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GTA 6 is poised to dominate GOTY 2026, but there are plenty of promising looking games this year. Here are five 2026 GOTY contenders.

43.8 million player votes later, the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards have been announced, with Hollow Knight: Silksong securing top prize, Game of the Year.

Dive into the iconic sci-fi series The X-Files with these 10 standalone 'Monster of the Week' episodes, now streaming free on Pluto TV. No need to watch the entire series - these handpicked episodes are perfect for newcomers and fans alike.

Xreal's 1S AR glasses offer an elevated take on wearable tech with exceptional performance for video games. Read Polygon's Xreal 1S review for more.

If you’ve been on the fence about trying the sort of “AR glasses” that, until recently, were called “personal cinemas,” then check this out. Xreal has turned up to CES 2026 with an updated version of its entry level Xreal One glasses, first launched at the end of 2024. The new model, dubbed the 1S (yes, with a numeral rather than the word) gets marginally better specs and $50 knocked from the asking price. If you’re unfamiliar, One is a wearable spatial display that connects over USB-C to any co...

Developer KayAnimate is “getting closer and closer to completing” the next Holocure Save the Fans update for the free survival roguelike.

The Boys’ final season must honor the comic’s ending, giving Billy Butcher a darkly satirical arc with a shot at redemption.

We're just hours away from the start of CES 2026, and with that comes Intel's launch event. The chip giant is expected to provide more details on its AI PC initiative and the new processors powering it: The Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs (aka Panther Lake) are made using an 18A process — that's 18 angstroms, or just under 2nm — and designed for high-end laptops and gaming devices. For Intel, the stakes at CES are higher than ever. In the past 12 months, both NVIDIA and the US government acquired owner...

Govee, which makes some of the more unique and interesting smart lighting products, has a new batch at CES 2026. That includes two ceiling lights (one of which simulates a skylight) and a floor lamp that supports trillions of colors. Govee describes the new Ceiling Light Ultra as "the industry's first ceiling light designed as a true creative canvas." It uses 616 individually controlled LEDs (the highest in its class, according to Govee) to provide that level of detail. Using the Govee app, you ...

Govee today introduced three new HomeKit-compatible lighting products, including the Govee Floor Lamp 3, the Govee Ceiling Light Ultra, and the Govee Sky Ceiling Light. The Govee Floor Lamp 3 is the successor to the Floor Lamp 2, and it offers Matter integration with the option to connect to HomeKit. The Floor Lamp 3 offers an upgraded LuminBlend+ lighting system that can reproduce 281 trillion colors, and it supports 1000K to 10000K light temperature range. LuminBlend+ is a color management sys...

Myles-age may vary. When Metroid Prime 4 previews dropped back in November, series fans were rightly worried that the biggest killer in the game may not be scourge of the Space Pirates and bounty hunter extraordinaire Samus Aran, but a geeky sidekick apparently out to murder the series' pensive, lonesome tone with his inane geekery and unwanted guidance. Not every previewer found him grating, but the general pre-release sentiment was that chatter from Myles MacKenzie and the Galactic Federation ...

Rebel Wolves reveals The Blood of Dawnwalker’s main theme, and a trailer that seems to show two key characters in the upcoming vampire RPG.

The time is here - you helped to pick the nominations and then you voted for your favourites. The 2025 Steam Awards winners have now been revealed.

"Your right hand comes off?". Hello folks, and welcome to the first 2026 edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we looked at the iconic, if under-appreciated Ice Climber for the NES, and would you believe it, we had a tie! North America and Japan achieved a total of 38% each, with Europe trailing at 24%. In our opinion, the Japanese design is slightly better in this case, but we'll leave it as a tie.

The 2025 Steam Awards winners are confirmed by Valve, with Hollow Knight Silksong taking home the grand prize in the fan-voted contest.

Fixed front fringing, light absorption, and the best HDR we've seen to date.

The latest QD-OLED tech is something very special.

Switch Online GameCube controller support also confirmed. GRID: Legends: Deluxe Edition was announced for the Switch 2 at the end of last year and will be "coming soon" to the new hybrid system. It's already been confirmed this version of the game will feature graphics and performance modes, and more details about these modes have now been revealed by the developer Feral Interactive during a chat with fans on Reddit.

Piplup is getting another Community Day event for 2026. Here's all the perks, including how to find a shiny Piplup.

The next update arrives next week. In case you missed it, Atlus is celebrating Persona's 30th anniversary this year, and to get the party underway, it's now opened a special website. The Persona 30th Anniversary Portal includes an original illustration from character designer Sigenori Soejima, showing off the faces of the franchise. Apart from this, there's a notice about how the "next update" will be taking place on 8th January 2026 (aka next week).

Will your design feature in the game!? When Capcom lifted the lid on Mega Man: Dual Override at the end of last year, it also announced a Robot Master Design Contest. This competition asked fans to submit a unique design for a Robot Master with a "giant suction arm" and provided an existing template to work off. As it's now past 1st January 2026, this contest has officially concluded.

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Dragon questing since 1986. 2026 is a big year for video game anniversaries, and one of the many celebrations already getting underway is for the Dragon Quest series. This year, the long-running role-playing series will turn 40 years old. To kick things off, Square Enix and its official Dragon Quest social accounts have now shared a look at the official anniversary logo.

The sycophantic, (mostly) immortal robot made certain design constraints easier to work around, but it allows for a "rebellious, individualistic" player to bypass some tough choices.

Static remaster.

It also won Best Game You Suck At, just like Black Myth: Wukong did last year.

"I'm still making toys and I love them, and they make me happy."

We could be witnessing the start of the renaissance for real buttons in cars, courtesy of Volkswagen's ID. Polo. The German automaker unveiled the interior of its upcoming compact EV, which features real buttons, switches and even a knob for audio controls. "We have created an interior that feels like a friend from the very first contact," Volkswagen's chief designer, Andreas Mindt, said in a press release. "Clear physical buttons provide stability and trust, warm materials make it appealing, an...

2025 has been the worst year on record for Xbox console sales in the UK.

The Duffer Brother used D&D to frame their story in Stranger Things, but didn't learn the right lessons about storytelling

The new Arena Breakout Infinite update adds the Guoyapos Airport map, a snowy Northridge, more weapons, and high-risk Encrypted Files.

Amazon this weekend has the Apple Watch SE 3 on sale at all-time low prices, starting at $199.00 for the 40mm GPS model. These prices are matching the Black Friday discounts we tracked in November, but stock is low, particularly on the 40mm GPS model. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You can also get the 44mm GPS Apple Watch SE 3 on sale for $229.00, down from $279...

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, shortened to DROP, that allows residents to request to delete all of their personal information online that's been harvested by data brokers. According to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy), which was responsible for DROP's release, it's a "first of its kind" tool that imposes n...

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From Galaxy Quest to Minority Report, Tubi has science fiction movies of every flavor — and they're all free to stream.