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When we look back on the standout games of 2025 in the years to come, in many cases it’s as likely to be for the characters who populated them as it is for the greatness of their mechanics or level design. Whether it’s the heroes we inhabited, the villains we faced, or the random side characters we met just for a fleeting moment, there were some memorable newcomers in the best games of 2025, as well as a few characters we’ve known for years that had a moment worth celebrating. Here are our picks for the best video game characters…

Haha, You Clowns isn’t your average Adult Swim cartoon. Instead of edgy jokes and trippy animation, Joe Cappa’s sincere storytelling and crudely drawn characters explore the slice-of-life stories of three well-behaved teenage boys and their widower dad. In one episode, the brothers struggle to pick a film that will keep their dad awake during movie night. In another, a lost jacket triggers an identity crisis. It’s sweet, simple, and cozy. At least, that’s how Haha, You Clowns begins. By the end of its first season, Haha, You Clowns lulls audiences into a false sense of security before unleashing authentic portrayals…

Fortnite’s latest Winterfest celebration kicked off with the usual array of map and gameplay changes in Battle Royale and piles of free stuff in the Winterfest cabin. But that’s not all there is to care about in Fortnite’s latest update–we’ve also got a pair of new sets of quests that reward XP, and an additional free cosmetic that must be earned by completing a specific one of those new quests. Let’s take a look at what we’ve got here.Not all of the Winterfest quests are currently available. As of December 20, only the first two sets of quests are available.…

Heartopia developer XD Games has delivered the news anyone who tried out the life sim game had been waiting for. The Animal Crossing-like cozy multiplayer game will finally arrive on January 7 across Android, iOS, and PC – with one caveat. The Steam version won’t actually launch on that date, and will instead go live at some other point in the future. You will be able to play it on PC through TapTap, which is the same emulator you may be familiar with from beta. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Pre-registration is open on…

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is one of the best-looking and most impressive Switch 2 ports around. And for the rest of the month, this open-world RPG is being sold for less than $20 on the Nintendo eShop alongside a bunch of other great deals on other titles. Today is the start of Nintendo’s Holiday Sale, and the big star of all the deals is definitely Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2, which has been marked down from $70 to $17.50. Yes, that’s the price. That’s not a typo. It’s a discount so big that deals guru Wario64 was seemingly worried it…

After 40 days in total isolation, Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) breaks down at the end of Pluribus episode 7 and asks the hivemind to come back. When her chaperone, Zosia (Karolina Wydra) answers the call, Carol weeps in her arms with relief. But in episode 8, the reunion turns awkward. Carol doesn’t know what to talk about, and Zosia suggests a board game as an icebreaker, revealing that Carol has a sizable collection, though not one that makes a lot of sense for the character. A peek into Carol’s cabinet reveals a bunch of party games like Hues and Clues,…

Two of the coolest building sets in the Lego Icons lineup are on sale for great prices at Amazon. Transformers fans can add the 1,508-piece Optimus Prime Lego figure to their collection for $157 (was $180). Based on the Autobot’s iconic Generation 1 appearance, Lego Optimus Prime is a 2-in-1 model that can be converted from robot to truck. Lego’s 950-piece Bumblebee figure has the same kind of 2-in-1 functionality, allowing fans to convert the fully assembled build from robot to car with a series of twists and folds. The Bumblebee Lego model is on sale for $72 (was $90),…

Today is a big one in the world of Genshin Impact. The long-awaited Version Luna 1 update – formerly known as version 6.0 – has arrived, bringing with it the game’s seventh major region, Nod-Krai. But that’s not the only thing worth getting out of bed for, because Genshin is also celebrating its fifth anniversary with a whole lot of community content, and an unexpected collaboration. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings MiHoYo announced that it’s celebrating the release of Version Luna 1, and the game’s fifth anniversary, with a number of events, both in-game…

As we come barreling toward the end of the year, you can still find all sorts of great tech deals. Lots of good stuff has been marked down for holiday shopping, but there is no rule against using these hefty discounts to secure a nice new gift for yourself. If you’re been in the marker for a new computer, you can upgrade to the Apple iMac right now while saving yourself 12%. That may not sound like a ton, but it actually cuts the price down by $150. The M4-powered iMac which usually runs for $1,299 is now just $1,149…

Hell, HUNTR/X even performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, where two of the movie’s characters got their own parade balloons. KPop Demon Hunters is everywhere — and its incredible success is a sign that tween girl culture is making a comeback. As a millennial, I grew up in a golden era for tweenage girl culture. Lizzie McGuire was the queen of the Disney Channel, Barbie was being cast aside in favor of the cooler, more controversial Bratz doll, and popular tunes from tween-focused girl groups like Dream were being piped into clothing stores like Limited Too, a spin-off of…