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2026 Looks Like A Great Year For Nerdy Fandom
As we put a bow on 2025, we've gladly acknowledged all the good that has emerged out of the games industry and the incredibly creative fol...
Posted on 26 December 2025 | 9:00 pm
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Could Be An All-Timer If Ubisoft Added One Thing
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora launched at the end of 2023, after gracing the cover of Game Informer, but developer Massive Entertainment ha...
Posted on 26 December 2025 | 6:24 pm
Why You Should Play: Monster Train 2
In any other year, I'd have spent hours of our end-of-year debates singing the praises of Monster Train 2, but unfortunately, it's been an...
Posted on 26 December 2025 | 5:00 pm
Why You Should Play: Metal Eden
Every time I boot up Steam, my eye catches Metal Eden in my library, and I'm reminded of just how slick of an FPS it is. This cyberpunk ad...
Posted on 25 December 2025 | 5:00 pm
The Fallout TV Show’s Second Season Is Slower, But Still Good
As time goes on, I am comfortable awarding the first season of the Fallout TV show as my favorite video game adaptation. Well, actually, t...
Posted on 24 December 2025 | 9:00 pm
Why You Should Play: Silent Hill f
The latest entry in the Konami horror franchise really snuck up on me, and I don’t mean in a jump scare way. In fact, I wouldn’t describe ...
Posted on 24 December 2025 | 5:00 pm
The Best Tabletop RPGs Of 2025
Even as we celebrate some of the best traditional board games of 2025, we also want to offer some accolades for some of the most impressiv...
Posted on 23 December 2025 | 11:00 pm
Bethesda Talks Fallout's Future And Lessons Learned
In 2008, Bethesda released Fallout 3, a groundbreaking adaptation of the to-that-point isometric Fallout franchise to a gameplay style clo...
Posted on 23 December 2025 | 10:00 pm
Update: The Indie Game Awards Retracts Expedition 33's GOTY And Best Debut Awards Due To Use Of Gen AI
Update, 12/22/25:A day after The Indie Game Awards 2025 ceremony, where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won the coveted Game of the Year award...
Posted on 22 December 2025 | 3:12 pm
The Best Steam Winter Sale Discounts On 2025 Games
Snow is falling, the chimney fire is blazing, and hot cocoa is brewing. Maybe that's happening for real in your life, or maybe you live in...
Posted on 18 December 2025 | 8:28 pm
Scott Pilgrim Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley's Three Favorite Games Of All Time
Bryan Lee O’Malley is the artist, writer, and creator of Scott Pilgrim. He published the six-part comic series between 2004 and 2010, work...
Posted on 16 December 2025 | 5:45 pm
Game Informer Readers Top 50 Games Of 2025
This year was absolutely overflowing with amazing games, but from our readers’ perspective, there was one very, very clear winner for game...
Posted on 16 December 2025 | 5:00 pm
An Exclusive Look At The Dolls Behind Dragon Quest VII Reimagined's Unique Visuals
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and to write that cover story, I traveled to Tokyo, Ja...
Posted on 16 December 2025 | 4:00 pm
Nintendo Switch Online: Every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Sega Genesis, And GBA Game
Nintendo has been slowly beefing up its library of games available to Nintendo Switch Online and Expansion Pack subscribers. What began as...
Posted on 10 December 2025 | 3:33 pm
The Games You Should Play This Weekend – December 5
It's the first Friday of December, which means we're one step closer to the Winter holidays – whatever and however you celebrate, somethin...
Posted on 5 December 2025 | 8:14 pm
The Top 10 Nintendo Switch 2 Games
Nintendo’s latest console has only been in our hands for about six months, but it has been hugely successful. But more important than how ...
Posted on 5 December 2025 | 5:25 pm
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Posted on 3 December 2025 | 5:30 pm
The Polls Are Closed For The Reader Game Of The Year 2025 Vote
Update, 12/1/25:The polls are now closed! Thanks for voting and look out for the results in the next issue of the magazine!Original story,...
Posted on 1 December 2025 | 4:30 pm
The Big List Of Upcoming Video Game Remakes
Remakes tend to be more exciting than remasters because the improvements often go beyond mere bumps in resolution or framerate. At best, s...
Posted on 27 November 2025 | 9:00 pm
Dragon Quest Reimagined Producer On Remaking A Classic: 'We Rebuilt Everything From The Ground Up'
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and to learn more about this game for the cover story,...
Posted on 27 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
The Biggest Games Of 2025 (That Haven’t Released Yet)
We’ve had a busy season here at Game Informer, doing our best to track on some of the most interesting games rolling out during the busy h...
Posted on 26 November 2025 | 9:00 pm
Let's Compare All Three Versions Of Dragon Quest VII, Including Reimagined
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and you can read all about that here. If you're famili...
Posted on 26 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
Yuji Horii On Final Fantasy: 'When I First Saw Final Fantasy X, I Recall Feeling This Was The Ultimate Perfection'
Dragon Quest launched in Japan in 1986, and a little over a year later, Final Fantasy launched in 1987. Though the two are now sister RPG ...
Posted on 25 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
Yuji Horii On The Secret Sauce That's Kept Dragon Quest Going For Nearly 40 Years
Dragon Quest will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year in 2026, and with Dragon Quest VII Reimagined launching in February, the occasi...
Posted on 24 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – November 21
Devil's Night. Christmas Eve. July 3rd. So many holidays have names for the days that occur before them, but what about the Friday before ...
