Rockstar and Netflix put twenty-six minutes of actual GTA 6 gameplay on screens this afternoon, all captured on a regular PlayStation 5, and for the first time the wait stopped feeling like rumor. Jason and Lucia walk into a dim apartment building looking for a man named Raymond on a pickup for someone called Boobie Ike.
Drivers and pedestrians along Sunset Boulevard near Selma Avenue keep doing double takes this week. High above the traffic sits a billboard that looks less like an advertisement and more like someone’s actual living room, complete with a couch, curtains, shelves of books, and a bay window facing the street. Inside that elevated room, roughly 30 feet off the ground, a man in a robe has been going about his day in full view of everyone below. Netflix built the setup as a promotion for its new sci-fi thriller The Last House, which began streaming on August 7.
Ten years after the first episode quietly appeared on Netflix, the streaming service has given Season 1 a complete visual and audio overhaul that turns every frame into something that feels pulled from a dusty rental case. Search for “Stranger Things VHS” or head to the dedicated title page and you will find all eight episodes of the first season presented as if someone in Hawkins had checked it out from Family Video in 1983 and played it until the tape started to wear.
Darkness swallows the apartment building as the Category 5 hurricane slams the coast in Netflix’s Unhinged. The electricity goes out, the stairwell locks, and Ava soon realizes she’s sharing the space with something far more dangerous than wind and rain. Her only way to contact anyone who can help her is through the device that most people carry with them wherever they go.
David Zaslav awoke this morning with the weight of Warner Bros. on his shoulders, a media giant woven together from the vestiges of a bygone era of cable television and the relentless tugging of streaming. By midday, he had inked a path forward that hands Warner Bros to Netflix, thus cutting ties with the old world of linear networks.
Fans of the Upside Down have waited what seems like an eternity for this moment. Finally, with Stranger Things’ last season ending on December 31, LEGO has stepped in to preserve the dread in brick form. The new LEGO Icons Stranger Things: The Creel House, set 11370, captures the creepy core of Hawkins’ most cursed location, transforming a seemingly simple structure into a portal for countless repeats of the show’s darkest events. At 2,593 pieces, this Icons collection demands patience, but the payoff reveals layers of detail that reward every click.
Liam Hemsworth is Geralt of Rivia and the first trailer for The Witcher’s fourth season, out October 30, 2025, shows he’s got this. This penultimate chapter of the fantasy epic based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s books is darker and more fractured for our heroes.
Squid Game, the South Korean series that had us all hooked with its brutal survival drama, has been reborn in a crazy way. The 64 Bits team has made a Game Boy demake of the first season, and it’s playable on the same handheld that brought us Pokémon and Tetris.
Stranger Things has been a cultural giant since 2016, mixing 80s vibes with supernatural scares and a cast that feels like family. With the fifth and final season on the horizon, Netflix’s latest teaser delivers a nostalgic punch and a chilling hint of what’s coming.
Hawkins, Indiana, is about to face its ultimate test. Netflix has unveiled the release schedule for Stranger Things Season 5, the grand finale of the sci-fi horror saga that’s captivated audiences since 2016. Announced at the Tudum 2025 fan event on May 31, the fifth season will roll out in three parts, starting November 26, 2025, and wrapping up on New Year’s Eve. For newcomers and longtime fans alike, this is the moment to gear up for an emotional, high-stakes ride through the Upside Down.