The best and biggest games of 2025 so far

Split Fiction (from left), Monster Hunter Wilds and Avowed. Hazelight Studios, Capcom, Obsidian Entertainment

Hazelight Studios, Capcom, Obsidian Entertainment

While we await the Nintendo Switch 2 and the new slate of games it may bring this year, studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and contributors round up the latest from a promising 2025.

Split Fiction 

One of Split Fiction’s most absurd scenarios casts protagonists Mio and Zoe as magical pigs. Hazelight Studios

Hazelight

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