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 - 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.
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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.
The startmenu Podcast | 005 - Tom Hall Killed Xalavier Nelson Jr With A Chainsaw In Galway
Lex, Dave and KM gather to discuss the FÍS Games Summit, Trump's Tariff Chaos and its effect on the Switch 2, and the BDS boycott on Xbox and Microsoft.
The startmenu Podcast | 003 - Game Bass Fishing
With Dave back in the hosting chair for this week's podcast, Lex and KM talk about their experiences playing Wanderstop and discuss the latest news including a new mobile version Disco Elysium, Xbox's handheld plans, and the new Death Stranding 2 trailer.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - January 2025
What a quiet and uneventful January for the world… yup hardly anything note happened…
Anyway Branford Hubbard did round up every bit of video game news from last month, so that was nice.
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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.
Branford Hubbard's Very Gamer Christmas Carol | Winter Spectacular 2024
Genuinely no idea what to write here… Just give this piece a read.
Branford Hubbard worked hard on it.
Review | Indiana Jones and The Great Circle - Sacred, Ancient And Special
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a lavishly loving ode to one of cinema’s greatest action heroes and while it’s gameplay isn’t always best in class, it’s ambition and story pass with flying colours.
Charlie Wacholz reviews.
Review In Progress | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - A Long Winding Road
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is a vast game that we feel like we’ve barely scratched the surface of.
But the more Angus Law plays the more rewarding the experience is becoming.
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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 | 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 | April 2024
THINGS ARE GOING GREAT IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY… WHY DO YOU ASK?
Alex Green definitely isn’t desperately looking for any positives in this month’s Update Patch.
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.
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.