August is almost halfway over already. Proof that, once again, time is but a figment of our imaginations. Think about it: Breath of the Wild 2 still won’t be out once you’re done reading this! We’d all be cooking apples in Hyrule in a fair and just universe by now.
Unfortunately, we’re currently in a dry spell in terms of big video game announcements, newsworthy beats, reveals, and silly nonsense, which last week had all of in spades. In fairness, Kirby’s Dream Buffet and Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.2 release date information drew up some excitement, especially the latter. Sadly, Marvel’s Midnight Suns isn’t getting the same treatment since it was delayed to 2023. It won’t be the last high-profile release to suffer that fate either, as the past two years of pandemic-related troubles are impacting developers worldwide.
There were numerous smaller feel-good stories over the past few days, thankfully. Particularly of the games-to-film sort. Two fresh-faced actors joined HBO’s The Last of Us TV Show, while Sonic’s third movie is seemingly coming along. Still incredible that either of those even exists after how many awful game adaptations there are.
Well, that does it for minor headlines. Let’s finally delve into this week’s most noteworthy video game news items!