Posted on 21 November 2025 | 9:30 pm
Yuji Horii On Early Days In Game Dev: 'I Would Just Do Everything Myself'
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has been designing games for upwards of 40 years, and though he's 71 today, he still remains heavily invol...
Posted on 21 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii On Remakes And Game Preservation
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer magazine, and would you believe that in our 34 years of...
Posted on 20 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
Yuji Horii's Journey To Making Dragon Quest, As Told By The Man Himself
With Dragon Quest VII Reimagined gracing the cover of Game Informer, and it being the first time a Dragon Quest game has ever done that, I...
Posted on 19 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
Yuji Horii On Making Dragon Quest Games: 'I Do Think I Will Work On It Until I Die'
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is gracing the latest cover of Game Informer, and it's somehow the very first time a Dragon Quest game has don...
Posted on 18 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
Analogue 3D, Which Can Play Any N64 Cartridge, Continues The Company's Stellar Reputation
If you're a similar age as me, you likely have a lot of great memories sitting around a comically heavy tube television and a Nintendo 64 ...
Posted on 18 November 2025 | 4:00 pm
Breaking Down The Party Members Of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is Square Enix's second crack at remaking the original 2001 Dragon Quest VII, and though it features a lot of ...
Posted on 17 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – November 14
November is sprinting along at a pace that does not make sense in terms of the way time moves along. I have looked into who I should email...
Posted on 14 November 2025 | 9:45 pm
How The New Voice Over Affected Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the first version of Dragon Quest VII to feature in-game voice acting, meaning characters like Sir Mervyn, ...
Posted on 14 November 2025 | 7:00 pm
RetroSpace Devs On Immersive Sim Horror Gameplay: 'The Game Will Not Hold Your Hand At All'
The immersive-sim genre is one of my favorites, and though it's been around for decades, developers continue to innovate greatly in the sp...
Posted on 13 November 2025 | 4:00 pm
Game Informer Is A Judge In The Indie Game Awards This Year, And Here Are The Nominees
Last year, the team over at Six One Indie debuted The Indie Game Awards, and it was a lovingly put-together award show that celebrated the...
Posted on 13 November 2025 | 3:00 pm
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: How Square Enix Streamlined The Story
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is the second time Square Enix has remade the original Dragon Quest VII, which launched in the U.S. on PlaySta...
Posted on 10 November 2025 | 7:32 pm
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – November 7
It's November, which means we can all breathe a little because we survived the onslaught of games released in October (just don't look at ...
Posted on 7 November 2025 | 10:44 pm
Who Is Takeshi Ichikawa, The Producer Of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined?
When Square Enix announced Dragon Quest VII Reimagined during a Nintendo Direct held in September, players were left with all kinds of que...
Posted on 5 November 2025 | 7:09 pm
General Manager Sheds Light On Future Of Marvel Games
We interviewed the general manager of Marvel Games for insight into several of the big projects the team has been working to bring to life...
Posted on 4 November 2025 | 9:15 pm
The Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Digital Issue Is Now Live
The digital version of Game Informer magazine Issue 373, featuring Dragon Quest VII Reimagined on the cover, is now live! Subscribers can ...
Posted on 4 November 2025 | 5:00 pm
Every Game Informer 10/10 Score
A 10/10 score is an honor we at Game Informer don’t bestow often, but it’s a big deal when we do. It involves careful consideration and co...
Posted on 4 November 2025 | 5:00 pm
Ghost of Yōtei Thinks I'm Stupid
I reached 30 hours in Ghost of Yōtei last night. Since picking it back up again after a quick review departure to cover Little Nightmares ...
Posted on 3 November 2025 | 6:16 pm
ARC Raiders – Review In Progress
Earlier this year, I called ARC Raiders “the most promising extraction shooter I’ve played,” and after spending many hours with the final ...
Posted on 31 October 2025 | 7:06 pm
Reader Discussion - What's Your Video Game Halloween Costume?
Happy Halloween, everyone! It's the scariest day of the year and, in my opinion, the most entertaining. I love Halloween as a fan of horro...
Posted on 31 October 2025 | 5:10 pm
The Horror Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – October 31
Happy Halloween Game Informer audience! Even though it's the spookiest day of the year and we're busy petting black cats, carving pumpkins...
Posted on 31 October 2025 | 4:30 pm
South Of Midnight’s Lead On Hazel: ‘Black Women Have Strong Stories’ That Deserve To Be Told
South of Midnight is one of my favorite games of the year. As someone who has spent many sweaty, mosquito-filled summer days in southern L...
Posted on 29 October 2025 | 6:01 pm
Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Worst Side Mission Disrespects Nearly Three Decades Of History
Pokémon Legends: Z-A launched earlier this month, on October 16, for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and there hasn’t been a day since its r...
Posted on 28 October 2025 | 5:26 pm
The Florist Is A Horror Game Inspired By Resident Evil Remake, And It Looks Awesome
Here at Game Informer, we get pitches for games all day long, and unfortunately, we only have so many hours in the day to research and cov...
Posted on 28 October 2025 | 4:00 pm
How Riftbound Loads The World Of League Of Legends Into Booster Packs
League of Legends has expanded off the Rift and into many mediums at this point: an auto-battler, a fighting game, an RPG, and a Netflix s...
Posted on 27 October 2025 | 3:39 pm