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GOTY, Features, Gaming Miscellany

A lot of video game marketing can feel quite dry and familiar, so when publishers, developers and PR go the extra mile to create something artistic and involve the community it is worth celebrating.

Fanny Moreaux showcases some of the best and most interesting video game collaborations in 2023.

Dec 28

Dec 28 10 The Wildest Video Game News Stories of 2022 | Winter Spectacular 2022

Michael Beckwith

A lot of news happened in the games industry in 2022, and some of it was almost too wild to believe… and yet here we are.

Michael Beckwith has a top-ten-list-worth of wild stuff, that barely scratches the surface of this industry.

Feb 20

Feb 20 Update Patch | January 2022

Alex Green

January is usually a pretty quiet news month, so we have told Alex Green to keep this Update Patch short.

…

Wait, what happened?

Dec 29

Dec 29 Natalie Raine's Games of The Year 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021

Natalie Raine

We love a good ole GOTY list, don’t we folks?!

Join Natalie Raine as she highlights her highlights of the year.

Dec 28

Dec 28 Santi Leguiza 2021 Was A Year of Endings and Beginnings | Winter Spectacular 2021

2021 being both the longest and shortest year of many of our lives has had us thinking a lot about endings and beginnings. No more so than for Santi Leguiza, who joins us again to discuss his Games of The Year for 2021 and how they revolve around bringing things to a close and starting anew.

Dec 25

Dec 25 The First Annual startmenu Awards | Winter Spectacular 2021

Group Article

This article is just like 2021 itself; it will make you laugh and make you cry, it is way to long and will be gone in a flash, it was a lot of hard work and we’re not sure it was worth it, but we got through it all together!

Welcome to The First Annual startmenu Awards!

Dec 16

Dec 16 Elizabeth Henges Is Moving On and Moving Fast | Winter Spectacular 2021

Features

There is a term in speedrunning for when a game is being played at a marathon event and it has gone way over the estimated time and has to be cut short. It’s called “a mercy kill”.

Elizabeth Henges reflects on when it’s time to call a reset on a run or maybe a dream job.

Oct 29

Oct 29 Games, Mental Health and The Digital Realms We Escape To

Kelsey Raynor

Features

Mental Health is a hard and complex thing and sometimes we just need a break from it all. Sometimes we just need to spend some time in another world.

Kelsey Raynor looks at the relationship between our mental health and the faraway worlds we spend time in.

Aug 18

Aug 18 Video Games Still Have a (Body) Image Problem

Jamie A. Nicholas

Features

Video games don’t have a great history of portraying realistic bodies and despite years of change, Jamie A. Nicholas believes the industry still struggles to present anything other than buff men.

Aug 3

Aug 3 Update Patch | July 2021

Alex Green

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.

Jul 11

Jul 11 Here's a Rundown of Everything at Sony's State of Play [08/07/2021]

Lex Luddy

State of Play returns with a look at Deathloop, more Norman Reedus and a lot of punching. Ollie recaps everything shown.

Jun 23

Jun 23 Here's a Rundown of Everything At Square Enix Presents E3 2021 [13/06/2021]

Ben Wincote

Can you fit a Guardians of the Galaxy shaped peg into a Square (Enix) shaped hole? Ben Wincote fills us in on all the news AND CHAOS at Square’s E3 showing this year.

Feb 27

Feb 27 Here's a Rundown of Everything at Sony's State of Play [25/02/2021]

Lex Luddy

Sony’s first State of Play of 2021 was this last week and we sure do hope you like Final Fantasy VII. Ollie doesn’t but they took one for the team and rounded up everything shown at the event anyway.

Dec 11

Dec 11 Elizabeth Henges and Returning to Eorzea | Winter Spectacular 2020

Features, GOTY

This year has seen us all isolated and struggling but Elizabeth Henges has found a safe haven in one of the worlds biggest MMOs.

Sep 17

Sep 17 Here’s A Rundown of Everything Shown at the PlayStation 5 Event Today [16/09/2020]

Lex Luddy