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12 best video games of 2025 — our top picks for PS5, Switch 2, PC and Xbox

2025 has been another epic year for gaming with must-play titles across PlayStation, Nintendo, PC and Xbox. These are the 13 best games of the last 12 months, according to the Tom's Guide staff.

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Rematch Season 2 Has Arrived - 1v1 Mode Coming in January

Rematch has officially launched Season 2, as Sloclap leans into the winter vibe with new content, gameplay updates, new arenas and seasonal outfits. Season 2 reflects the ongoing focus on evolving Rematch through gameplay changes shaped by community feedback and continued tuning.

Operation Sports

Sloclap Reflects on Rematch’s Rocky First Year and the Reality of Live-Service Football

Sloclap CEO Pierre Tarno tells all.

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"Players are very precise and very demanding": Rematch "was a very strong learning curve" for the Sifu devs, but Sloclap is still working to find the back of the net

Year in Review 2025 | A game of two halves

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Rematch Confirms Upcoming Hotfix, Currently in Console Certification

A new Rematch hotfix is on the way, and it aims to solve a handful of frustrating issues players have been dealing with since the last update. According to developers Sloclap, the patch has already been completed and is currently in the console certification process. Once approved, it will be…

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Rematch Patch 5: Ranking System Update Brings League Demotions and Dynamic Adjustments

Ready for those relegation fights!

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Rematch Elite Edition Hitting Retail Shelves on November 14

Sloclap confirmed that Rematch will be getting a physical edition for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 14, priced at $40. The Elite Edition is set to include the full Season 1 content scheduled to launch later this month.

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Rematch crossplay is delayed after devs found "a major matchmaking issue" during its "final tests" before Patch 3's launch

"Since Crossplay is the heart of Patch 3, we've decided to delay the release while we fix it"

GamesRadar

Games Publisher Kepler On Cloud Nine After Smash Hits

Games publisher Kepler Interactive has notched up two of the breakout titles of the year with "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" and "Rematch", reaping the rewards for developing independent projects on tight budgets.

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Rematch's latest update aims to fix 'major netcode releases' including missed tackles and false goals, crossplay will 'hopefully' go live by the end of August

The second big Rematch patch is now live in Steam beta and expected to roll into the full game on Monday.

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Why is REMATCH struggling to retain its players? One of my favorite online games is still missing the most crucial feature of all

Are cosmetic microtransactions sidelining the potential of this fun multiplayer football title? REMATCH is losing its players, and crucial features are still absent.

Windows Central

If you catch the ball in Rematch, there's a small chance you didn't—Sloclap's desync issues are upsetting players in a game I otherwise can't stop playing

I came in like a soccer ball.

PC Gamer

Sifu wasn't just a kung-fu game, say its devs, and Rematch is actually a "samurai game" and not a football game

I think I've been playing it wrong

GamesRadar

Rematch devs call it a 'samurai game' and give a timeline for player reports, new ranked queues

Plus a patch adds colorblindness features, gamepad remapping.

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Rematch dev is "sorry" that players wanted more Sifu, "but for the moment it was better to let it rest"

Sloclap had "given everything we had on Sifu"

GamesRadar

Rematch director doesn't want to make "$50-100 million" games, "because that's what the big studios do" and all it does is limit the studio's creative freedom

And that just makes it harder to survive in a tough industry

PC Gamer

Rematch developers didn't 'get' the game, Sloclap boss says, until they started playing internal tournaments: 'I don't give a s**t about football, but this really struck something in me'

It turns out that a lot of Rematch developers, and a big chunk of players, aren't soccer fans.

PC Gamer

Rematch plans to add an in-game report system, punish own-goal griefers with 3 days in the slammer, and slap cheaters with indefinite bans

"We take these matters extremely seriously."

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Rematch's developers expected players to develop new tech fast, but 'not nearly as fast as it is going right now'

Tekkers!

GamesRadar

"The essence of football is not in the rules": Rematch's creative director on nailing that five-a-side feeling and making a game "about kicking a ball rather than kicking heads in"

Interview | Creative director Pierre Tarno dives into the motion that ties Rematch, Sifu, and Absolver together

PC Gamer

No more dolphin swimming or flying in Rematch—in a bug fix, Sloclap very seriously explains why levitating soccer players aren't part of its vision for the game

It's okay, Sloclap. We understand.

GamesRadar

I spent 75 hours unlocking every trophy in Elden Ring Nightreign, only for Rematch to steal its thunder with a single hat trick

Now Playing | The Sifu dev's sports sim makes you work for your success and I'm here for it

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"Chasing safe bets is a death sentence": Rematch devs had no desire to simply chase FIFA or Rocket League, but they spent years planning out their hit football game

"It was not a question of 'oh, Sifu did very well – what are we doing next?"

GamesRadar

Rematch players have discovered that flopping around the field is faster than sprinting, but Sloclap is going to stop the flop

"We're planning to push a fix very soon, before this weekend."

PC Gamer

Rematch players are flopping about like schools of flying fish because—and I tested this—it's actually faster

I foresee a hotfix in Sloclap's future.

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