Nintendo is in a giving state of mind this season, offering some holiday deals on games in the eShop, including a few recent Switch 2 titles. For instance, the Switch 2 version of Ball x Pit, which was one of our staff's favorite games of 2025,

NFL schedule on Christmas Day features 3 games to start Week 17, all divisional matchups. Here's how to watch on TV and stream on Netflix.

Even though most of the teams playing on Thursday are eliminated from playoff contention, in-division bragging rights are still at stake.

Pick up Paradise Killer for free, but be quick, as it's only available for free at the Epic Games Store for 24 hours.

Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, and more! We list the top best Nintendo Switch games to play right now. The best Nintendo Switch games will be playable on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Grand Theft Auto VI, probably the most anticipated game of all time at this point, didn’t come out this year (I called that one right!), but that doesn’t mean 2025 was hurting for amazing games to play.

On Monday, BYU announced a home-and-home series with Notre Dame. The series with Notre Dame will begin in Provo next year and will finish in 2027 with the Couga

That’s another year of video games down, and I don’t know about you, but my fingers are sore from all the button-mashing and joystick rotations. Games seem to be getting longer, sprawling between 60 and more than 100 hours.

Find all of our “Best of 2025” lists here. It’s been a big year for video games, from couch co-ops to grand, story-driven blockbusters. PBS News Hour’s Jeffrey Brown sat down with James Mastromarino, NPR’s gaming editor and producer for the show “Here & Now,” to talk about the releases that really stood out.

By playing video games, “people are practicing complex skills in simulated environments,” said Aaron Seitz, a professor of psychology and the director of the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well - being at Northeastern University, unlike traditional “brain games,” which tend to be as “simple as possible.”

Never has that sentiment been more true than in 2025 — seen both in the best games of the year and in the culture around them. The industry-wide layoffs that started in 2023 showed no sign of slowing down.

The 2025-26 NFL season is winding down, with the penultimate week of the regular season set to kick off with a triple-header on Christmas Day. Week 17 will be do-or-die for several teams that are clinging to their playoff hopes.