Hey, this week we take a look at a whole array of stuff either coming out of gamescom, or being inspired by gamescom chatter.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-it-felt-like-the-industry-now-has-a-plan-make-games-quicker-opinion

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/with-the-waves-of-layoffs-the-way-that-people-are-overworked-everyone-agrees-that-there-is-a-systemic-problem

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hollow-knight-silksong-is-coming-out-in-two-weeks/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yoshi-p-reveals-positive-discussions-over-nintendo-switch-2-final-fantasy-14-port/

https://www.ign.com/articles/how-shigeru-miyamoto-influenced-donkey-kong-bananzas-sound-and-movement

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-knight-took-so-long-to-make

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/take-two-guts-bioshock-studio-after-a-decade-of-development

https://www.gamefile.news/p/kirby-air-riders-sakurai-scheduling-surprise

https://www.gamefile.news/p/blizzard-diablo-iv-game-credits

https://gamesbeat.com/evo-gets-a-new-owner-and-new-partners-in-international-expansion/

https://gamesbeat.com/playstation-5-prices-increase-in-the-u-s/

https://gamesbeat.com/sony-ai-and-audiokinetic-enable-audio-to-audio-and-text-to-audio-search-for-devs/

https://gamesbeat.com/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-is-coming-to-switch-2/

https://gamesbeat.com/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-is-getting-an-anime-adaptation/

https://gamesbeat.com/90-of-games-devs-are-using-ai-in-workflows-google-cloud/

https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/will-battlefield-6-boot-stomp-call