BRB UK 624: Baby’s First RPG

Owner of Big Red Barrel and friend to all

Dragon Quest VII is Reimagined, while Valheim is revisited. strikes and layoffs dominate the headlines, with spider mechs thrown in for good measure

Super Woden: Rally Edge, Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza, plus a Partner Showcase to pick apart, a delayed Steam Machine, and GTA 6 is on track

Earth Must Die sets the tone, followed by Ubisoft shake-ups, vanished VR mods, DLC oddities in Monster Hunter Wilds, and New World heading for shutdown

Back tackling the backlog and learning, again, that free time is fiction. Also on the docket: Anthem shutting down, Rockstar in court, Ubisoft cuts more staff, Kotick being Kotick, and the AI row in game development