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Gaming News Roundup: Final Fight SNES Homebrew, Pokémon DLC, PUBG Growth, and Layoffs

A homebrew developer is exploring a hypothetical Super Nintendo port of Final Fight, while the Pokémon Pokopia game is set to release its Bubbly Basin DLC next week. The Sinking City 2 has released an extended gameplay trailer, and the PUBG series saw a 25% revenue increase in the first half of 2026. Meanwhile, the ambitious open-world cyberpunk game Last Sentinel, which Troy Baker was involved with, has been impacted by mass layoffs at Lightspeed LA. AI

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Gaming News Roundup: Final Fight SNES Homebrew, Pokémon DLC, PUBG Growth, and Layoffs

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🕹️ This Homebrew Dev Is Daring To Ask "What If Final Fight Had Received A Faithful Super Nintendo Port?" "This project is an experiment to answer that question"

    🕹️ This Homebrew Dev Is Daring To Ask "What If Final Fight Had Received A Faithful Super Nintendo Port?" "This project is an experiment to answer that question".The fact that the SNES secured the first home console port of Capcom's Final Fight was a big selling point for the syst…

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    📰 Pokemon Pokopia First Bubbly Basin DLC Debuts Next Week The Pokemon Pokopia Bubbly Basin underwater DLC expansion release date falls in August and there's a n

    📰 Pokemon Pokopia First Bubbly Basin DLC Debuts Next Week The Pokemon Pokopia Bubbly Basin underwater DLC expansion release date falls in August and there's a new trailer. 📰 Source: Siliconera 🔗 Link: https://www.siliconera.com/pokemon-pokopia-first-bubbly-basin-dlc-debuts-next-w…

  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 The Sinking City 2 ‘Meat for the Grindmaws’ extended gameplay trailer Frogwares has released a 12-minute gameplay video for Lovecraftian survival horror game

    📰 The Sinking City 2 ‘Meat for the Grindmaws’ extended gameplay trailer Frogwares has released a 12-minute gameplay video for Lovecraftian survival horror game sequel The Sinking … 📰 Source: Gematsu 🔗 Link: https://www.gematsu.com/2026/07/the-sinking-city-2-meat-for-the-grindmaws…

  4. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026 PUBG, once the biggest multiplayer game o

    🎮 You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026 PUBG, once the biggest multiplayer game on PC, has quietly continued to do very well. Though it may no longer make the headlines, it remains a constant sight in …

  5. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 The Ambitious Open-World Cyberpunk Action Game Troy Baker Was Working On Gets Hit With Mass Layoff After internal review, Lightspeed LA said Last Sentinel was

    🎮 The Ambitious Open-World Cyberpunk Action Game Troy Baker Was Working On Gets Hit With Mass Layoff After internal review, Lightspeed LA said Last Sentinel wasn't living up to expectations forcing a creative shift in development 📰 Source: Kotaku 🔗 Link: https://kotaku.com/last-s…