The Community Spotlight 2025.04.26

Welcome to the latest variation of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, americium erstwhile again honored to beryllium your big arsenic we look backmost astatine the site-related quality and champion assemblage creations from the past week.

However, there's nary uncertainty astir what we request to sermon today. As galore of you volition see, there's nary "Power Block" conception connected this variation of the Community Spotlight. Also, the site's streaming docket has travel to a noticeable halt. As Grubb indicated astatine the instauration of occurrence #395 of Game Mess Decides, a boss' brag got a caller brag and they person ordered a impermanent cessation of unrecorded streaming connected Giant Bomb and GameSpot. This directive is so temporary, but it does interaction plans for the week of April 28th. During that week, Grubb and others tin committedness the Bombcast volition inactive aerial adjacent week and that they person been moving connected a slate of video programs successful lawsuit this bid doesn't change.

The unit person been vague astir what the aboriginal holds mostly owed to the powers that beryllium being unclear. The bully quality is that Jan has stated "We ain't done yet," and Dan has maintained "Nothing volition halt Blight Club." I person besides been assured by the Community Manager that the tract itself is "safe" and I cognize them to beryllium idiosyncratic who would ne'er prevarication astir thing similar that.

We caput into the play and commencement of adjacent week with immoderate anticipation and a batch of uncertainty, that overmuch I deliberation we tin each hold on. Hopefully things volition alteration to let everyone to bash what they privation to bash here. Grubb and others person been steadfast astir 1 thing, they emotion this assemblage and privation to proceed sharing large stories and hours of amusement to you all.

If you are arsenic frustrated by this quality arsenic galore others and myself are, consider chiming successful implicit here that you admit everything Grubb, Dan, Jan, Bakalar, Mike, Shawn, Niki, and galore others person done for the site. Consider besides sharing that you conscionable privation them to "cook" and bash the things they deliberation are champion for themselves and this community. As disheartening arsenic each of this quality mightiness seem, I had a touching commiseration with a chap long-time Giant Bomb instrumentality connected Discord, AlisterCat. Both of america person been astir for implicit 15 years and they pointed retired that the tract has gone done absorption changes that resulted successful abrupt directives oregon pivots before, and yet, we each negociate to enactment unneurotic for the astir part. Don't get maine wrong, we should beryllium capable to bash it alongside the aforesaid radical that origin america to consciousness similar a community. But, I'm not leaving; I'm successful excessively heavy arsenic I often joke, but it's true.

I anticipation that continues. I cognize it can. If anything, I anticipation the abrupt alteration successful streaming connected Giant Bomb afforded you immoderate clip to rest, beryllium with others that bring you joy, and perchance an excursion outside. I deliberation we each request that.

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Art

TurboShawn x Peanuts +

Lucha-beagle with Bomby Woodstock +

The Lonely Blight Club (By: @jearum)

Art wizard jearum was connected a rotation this week with 3 goodies.

Finally, if you person ever enjoyed jearum's artwork connected oregon astir the site, beryllium aware, they are opening up commissions again! If you privation personalized artwork successful a assortment of styles, I tin deliberation of fewer radical arsenic bully oregon arsenic coagulated arsenic jearum.

Video

Time to relive their Mac and Cheese treatment each implicit again.

Best of Blight Club - Blues Grubbers 2000 (By: AlexWP)

Over connected YouTube, AlexWP is starting a caller video bid wherever they marque compilation videos highlighting what they see the champion and funniest moments from Blight Club. This week, they published a 45 infinitesimal item video of the astir iconic moments and discussions from Grubb's attempts to play and decorativeness Blues Brothers 2000!

Activities

Some BANGERS to prime from connected this nominee list!

UUGPGC Voting Thread For Cycle Starting May 1st, 2025 +

Atomfall Is The 4th Game Of UUGPGC Year 4! Finish By May 1! Mark All Spoilers (By: @bigsocrates)

The Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club has added The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Blue Prince, AND Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 person been added to the database of nominees which inactive has immoderate recurring names that you mightiness privation to see arsenic well! When you person the time, ballot away!

Also, don't hide that the Game Pass Game Club prime for April is Atomfall! As we adjacent the deadline, and spoilers astir the crippled are unleashed, what bash you marque of the game's past fewer acceptable pieces and acts?

Blogs

One of the astir infuriating bosses of all-time.

I'm Playing Everything From Idol FX (Part IV): The Modern Release Of Drake of the 99 Dragons Is Better, But By How Much? (By: ZOMBIEPIE)

It does ZombiePie nary pleasance to pass the Giant Bomb assemblage and fans of Blight Club that the modern PC merchandise of Drake of the 99 Dragons is simply a much functional game. But by however overmuch and is determination a motivation hazard successful playing these atrocious crippled re-releases connected Steam and GOG?

The Dredge of Seventeen Rising: Redredgence (Part Three)+

Indie Game of the Week 417: Vernal Edge (By: @mento)

Moderator Mento's efforts to cleanable up their 2017 backlog continues with a write-up astir their acquisition with finishing Dishonored: Death of the Outsider! Is this a worthwhile introduction successful the Dishonored bid oregon is it thing you should skip? Read their blog to spot what they think.

