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The two protagonists from the much anticipated GTA VI. Rockstar Games hide caption
Chained Echoes, Sea of Stars, Cassette Beasts Matthias Linda, Sabotage Studio, Raw Fury hide caption
Among the trove of games was an original version of the cult hit Chrono Trigger. Screenshot from NPR hide caption
From left to right, top to bottom: the Steam Deck OLED, ASUS Rog Ally, Atari 2600+, PlayStation Portal, and DualSense Edge Controller. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Team up with unlikely allies Mallow, Geno and even Bowser in Super Mario RPG. Nintendo hide caption
Descent: Legends of the Dark - The Betrayer's War, Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn, Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West Asmodee/Ravensburger hide caption
Go the Distance, the best party mode in Move It!, still isn't quite as engaging as the game's co-op Story Mode. Nintendo hide caption
Josh Hutcherson and Piper Rubio in Five Nights at Freddy's. Patti Perret/Universal Pictures hide caption
Explore a twisted reflection of New York City in Alan Wake 2. Remedy Entertainment hide caption
Life is like a video game now, says author Max Brooks — it's constantly updating. Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Mario and a Talking Flower contemplate the Wonder Flower that will soon rock their world. Nintendo hide caption
Peter Parker and Miles Morales work together to defend New York City from new and returning threats. Sony Interactive Entertainment hide caption
Set your strategy adventure in either the shifting sands or the sci-fi stars. Paradox Interactive/Creative Assembly hide caption
The Meta Quest 3 can power augmented reality board games like Demeo. Meta hide caption
Detective Pikachu Returns, a kid-friendly mystery game from Nintendo, releases the same week as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Mirage. Nintendo/Ubisoft hide caption
Bethesda's new game Starfield features over 1000 planets. Bethesda Softworks hide caption
A Unity sign is displayed at the company's booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Now that's what the fans came to see. Warner Bros. Games hide caption
Series villain Ganondorf, as he appears in Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo hide caption
In the daily Connections puzzle from The New York Times, players divide a grid of 16 words into four groups of four. Beth Novey/NPR hide caption