With such a packed year of acclaimed video game releases, which one will run away with the most coveted award of the season?
![30 Must-Play Xbox Series X Games You Can’t Skip [2025 Edition]](https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Forza-Horizon-5-300x169.jpg)
Despite continuously losing out to PlayStation, Microsoft's eighth-gen console has built up a solid library of must-play games.
We believe that a game doesn't have to break the bank to be considered good, and it looks like there are a lot of developers out there who feel the same way.
Assassin's Creed Shadows has beaten out other 2025 releases like Monster Hunter Wilds and Mario Kart World in European sales.
Call it a trend, the best value for money or a mix of the two, but more developers are providing some great games at $49.99.
A curated look at 25 confirmed Nintendo Switch 2 games that show real promise based on early details and developer track records.
Hazelight Studios and EA's acclaimed co-op action-platformer crosses yet another major sales milestone, the developer has announced.
A bunch of previously-released third party titles have been officially announced for Nintendo's upcoming next-gen platform.
While Story Kitchen is putting together a team for the Split Fiction movie adaptation, a bidding war between studios has started.
Hazelight's Josef Fares shows up in a video at the end of secret level Laser Hell to congratulate players that manage to beat it.
Split Fiction's director has said that the studio is excited to work on its next project, and that he is "fully focused" on a new game.
The latest critically-acclaimed adventure from Hazelight is also the first title published by EA in 13 years to receive a 90+ Metascore.
Out now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, Hazelight Studios' latest co-op adventure is selling at a much faster rate than It Takes Two.
The acclaimed co-op action-adventure title takes the top spot in UK, with 89 percent of its debut physical sales being on PS5.
Here's why Hazelight's newest co-op release has turned into an overnight sensation.
Hazelight Studios' It Takes Two took a month to sell one million copies compared to its latest critically acclaimed co-op adventure.
The critically acclaimed co-op action adventure has the second-highest player count for an Electronic Arts title on Steam.
Hazelight Studios' previous co-op titles continue to enjoy steady sales years on from their respective releases.
Hazelight Studios' co-op action-adventure game has more than doubled It Takes Two's all-time peak CCU numbers on Steam.
Fares has long been a proponent of not including any microtransactions and battle passes in games developed at Hazelight.
