Xbox's Week Got Messier & SGF games you missed

<p>On episode 585 of the Spawn On Me podcast, Kahlief Adams is joined by content creator Cam Hawkins for a full post-Summer Game Fest 2026 debrief — the games that flew under the radar, and a candid conversation about where the industry is heading.</p><p>We dig into the overlooked games of the show — Erosion (an open-world roguelike with a wild mechanic where dyingages your kidnapped daughter), Valor Mortis (a first-person Souls-like from the Ghostrunner devs), Out of Words (a gorgeous stop-motion co-op game), and ProbablyMonsters&#39; Crimson Moon and Nokomi: Nazi Hunter — then get into Xbox&#39;s rough week (layoffs, studio closures, the new leadership direction), whether Xbox should leave hardware, the industry&#39;s risk-aversion and the &quot;death of the middle,&#39; and the state of games journalism. Plus: the Knicks are champions.</p><p></p>