Best of 2021

2021 was a year filled with major controversies and the continued effects of COVID-19 in the video game industry.

Art direction and aesthetic can be utilized for narrative storytelling.

If Metroid Dread left you wanting even more Samus-filled adventures, you're in luck. Here's everything we know about the next entry in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime 4.

Returnal waits a very long time to play its most impressive card.

Arkane's latest game combines the best of open-ended action, immersive sims, and roguelites to present something that is wholly its own.

House Beneviento, the scariest level in Resident Evil Village, works because it knows that running and hiding aren’t fun for a whole game.

The newest installment of the indie RPG left me astonished--and terrified.

GameSpot's staff chose some of our favorite video games of 2021 that didn't make the official top 10 list.

Psychonauts 2's journey through grief and loss lets us really feel what it's like to be missing your better half.

While there might only be one trailer for FFXVI so far, it's already given us quite a bit of information about the game's story, characters, gameplay, and world.

There were a lot of great movies released in 2021, but Denis Villeneuve's Dune was GameSpot's favorite.