The Monk movie, Hulu’s new heist thriller, and more new TV this week

Bethesda’s consistent support for Fallout 76 by way of updates, fixes, and content additions has been key in the game’s reversal of fortunes, and as you’d expect, 2024 will see the developer continuing to add to the online RPG. In a recently published blog post, Bethesda has offered details on what its 2024 roadmap for Fallout 76 will entail.

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.

The latest rumors for seem to suggest that and will be appearing in the film and fans are curious if there’s any truth to the rumors. Here is all you need to know.

A new month heralds even more titles joining the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. December’s lineup is playable from Tuesday, December 19, headlined by Grand Theft Auto V, letting even more players travel to Los Santos to experience the exhilarating single player story campaign, then craft their own career on the city streets and beyond in the vast multiplayer world of GTA Online. GTAV’s arrival into the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog nicely lines up with the game’s newly launched update, GTA Online: The Chop Shop, which introduces a new Salvage Yard business, Drift Races, and more.

Developer Dlala Studios and publisher Walt Disney Games released Disney Illusion Island, a 2D Metroidvania-esque platformer, exclusively on Switch earlier this year. It was nominated for Best Family Game at The Game Awards 2023 – check out all the winners here – and now, Dlala has revealed it is launching new content this week. 

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.

A new video reel showing off upcoming games created within the PlayStation China Hero Project program has been shared today by Gematsu.

Welcome to the busiest moviegoing season of the year, when films in theaters are actually worth trekking out to see and everything hitting VOD and streaming is… the movies that came out a few months ago that are also super worth checking out. Ack!

Another weekend means another batch of streaming recommendations, and there's plenty of variety to choose from this week. Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Mahershala Ali star in new Netflix thriller Leave the World Behind, while Todd Haynes' May December, which is already generating Oscar buzz for actor Charles Melton, has made its way to the UK via Sky Cinema. If you're in the mood for something a little more festive and lighthearted, try animated movie Merry Little Batman or Christmas rom-com Your Christmas or Mine 2, both on Prime Video.

Square Enix has released the “Theme Song” trailer, as well as new information and screenshots for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth introducing the Gold Saucer, Corel Prison, Vincent Valent, Cid Highwind, relationships, and more.

Dead Cells is still one of the best roguelikes you can play today, and now developer Motion Twin has only gone and made another promising action roguelike, this time with co-op.

The latest Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 update quietly added the 'sad Keanu' meme to Night City.