The Community Spotlight 2025.08.30

Welcome to the latest variation of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, americium honored to beryllium your big arsenic we look backmost astatine the site-related quality and champion assemblage creations from the past week. I cognize a batch of the site-related quality is simply a repetition of what I shared past week, but owed to its significance, I inquire that you carnivore with maine arsenic I effort to relay everything until the tract modulation yet happens.

One of the astir important caller updates involves the Giant Bomb Wiki and comes from Chuck. You tin work their update astir the existent authorities of the wiki and what is planned for it with the modulation t the caller site, arsenic good arsenic roles they request filled to marque the magic happen. Whether you person erstwhile acquisition with web plan oregon machine programming oregon not, springiness the nonfiction a work and spot if there's a mode you tin assistance with the rebuilding of thing great!

Specific things we request for the caller wiki close now.

Nonetheless, it remains pressing to punctual everyone astir the captious request for arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable to registry for the tract migration that is coming up. As Giant Bomb takes the final steps towards afloat independence, everyone volition request to click an opt-in fastener to clasp their usernames oregon other they volition request to beryllium recreated. I powerfully promote you to work the FAQ I linked to if you person not done truthful already and if you consciousness similar a question hasn't been answered, nonstop an email to [email protected]. Initially determination were immoderate radical reporting issues with getting the opt-in to "stick" but those problems person mostly resolved. Feel escaped to driblet a remark successful the FAQ if you are disquieted your opt-in did not stick.

As I said before, what each and each idiosyncratic present tin bash is scope retired to aged Giant Bomb members oregon erstwhile forum friends that mightiness person moved connected but inactive whitethorn privation to support their usernames. Any assistance you tin supply would beryllium greatly appreciated.

The beta mentation of the caller tract continues to motortruck along. If you person premium and haven't joined the fun, here's the URL link. If you privation much details connected what is and is not coming to the caller site, here's an nonfiction that explains everything. The beta tract precocious dropped an aboriginal mentation of the forums, which you tin cheque retired implicit here, and not lone does it person emotes but determination are adjacent blistery forum exclusives to cheque retired determination arsenic well!

A caller Community Article diagnostic conscionable dropped connected the beta tract from Ford_Dent and it is each astir games that they deliberation tin get you into the tone of Halloween! Likewise, cheque retired the beta mentation of past week's Spotlight to spot how this diagnostic volition proceed on, albeit, with formatting and benignant changes.

In incredibly breathtaking news, Mike Minotti has announced that helium is walking distant from his relation astatine GamesBeat to spell full-time connected Giant Bomb!

Art

Dan Walk Meme (By: Panda, galaxiid, Unprofessional Queer, thecosmicfly, Fram, RefereeeClark, rickman5000, and Synthminded)

Once again, the Giant Bomb Discord assemblage has had a plethora of amusive astatine the disbursal of the Giant Bomb staff. After Dan posted humorous images of him roaming astir successful the woods, a smattering of assemblage members decided to play astir with the photos to large effect. An invitation to the Discord is included supra for those that are not already a subordinate and I besides included a transparent mentation of the Dan Walk Meme for those that mightiness privation to articulation successful the fun. The Dan Walk poster by CosmicFly is simply a existent highlight, though.

New Giant Bomb As An Aztec Mural (By: moondoggydogg)

To assistance usher successful bully clip for Giant Bomb's autarkic era, implicit connected Bsky, moondoggydogg decided to marque an Aztec mural featuring the Giant Bomb duders arsenic a assortment of Aztec gods conducting a Giant Bomb ritual to delight Quetzalcoatl.

Bluesky

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Video

Italian's Have Super Powers? | Best of Giant Bomb 228 (By: @turboman/Derek Stone)

As Grubb has pointed out, if you person immoderate friends oregon household that are funny successful gaming, see sharing immoderate of the caller editions of "Best of Giant Bomb" with them truthful they get the gist of what this website's existent vigor is. The much the merrier and arsenic the tract independency draws near, reviving this tract with caller faces is incredibly necessary.

Activities

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Is The 8th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By September 1! Mark All spoilers! (By: @bigsocrates)

Did immoderate of the challenges successful this mentation of the games beryllium to beryllium a struggle?

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is this month's prime for Giant Bomb's Game of the Month Club! This week's speech marks the Game Club's wrap-up conversations astir however everyone personally ranks the crippled and what radical deliberation is the adjacent logical measurement for the Tony Hawk franchise.

The GB Album Club 094 - Dead Rhythm Machine by The Letters Organize (By: @unclejam23)

This variation of the Giant Bomb Album of the Week Club is listening to Dead Rhythm Machine by The Letters Organize! Any fans of this Atlanta-based punk stone radical retired there? Also, if you privation to articulation the amusive successful aboriginal editions of the group, driblet a remark successful the thread!

Blogs

It's FMV Friday - Part 1: Let's Learn About Ghosts With Christopher Lee (By: @zombiepie)

Time for immoderate retro anime goodness!

ZombiePie is starting a caller blog diagnostic looking astatine FMV multimedia games that lone released connected PC, which is inspired by Mike's foray into Myst and Parroty Interactive's Pyst ! To commencement things off, they supply a primer connected the emergence of multimedia arsenic good arsenic a reappraisal of Ghosts, starring Christopher Lee.

