How have you been getting on in the new year? I’ve just about remembered that it’s ’26 and not ’25 anymore for this round up, so we’re off to a good start, I’d say.
It’s certainly been a chilly one with the thermostats dipping below 0ºC and some snow and ice on the ground. As if you needed one, it’s a good excuse to continue your holiday gaming, isn’t it? I might check out the snow stages in Assetto Corsa Rally.
In the News This Week
Surely nothing noteworthy happened between Christmas and the New Year, did it?
- Rainbow Six Siege went offline with some cybersecurity shenanigans, but no details were stolen
- Konami says they want to release one Silent Hill game a year
- GOG has gone independent and privately owned from CD Projekt
- NBA 2K24’s servers were shut down
- And The PS Plus January 2026 Essential games have been revealed
Game of the Year 2025
We wrapped up out Game of the Year awards for 2025, and there’s a full list below, but let’s start with
- Game of the Year 2025 – Overall Winner
Do you agree with our pick?
- Best Remake
- Best Narrative
- Best Visual Design
- Best Original Soundtrack
- Best Video Game Adaptation
- Best Roguelike
- Best Puzzle Game
- Best Independent Game
- Best Multiplayer Game
- Best Virtual Reality Game
- Best Strategy & Simulation Game
- Best Racing Game
- Best Horror Game
- Best Role Playing Game
- Best Shooter
- Best Action Game
- Biggest Disappointments
Most Wanted 2026
And with GOTY done and dusted, we’ve now kicked off our Most Wanted Games of 2026 list, starting at 50 and working our way down. There’s just the one entry from yesterday, but keep an eye out for when I get around to publishing the second batch later today.
Games in Review & Featured Articles
Since it was the tail end of the year, and we kept things pretty lean during the Crimbo Limbo, we just had a last couple reviews to squeeze in:
- Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked – PS5, PC, PSVR 2, PC VR – 8/10
- Pokémon Legends: Z–A Mega Dimension DLC – NSW2, NSW – 7/10
And as has been tradition for a good long while, we had a bit of GOTY counter-programming on Boxing Day with TheSixthAxis Alternative Game of the Year Awards 2025.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured a bunch of holiday gaming, from breaking out classics Guitar Hero and Super Mario Galaxy, to Aaero 2, Demeo x D&D Battlemarked and Silent Hill f.
Trailer Park
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties adds a new Bad Boy Dragon mode
That’s all for the round up this week. Enjoy the weekend, check in on Most Wanted, and we’ll start getting back through the gears from Monday.
