We are looking at the last big week of releases until September in week thirty-two. We had four titles slated to launch.

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Before we dig into that however, we need to check the scoreboard and where everybody stood last time around.

Week 31 scores

The groundwork laid down, we can get on with the scoring and releases, which kicked off right away.  Scores were down for the first two titles by Monday afternoon.

  • Beast of Reincarnation
    • [Picked by Anthania Interactive (Ula)]
    • Now has a score of 76.2
  • Big Walk
    • [Picked by S Class Warfare Studios (p0tsh0t)]
    • Now has a score of 87

Beast of Reincarnation came in a little soft with that initial score.

Beast of Reincarnation

The title from Game Freak, known mostly for being the developer of the core Pokemon RPG titles for the last 30 years, threw its hat into the realm of world fighting RPGs, launching on PC and consoles besides Nintendo’s.

Big Walk, on the other hand, came out strong.

Big Walk

This title from the makers of Untitled Goose Game, showed up with a strong indie energy buzz.  Despite getting fewer reviews that Beast of Reincarnation above, it got a much more positive reaction.

By the time we hit Monday evening and we rolled over to the next day on the east coast, the league marked them as released and gave us a big score update.

  • Publisher Score Updates
    • Anthania Interactive (Ula)
      • Score has gone UP from 87.0 to 93.2
    • S Class Warfare Studios (p0tsh0t)
      • Score has gone UP from 41.4 to 58.1
      • Moved from 8th place to 4th place
    • Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)
      • Moved from 4th place to 5th place
    • Corr’s Creative Collective (Corr)
      • Moved from 5th place to 6th place
    • Green River Gaming (Nimgimli)
      • Moved from 6th place to 7th place
    • Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
      • Moved from 7th place to 8th place

While Big Walk’s multiplayer only approach has caused a bit of push back (I like this post at Aftermath), it continued to score well as a few more reviews came in, bumping it up.

  • Big Walk
    • [Picked by S Class Warfare Studios (p0tsh0t)]
    • Score has gone UP from 86.7 to 88.6

This boosted Potshot’s prospects, though in my other league I counter picked Big Walk, so its strong release has likely thwarted my ambitions over there.  Here, however, nobody was so foolish so it was all upside for Potshot.

So the week was off to a strong start.

On Tuesday night we got notice that the next title on the list, Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin, had launched .

  • Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin has released!
    • [Picked by Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)]

This title was an expansion to the popular and high scoring Pokemon Pokopia released earlier this year, as well as being another Game Freak entry this week.

Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin

However, there were not enough reviews for a score.  In fact, there wasn’t even a page for it over at Open Critic.

Likewise, the next evening we received the update that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls had launched.

  • Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has released!
    • [Picked by Corr’s Creative Collective (Corr)]

This title has a bit of league history as well, having been dropped by Archey only to have Corr and I bid on it, with Corr winning the bid.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

On the hype factor front, it seemed like a solid pick given it rang in at 73.  Hype factor isn’t an absolute predictor of a good score, but it tends to be a more reliable factor than anything else.  If you picked the top ten titles available based on hype factor you would be doing very well.

That left our league with five titles on the “most desired reviews” list, grabbing the top four slots… again.  (Beastro is in the top twenty.)

Most desired reviews – Aug 6, 2026

And then… no further word.  The rest of the week was quiet, which left the scoreboard looking like this come Saturday evening.

Week 32 Scores

With the changes the projections shifted a bit, with UIa now pegged for 6th position and Potshot now in the run for 5th.  Arhanta held onto the nod for 4th, Corr is predicted for 3rd, I am lined up for 2nd, and Shintar remains the league’s pick for 1st place at the end of the season.

But there are still a lot of titles left to score and a more counter picks still to account for.

For the first time in quite a stretch there were no bids.

However, two titles did get release updates.

  • Crimson Moon
    • [Picked by TAGN HQ (Wilhelm)]
      • Release date changed from ‘September 2026’
      • to ‘Tuesday, September 01, 2026’
  • Toem 2
    • [Picked by Anthania Interactive (Ula)]
      • Release date changed from ‘Summer 2026’
      • to ‘Tuesday, September 29, 2026’

That leaves the next ten titles on the schedule as follows.

Week 33 Coming Up

We have no releases lined up for the next two weeks.  However, there are still the two titles from this week to check in on, Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls.

As of Saturday night Marvel Tokon has five reviews, including two top critic reviews, so could show up with a strong score in the coming week.

However, Pokemon Pokopia: Bubbly Basin so far lacks a review page on Open Critic, leaving its status somewhat in doubt.  Its status as an “expansion pass” for Pokemon Pokopia could leave it in the lurch.  We shall see.

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