Year: 2025

PHOTOS: Coca‑Cola Holiday Caravan swings through C-K

With the Man in Red himself behind the wheel, the Coca‑Cola Holiday Caravan swung through Chatham-Kent on Friday. Families had a chance to meet Santa and take pictures in front of the illuminated truck. In addition to Pain Court, shown here, other stops included Dresden, Wallaceburg, Chatham and Blenheim. Trevor Terfloth photos.

Half-Life 3 is rumored to be a Steam Machine launch title and could arrive in spring 2026

Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly's podcast, which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026.”The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life 3,” Mike Straw, one of the hosts of the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast and senior editor at Insider Gaming, said. “At the end of the day, the game is real.”Straw added that all the…

A Kinect for kids is outselling Xbox to become the hot console this holiday

It’s a small sample size, likely driven by Black Friday discounts and temporary virality, but the Nex Playground has gone from little-known console curiosity to best-seller. It’s now on track to quadruple its sales from last year. According to research firm Circana, the Playground was the second best-selling console in the US for the week ending November 22nd, and third for the week ending November 28th. In October, it wasn’t even mentioned by Circana’s video game analyst, Mat Piscatella. The colorful cube got a steep discount for Black Friday, from $249 to $199, which is likely part of what…