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.
startmenu Podcast REMASTERED 002 - Press Conferences And Conventions w/ Jeff Grubb
The podcast returns with Batgrubb himself, to discuss pretending to be professional when covering press conferences and conventions.
startmenu Podcast REMASTERED 001 - New Games, New Format
That’s right, the podcast is back and we’re changing things up. This week sees Lexi shares the reins with Ordhran Johnson as we welcome Harry Schofield and Inverse’s and Girl Mode Pod’s Willa Rowe to the inaugural episode of our new format.
Update Patch | October
October felt like it arrived out of nowhere and then left as if it lasted for three months. That means that there was also three months of news to catch up on, right?
We should check with Alex Green and see if this maths checks out.
Update Patch | August 2021
Last month felt like the beginning of a long reckoning and so it felt very strange to be “celebrating games” this month with Gamescom. Alex Green is back to help us run this strange gambit of news.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything At Bungie's The Witch Queen Showcase [24/08/2021]
If I know one thing about Destiny, it is that everyone who plays Destiny loves Destiny.
If I know another thing about Destiny, it is that I have NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON IN DESTINY ANYMORE!
So we brought in resident Guardian, Jon Simpson, to round up everything at Bungie’s first livestream for The Witch Queen DLC.
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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.