Fran Ruiz
Fran Ruiz is our resident Star Wars guy. His hunger for movies and TV series is only matched by his love for video games. He got a BA of English Studies, focusing on English Literature, from the University of Malaga, in Spain, as well as a Master's Degree in English Studies, Multilingual and Intercultural Communication. On top of writing features and other longform articles for Space.com since 2021, he is a frequent collaborator of VG247 and other gaming sites. He also serves as associate editor over at Star Wars News Net and its sister site, Movie News Net.
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If you're a Pandora-loving moviegoer who can't get enough of the Na'vi culture, keep an eye on these stunning Lego Avatar sets.

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Amazon and Bethesda return to the Wasteland with a second Fallout season that's all about New Vegas and not letting businessmen and fanatics run the world.

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With the Fallout TV show venturing back out into the Wasteland, what better time to rank every Fallout game from worst to best?

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If you didn't stay up to watch The Game Awards 2025, here's the complete rundown of the hottest sci-fi and space games that appeared at the show.

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Embark Studios' extraction shooter takes cues from sci-fi classics to establish a dark future, but its cautionary tale is more believable than most.

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Our friends at PC Gamer hosted a fantastic show looking at the future of video games, and these are our favorite space and sci-fi picks from it.

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Tribute Games' take on Marvel comics focuses on the universe's more overlooked cosmic elements and packs a delightfully off-beat roster of heroes.

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Disney's long history contains a bunch of sci-fi movies worth watching that don't belong to Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, or other large franchises.

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Superman has ushered in DC’s big movie universe reboot, but what’s coming next? And which projects are confined to Elseworlds?

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The first post-Disney Star Wars game didn't reach the gameplay highs of the originals, but it took us to a galaxy far, far away in spectacular, and almost photorealistic fashion.

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It's a prime time to watch all the Transformers movies in order, either chronological or by release date.

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After a tense wait, it's finally been confirmed that Alien: Earth will return to our TV screens with more horrors in season 2.

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Get ready to rip and tear with our ranked list of all the Doom games.

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The five-part Avatar saga continues three years after The Way of Water, with Avatar: Fire and Ash showing us a different side of Pandora. Here's what we know about Avatar 3.

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Watch all the Predator movies in order, from the original Predator to the newly released Predator: Badlands, and including the Alien vs. Predator crossovers.

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Forget the space battles, we're going planetside with our list of the most must-play sci-fi strategy games, packed full of aliens, robots, and futuristic armies.

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Samus Aran returns in 2025 with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, a first-person action adventure that's been in the works for nearly a decade.

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The physics-based Martian rover simulator rides out of early access, offering tons of creative tools and impeccably chill vibes.

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After the success of Prey, Predator returns to the big screen with Predator: Badlands, a new theatrical movie set in the far future on another world.

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It's cold, it's dark, and there are monsters... get ready for the best space horror movies to watch right now.

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Many video games are full of alien horrors, but these are the best games that let players turn the tables and become the terror from outer space.

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Outer space is pretty scary on its own, but the best space horror games excel at taking scares further with alien monsters, rogue AIs, and psychological horror.

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The award-winning anthology of animated Star Wars shorts is back with a third batch crafted by Japanese studios. Here's our take on all of them.
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