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Google Trends Game Report: JANUARY 2026

February 12, 2026

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Game Pass is to Blame for Outer Worlds 2 Failure (but not in the way you think)

February 09, 2026

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Top 25 of 2025 Google Trends in Video Games

Top 25 "trending" games of 2025. Rank Game Title 1 ARC Raiders 2 Battlefield 6 3 Strands 4 Split Fiction 5 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 6 Path of Exile 2 7 Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) 8 Pokémon Legends: Z-A 9 Minecraft 10 Roblox 11 Hollow Knight: Silksong 12 Donkey Kong Bananza 13 Assassin's Creed Shadows 14 Doom: The Dark Ages 15 Monster Hunter Wilds 16 Elden Ring Nightreign 17 Death Stranding 2: On The Beach 18 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II 19 Mario Kart World 20 Blue Prince 21 Clash Royale 22 Avowed 23 Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater 24 The Outer Worlds 2 25 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Hans Capon Replaces Theresa in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

This is an early impression of a part of the game (about 30 hours in). As Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's (KCD2) romantic elements begin to emerge, the game places a noticeable emphasis on interactions with Sir Hans Capon. This feels similar to the persistent encouragement to engage with Theresa in KCD1. Just as repeated trips to Theresa advanced that storyline, Capon becomes a focal point of story beats and romantic development in KCD2. The game actively encourages this "romance," with clear cues like heart icons and suggestive dialogue. This dynamic isn't widely discussed in early reviews, and organic player discussions have been relatively sparse since launch. The Capon situation feels like a forced choice. The game provides numerous opportunities for romantic interactions, starting with the heart icon option after leaving Trosky. This creates a sense of pressure, particularly for players who romanced Theresa in KCD1 or for straight players, who might feel compel...

KCD2 Part 2: Istvan Toth, Closed Churches, and a Terrible Sign

This is my second post as I meander my increasingly bummed way through Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. ------------ Istvan Toth Istvan Toth is a recurring character central to Henry's development, featuring in both Kingdom Come: Deliverance and its sequel. In KCD2, the player learns that Toth has a deep bond with Erik, whom he raised from a young age. The narrative includes moments that suggest a potentially romantic dimension to their relationship, including a scene observed by Henry. When confronted, Toth provides his backstory with Erik (whom he groomed from childhood) and then engages Henry in a dialogue where he suggests they share similarities. This interaction occurs against the backdrop of Henry's own developing close relationship with Hans Capon. The game thus presents a complex relationship that some may interpret as crossing moral boundaries. The relative absence of critical analysis of this element within video game journalism and commentary is worth noting. Closed C...

Top 20 Xbox Games: December 2025 (US)

This list reflects a combination of total hours played (engagement) and unit sales during the peak holiday month. I had Google's Gemini pull the information together for me. They also provided "Key Context." Below the table is how we (Gemini and I) came to this ranking. AI is getting very good at data summaries. Of course, this isn't perfect, but it's going to be heads and shoulders above what your average industry analyst can provide. This is for the US only. Xbox only. Rank Game Title Key Context 1 Minecraft The perennial #1, especially strong during holiday gift-giving. 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Dominant sales and engagement; a staple of the US charts. 3 Fortnite Massive engagement driven by end-of-year seasonal events. 4 Grand Theft Auto V Continued high engagement and Game Pass availability. 5 Battlefield 6 A "return to form" that saw huge holiday sales and high search volume. 6 Roblox Extremely high engagement among younger demographics. 7 The El...

The Disney/Halo Paradox: When Remakes Diminish the Original

Listen to this article as read by the author with added thoughts at the end. Thank you. 🏰 The Disney/Halo Paradox: When Remakes Diminish the Original You know how Disney likes to remake its old animated classics into live-action blockbusters? That's precisely where we are with the Halo 2001 vs. Halo 2026 remake discussion. The core idea for both Disney and game publishers is to use the latest technology to generate a technically "better" product. Disney replaces hand-drawn character expressiveness with hyper-realistic CGI , just as a Halo remake replaces simple, evocative environments with the highest polygon counts and photorealistic textures (like dropping Red Dead Redemption 2-type foliage and clouds into the Silent Cartographer). The result is a phenomenon of diminishing artistic return. The remake becomes less of a spiritual successor and more of a traced copy of the original, technically superior but creatively sterile. 📉 The Law of Diminishing Ret...

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