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In a dark, narrow space, astronaut Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), in a full spacesuit and helmet, peers through a small opening in Project Hail Mary
Why you're seeing Tau Ceti everywhere in sci-fi right now

A popular Cetting

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A raider in Arc Raiders shooting a Bastion with a Rocketeer above on the Spaceport map.
Arc Raiders lore is coming with the next update, but it’s already hidden in plain sight

What even are the Arc, anyway?

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The Odyssey trailer screenshot featuring Matt Damon as Odysseus
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey casting isn't an issue, but Matt Damon's whole deal might be

Nolan's epic movie risks ignoring Odysseus's most compelling traits in favor of a standardized "Hollywood dad"

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The world tree in Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 escapes a wave of controversy and should keep getting better

Nothing like dying a thousand times to remind you what being human means

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A large number of pigs within Bills Must Be Paid, a Steam game that's like Whack-a-mole on steroids.
Steam game gets stolen 2 months before launch, assets and all

An indie game demo found success with a Chinese-speaking audience, but the visibility had a major repercussion

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A demon holds a guitar in Dead as Disco.
It's not just Mixtape: 2026 is unexpectedly the year of the music game

These new games totally rock

Two of the most likely Pokemon cards to be fake, according to PSA. One is a Charizard card and the other is a Gengar card.
The 10 Pokémon cards most likely to be fake (and how to tell)

Fan favorites like Pikachu, Charizard, and Gengar are popular counterfeit targets

Bobbie Draper (Frankie Adams), a young woman in a reflective spacesuit, looks worried in season 3 of The Expanse
The Expanse creators admit their new sci-fi series will be ‘so freaking hard to adapt’ for TV

'It really annoyed and confused our showrunner'

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An abstract angled shot of the PS5 Pro against a black background
Everything we know about PlayStation 6, Sony’s next-gen console

Here’s what we know, what we think we know, and what we don’t

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Star Fox's new makeover has launched a meme war among fans

Is it more Wes Anderson or ugly Sonic?

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He traded his $130,000 supercar for Pokémon cards, and doesn't regret it one bit

Meet the man who gave up an Audi R8 for a Pokémon card collection

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A banner depicting three images of Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Angel Down's Pulitzer win is a vindication for horror fans

Daniel Kraus' revelatory, single-sentence novel is a miraculous read — and the first horror novel to win the award since 2007

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A composite image from The One Piece anime remake featuring Luffy and the Straw Hats
The One Piece anime remake looks gorgeous, but its episode count is baffling

The first season of the new One Piece anime will end in an awkward spot

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Harue Shigima in Paranormasight looking terrified
These Square Enix thrillers defy one of modern gaming's biggest curses

"The Paranormasight series doesn’t aim to do anything new or groundbreaking"

C3PO looking confused in Star Wars: A New Hope
Where are all the Star Wars simulators?

Please, I just wanna be a Gungan peasant

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Anakin Skywalker looking Super Evil in Revenge of the Sith, peering out from under a dark hood while his red-and-yellow eyes glow.
Star Wars is becoming cosmic horror, as creators spin the Force beyond light and dark

In Ahsoka and beyond, the old Jedi beliefs are giving way to something unknowable and far more unsettling

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Han Solo, in his usual leather jacket, and Princess Leia, with her hair down and wearing a filmy blue gown, embrace each other on the cover of Beth Revis' The Princess and the Scoundrel
How do you expand a canon Star Wars love story without infuriating fans? We asked three Star Wars authors

Star Wars' biggest romances all end tragically, but the novelists expanding the canon get to dig into the happier times

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The protagonist of Solateria meditating at an altar
This deceptively complex Metroidvania is one of 2026's hidden gems

Parrying isn't everything

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Seliph from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Nintendo planted the seed of Fire Emblem's salvation 30 years ago

Can't spell Lucina without Seliph

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Image: MORK BORG a skeleton stands with a simple shield against a stark yellow background
D&D’s metal alternative made me appreciate character death in the game

In Mörk Borg, characters don't last long, and maybe that's a lesson for D&D, too

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