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2025 was a big year for gaming, and that includes gaming hardware. Nintendo launched its Switch 2 console in June, and since then, numerous Switch 2 titles and noteworthy updates for original Switch g...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Indie Game Awards (IGAs) retracted both awards given to Sandfall Interactive. ✓ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was accus...
📋 Key Facts ✓ No Other Choice releases in theaters on Christmas Day with a wide release in January. ✓ The film stars Lee Byung-hun as M...
Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte often wear coordinating outfits for appearances. Andrew Chin/Getty Images/Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte often wear ...
I tried the famous cake that Tom Cruise sends to his Hollywood friends every Christmas. Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images I tried the famous "Tom Cruise Cake," which the actor sends to a...
LG is adding a karaoke-focused party speaker to its lineup of Xboom devices, which is built in collaboration with Will.i.am. Announced this week, LG says the Stage 501 speaker comes with an "AI Karaok...
In just the past couple years, the art TV category that's been dominated by Samsung's The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Ga...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Kim Kardashian skin is the most popular in Fortnite Chapter 7. ✓ Kim Kardashian, a media mogul, features in a new ski...
When it comes to choosing from the dozens of available streaming services, there are two big variables to consider: price and content – and we know price is especially important for those working with...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Teases for Nintendo's next Zelda game have begun. ✓ The game could be influenced by Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonm...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Disney's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' achieved a domestic debut of $88 million ✓ Analysts expected an opening in th...
Project Ava was software last year, and now it’s hardware this CES. Razer's Project Ava AI game coach from last year's CES is taking a new form for 2026: a tiny holographic anime girl in a capsule you...
If you’re all caught up on Stranger Things , you’ll be aware of a plot thread left dangling in the Season 5 finale that has to do with a briefcase. It turns out this will be addressed in a live-action...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Timothée Chalamet is portraying the main character from Marty Supreme in a new ping pong movie. ✓ Chalamet is advised to ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ David Walliams was dropped from a children's book festival ✓ The drop followed claims of inappropriate behaviour ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Disney Imagineering debuted a next-generation robotic character named Olaf. ✓ The robotic Olaf marks a new era of Disney ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar: Fire and Ash earned $345 million globally in its opening. ✓ This represents a signifi...
In recent years, Square Enix has made quite an effort to remaster or remake some of its most beloved games and bring them to modern platforms. We've seen the incredible Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remak...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Season 2 Episode 6 titled 'Dark Night of the Soul' premiered on Paramount+ December 21 ✓ T.L. (Sam Elliott) punch...