Here are our picks for the best video game characters of 2025.

As an industry, video games are pretty young. However, within the short time that gaming has been around, it has given birth to characters that have significantly impacted entertainment. Whether it ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over ten years ago. She tends to enjoy musical theater, ...

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Get ready to pull out all the tricks with “The Samba King.” Ronaldinho is tied for the highest overall in FIFA 06 at 95. His ...

Nearly every basic story has its established protagonists and antagonists, as typically supplemented by an eclectic cast of supporting characters to help progress, stall, or complicate events detailed ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

I've been playing video games since roughly around the time I developed the cognitive function to do so. I do not claim to know everything about every game, but I am always willing to learn. Joke ...

2025 was a great year for roguelike games, with “Hades II” and “Elden Ring Nightrein” standing out. “Absolum” is definitely ...

The first Black video game characters were more stereotypes than … well, characters. Street Fighter II’s Dee Jay was probably seen as a course correction, but he might as well have been called Jammin’ ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...