{"id":21399,"date":"2025-12-31T13:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/roblox-james-bond-and-a-billion-dollar-multiplayer-here-are-our-most-read-gaming-stories-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:37:22","slug":"roblox-james-bond-and-a-billion-dollar-multiplayer-here-are-our-most-read-gaming-stories-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/roblox-james-bond-and-a-billion-dollar-multiplayer-here-are-our-most-read-gaming-stories-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox, James Bond and a billion-dollar multiplayer \u2013 here are our most-read gaming stories of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s newsletter: The year\u2019s most popular stories reveal how play, power and politics collided in the past 12 months \u2013 and what you\u2019re psyched for in 2026<\/p>\n

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With the best games of the year duly noted (yours<\/a> and ours<\/a>), I\u2019d like to highlight some of the work we\u2019ve done covering them. Reviewing the top-performing articles that we published in 2025, I see a portrait of a conflicted year: plenty of great works and games that captured the imagination and the world\u2019s attention, but also growing anxiety about their place in the real world, and the political circumstances they reflect. And a lot of (justified) hand-wringing over Roblox.<\/p>\n

But first: I wanted to extend heartfelt thanks to everyone who reads this newsletter and the rest of our work at the Guardian. If you\u2019ve enjoyed our coverage, do consider supporting us to do more of it \u2013 either through a recurring or one-off contribution<\/a>. Without your support, none of the great journalism we produce would be possible. Thank you for being with us in 2025, and I hope you stick around to watch me slowly lose my mind working overtime in the buildup to Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019s release in November 2026. (Finally).<\/p>\n

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\nIn this week\u2019s newsletter: The year\u2019s most popular stories reveal how play, power and politics collided in the past 12 months \u2013 and what you\u2019re psyched for in 2026
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\nWith the best games of the year duly noted (yours and ours), I\u2019d like to highlight some of the work we\u2019ve done covering them. Reviewing the top-performing articles that we published in 2025, I see a portrait of a conflicted year: plenty of great works and games that captured the imagination and the world\u2019s attention, but also growing anxiety about their place in the real world, and the political circumstances they reflect. And a lot of (justified) hand-wringing over Roblox.
\nBut first: I wanted to extend heartfelt thanks to everyone who reads this newsletter and the rest of our work at the Guardian. If you\u2019ve enjoyed our coverage, do consider supporting us to do more of it \u2013 either through a recurring or one-off contribution. Without your support, none of the great journalism we produce would be possible. Thank you for being with us in 2025, and I hope you stick around to watch me slowly lose my mind working overtime in the buildup to Grand Theft Auto 6\u2019s release in November 2026. (Finally). Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s newsletter: The year\u2019s most popular stories reveal how play, power and politics collided in the past 12 months \u2013 and what you\u2019re psyched for in 2026 \u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here With the best games of the year duly noted (yours and ours), I\u2019d like …<\/p>\n

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