Monthly Wrap-Up: July
Written by: Mary Joaquin
Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up!
Every month, we recap the news covered in our Weekly Round-Up. Here’s what you might have missed last July:
July 1 - Dreamscaper will be releasing earlier than planned—on Aug 5.
July 2 - All’s fair in food and war with the release of Foodtruck Arena on Switch and Steam.
July 3 - Solo developer Navi reached 20% funding in Kickstarter for his game, Man Without Organs.
July 4 - Hackers hacked to flag hacking featuring Apex Legends and Titanfall.
July 5 - Risk System will be released on Switch on July 15.
July 6 - Creepy Tale 2 will be creeping its way to Steam on July 16.
July 7 - Among Us will be venting into retail with collector’s editions.
July 8 - THE ORIGIN: Blind Maid will see its release on Steam first on July 22.
July 9 - Crown Trick will be released on Xbox One and PS4 on August 31.
July 10 - Visible Fish mod by shekurika made fishing in Stardew Valley a whole lot easier.
July 11 - Red Dead Redemption 2 went under a study and researchers found it enabled its players to identify real life animals better than non-players.
July 12 - Double Fine added a new mode to Psychonauts 2. Claire de Lune also released new gameplay footage.
July 13 - Only by Midnight Limited released Curved Space for Switch.
July 14 - The upcoming NBA 2K22 released multiple cover art images.
July 15 - Valve announced a new portable gaming PC console called Steam Deck.
July 16 - Nintendo released Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD for the Switch.
July 17 - XD Inc’s Finding Paradise found its home in mobile platforms with wonderful remasters and visual reworks.
July 18 - Eurogamer offered a sneak peek into Arvore’s YUKI, a “VR bullet-hell roguelike”.
July 19 - Apex Legends announced a new playable character.
July 20 - Acid Nerve released Death’s Door, published by Devolver Digital.
July 21 - Pokemon Unite released for the Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS devices.
July 22 - Variable State released Last Stop for Playstation, Microsoft and Nintendo Switch, published by Annapurna Interactive.
July 23 - Orcs Must Die 3 released for the Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4—developed and published by Robot Entertainment.
July 24 - Activision Blizzard employees go up against the mega company, holding strikes and encouraging the gaming community to stand with them.
July 25 - Valve clarified what it meant with Steam Deck “targeting 30 FPS”, saying: “[It] refers to the floor of what [they] consider playable in [their] performance testing.”
July 26 - Konami and Timi released Contra Returns for Android and iOS devices.
July 27 - Neo: The World Ends With You released for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
July 28 - Developer The Farm 51 released Chernobylite for PC, published by All in! Games.
July 29 - Blaster Master Zero 3 was released for Xbox Series S/X, One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
July 30 - No Longer Home released for PC.
July 31 - Halo Infinite spiced up its bot names with pop culture references and historical figures.
TL;DR
Announcements
New gameplay footage for Claire de Lune
NBA 2K22 cover arts
Valve's Steam Deck
Apex Legends new character
Launches
Foodtruck Arena
Risk System
Creepy Tale 2
THE ORIGIN: Blind Maid
Psychonauts 2 new mode
Curved Space
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD
Finding Paradise
Arvore's YUKI
Death's Door
Pokemon Unite
Last Stop
Orcs Must Die 3
Contra Returns
Neo: The World Ends With You
Chernobylite
Blaster Master Zero 3
No Longer Home
Upcoming Releases
Dreamscaper
Crown Trick
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