Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025

A mix of expected sequels and out-of-nowhere indie gems made 2025 a joy.

The biggest disappointments of 2025

From price hikes to lowlights, and missed expectations to cruel cancellations, these are the biggest disappointments of 2025.
IGN

Outward 2 Is an RPG That Wanted Me Dead, But I Liked Exploring its World

Sometimes, the best thing you can do is pick a goal and move towards it. You might have no idea how to get where you wanna go; you might have no idea where you are when it comes to accomplishing it; ...
PlayStation LifeStyle

Hit Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 RPG Gets PS5 Release Date

An acclaimed Marvelous RPG is shedding its Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 console exclusivity to launch on PS5 in the coming months. Confirming previous leaks, the company has announced that Rune Factory: ...
PC Gamer

Path of Exile 2 director is on a 'quest to make the perfect action RPG' and isn't afraid to borrow from Path of Exile 1 to pull it off

Jonathan Rogers, one of the co-founders of the studio behind Path of Exile, isn't afraid to call his own game too old to be the perfect action RPG. The first PoE had its moment and now it lives ...
Play Station Universe

Fantasy-RPG Sequel Lords Of The Fallen 2 Receives Stunning Gameplay Footage

Lords of the Fallen 2, the sequel to 2023’s dark-fantasy RPG from developer Hexworks, has received a flashy new trailer during The Game Awards 2025 this evening, offering us our first look at the game ...
GamesRadar+

Skyrim's Switch 2 port "runs like wet a**," players say, as the RPG is plagued with "horrendous" input lag that "genuinely makes it unplayable"

If there are two things that Bethesda is best known for outside of its plethora of excellent RPGs, it's re-releasing Skyrim too many times to count, and its games being cursed with bugs and issues.
Eurogamer

Skyrim Switch 2 edition announced, so yes you can play Bethesda's RPG yet another way before Elder Scrolls 6

Yet another version of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has arrived before The Elder Scrolls 6, with a Switch 2 release of Bethesda's Anniversary Edition available now for £52.99. Bethesda and Nintendo ...
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The 2 RPG franchises without a single bad game

RPGs are one of the oldest and most popular video game genres, with titles like Ultima and Wizardry appealing to gamers worldwide. Over the years, RPGs have evolved, and many popular series have been ...
GamesRadar+

Obsidian hopes to stand alongside CD Projekt and Larian by making "best-in-class" reactive RPGs, says The Outer Worlds 2 director: "I don't know if we're there yet, but I'd ...

When The Outer Worlds 2 was first announced in 2021, its first trailer showed off a big creature that definitely wouldn't be in the game, a bunch of "pointless" slow motions shots, and a silhouette of ...

Path of Exile 2: Atziri Boss Guide

I’m sure you’ve all seen her by now, plastered over the front of Path of Exile II: Atziri, the lady in red, Queen of ...

Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (27th December)

And finally, we'd like to once again acknowledge the passing of Vince Zampella at the age of 55. As the co-creator of Call of ...