Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Curtain Call - Watch This Space - December 2025

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December 31, 2025
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And now, the end is near. And so we face the final curtain. What a great year 2025 has been… no, don't look over there, don't look at the real world, look here at all this great sci-fi goodness.

 

As is tradition, we've taken the end of the year as an opportunity to look back on all the wonderful space and sci-fi entertainment that blessed our eyeballs in 2025, putting together lists for the best sci-fi movies, TV shows, and video games of the year. They're all excellently written by our talented freelancers and showcase what a fabulous year it has been to be a sci-fi fan.

 

Outside of our annual nostalgia parade, December had a few treats in store for us. We finally got the trailer (and name) for Spielberg's upcoming sci-fi movie, Disclosure Day, which seems very mysterious, and very… Spielbergy. So, of course, we're 100% in! There were also a couple of teasers for Avengers Doomsday, confirming the return of the two Chrises — Hemsworth and Evans — in their respective roles as Thor and Captain America.

 

Gamers have been eating good, too, with both the PC Gaming Show and The Game Awards featuring a ton of new sci-fi game announcements (as a big 40K nerd, I simply cannot wait for Total War: Warhammer 40,000). Taking a peek back at the real world for a second, we also had a phenomenal piece looking at ARC Raiders' strangely comforting view of our incoming AI apocalypse.

 

But wait, there's more nostalgia. Enemy Mine turned 40 this month, and we took a glance back at this classic tale of foes becoming friends among the stars. And, to keep things festive, we shouted out that time Predator fought Santa's reindeer… and lost.

 

Honestly, I've barely scratched the surface of the fantastic writing we had on the site this month, and indeed, this year. A massive shoutout the the army of freelancers that keeps this ship running, and an equally massive thanks to you all for reading.

 

Have a fantastic New Year, and we'll see you out there in the vast unknown of 2026.

 

See you out there,

Ian Stokes, Entertainment Editor, Space


P.S. Got any feedback for us? Drop us an email at community@space.com. Be nice, or we'll send you back in time to do 2025 all over again.

 
 
 
 
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