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Glum is an upcoming comedy themed "First Person Booter", or shooter, where you play as Glum a goblin with a magical boot. Instead of shooting guns, it seems you have to use your kick to take out enemies. It looks like it'd be a fun game though. It's available on Steam in early access right now, you can check it out here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2235550/GLUM/

The "Stop Killing Games" movement has been blowing up as of late and it seems their petition has reached over 1 million signatures. They consider themselves a consumer movement, and intend to challenge the legality publishers have when destroying their games. I think consumers just want to be able to play it on their own. If they need to put up their own servers for the game, allow them to do so. It's not hurting anything to keep these games alive. Also, I think we need to preserve those single player games that require an online connection, because what happens if those games servers go offline or support is dropped. That game essentially becomes useless. If these publishers have no use for these games anymore, let the gamers take control of them, open it up to consumers to set up their own servers. EA has even allowed gamers to modify their older games to bring them back to life, so I don't know why publishers can't allow this for other online games. This petition is only for the UK, but since it reached the 1 million signatures, the UK government will take a look into it I guess. So that's got to be good. You can read more about this story along with the petition and their movement here - https://insider-gaming.com/stop-killing-games-petition-hits-1-million-signatures/

Formula Legends is an upcoming F1 style action indie racing game from 3DClouds. It's being said to be a love letter to Formula racing, as you can relive some of Formula Racing history. They haven't given out a release date just yet, but there is a demo of the game available on Steam here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3194360/Formula_Legends/ It looks to be releasing for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC (Via Steam, Epic Games & GOG).

Source - https://www.thegamer.com/perfect-dark-cancelled-the-initiative-shut-down-xbox/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=68656c51e25995000199f5c3 This is sucky news. Microsoft recently laid off over 9000 employees, and I guess as a result of that some games were cancelled, like the upcoming Perfect Dark reboot. Not only that, but their developer "The Initiative" shut down as well. There was also an internal email that revealed RAREs upcoming Everwild was also cancelled. There's a few other games that have been cancelled alongside these games, those can be found at the link below. Cancelled games so far: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/07/03/the-stunning-list-of-cancelled-xbox-projects-from-perfect-dark-to-everwild/ I'm kind of expecting more game cancellations and studio closures.

A fan made Halo game called Spartan Survivors is getting the go-ahead from Halo Studios to keep working on the game. The game is said to be a bullet heaven roguelike in the Halo universe. You can play the game on Ichi io right now if you want, which you can find here - https://juanggz.itch.io/spartan-survivors And it seems to be free to play, so even better. You can find more on this news here: https://www.pcguide.com/news/halo-studios-gives-spartan-survivors-their-blessing/

Project Motor Racing is an upcoming racing sim from the people at Straight4 Studios, and has a planned release this November. You can find out more details on the game on their website here - https://projectmotorracing.com/index.php It will release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC November 25th.

Chronicles of the Wolf is an new metroidvania style adventure game from Migami Games. It looks to be heavily inspired by Castlevania. It's available on PC (via Steam), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Switch.

Physical media seems on its way out, and it looks like Xbox is already abandoning physical media themselves. A while ago it was rumored that Xbox was going to stop producing physical games for sale, and it looks like that may actually be starting to come true. The new game Cronos: The New Dawn from Bloober Team will not have a physical release on Xbox Series X|S, but it will have a physical release fry Skybound on the PS5. This news is where they are speculating that Xbox is skipping out on physical media. If we end up seeing something like GTA VI released digital only on Xbox, than we can confirm than that it's official. What do you think of this? You can read about this news here - https://tech4gamers.com/xbox-fully-abandoned-physical-media/ Do you think this is a sign Xbox is skipping out on physical media? Or maybe they will only focus on special releases?

And so it begins yet again. Microsoft is said to be planning what is said to be a "major" round of layoffs next week. Not only that, they are said to be doing layoffs and job cuts for other parts of their business. Why is it a company so wealthy has to fire so many people? I just don't get it. The main cuts look to be coming from the Xbox gaming business side of things. It's sad seeing a company that continued to make deals and products, yet they continually have to layoff their employees to make it by. That doesn't sound sustainable to me. But, at this point in the gaming industry, it's just another day. Source - https://www.theverge.com/microsoft-xbox/691967/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-job-cuts-rumor

Source - https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping/meta-launches-a-limited-edition-xbox-themed-vr-headset/ar-AA1HkHTS Xbox now has their own VR headset, well sort of, as they've teamed up with Meta to make the Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition VR headset, but it looks to be a limited release sort of thing. It will come with a Meta Quest 3S that is all black and has an Xbox themed look. It will come with its standard controllers, but also a limited edition Xbox controller along with 3 months of Xbox Gamepass ultimate. You do not need an Xbox console either, as you can play games via Gamepass. All games available for the gameplass can be played through the cloud on Meta Quest 3S. But, with this being a limited release, once stock is gone, it's gone for good. But, with it having access to Gamepass, I wonder if I could get a regular Meta Quest 3S and just get Gamepass whenever. If that's the case, I wouldn't mind just getting a standard Quest instead, but for those who do want to get this limited edition quest, you can find the shop page here - https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3s/buy-xbox-edition/

Nice Day for Fishing is a new PRG adventure game developed by FusionPlay where you play as a fisherman named Baelin. It looks like a fun retro style RPG. It came out on PC, PS5, and the Switch last month. Has anyone here played it yet? Worth checking out if so?

There was a Batman being worked on by Warner Bros Montreal that would have featured Damian Wayne as the caped crusader and would see Bruce take a back-seat. It was code-named "Project Sabbath" before it was sadly cancelled. It was a continuation of the Arkamverse games and would have taken place 10 years in the future. It was said to be heavily inspired by Batman Beyond as well, which sounds pretty cool to me. Recently some of the character designs surfaced showing off old man Bruce Wayne with and without a beard, one of Damian, another of Killer Croc and a few others. Check out the link below for said images and details. Story Source - https://mp1st.com/news/cancelled-batman-game-damian-wayne-character-designs-surface

I think it's worth it, especially if you want to know what your collection could possibly be worth. I know I want to insure my collection in case of damage, as $6K in stuff is a lot. My cd collection also is estimated to be worth near $2K, so I want to insure all of it one of these days. Also I think it's fun to jot down what games you own.

OMUT is an upcoming horror themed action 2D boss rush game from Madame Cyclone. It looks like it's going to be one of those tough games that will take ages to get through. Idk if it's for me, but I know there are people out there into this type of difficulty. It seems to only be releasing on PC via Steam and Epic Games. You can find it on Steam here, there is a demo available for download - http://store.steampowered.com/app/1997330/OMUT/ No demo is available on the Epic Games store. But you can still wishlist it there if you prefer Epic over Steam - https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/omut-f24812 So far there is no release date though.

I recently decided to catalog all of my video games and other media recently. I found an app to catalog my whole collection, the cool thing about it, is that it also gives you an estimated value of what your collection is worth. Mine isn't impressive, but my collection currently reaches a little over $6K in worth. I'm honestly thinking about insuring it just in case. Do you guys catalog your games so you can know their worth? If so, what is your collection estimated to be worth? And what game in your collection are worth the most? The game worth the most in my collection is Looney Tunes Basketball for the SNES, complete in box is going for like $190 or so. Einhander for the PS1 is second for me at $190 as well. The app I used is called Gameye, but I believe there are other similar apps out there like completionator that also let you estimate your collections worth, but I've yet to use that one or the other ones out there. You can see my collections worth below. Including peripherals, and more. And yes I need to charge my phone lol.