Welcome to a jam-packed Headlines edition of Nerds Without Pants! It’s Not-E3 season, and we have a lot to say about the Summer Games Fest, as well as some other news stories and quite a bit more about Street Fighter 6.\nCONSUMPTION JUNCTION: Super Mega Baseball 4, To Hell With the Ugly, Shadowrun Returns, Alone in the Dark, Street Fighter 6, Fortnite (yes, Fortnite!)\nHEADLINES:\nLord of the Rings: Gollum dev issues apology after disastrous launch:\nhttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-dev-apologizes-for-games-poor-launch-promises-fixes/1100-6514602/\nRedfall had so many problems the team hoped that Xbox would cancel it:\nhttps://www.ign.com/articles/redfalls-development-was-reportedly-so-troubled-that-devs-hoped-microsoft-would-cancel-it\nSquare Enix panicking over Final Fantasy XVI preorder numbers:\nhttps://gamerant.com/final-fantasy-16-pre-orders-bad-square-enix-panic-ff15-ff7-rebirth/\nPersona 3 remake and Persona 5 Tactics leak ahead of the Xbox presentation:\nhttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/persona-3-reload-and-persona-5-tactica-leaked-launching-on-xbox-game-pass/1100-6514996/\nFinal Fantasy IX: Memoria Project completed:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaMiPb6KiWo\nNEXT EPISODE:\nSTAGE SELECT: What are some gaming phrases or things that you do in real life?\nVIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Monster Rancher vs Pokemon Yellow\nSUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY 7:30 CENTRAL ON 6/16!\nTwitter: @NWPcast\nEmail: NWPcast@gmail.com\nOur theme song “Relax” and interstitial tracks “To the Maxx” and “Moody Grooves” are written and performed by Megan McDuffee.\n