FuRyu’s ANOMALITH and CRYMELIGHT are both in Steam Next Fest, and their combined Steam wishlists have passed 200,000. ANOMALITH is now over 120,000 wishlists while CRYMELIGHT has passed 77,700. Both are showing updated demos at the event. ANOMALITH launches on October 29 and CRYMELIGHT on November 5 across PS5, Switch 2, and Steam. The titles are using Next Fest as their final pre-release demo window, with the wishlist numbers showing steady interest ahead of the close launch dates.

Further to earlier posts on G7 fragilities, this from Bloomberg: "The country’s 10-year yield has risen more than one percentage point since June, its worst quarterly performance since the birth of the single currency. The premium investors charge to hold those bonds over equivalent German bunds has soared, and is on track for a record weekly widening." #economy# #markets# #france# #bonds# #yields#

Further signs of UK fiscal pressure ahead of next month’s budget: Driven partly by higher debt servicing costs and inflation, UK public sector borrowing hit £18.3 billion in August. This came in above the £15.5 billion consensus forecast and widened the overshoot against the OBR’s projections (Reuters chart below). All of which underscores the limited fiscal headroom facing the Labour government ahead of its debut budget. #economy# #uk# #markets# #budget#