Civilization 7 is far from my favourite instalment in the long-running, time-sucking 4X strategy series. I had a hard time ...

It's no secret that Bethesda games depend on their hardworking modding communities, and Fallout 4 is no exception. Blurbs, ...

After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best ...

PlayStation is developing AI technology that will play your video game for you, or offer advice when you get stuck.

Sony has patented an AI tutorial format that will play the game for the player, should they need assistance completing the ...

As first reported by Boing Boing, Sony filed a patent for this concept back in April 2025, and it involves an AI "ghost" ...

Lego has unveiled new electronic bricks and minifigures, that make lights and sound as you play with a new range of Star Wars ...

PlayStation is exploring the possibility of letting an AI take over your game, to help you if you're stuck. Patent documents ...

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and 2025 provided a fantastic array of different video games. We’ve survived and extracted from the robot-ruled battlefields of Arc Raiders, adventured ...

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

Jennifer Svedberg-Yen and Guillaume Broche of Sandfall Interactive on stage at The Game Awards 2025 (MICHAEL TRAN via Getty Images) This year at The Game Awards, if your game wasn’t melodramatic, ...

The gaming obsessives at CNET and its sibling sites ZDNET, PCMag, Lifehacker and Mashable put their heads together and chose their absolute faves that were released this year. As Senior Video Producer ...