Well… that all escalated quickly.
September was a quite, um, eventful month for the games industry, so it's a good thing that Branford Hubbard kept us up to date with all the industry news every week with his Update Patches.
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Update Patch | July 2024 - Loads Has Happened
Another month down, the Olympics are over, and Gamescom season is upon us. Thankfully, Alex Green has EVERYTHING you need to stop yourself looking silly on the show floor!
Take a look at this month's Update Patch, and impress everyone with your exquisite knowledge and finger-on-the-pulse mentality, why don't you?
Update Patch | June 2024 - THE NOT-E3 SPECIAL EDITION
June has come and gone but the scent of Summer Game Fest lingers… It smells like gamers… AND NEWS!
Alex Green rounds up all of last month’s biggest events in this month’s Update Patch.
Update Patch | April 2024
THINGS ARE GOING GREAT IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY… WHY DO YOU ASK?
Alex Green definitely isn’t desperately looking for any positives in this month’s Update Patch.
Update Patch | February 2024
As 2024 enters its third month, let’s look back at everything that happened in February and try to figure out what the hell is going on right now.
Alex Green returns for this month’s Update Patch.
Report: Nintendo Could Confirm New Hardware As Soon The End Of August
It seems like confirmation of the Switch follow-up could be coming sooner, rather than later.
Update Patch | Summer Showcase Spectacular
It’s the summer so of course the video game announcements are coming quick and fast.
Alex Green tries to wrap up the highlights of the last two months in this latest Update Patch.
Update Patch | February 2023
“What a year, huh?” - Lexi
“Captain, it’s February!” - Alex Green
Well, we should probably round up all the news anyway.
Update Patch | September 2022
This Update Patch is late?
A monthly news update is never late. It gets posted exactly when it means to!
Or a few days after Alex Green gets done writing it.
startmenu Podcast Episode 18 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Game Club
With Gamescom on the horizon (at the time of recording), the gang convenes to discuss the only thing in video games more cutthroat and ruthless than trying to get around the merch area of the Koelnmesse... Mario Kart!
Update Patch | July 2022
July was a month of game delays, executives saying dumb things and acquisitions.
Ok, so that sounds like every month in the games industry this year but there were definitely some stories you missed.
Alex Green rounded them all up for us!
Update Patch | May 2022
Even as (not) E3 was fast approaching last month, that didn’t stop the video game news from happening and millions of dollars being thrown around.
Alex Green is back to fill us in and let us know who is still playing Babylon’s Fall.
Update Patch | February 2022
It is nearly impossible to care about something as seemingly quaint as video games when what is going on in the world right now continues. However, oftentimes our hobby intersects with these important issues.
Alex Green highlights all the month’s biggest video game stories including the industries’ reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Update Patch | November 2021
We could write a spiffy strapline, but honestly, November was a pretty grim month for the video game industry. Alex Green is here to make sure you are up to date on everything that happened.
Update Patch | September
September was a month of winners and losers… Actually, it was mainly a month of losers. Alex Green rounds up all of the biggest stories from the last month.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything at The Nintendo Indie World Showcase [11/08/2021]
Short and sweet! Nothing like a surprise deluge of cool indie games to get you through the end of a long week. Ollie rounds up everything Nintendo showed at the latest Indie World Showcase.
Update Patch | June 2021
Just because we were all occupied with E3 doesn’t mean there wasn’t lots of other video game news. To catch us all up Alex Green is back with this month’s Update Patch.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything at Nintendo's 2021 E3 Direct [15/06/2021]
We welcome Adeola Osinaike to the site for the first time to rundown everything shown at Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct.
PRIDE 2021: A Brief History of Modern Trans Characters in Games
We have come a long way for the region dependant, uncertain and offensive portrayal of Poison in Street Fighter II but there is still a long way to go. As part of our month of LGBTQAI+ articles this Pride, Natalie Raine looks at eight important trans characters in modern games - from the good, to the yikes, to the “it’s complicated”.
Update Patch | April 2021
Just because no video games are coming out doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a load of news this April. Alex Green breaks the biggest stories of the month down.