Episode 239

2025 has truly been an exceptional year for video games. As the year comes to a close, we pit our top 16 games of 2025 against each other in a bracket to determine Gametalk's Game of the Year! To follow along, please check out the YouTube release for this episode. As always, we conclude with the games we're playing (Neon White, Monster Hunter Wilds). This episode was recorded in December 2025. Intro and outro music composed for Gametalk by Dylan Chase.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Opening Banter

1:49 - Top 16

47:51 - Quarterfinals

1:04:45 - Semifinals

1:13:25 - Finals and Gametalk's Game of the Year 2025

1:24:04 - Neon White

1:30:41 - Monster Hunter Wilds