Do you similar Blue Prince's sarcasm?

Likewise, Mento has different introduction successful their "Indie Game of the Week" diagnostic and this clip it is for Vernal Edge! Read wherefore they loved the game's tiny touches and retro crippled callbacks adjacent if they weren't wholly enthused by its beat-em-up benignant combat system.

Blue Prince For A Fascinating Game (By: @mooseymcman)

MooseyMcMan, similar many, was utterly fascinated with Blue Prince, but they were besides incredibly frustrated with it arsenic well. Read each astir their unusual premix of feelings astir the crippled and wherefore they consciousness similar they can't wholly articulation the game's effusive captious reception.

Check Out My 15 Inch Pipo (By: @poconopaul)

More Pipos is ne'er a atrocious thing!

You mightiness callback maine sharing this blog a portion back. Well, we person an update and it is simply a amusive one, astatine that. We person since had TWO radical marque their ain attempts astatine 3D printing a mentation of Pipo from OverBlood! Triple_3 made a tiny figurine and aera had a spell astatine making a 15-inch exemplary you tin cheque retired to the left!

Discussion Threads

Yeah, they didn't instrumentality this retired of the remaster.

Taking A Break From Streaming? (By: @bitrott)

Once again, if you been a instrumentality of Giant Bomb's streaming content, whether it beryllium Blight Club oregon thing other the past fewer years? Join the remainder of the assemblage successful sharing enactment and emotion for the unit and everything they person done successful past and presently.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Might Look Different But It Sure Seems Like The Guts Are Mostly The Same (By: @zombiepie)

Do immoderate of you person thoughts astir The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered? Did they alteration excessively overmuch oregon bash you deliberation they should person changed more? Join the speech astir some of those questions and whether oregon not the merchandise represents hints astir the aboriginal of the bid successful the thread linked above.

It Seems... The French Made A Very Good RPG With Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (By: @zombiepie)

How French is this game? You combat a mime during the opening act.

Are you enjoying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Also, which mentation of the crippled did you get oregon program connected getting? Are you perchance checking retired the crippled done Game Pass? Share distant connected the forums!

I Am Starting To Hate Some Services: Anyone Know How To Fix Your Ubisoft Account When It Gets Hacked? (By: @topcyclist)

Have you had your relationship hacked connected a integer marketplace similar Steam, Epic, GOG, oregon possibly adjacent a streaming work similar Game Pass? What proposal oregon tips bash you person to bounds the damage? As idiosyncratic who erstwhile got their Steam relationship hacked a fewer years back, I tin attest astatine however shockingly atrocious lawsuit work is with astir of these integer marketplaces.

Talk About A Pleasant Surprise, GOG Added Breath of Fire IV To Its Preservation Program (By: @zombiepie)

Wanna bask immoderate classical Capcom pixel work?

In immoderate refreshingly affirmative news, GOG precocious announced that Breath of Fire IV has been added to its "GOG Preservation Program!" The 4th introduction successful the cult JRPG bid is present readily disposable connected modern PC OSs but it does look similar you request to play astir with immoderate settings to truly get the crippled to look the mode it should.

Lists

Best First Person Action definite rolls disconnected the tongue.

All Keighley’s Swashbucklers +

All Keighley’s Gunners Plus Those Bore Farewell To Firearms (By: @infantpipoc)

If you privation a travel down representation lane, infantpipoc looks backmost astatine the ever changing "Best Action Adventure Game" grant class arsenic good arsenic the "Best Action Game" class astatine each azygous Keighley-led awards show, with the second erstwhile being named "Best First Person Action Game".

2024 Year of the Games! (By: @csl316)

Some mightiness accidental csl316 is simply a spot precocious but who's judging?! Here's a nexus to their 2024 GOTY database and if you inactive haven't made 1 consciousness free. I'm ever blessed to beforehand caller lists present and elsewhere! There's nary specified happening arsenic "too late" erstwhile it comes to GOTY content.

Reviews

Is it clip for a reconsideration with this game?

@gio-117 makes the lawsuit that it is precocious clip for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to get the aforesaid re-assessment attraction that a batch of games from the sixth procreation of consoles, particularly those from the GameCube, person been getting recently.

@gio-117 besides decided to footwear up Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines and penned a reappraisal connected wherefore they inactive see it the champion vampire beingness simulator and RPG successful video crippled history. Whether it beryllium the game's adaptable factions oregon the galore iconic NPC interactions successful the game, work what they deliberation makes the crippled tick.

Wiki Of The Week

Vinny definite had amusive making immoderate chaotic and wacky designs successful this game.

Kerbal Space Program

It is simply a crippled that has provided immoderate of the astir iconic moments successful Giant Bomb's history, so, articulation maine successful recognizing the 10th day of Kerbal Space Program's afloat release. Whether you enjoyed crafting your ain spacecraft to research abstraction oregon conscionable sat backmost astatine Vinny accidentally murdering would-be galactic explorers, Kerbal Space Program is simply a crippled that has proven to past and our wiki leafage continues to beryllium a assets for anyone funny successful giving it a shot.