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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - July 2025
From record layoffs to thousands of games being delisted to high profile lawsuits July was a rough month for the games industry.
Thankfully Ali Rees was here to round it all up for us on Update Patch.
What Happens If Assassin’s Creed Shadows Fails?
With the latest Assassin’s Creed finally releasing Noah Estey asks if this new game is a beacon of hope for the shadows that plague Ubisoft?
And if not, what comes next?
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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 | August 2024
August has come and gone and seen plenty of game announcements, game releases and game news.
Alex Green rounds everything of note up in another Update Patch.
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 | May 2024
There was so much gaming news over the last week you could be forgiven for forgetting what happened in the month leading up to SGF.
Thankfully Alex Green is back with another Update Patch, this time for May 2024
Update Patch | January 2024 - Everything Sucks, Sorry
2024 has picked up where 2023 left off and we mean that in worst way possible.
Thankfully, Alex Green is doing his best to keep us up to date on everything going on in this trashfire right now.
Update Patch | November 2023
It’s been a while since we’ve had an Update Patch on startmenu, so of course, we have a lot of terrible and messy news to catch up on.
Alex Green returns to run everything down.
Did Microsoft Win Summer Games Fest 2023? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Very Likely)
What a season. What a season. The Summer of video games is really in full swing, but has Microsoft already won the news season of 2023?
Tal thinks so.
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 | January 2023
Not going to lie, there was a lot of bad news this month.
Alex Green rounds it all up as best anyone can.
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.
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 | 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.