and mashups – take the roguelike city-building bullet heaven of Monsters Are Coming!, for example – it’s always felt daft just how many games can end up lumped ...

I joke, obviously (although it did receive some votes, it didn't make this Top 50). Eurogamer's own top 50 list of our staff ...

Goodness gracious, 2025 has been a fantastic year for video games, and most excitingly, for games of all scales and budgets. Big-name releases have hit the spot, while indies have sprung from nowhere ...

Don’t get lost and miss killer content. The vast settings of these open-world games hide many hidden treasures, but they're ...

As artificial intelligence has seeped more into daily life, it’s been met with a mix of acceptance and repulsion. The ...

Beyond went through arguably one of the most tortuous, protracted development processes ever seen with a videogame.

Unable to restrain our list to a top 10, we've rounded up the Shacknews top 25 indie games of 2025.