August sure was a month with a lot of news. Some of it was good… however, most of it was pretty bad. Thankfully, Gonçalo Santos was there to help keep us aware of the state of the industry.
Read his weekly Update Patch notes to get up to date.
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All tagged The Witcher
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - May 2026
May saw plenty of video game news from across the industry, from big releases to high-profile delays, and from baffling rebrands to dreadful attempts to buy out a company that is bigger than yours.
Gonçalo Santos rounds it all up in this month’s Update Patch Patreon Unlock.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - June 2025
June was a bumper news month with a new console, Summer Game Fest, and countless announcments and stories.
Good news then that Adam Wescott rounded it all up every week in our Update Patch.
Update Patch | April 2022
After a month off Update Patch, Alex Green returns to the site with a bumper round-up of all of April’s major video game news.
Update Patch | July 2021
Huge content warning, some truly awful things came out about the games industry this month. However, we and Alex Green felt it was necessary to cover it in our monthly round-up.
PRIDE 2021: Game Characters That Helped Me Discover I'm Pansexual
Sexuality is a complicated thing and discoveries about one’s self can come from the strangest of places. Ben Wincote joins us this Pride to tell us about the games that helped him discover his pansexuality.
Cyberpunk 2077 on Consoles is a Disaster and Sony and Microsoft Need to Take Responsibility | Winter Spectacular 2020
I doubt you’ve heard because it’s a pretty small news story but that new Cyberpunk game is kinda busted. We welcome Najib Hassan to the site to explain why this problem is just as much Sony and Microsoft’s as it is CD Projekt Red’s.
Matthew Glenn, Ollie Luddy and Will Sawyer’s Tales From the Backlog | Winter Spectacular 2020
DO YOU LIKE MEANINGLESS AWARDS?! You’re on the internet so the answer is probably yes! Ollie, Matthew and Will hand out the first annual Backlog-ies and write a bit about the games from yesteryear that resonated the most in 2020.
Trust Me, You Can Put a Good Book Down
YAR HAR PIDDLIDY-DEE being a pirate ISN’T the life for me?
Stay Home, Chill Out #3 - Michael and Ollie Breakout of Velen
Michael Leopold Weber is ready to break free and Oliver Luddy just wants to live a quaint life in a fake village. But they both have more chill game recommendations.
GOTY 2019 - startmenu's Best Things That Weren't Video Games
Lousie, Ollie and Issy played a lot of games in 2019. But they did other things too! Kinda…