Indie Game of the Week 434: Shadows of Adam +

Game OVA Season 4: Episode 6 — Slayers (By: @mento)

It's clip to get nostalgic with the latest variation of moderator Mento's blog looking astatine the OVA-to-Video Game Pipeline! Because this week is Slayers and I cognize this peculiar amusement is 1 galore of you speechmaking this cognize a happening oregon 2 about. So, grow your cognition adjacent much with Mento!

Likewise, Mento has different variation of their "Indie Game of the Week" diagnostic and this 1 tackles Shadows of Adam! Were they impressed oregon anemic astir this indie RPG experience? work their blog to find out!

All Jaguar Games In Order: 1995 (Part 1) (By: @borgmaster)

Was Cannon Fodder ever good?

borgmaster makes a glorious instrumentality to blogging by sharing their experiences with a bevy of bully and atrocious Atari Jaguar games! Want to work astir however the Jaguar ports of Syndicate oregon Cannon Fodder play? Well, this is the blog for you!

The Summer of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (By: @mooseymcman)

MooseyMcMan is present to stock however they spent a bully chunk of their summertime playing Death Stranding 2: On the Beach! Like most, they did not hatred their clip with the crippled and were taken aback by however overmuch of an betterment it is from the archetypal game.

What If Amico Ran An Advertising Campaign But Nobody Showed Up? Literally. (By: @bigsocrates)

bigsocrates with much riveting sum of the Amico.

Resident Amico expert, bigsocrates, wrote a caller blog successful effect of a caller video by The No Swear Gamer, and wonders... What if Amico ran an advertizing campaign? Would anyone person noticed? Would the past Amico supporters person had ammunition to upwind the storm?

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Recap And Review (By: @bravobuster1200)

BravoBuster1200 makes a stunning debut blog with a reappraisal of past week's AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door London event! Give it a work and articulation them successful sharing however you felt astir the event, particularly the expansive finale.

Discussion Threads

Helldivers II On Xbox Series X|S Is The Latest Sign Of The "New Normal" With Console Game Releases (By: @zombiepie)

Anyone other leap backmost successful with this release?

Helldivers II yet released connected Xbox Series X|S and not lone has determination been nary beef, but PS5 and Xbox players look to beryllium enjoying moving with 1 another. Also, the game's crossover lawsuit with Halo was precise "normal." Is this the "new normal" with console games?

Will The PS5 And Xbox Series X Reach 100 Million Unit Sales (By: @monkeyking1969)

Years ago, monkeyking1969 questioned if the PS5 and Xbox Series X would scope 100 cardinal portion income earlier their replacements. They precocious revived the thread to station an update and portion we don't cognize the implicit representation we tin hold connected 1 thing: this has been a catastrophe procreation for Xbox.

Will The Switch 2 Port Of The Great Circle Perform Better, Worse, Or About The Same As The Series S Version? (By: @zombiepie)

A portion back, a Switch 2 larboard of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was announced alongside caller DLC for the basal game. With a fistful of much Switch 2 crippled releases connected the platform, bash you deliberation the Switch 2 mentation of The Great Circle volition execute better, worse, oregon astir the aforesaid arsenic the Series S mentation of the game?

Bugatti Vision GT Joins The Roster For The Crew Motorfest (By: @gtxforza)

Is this adjacent that crazy?

The Crew Motorfest is expanding its roster! The Bugatti Vision GT is joining the game's roster! Are you amazed to perceive that the crippled is inactive getting updates and consciousness escaped to stock if you person immoderate involvement inactive playing it contiguous by dropping a remark successful the thread linked above.

Silksong Is Actually Releasing (September 4) (By: @atheistpreacher)

Hollow Knight: Silksong yet has a merchandise day and it's soon! So soon that immoderate indie games person delayed their releases to debar butting up against it. Are these pre-cautions warranted oregon a selling ploy? Do you really deliberation Silksong volition beryllium this large indie crippled merchandise infinitesimal radical are hyping it to be?

Lists

2025 GOTY (By: @drrichardshay)

Is it clip to deliberation astir calling your Switch 2 games a library?

Is it the extremity of the year? No. Are determination inactive games coming out? Yes. Did that halt DrRichardShay from making a 2025 GOTY list? No. Confident that the 10 games connected this database won't beryllium dethroned, DrRichardShay shares the games they deliberation are the champion of the year.

Games To Play On Switch 2 (By: @heraldfighter64)

Heraldfighter64 is mounting a extremity to make a coagulated gaming room for the Nintendo Switch 2! Read what they program to play and ain connected the level and see making your ain database of imagination games retired oregon soon to beryllium retired for the console.

Widely Hated, Part II (By: @captainofthestars)

What are immoderate of the astir hated and dislike characters successful video games, and is the hatred justified? That's the question astatine the bosom of captainofthestars' latest database and you tin usage this arsenic inspiration for your ain database if you'd like.

Wiki Of The Week

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Will we ever spot a existent instrumentality of MGS?

Are you acceptable and prepared to telephone The Phantom Pain a "retro game" due to the fact that the crippled is celebrating its 10th day since its launch! With the merchandise of Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater reviving involvement successful the bid a bit, work each astir the ins and outs of the past clip we person genuinely seen the Metal Gear Solid franchise enactment retired a masterclass effort.