Hello, Shacknews. Well, this is it. We’re turning in for the rest of the year, so it’s time to leave you all with one last round of news, memes, and entertainment for 2025. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.
In case you missed it at Shacknews:
Your weekly reminder to check out Shackmaps, our growing collection of video game maps to help enhance your gameplay experience!
And, because it’s the weekend, go find yourself something to play!
Around the Gaming Horn
Here’s some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.
Take a look at what’s ahead with Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined.
Here’s a peek at the Season Pass for SpongeBob SquarePants:L Titans of the Tide. And, yes, there is content from this weekend’s movie.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has a new update just in time for the new movie, so take a look at what you can expect.
And Bleach has come to Fortnite.
And now… Other Stuff From The Internet!!!
Today in Bubbletron
We interrupt our regular Bubbletron post for this special announcement.
Want to win a Nintendo Switch 2? Playing Bubbletron is the way! Follow the instructions in this video and a #NintendoSwitch2 can be yours in the new year! (Limited to U.S. only) #Bubbletron
— Shacknews (@shacknews.com) December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good luck to everybody!
Be sure to play Bubbletron today!
Oh, POO
Where does the time go, Grand POOBear?
Cheap Knick-knacks
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Pablo Torre continues to prove why he’s so good at this.
Nothing but the Hotfix
Jyggy’s here with Zelda for the holidays.
GDQ’s Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
This week in Shaqnews
Shaq has some opinions on the big men of today.
IT’S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!
On snap, AEW Dark came back for one night only!
Tonight in video game music
Lacey Johnson and BI SCORE are here to take us home with some Mega Man music.
That’s it for the last Friday Evening Reading for 2025! Be sure to keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you’d like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord.
Thank you to everyone for reading! On behalf of everyone at Shacknews, we’ll see you all next year! Of course, keep on coming back over the next few, because there’s still some unfinished business to take care of.
