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 - 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.
Review | Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Two Months Later: I Want My Switch 2 To Be My Last Traditional Game Console
The Switch 2 has been out for over two months now and after hours of play, testing, and trying to figure out why Game Key Cards exist, Sana SMW is finally ready to review the console’s historic launch.
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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 - April 2025
An eventful month for the games industry saw Marathon getting shown off, Oblivion Remaster getting released and the BAFTAs handing out awards.
Joe Richards rounds up everything that happened in April.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - March 2025
Despite the Switch 2 not being announced until April, March was full of gaming news.
From Split Fiction to Tomodachi Life, Amy Eastland rounds it all up in last month’s Update Patch.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - February 2025
From Warner Bros. turbulent few weeks to Sony’s State of Play and everything in between, Adam Wescott is here to round up the biggest news stories of February.
The Best Of February 2025's Steam Next Fest
This February’s Steam Next Fest has seen countless demos hit the PC store yet again.
Alex Orona is back on the site to highlight the best of the best that deserve to be on your wishlist.
The startmenu Podcast | 001 - Room For Sludge
The startmenu podcast returns with a new format, a new host, and the same cursed energy.
Our first episode back features Dave McAdam, Lex Luddy and KM.
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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.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - November 2024
Join Ali Rees as they wrap up all the news from last month, week by week, in this months [PATREON UNLOCK].
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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.
Interview | How Ys X: Nordics Hopes To Renew The Beloved RPG Series
In the run-up to the release of Ys X: Nordics Henry Stockdale had the opportunity to interview Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo.
Here's what he had to say about the game and introducing the long-running series to new players.