In a year where Obsidian released a pair of RPGs, its best game was an early access survival romp

It turns out that a small community garden offers more compelling adventures than a magical island or a capitalist nightmare.

Out of all the new games I've played in 2025, Grounded 2 deserves a special nod simply because it makes me like a genre that I really don't like: multiplayer survival

Grounded was the first game that started to change that for me, and I have to admit that 2025 has been the first year in almost two decades where I've actively enjoyed playing multiplayer games. Well, ...