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Let's Unpack Bungie's Destiny 2: Lightfall Livestream
It is basically becoming a cliche to say this but, Destiny 2 is a very different game now to the one that launched in 2017. Now, almost 5 years later, it is about to transform again.
We asked Jon/Jenna Simspon to guide us through this next era of Bungie’s MMO.
Update Patch | July 2022
July was a month of game delays, executives saying dumb things and acquisitions.
Ok, so that sounds like every month in the games industry this year but there were definitely some stories you missed.
Alex Green rounded them all up for us!
UK Games Expo - Bring Pride To The Table
Sometimes you need to turn off the console, play some analogue games and go on super gay adventures with your friend. Jamie Nicholas explored the queerer side of the UK Games Expo and wants to tell us all about it.
Update Patch | May 2022
Even as (not) E3 was fast approaching last month, that didn’t stop the video game news from happening and millions of dollars being thrown around.
Alex Green is back to fill us in and let us know who is still playing Babylon’s Fall.
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.
Update Patch | January 2022
January is usually a pretty quiet news month, so we have told Alex Green to keep this Update Patch short.
…
Wait, what happened?
Update Patch | 2021 - A Big Year For Bad News
After 2020 we joked that there was no way 2021 could be any worse… Well, Alex Green is here to round up all the ways we were wrong.
At least 2022 has to be better, right… RIGHT?
Update Patch | November 2021
We could write a spiffy strapline, but honestly, November was a pretty grim month for the video game industry. Alex Green is here to make sure you are up to date on everything that happened.
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 | September
September was a month of winners and losers… Actually, it was mainly a month of losers. Alex Green rounds up all of the biggest stories from the last month.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything Sony's PlayStation Showcase [09/09/2021]
Venom, KOTOR, cars, new worlds, the birth of a DILF iconic and a washed-up writer? Yeah, there was a lot to talk about from Sony’s latest showcase and who better to cover it than startmenu’s very own washed-up writer Ollie.
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.
Update Patch | July 2021
Huge content warning, some truly awful things came out about the games industry this month. However, we and Alex Green felt it was necessary to cover it in our monthly round-up.
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Here’s a Rundown of Everything at This Summer's EA Play Live [22/07/2021]
THE ELECTRONIC ARTISTS ARE BACK! After a year of almost silence, we finally got a look at what EA has been working on and Ollie is here to break it all down.
So What Did Bandai Namco Actually Show At Its E3 Showcase in 2021?
Bandai Namco and Fromsoftware rocked the end of Geoff Keighely’s Summer Games Fest with the first gameplay trailer of Elden Ring. So we brought Adeola Oisnaike into breakdown its full E3 showcase… And… well… things didn’t go as planned…
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Here's a Rundown of Everything at Sony's State of Play [08/07/2021]
State of Play returns with a look at Deathloop, more Norman Reedus and a lot of punching. Ollie recaps everything shown.