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Tomorrow's the big day, and I don't just mean New Year's Eve. The series finale of Stranger Things airs tomorrow, and Netflix has released a trailer for the last episode. We're given only flashes of the final episode, along with a voiceover of an emotional Jim Hopper telling Eleven he needs her to fight one last time. It's just over 1 minute and 30 seconds long, with what appears to be only about 30 seconds of new footage. There isn't much to go on here, as most of the footage features emotional...

River City Ransom Underground is being delisted on Steam, but players are heading back to the cult classic thanks to a steep discount.

Apple's restrained artificial intelligence strategy may pay off in 2026 amid the arrival of a revamped Siri and concerns around the AI market "bubble" bursting, The Information argues. The speculative report notes that Apple has taken a restrained approach with AI innovations compared with peers such as OpenAI, Google, and Meta, which are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers, chips, and large language model training. This has fueled criticism that Apple is falling behind in ...

These ten movies got the lowest scores of 2025 among those with seven or more reviews. But are they all that bad?

Plenty of reasons to be optimistic—and a few concerns

Slow gameplay, mediocre art, poorly balanced factions, and confusing rules make this tabletop adaptation a dud

Hej hej Felix! As the new year approaches, it's the season of goodwill and change, new things and new horizons (and not just NS2 Editions), which means it's time for some news we've been sitting on for a little while. Yes, as you probably guessed from the headline, our lovely video producer Felix Sanchez is disembarking the good ship Nintendo Life. Felix — gentleman, scholar, musician, Mario Party devotee, and thoroughly top chap — joined Alex and Zion at the start of 2022 and has been an absolu...

Anyone shopping for portable power stations can find up to 65 percent off Anker and Jackery's best accessories this week. Each retailer is hosting a New Year's sale for its most popular charging accessories, with major savings on these high-priced power stations that match Black Friday prices in many cases. Jackery Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Jackery and Anker. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Jacker...

Content creator Emily Hopkins shared her Bonsly Pokémon card obsession on social media, and the strange collection has gone viral

Conatus Creative has announced that side-scrolling beat-'em-up River City Ransom: Underground will soon be delisted from Steam, so get it while you can.

A personal ranking of the Magic cards that mattered most in 2025, from Commander staples to joyful weirdos.

Through thick and thin.

Clair Obscur fans have been enamored with the game since its launch, and that adoration takes many forms, including wonderful fanart.

New sales data reveals that the Switch 2 has already managed to surpass the lifetime sales of three (albeit fairly unpopular) consoles in the UK.

Chinese action game Phantom Blade Zero has amassed over a million wishlists in the two weeks since its September 2026 release date was confirmed.

Former Grand Theft Auto dev Obbe Vermeij reminisces about his canceled Rockstar projects and congratulates Larian on its “bold move.”

Gun-fu action game Spine should have received a release date this year, but it didn't, and now, developer and publisher Nekki has offered an explanation as to why.

While you wait for Stranger Things season 5, check out their iconic team-up with another group of angsty '80s teens: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

A look back at the year that was, as chosen (sort of) by you.

Marvel has released the second Avengers: Doomsday trailer online in 4K, giving us a look at Chris Hemsworth's return as Thor.

Valve has released the data for the best selling games on Steam in 2025, and the results throw up a few surprises that we didn’t expect.

Meta has acquired an AI startup called Manus — known for its custom research and website-building agents — in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, according toThe Wall Street Journal. It's reportedly one of the largest acquisitions yet involving a startup nurtured in China's AI ecosystem.  Manus arrived in March 2025, shortly after another Chinese AI startup, DeepSeek appeared on the scene. The company (called Butterfly Effect at the time) originally described it as "the first general AI agent...

Layoffs, cancelations, closures, price hikes, the $1,000 Xbox Ally X, rumors of the end of Xbox consoles, a bad Call of Duty, and loads of good games

Hot on the tail of Amazon's Kindle Scribe Colorosoft, TCL is introducing its own take on a distraction-free note-taking and reading device. Unlike the new Scribe, however, it doesn't use E Ink. The TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER is the company's latest device to use NXTPAPER, TCL's custom paper-like LCD screen, which offers some of the qualities of E Ink without the limitations. TCL says the 11.5-inch color "NXTPAPER Pure" display on the Note A1 has a 2,200 x 1,440 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, whi...

Wildcards keep us guessing every year, shedding light on the hardware hits that don't easily fit into a neat category elsewhere.

Apple this week revealed its annual New Year Sale in Japan, offering Apple Gift Cards worth up to ¥38,000 alongside a free limited-edition AirTag for qualifying iPhone purchases. The ‌AirTag‌ features a special engraving of a Daruma, a traditional Japanese talisman commonly associated with perseverance, good fortune, and the achievement of goals. The ‌AirTag‌ offer is limited to 65,000 units in total and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. だるまAirTagかわいいな＞＞Appleの初売​りまた、初売り限定の特...

At CES 2025, NVIDIA spent the bulk of its presentation touting (what else) its leading position in the artificial intelligence arena. But it also spent time talking up new hardware, including its RTX 5000-series GPUs and Project Digits desktop supercomputer (later redubbed Spark). This year, the company's website says it's "lighting up CES 2026 with the power of AI." To that end, NVIDIA is pulling out all the stops at its Vegas installation, promising hands-on demos in its booth at the Fontaineb...

Anomalisa came at a lowpoint in Kaufman's career, but it may be his most powerful movie.

The A+ Team. Yes, yes, I know. Only 25 games since June. I am a lazy sod. Regardless, I've had quite the ride thus far with my Switch 2. We're still not that far out from launch, and I expect super-duper exciting things in 2026. Loads of 'em. I can smell it. Oh no, wait, that was just my dog.

Let's see how well you remember the last 12 months.

Owlcat Games has announced that it is releasing a bespoke launcher for all its games, which has gone down just as well as you'd expect.

CES 2026 is right around the corner, and the pre-show hype cycle/ early reveals suggest, yes, there’s going to be an awful lot of AI-powered insert-product-category-​here alongside, thankfully, some major announcements from the likes of Intel, Sony and NVIDIA. Intel is finally unveiling its Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series 3) chips. The first chips built on Intel’s 2nm process could offer a 50 percent performance boost, which is sorely needed amid intense competition. NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang is taki...

A whole new generation of graphics cards dropped this year, but which can take the crown?

Lies of P: Overture is a game no longer held down by its own strings.

2025 has gone by in a flash, hasn't it? Well, apart from the days I've spent tabulating all your Game of the Year votes and presenting the results here - that has felt like an eternity and I think has given me permanent neck pain. But, let's not worry about that. I'm sure you'll agree it was worth the sacrifice.