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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.

Oct 5

Oct 5 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.

Sep 11

Sep 11 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.

Sep 2

Sep 2 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.

Aug 25

Aug 25 Here's a Rundown of Everything At Bungie's The Witch Queen Showcase [24/08/2021]

Jon (Jenna) Simpson

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.

Aug 12

Aug 12 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.

Aug 3

Aug 3 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.

Jul 23

Jul 23 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.

Jul 15

Jul 15 So What Did Bandai Namco Actually Show At Its E3 Showcase in 2021?

Adeola Osinaike

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…

Jul 11

Jul 11 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.

Jul 7

Jul 7 Update Patch | June 2021

Just because we were all occupied with E3 doesn’t mean there wasn’t lots of other video game news. To catch us all up Alex Green is back with this month’s Update Patch.

Jun 25

Jun 25 Here's a Rundown of Everything At The Future Game's Show [25/06/2021]

Future Publishing had two separate E3 press conferences this year, which is kinda weird the more we think about it. But both were chock full of video game trailers. So we brought in Alex Green to break down the Future Games Show for E3 2021.

Jun 23

Jun 23 Here's a Rundown of Everything At Square Enix Presents E3 2021 [13/06/2021]

Ben Wincote

Can you fit a Guardians of the Galaxy shaped peg into a Square (Enix) shaped hole? Ben Wincote fills us in on all the news AND CHAOS at Square’s E3 showing this year.

Jun 19

Jun 19 Here's a Rundown of Everything At The Microsoft/Bethesda E3 Showcase [13/06/2021]

Natalie Raine

Soviet nightmares, rat-waves and John Halo, oh my! You could argue there were too many games at Microsoft and Bethesda E3 showcase this year. Good thing Natalie Raine is here to break down everything shown.

Jun 14

Jun 14 Here’s a Rundown of Everything Shown at Ubisoft Forward [12/06/2021]

Despite the biggest announcement leaking out Ubisoft Forward before the show, there was still plenty of interesting games to talk about. However, Ollie is mainly just disappointed by the company’s awful practices.

Jun 13

Jun 13 Elden Ring Trailer Breakdown (And Why Everyone Has Been Clamouring For it For Two Years)

Harry Boulton

So people seem really into that Elden Ring, huh? Good thing Harry Boulton is here to break down everything (and explain just why everyone is losing it over this game)!

Jun 11

Jun 11 Here’s a Rundown of Everything Show at The Summer Games Fest Kick-off Livestream [10/06/2021]

*slaps Geoff Keighley’s head* This baby can fit so damn many video game announcements in it. Ollie breaks down everything shown at the Summer Games Fest kick-off livestream.

Jun 2

Jun 2 Update Patch | May 2021

E3 is upon us! But before that, we have a month’s worth of news to untangle and Alex Green is here to do it.

May 31

May 31 Everything That Happened During (Not) E3 [24/07/2021 - 30/07/2021]