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Elden Ring Nightreign review and Metacritic score roundup — What do critics think of FromSoftware's new co-op game?

Elden Ring Nightreign reviews are in, so here is what critics are saying about FromSoftware's co-op game.

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Elden Ring Nightreign Metacritic score sets it as the lowest-scored FromSoftware game in 7 years and ties a 25-year-old PS2 platformer nobody remembers, but that's before the multiplayer buff sets in

'The lowest-scored FromSoftware game' is still better than most other games

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DOOM: The Dark Ages review and Metacritic score roundup — Does Xbox have its GOTY contender with this long-awaited shooter?

At long last, DOOM: The Dark Ages is finally here — but is the highly anticipated prequel the Xbox Game of the Year contender everyone's hoping it is? Here's what the reviews are saying, and how it's scoring on Metacritic.

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GTA 6's delay just blew wide open the race for Game of the Year

Rockstar's decision to delay GTA 6 to 2026 has left the 2025 Game of the Year race wide open. With the industry's biggest contender out of the way, several standout titles are now fighting for the coveted award.

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"Speechless": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the first game from a studio filled with ex-Ubisoft devs, is officially the best-rated game of 2025

Sandfall Interactive's debut RPG beats Blue Prince, Split Fiction, and more

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Why film adaptations of popular video games often fall flat

Video game adaptations are having a moment. On television, shows like HBO’s The Last of Us and Amazon Prime’s Fallout — each based on popular game franchises — have been gigantic hits. On the big screen, 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie broke box office records, and at the time…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review and Metacritic roundup — Here's what critics say about this gorgeous turn-based RPG

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reviews are out, and critics are praising the detailed world, story, and art of Sandfall Interactive's first game.

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22 years ago, the worst game of all time launched to a Metacritic score of just 8, and now it's on Steam with 83% positive reviews from a whole new generation of garbage lovers

"You're winner!"

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2003's Kirby Air Ride was "ahead of its time," Nintendo exec says, and the Switch 2 sequel might finally let people appreciate "the genius of Masahiro Sakurai"

It's been 22 years since Kirby Air Ride launched to a 61 Metacritic

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2025's highest-rated Xbox game on Metacritic is coming to Game Pass in a matter of days — but you've never heard of it

Blue Prince is a genre-blending mystery game that drops players into an ever-shifting, puzzle-filled mansion with one simple goal: reach Room 46. It could be the sleeper hit of the year, and it's coming to Xbox Game Pass.

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South of Midnight review and Metacritic roundup — Here's what critics are saying about this Xbox folktale adventure

Reviews are in for Xbox's South of Midnight, so here's what critics are saying about the dark folktale adventure.

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The First Berserker: Khazan review and Metacritic score roundup — this stylish Soulslike sounds like a must-play action RPG

NEXON's new Soulslike ARPG The First Berserker: Khazan is finally here, and the reviews and Metacritic scores for it are promising.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows reviews and Metacritic score roundup: I'm hopeful Ubisoft returned to form with scores like these

The reviews and scores for Assassin's Creed Shadows are in, and they're promising enough that I'm feeling hopeful about the open-world RPG.

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Sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is tied with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 as the 3rd highest-rated game of the year on Metacritic so far

It's currently only one point below Monster Hunter Wilds, and three below Split Fiction

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WWE 2K25 review and Metacritic score roundup: Does 2K's latest wrestling game dominate the ring?

At long last, WWE 2K25 is here — but how is the game reviewing, and what's its Metacritic score? Here's a roundup.

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"The numbers on that page made no sense." Balatro developer recalls his amazement at selling 50,000 copies of his game—which went on to sell 5 million

Balatro developer LocalThunk has documented his timeline of creating the indie hit that went on to sell 5 million. Not bad for a game he didn't think anyone would play.

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Metacritic Just Revealed Which Gaming Companies Kept Delivering Quality in 2025

Two companies may have kicked off 2025 with strong releases, but a new Metacritic report shows they were just as big a deal over the past year.

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Sega was Metacritic's highest-rated publisher of 2024 thanks to the critically acclaimed Metaphor: ReFantazio and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Sega was the highest-rated publisher of 2024, according to Metacritic's annual rankings.

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Sonic helps power Sega to the top as the most highly rated games studio

The studio jumped eight places from last year.

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After dominating 2024 with Sonic, Persona, Yakuza, and Metaphor, Sega is the first company to become the year's best-rated publisher 3 times

Atlus did some heavy lifting, but Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Sonic X Shadow held their own too

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This was the best publisher of 2024, at least according to Metacritic

Sega topped the charts to become the best publisher of 2024, at least according to Metacritic.

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It Takes Two dev's new co-op game Split Fiction launches as Metacritic's highest rated game of 2025, beating out Monster Hunter Wilds and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Hazelight has another hit on its hands

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Split Fiction reviews and Metacritic scores are in — is this genre-bending co-op game as wild as it looks?

Hazelight's latest co-op game is here at long last, but does Split Fiction live up to the hype? Here's what reviewers say.

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Monster Hunter Wilds reviews roundup: Either 'a new peak for the series,' or 'may have lost its soul,' depending on who you talk to

Potentially the most approachable Monster Hunter game yet, but it may have lost something along the way.

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Monster Hunter Wilds debuts as the highest-rated game of 2025 with a 90 Metacritic score, and it's the top-selling game on Steam ahead of launch this week

It just barely beats out Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

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