"GameSpot's staff comes together annually to vote on the year's best and then discuss the outcome of those results to compile a list of our favorites. Everything from the past 12 months is eligible, including late December releases from the prior year (but not Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; that made 2024's list) and live-service games, which are judged on the merits of their additions and updates during the year."
"Despite Hades achieving seemingly instant and massive success upon its release back in 2019, developer Supergiant Games spent well over a year debating if it was interested in revisiting the game's charming reconstruction of Greek mythology for a sequel. After all, protagonist Zagreus's story felt more or less complete by the game's conclusion, and, at the time, Supergiant Games had exclusively created fantastic one-and-done titles."
A wide range of brilliant 2025 games across genres made selection challenging as staff evaluated the year's best. Eligible titles include all releases from the past 12 months, including late-December prior-year launches, with specific exclusions noted. Live-service games are judged on the quality of additions and updates during the year. A ten-game shortlist was compiled via staff voting, with a Game of the Year to be chosen from that set and platform-specific winners to follow. Hades II emerged after Supergiant debated a sequel for over a year despite Zagreus's story feeling largely complete and the studio's history of one-and-done titles.
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