As expected there were no titles set to launch for week thirty-three.  We have nothing on the calendar until the last week of August.  So the same problem next week.

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I may give next week’s post a pass if nothing happens.  But we left off last time with two titles that were still waiting for scores, so it is almost as if they did not ship last week.  They will be the meat of this post, but first we need to see where we left off last time.

Week 32 Scores

That set, we did get scores for the two missing titles.

First up was Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, which Archey had dropped previously and was subsequently picked up by Corr, who out-bid me on the title.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

We did not have to wait long for a score to show up.  It already had a page on Open Critic and by Monday afternoon it was on the board.

  • Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
    • [Picked by Corr’s Creative Collective (Corr)]
    • Now has a score of 89

89 is an extremely strong score, enough to boost Corr on the board and make Archey regret at least that life choice.

  • Publisher Score Updates
    • Corr’s Creative Collective (Corr)
      • Score has gone UP from 53.6 to 72.6
      • Moved from 6th place to 4th place
    • S Class Warfare Studios (p0tsh0t)
      • Moved from 4th place to 5th place
    • Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)
      • Moved from 5th place to 6th place

However, that score was based off of just a few reviews, so any further incoming reviews would have sufficient weight to change the overall score noticeably.  And that is what happened.

  • Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
    • [Picked by Corr’s Creative Collective (Corr)]
    • Score has gone DOWN from 88.1 to 87.1

That move down wasn’t all that dramatic.  That is still a strong score, and we will have to see what score Nocturne, the title Archey too to replace it, turns in before we can fully know the wisdom of the choice.  But for the moment Marvel Tokon looked like a keeper.

Then there was Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin.  We had to wait until Wednesday afternoon before that showed up with a score.

Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin

I thought maybe this might be a case of an expansion that didn’t get reviews, but it got on the board with a strong number.

  • Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin
    • [Picked by Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)]
    • Now has a score of 88.3

That put it ahead of Marvel Tokon for score, if only just.  But it was enough to push Shintar back up the scoreboard after getting dropped to 6th place earlier.

  • Publisher Score Updates
    • Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)
      • Score has gone UP from 57.4 to 75.7
      • Moved from 6th place to 4th place
    • Corr’s Creative Collective (Corr)
      • Moved from 4th place to 5th place
    • S Class Warfare Studios (p0tsh0t)
      • Moved from 5th place to 6th place

That said, the Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin score is based on just four reviews, and the three “top critics” who got the game past the bar and on to the scoreboard seem pretty small scale to me.  And if another review comes in at, say, a 7 out of 10, the overall score for the game could take a serious dive.  This feels like the “stop the count” scene in Veep.

Then again, it could just keep getting good scores… which was what happened.

  • Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin
    • [Picked by Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)]
    • Score has gone UP from 88.3 to 90

So that came in at the end of the week, leaving the scoreboard looking like this.

Week 33 Scores

Shintar, while still hanging out in fourth place, remains with a solid prediction for first place for the end of the season.  Likewise, a strong showing by Corr this week has him now projected for second place in the league, pushing me down a notch.

For the first time in a while, there were no bids in the league.

We did get an update that one of our Warhammer titles might go missing as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV slipped out to December.

  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
    • Picked by Hidalgo Trading Company (Pallais),
    • Counter Picked by Anthania Interactive (Ula)
      • Release date changed from ‘Thursday, September 17, 2026’
      • to ‘Thursday, December 03, 2026’

December is very close to next year and it wouldn’t be the first title to decide to punt before the Steam Winter Sale and roll the dice in the new year.

With no other changes, the next ten titles remain as before.

Week 34 Coming Up

So nothing set for next week.  We shall see if there are enough updates to make a post for week thirty-four.  Otherwise, we’ll be back for week thirty-five

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