Hey, remember June? Some news happened then. Some of it was good… but most of it was bad.
Adam Wescott did their best to round up as much as they could.
Check it out in the latest Update Patch [Patreon Unlock].
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - April 2026
April saw a lot of news from new games breaking out to half a dozen film adaptation announcements, and from new game announcements and leaks to potential cancellations.
Hiero De Lima rounded it all up in four Update Patches now available on the site.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - March 2026
If you thought February was full of bad news for the video game industry, let Lawrence Adkins introduce you to March in this latest Patreon Unlock of all of last month’s Update Patches.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - February 2026
So February was kind of a hot mess… but at least we are almost at the end of the year, right?
Adam Wescott rounded up all the news every week in the latest four Update Patches unlocked from our Patreon.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - January 2026
Last month saw the first few showcases of the year and no shortage of controversy.
Scott Nowbaveh rounded everything up in his weekly Update Patches.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - December 2025
This past December was one of the busiest and most fraught months in the video game industry in years, so to get you ready for 2026 we’ve collated all of Adam Wescott’s weekly Update Patches from last month.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - November 2025
Simon Estey brings us November’s gaming news highlights.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - October 2025
October may not have been the best month for video game news… In fact, there was a lot of very bad news last month.
Thankfully, Adam Wescott is here to keep us informed and highlight some great work being done in the space.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - September 2025
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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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - August 2025
August saw the continued battle against payment processors evolve, while Gamescom hearlded several noteable accountments.
Sana SMW rounded it up each week for our ongoing Update Patches.
The startmenu Podcast | 014 - A Very Crowded Horse
Lex and KM are joined by a very busy Dave and we instantly get back to trying to break him as we catch him up on all the gaming news he missed over the last little while.
The startmenu Podcast | 013 - Smut Is Rad
This week Lex and KM are joined by Adam Wescott to discuss the ongoing payment processor controversy, fan games, and the importance of smut.
The startmenu Podcast | 011 - WAHOO!
Lex, Dave and KM, are joined by Eoghan Watters to discuss the devastating layoffs at Microsoft, Romero Games shuttering, and Death Stranding 2... Oh, and Luigi.
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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.
Unearthed Treasure Room Is A New Kind Of Showcase
From Summer Game Fests to State of Plays and everything in between, there were a lot of showcases last week.
Thankfully, Adam Wescott talked to Melos Han-Tani and Liz Ryerson about their new show dedicated to games that are out now!
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - May 2025
May was a ridiculously busy month for games, so its a good thing that Joe Chivers was here to deliver weekly updates on the latest goings on.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - December 2024
As 2024 came to a close there was no slowing down the news train.
Thankfully, Eoghan Watters rounded up all of December’s news each week to keep us all in the loop.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - October 2024
In our first [Patreon Unlock] we take a look at Michael Beckwith’s huge weekly rundowns of October’s news.
Update Patch | March 2024
Things continue to be rough in the video game industry this year with more layoffs, controversies and confusion in 2024.
Alex Green takes a look back at March to try to figure out what is going on.
Alex Green Posits 2023 Is The Last Great Year For Games | Winter Spectacular 2023
For the last three years, Alex Green has been writing a monthly news column for startmenu so you should listen closely when they warn of impending doom.
He looks back at 2023 and why it may well be the last great year for video games.