Professor Layton and the New World of Steam launches in 2025

If you’re looking for new TV this week, you’ll probably want to head to Disney Plus — not officially, but that’s where you’ll find a lot of the big new releases in the lead-up to Christmas Eve this week (and, not for nothing, a lot of the family-friendly content for being home for the holidays too). There you’ll find familiar tentpoles like the MCU’s What If...? season 2 and the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians. But you’ll also find Dragons of Wonderhatch, a new world with a partially animated schtick.

Spike Chunsoft has released a new trailer for Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island introducing the dungeon RPG‘s gameplay systems.

Romance visual novels Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue – EXTRA1P and Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue – EXTRA2P will launch digitally for PlayStation 4 on December 21 in Japan, developers FILMIC NOVEL and sprite announced.

We’re losing two great entries into the TV memes category this week: First up is The Gilded Age, which has taken over X feeds everywhere — or at least in a lot of places — with goofy memes paying homage to the series’ arch language and high society antics. That show will be wrapping up its second season, with a possible season 3 on the horizon.

New World Season 4: Eternal Frost, launches tomorrow, and the team has everything you need to know before the update, including update times and details.

The cast-related rumors for continue to run rampant across the internet. After the recent set photos leak involving a Wolverine-related villain, fans also wish to know whether Wolverine’s son, Daken, is in the movie. So, here’s all you need to know about Daken and his potential appearance in Deadpool 3.

Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy XVI downloadable contents “Echoes of the Fallen” and “The Rising Tide.” The former is out today for $9.99, while the latter is planned for release in spring 2024. An Expansion Pass including both add-ons can also be purchased for $24.99.

Naughty Dog has released a new The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered trailer showcasing the game's No Return roguelike survival mode.

Players in Japan are steeling themselves for battles and captivating stories. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Northern War is officially launching in Japan tomorrow. It’s out for pre-downloads today, so get your hands on the game from the Play Store.

Nintendo and Universal Studios Japan have debuted the first look at the Super Nintendo World theme park’s upcoming Donkey Kong expansion.

The end of the year is looming, but TV isn’t slowing down a bit. This week we have all sorts of offerings to pad out the doldrums of this long dark we’re in (curse you, daylight savings time). If you’re looking for something more exciting, there’s Culprits, a heist murder mystery, or Blood Coast, a new crime thriller from Netflix. Or maybe you prefer the cozier comforts of Mr. Monk’s Last Case — the TV movie that, if the title is to be believed, will be the final farewell for the beloved Tony Shalhoub character.

It’s no secret that Final Fantasy XVI was a big risk for the company. After the somewhat lukewarm reception to their last mainline entry, they needed to do something big and bold to get gamers’ attention and prove that their series wasn’t growing stale. The answer that they came up with was not only to use the PS5 graphics system to make the game more realistic-looking than ever but to create a mature storyline that pushed what RPGs usually do and kept people engaged. Oh, and they also had it so that characters could turn into giant monsters. That also helped.