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At the end of every year, gamers are faced with an undeniable fact: far too many video games are released in a 12-month span for anyone to reasonably play them all. It's literally my job to play video games and I bet someone could fill a reasonable top ten this year of titles I didn't even get time to touch. But even as it's a universal, undeniable truth, the revelation that you missed out on something popular is always met with the same incredulous statement.

A January Jason Statham action movie titled The Beekeeper comes with the weight of expectations. “Beekeeper” must have a double meaning. The movie must be littered with tongue-in-cheek bee puns and references. The action must be fun and creative, ideally with bee-centered hijinks. And above all, the movie must be ridiculous, but with a straight face that hides the knowing wink behind the curtain.

The new Ultimate Spider-Man is here, and as promised, it stars a very different version of Peter Parker who is married to Mary Jane Watson, with two kids. Along with Peter and MJ, the new Ultimate Spider-Man #1 checks in with many of the most well known Spider-Man supporting characters and sets up Peter's new origin.

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Our Flag Means Death, Taika Waititi's romantic pirate comedy, has been canceled after two seasons at Max.

HBO's The Last of Us has finally unveiled its Abby and it's Kaitlyn Dever, the actor known for her roles in Booksmart, No One Will Save You, and that other Naughty Dog game you may have heard of, Uncharted 4.

You won’t have much time to spare in Coral Island. You’ll be plenty busy running a farm, healing the corals, and saving the giants. You’d think after freeing them from their statue forms, they’d let you be, but it turns out the giants want something else: a disguise.

The question of how Echo fits into Daredevil continuity is alive and well. As the series readies for a simultaneous premiere on the all-ages Disney Plus and the more grown-up Hulu, along with Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio reprising their roles as Matt Murdock and the Kingpin Wilson Fisk, some kind of continuation is expected.

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HBO’s The Last of Us, based on the hit 2013 Naughty Dog game, has been burning up the awards season. Case in point, the show won eight awards during last night’s Creative Emmys Awards, beating immensely popular shows like Succession and The White Lotus in several categories. 

An upcoming farming sim will take place in a magical world of spirits and monsters where you restore a deteriorating countryside inn and explore the town and region populated by people, monsters, and more.  The game plans to launch with cooperative play, and it'll also have a neat-looking twist: By wearing ancient masks, you can use the power of creatures and monsters—one example is using the rooting power of a boar to till fields.

The big festivals in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful happen every so often as you play through the game. Unlike other farming simulators, such as Stardew Valley, these festivals do not have notable dates and times within the game. They don’t happen at specific times, but these are important events that you do not want to miss in the game.

In the picturesque Forgotten Valley in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful, love is in the air. While the player’s character is the only one who can get married, several potential couples in the game share a special bond.

The year 2023 gave fans a standout year in sizzling romance. Baldur’s Gate 3 allowed players to fall in love — and then make love — with its sexy and eclectic band of misfits. The Resident Evil 4 remake gave Leon Kennedy a head-to-toe makeover and turned him into a bona fide internet babygirl. Outside of games, longtime fan favorite Satoru Gojo made his long-awaited reappearance in the Jujutsu Kaisen anime.

Peacemaker is all set to continue as part of the new DCU and creator James Gunn has a promising – and surprise – update on the second season.

Fans of Pixar’s Luca — specifically those who ship the titular young sea monster and his best friend Alberto — are rejoicing on social media, announcing that “Luberto” (as the ship has been dubbed) has been declared canon. This conversation sparked when McKenna Harris, story artist on Luca and director of the companion short Ciao Alberto, shared a sequence of cute (and unofficial) art of Luca and Alberto in an Instagram story, ending with a picture of the two kissing beneath an umbrella.

Despite the shutdown of the beloved superhero MMO City of Heroes over a decade ago, fans have been keeping it alive for years with a variety of custom server efforts. Now, one of those projects has just gotten the blessing of the game's original publisher and license holder, NCSoft.

If you were like me, the shutdown of the GOAT superhero MMORPG City of Heroes broke your heart into itty-bitty pieces—it also probably made you happy to see people playing it again when it was revealed that the game code had been salvaged in 2019. 

Some things end with a bang, some with a whimper, and some with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Thanks to a mix of creative and corporate overhaul, the sequel to a film that made over $1.15 billion has been rendered as little more than a postscript to the dissolving DC Extended Universe project. Set to be replaced by a new shared universe in the next few years, one overseen by comic book whisperer James Gunn, all that’s left now is to clear through the rubble of what was once Warner Bros.’ attempt to rival Disney at its interconnected game and see what was done right.

Over its early access to full release journey, Disney Dreamlight Valley devs have built a solid relationship with the playerbase. Whether it’s contests, polls, or tweets, the team welcomes and implements player feedback. In a recent update, it seems this type of communication won’t be lost following the December 2023 full release.

The fifth edition of the vivo Switch Off Research study, titled 'Impact of Smartphones on Parent-Child Relationship,' reveals concerning trends about the strain on familial bonds due to excessive smartphone use. The study, conducted in association with Cybermedia Research (CMR), exposes that 93% of parents feel guilty about their relationships with their children, attributing it to their own smartphone overuse. Additionally, 77% of parents report that their children complain about their excessive smartphone use too.

With many cozy games featuring various romanceable NPCs, gamers might be asking themselves whether the new bathhouse cozy game, Spirittea, includes romance. Relationships may be central to this game, but does that mean you’ll be able to fall in love?

shows a variety of relationships, and allows for Tav or the Origin characters to develop a romance with another character or two. Some of those relationships have elements that are entertaining to witness, such as Ascended Astarion, making them options that are chosen despite the unhealthiness of it. But toxic relationships in come in all forms, from romantic to family and even business partners.

Ahsoka will be all about "master-apprentice relationships", says writer Dave Filoni. Oh, and epic lightsaber fights, of course... 

Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you a party full of romance options, but some players struggle to deal with the dynamics of showing interest in multiple characters. This isn’t helped by Baldur’s Gate 3’s dialogue options not offering the nuance players are looking for when gently letting people down.

It’s no secret that Baldur’s Gate 3 is no prude when it comes to mature content.

Patch 10.1.5 has introduced new storylines and lore developments. One quest, in particular, revolves around Alexstrasza, Queen of the Dragons, and a meeting with Vyranoth, the Frost Primalist Incarnate. Alexstrasza has shown interesting growth throughout Dragonflight. We analyze her journey. In a quest beginning in Eon's Fringe, Nozdormu asks us to check up on Alexstrasza. He tells us that something's been weighing on her, and that lately she's grown increasingly upset. Nozdormu believes it's the conflict with the Primalists, and it's likely that's part of it, but really, we have seen Alexstrasza's doubts grow throughout Dragonflight. As the Queen of the Dragons, she was the one who spearheaded the return to the Dragon Isles in the pursuit of reclaiming the Aspect powers, but instead of a return to former glory, Alexstrasza has come face-to-face with rebellion and regret.

Roblox developers will eventually be able to create subscriptions within their experiences to "establish a recurring economic relationship" with their users.