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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.

With the releases of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 and now 3+4 coming out next month, it got me thinking of a potential Tony Hawk's Underground 1+2 set to be released. Hell, they may as well release all of the Tony Hawk games like this eventually. Well except for that Tony Hawk ride game with the skate board peripheral. But most of the mainline games I would love to see remade like these others. Do you think we'll see more Tony Hawk remakes? I think Underground 1 and 2 is a given, but anything after I'm unsure. I could see them ending it at UG 2, but I think it'd be great to see some of the others like American Wasteland, Project 8, and even Proving Ground. But the rest can probably be forgotten. I'm just curious when they are going to make a completely new Tony Hawk game instead of remaking all of the classics.

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy came out this past April for the Switch and PC. It's a tactical role-playing game that's somewhat a visual novel that is developed by Too Kyo Games and Media.Vision. Has anyone here played this game yet? Worth checking out? It's available for the Switch and PC. I hear it's from developers Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi. Kaz is known for Danganronpa, and Kotaro is known for the Zero Escape series.

Source - https://kotaku.com/switch-2-piracy-nintendo-mig-ban-roms-mario-kart-1851784610 Nintendo has been taking piracy very seriously, but to be fair, they've always been serious about piracy. Anyway, it seems that Nintendo is banning users who are using a MIG Switch. For those wondering what that is, it's like a Switch cart that you can load other switch games on. But that's something Nintendo does not allow, and it looks like gamers are using the Mig Switch on their Switch 2 consoles. Some gamers use these carts with their own backed up games, but there are people out there using this with pirated games. Nintendo has even started suing people who sell the Mig Switch carts. So, how do you feel about this? Do you think gamers should have the right to use these Mig Switch carts as long as they are legally backing up their own games? Or with the way licensing is going these days with games and how we don't necessarily own our games anymore, they could probably argue that we don't have the right to create backups of games we own. Or license in this case.

A new rumor has come forward from a hardware insider in regards to Microsoft's recent announcement about their team-up with AMD, with the intent to co-engineer silicon for its next gen Xbox console. And it's being alleged by this insider that the console could be well over $1000. But, it's also being said the new Xbox will be essentially a PC that can be upgraded, and may even have other stores/shops from Steam, Epic, EA, etc. More on this news here - https://twistedvoxel.com/next-gen-xbox-will-be-sold-at-profit-price-exceed-1000/ It seems the next gen talk has been blowing up as of late. There was even talk about the PS6 already. But to be fair, we're already nearing 5 years for both the PS5/Xbox Series X|S, and if they are going by the 5 year period consoles used to last, we could probably expect new gen consoles sooner rather than later. What do you guys think though? About this and about the news of Xbox becoming a fancy PC.

Agent Fall is a popular retro style run & gun 2d shooter from the minds at Pufferfish Digital. It's currently out for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and the Switch. Has anyone here played this game? Is it worth checking out? It looks like it'd be a lot of fun to me. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3220110/Agent_Fall/

Survival Kids is a new adventure puzzle game developed by Unity that sees you trying to survive on an island, it's based off of a popular Game Boy color game that released back in 1999 with the same name. The original game even got a re-release on the Nintendo Classics service this last May. This new game seems to have co-op, so that changes it up quite a bit. Has anyone here played the original game? The game is out now on the Switch 2 - https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/survival-kids-switch-2/

Source of story - https://gamerant.com/cat-assassin-game-dave-bautista-stray-neo-noir-franchise-exclusive/ This is an interesting team-up. Actor and ex pro wrestler Dave Bautista is working alongside writer Steve Lerner. Lerner is the writer behind the popular game Stray. They are interested in working on a new game or series where you play as cats in a neo-noir style world. Anthropomorphic cats to be exact. The Cat Assassin as it seems to be called, will be part of a bigger franchise, likely revolving around anthropomorphic cats. I heard Stray was a really fun game, so I wonder what a game like this would be like. I imagine a lot more advanced as I remember hearing the controls for Stray were pretty minimal. Anyway, is this something you'd be interested in?

Check out this video of ambitious PS2 games that nobody played. I disagree with some of the games on the list, like Beyond good and Evil, as I thought that was fairly popular game at the time. I thought XIII was a popular release too, or gained a cult following at some point. But there are a slew of games I never heard of on this list, and some I vaguely remember or heard of.

Has anyone here played Mostroscopy? It's a fighting game from Oribe Ware Games and themed around luchadores and horror films of the 1950s. It looks like a barebones fighter though, but looks like it'd be fun, and the art style looks appealing too. It's available on steam here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2615290/Mostroscopy/?beta=1

Rob Wiethoff, the voice actor of John Marston in both Red Dead Redemption games revealed during a twitch live stream recently that there is some news to come next week around RDR. He was not able to say what the news was, but was very excited for fans to hear about it. Speculation seems to be surrounding the possibility of a Red Dead Redemption 2 remaster or even a remaster/remake of RDR1. My hope is for a RDR1 remake or remaster, but it's probably going to be news on a RDR2 remaster for PS5/Xbox Series X|S. This news is expected to be revealed sometime this week. Would be dope if it's Undead Nightmare 2 after all this time, but that's a pipe dream at this point. More on this news here - https://powerupgaming.co.uk/2025/06/15/john-marston-voice-actor-teases-exciting-red-dead-redemption-news/