Horror is still thriving, and next year looks particularly exciting. We’ll see more films entering the public domain, like The Dark Domain: Mickey vs Winnie, alongside highly anticipated sequels such as Scream 7, DC’s Clayface, and a new Evil Dead movie. Beyond these, several upcoming titles have the potential to become major hits, reaching a wide audience and possibly even achieving classic status.
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender faces a common problem with shows featuring young actors: how they’ll age as the series continues. Fans worried about this from the start, and the recent trailer for Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 seems to confirm those concerns. It’s a reminder that even with a lot of effort and care, the natural process of actors growing older can be difficult for long-running live-action shows.
I’ve been using my Xbox Ally X a lot in the evenings for the past couple of weeks. I like to play games like Slay the Spire or Spider-Man: Miles Morales while relaxing in bed with a TV show on in the background.
While Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took home Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025, the previous year’s winner was a bit of a surprise: Astro Bot, a single-player action-adventure and platformer.
It seems a small number of people are potentially spoiling things for everyone else, and this time it’s affecting PC gamers. A growing trend of companies using powerful, advanced AI is casting a shadow on what could be a promising development. Valve, the company behind the popular Steam gaming platform, is once again trying its hand at creating gaming hardware, but this latest venture seems particularly risky.
The news of multiple trailers for Avengers: Doomsday has led to a lot of debate about Marvel’s strategy. While Disney might be trying to boost ticket sales for Avatar: Fire and Ash by encouraging repeat visits to theaters to see each new trailer over the next month, there’s likely a more straightforward reason behind this decision.
Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has a new show that’s quickly becoming a hit. It’s a science fiction thriller inspired by Invasion of the Body Snatchers and has already broken viewership records. It initially surpassed the debut record for Season 2 of Severance, and now it’s been seen by more viewers than that show’s entire season. Although Apple TV hasn’t released specific numbers, it’s difficult to compare its success to shows on other streaming services.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, who also made Top Gun: Maverick, F1 stars Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a former Formula One driver who returns to racing after 30 years to save his teammate’s struggling team. The cast also includes Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem, and features cameos from real-life racing drivers like producer Lewis Hamilton.
As the year ends, another game studio owned by Microsoft has voted to unionize. On Friday, id Software, a developer based in Texas, successfully voted in favor of forming a union, according to the Communication Workers of America (CWA).
The CWA reports that a significant majority of the studio’s employees supported the move, bringing the total number of unionized workers to 165. Similar to previous unionization efforts at other studios, Microsoft has agreed to recognize the union.
Andrew Willis, a producer at id Software, explained that this unionization was necessary, emphasizing the importance of developers working together to address changes being made by industry leaders.
He added that the union will allow developers to regain control over the industry they’re passionate about, ensuring the creation of excellent games by skilled workers who receive good benefits and have long-term job security, rather than focusing solely on short-term profits.
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre feels disturbingly realistic, and remains terrifying even today. Though director Tobe Hooper returned 12 years later for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, the sequel was a much more lighthearted and different film than the groundbreaking original.