We’re roughly halfway through summer at long last. Imagine going outside and not immediately melting into a sizzling puddle of flesh and bone — I miss those days, friends. Thankfully, avoiding the sun is easy when staying inside and playing video games like a nocturnal cave creature is an option.
Unlike last week, many recent headlines didn’t involve massive release date announcements. There were more strange little happenings, like Doom co-creator John Romero making another FPS, Diablo promotional tattoos, and an official Lego Atari 2600. The only massive hype-cycle adjacent stuff came from Madden NFL 23’s rating week reveals.
That does it for honorable mentions, though. So let’s look at the most prominent gaming stories from this week.