Welcome to a jam-packed Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s Not-E3 season, and we have a lot to say about the Summer Games Fest, as well as some other news stories and quite a bit more about Street Fighter 6.

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Super Mega Baseball 4, To Hell With the Ugly, Shadowrun Returns, Alone in the Dark, Street Fighter 6, Fortnite (yes, Fortnite!)

HEADLINES:

Lord of the Rings: Gollum dev issues apology after disastrous launch:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-dev-apologizes-for-games-poor-launch-promises-fixes/1100-6514602/

Redfall had so many problems the team hoped that Xbox would cancel it:

https://www.ign.com/articles/redfalls-development-was-reportedly-so-troubled-that-devs-hoped-microsoft-would-cancel-it

Square Enix panicking over Final Fantasy XVI preorder numbers:

https://gamerant.com/final-fantasy-16-pre-orders-bad-square-enix-panic-ff15-ff7-rebirth/

Persona 3 remake and Persona 5 Tactics leak ahead of the Xbox presentation:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/persona-3-reload-and-persona-5-tactica-leaked-launching-on-xbox-game-pass/1100-6514996/

Final Fantasy IX: Memoria Project completed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaMiPb6KiWo

NEXT EPISODE:

STAGE SELECT: What are some gaming phrases or things that you do in real life?

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Monster Rancher vs Pokemon Yellow

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