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The scrappy survivors in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall Interactive hide caption
Three versions of Activision's Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif., in 2011. Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind the best-selling video games, has died at age 55. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
Performers onstage at The Game Awards 2025 at the Peacock Theater on December 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Frank Micelotta/Picturegroup hide caption
Samus Aran in all her Nintendo Switch 2 glory. Nintendo hide caption
Kirby unleashes his Special while riding a custom, leopard-print Vampire Star. Nintendo/James Mastromarino hide caption
This undated photo released by the Charlotte Chess Center shows Daniel Naroditsky playing chess on the board. Kelly Centrelli/Charlotte Chess Center/AP hide caption
A promotional image for the ROG Xbox Ally X, demonstrating the handheld PC with a full gaming desktop nearby. Microsoft/ASUS hide caption
The new Mega Evolution for Chesnaught and the pristine surroundings of Lumiose City, a setting based on Paris, France. Nintendo hide caption
Silent Hill f explores the trauma and terror of 1960's societal expectations in Japan. Konami hide caption
Team Cherry is back with the highly anticipated release of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Team Cherry hide caption
More than 25,000 people gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center in California for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships this year. Jamal Michel hide caption
Flames shoot up during Dimension 20's sold-out Madison Square Garden show in January 2025. Andrew Max Levy/Dropout hide caption
Dungeons & Dragons live shows spawn new fans of the tabletop game
A pair of 1X androids are displayed at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) at ExCel on May 30, 2023, in London. Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Hasan Piker, Twitch streamer and political commentator, poses at NPR's Culver City studios Courtney Theophin / NPR hide caption
Brittany talks with Hasan Piker. NPR hide caption
Joe Musashi, longstanding hero of the Shinobi series, returns in Art of Vengeance. SEGA hide caption
Pac-Man, or PUCK in this instance, is a little less cute and cuddly in the new game Shadow Labyrinth. Bandai Namco hide caption
Resident Evil Requiem generated a lot of hype from its reveal trailer. But it was hardly the most interesting game at this year's Play Days showcase. Capcom/fortyseven communications hide caption
Mario Kart World's golden shell disperses coins to all who follow it. Nintendo hide caption
Striking performers picket outside Disney Character Voices, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, in Burbank, California, in August. Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty hide caption
A phone displaying the App Store page for the mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire. Ryland Barton/NPR hide caption