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Absolute Martian Manhunter isn't just the best superhero comic of 2025 – it pushes into the wild spaces of the form itself

Year in Review 2025 | The absolute best of DC's astonishing Absolute line

GamesRadar · Dec 31, 2025

5 games that have defined the first year of Switch 2 (so far)

Year in Review 2025 | The first year of Switch 2 is up, and these are the games that have defined Nintendo's latest console so far

GamesRadar · Dec 30, 2025

The year of Minecraft: How Jack Black's block-tastic video game adaptation started the most chaotic cinema trend of 2025

Year in Review 2025 | We take a closer look at the unprecedented success of A Minecraft Movie and the video game movie revolution

Total Film · Dec 28, 2025

Game on: Why we were so obsessed with survival game stories this year, from Squid Game season 3 to The Hunger Games

Year in Review 2025 | Why survival game stories won big this year, with help from an expert

Total Film · Dec 22, 2025

After 70 hours with Ghost of Yotei before the game even launched, I couldn't help but come back for more – and that's why it's my only platinum trophy of 2025

Year in Review 2025 | The open world of Ezo proved intoxicating in a year where finishing games felt like a chore for me

GamesRadar · Dec 21, 2025

Many have tried to dethrone it, but Sinners' time-travelling juke joint scene is still 2025's best set-piece

Year in Review 2025 | Ryan Cooger and cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw's ambitious, musical "one-shot" in vampire horror Sinners is an all-timer

Total Film · Dec 19, 2025

"As long as the couch is there, there's going to be a need for couch co-op": Split Fiction studio COO on standing out "in a year when every third week, the greatest thing comes out"

Year in Review 2025 | Split Fiction carried the couch co-op torch in a jam-packed 2025, but Hazelight is already "all hands on deck on our new project"

GamesRadar · Dec 19, 2025

2025 was anime's biggest year yet – and may have provided the blueprint for a decade of domination

Year in Review 2025 | 2025 was anime's year, but could 2026 be even better?

Total Film · Dec 17, 2025

Blue Prince is a "true hybrid" of video and boardgame genius – the fact that it's an award-winning roguelike was never part of the plan: "Things spiraled way out of control"

Year in Review 2025 | Blue Prince creator Tonda Ros thought it would be "niche of niche"

GamesRadar · Dec 17, 2025

As Xbox refuses to play the console wars game in 2025, it's traded exclusivity for a multi-platform future – but its biggest names are still at large

Year in Review 2025 | Even with 3 Obsidian games in one year, Xbox's 2025 felt like the calm before the storm.

GamesRadar · Dec 16, 2025