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Just ten years back, it’d be tough to imagine Disney being willing to put its name to something as outstandingly gory as Marvel: Rivals. The new trailer reveals some incredibly gloopy deaths, outlandish violence, and blood absolutely everywhere. It’s surely one of the goriest things Disney has ever made? The show will also feature the … Read more
Last year, Sony released a new PS5 Dualsense controller themed around the then-upcoming platformer Astro Bot. The game was a huge hit with critics and fans, as was the controller, which sold out quickly and became hard to find. But now, a slightly tweaked version of the popular gamepad is returning in October with pre-orders … Read more
How can it possibly have taken 22 years for a Call of Duty movie to go into production? That’s how long it’s been since the very first WW2-themed FPS game in the franchise was released, and yet at no point over its many incarnations and decades has it come to movie theaters. That is about to … Read more
It’s Tuesday, but it feels like Monday thanks to Labor Day giving many of us the day off. But that weird feeling and a short week won’t stop the Morning Checkpoint. Today, we learn more about Ubisoft’s potential plans for Rayman, catch up on PAX West 2025 news, and see how a group of modders … Read more
Los Angeles’ Anime Expo 2025 describes itself as North America’s “largest celebration of Japanese pop culture.” The 34th such event finished recently, with the four-day spectacular seeing an extraordinary 410,000 people show up, and it even played host to a Sukeban (the Japanse female pro-wrestling league) World Championship Fight. Also, of course, it featured squillions … Read more
Microsoft has announced the first half of September’s Game Pass additions, and it won’t surprise you to learn that Hollow Knight: Silksong is the headline entry. Team Cherry’s long-delayed Metroidvania is finally coming out September 4, which still doesn’t feel real, but to drive the point home Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will have access the moment … Read more
Huntr/x may be a fictional K-pop group, but Netflix has managed to capture one part of real-world K-pop stardom in its official KPop Demon Hunters merchandise: photocards. These little pieces of cardboard usually depict fans’ favorite K-pop idols in anything from professional headshots to candid photos you might find on their camera roll. While Netflix … Read more
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles is burdened by the unenviable task of trying to improve upon a masterpiece while not adding any new imperfections. Based on nearly an hour I spent playing it at a recent demo event, it mostly succeeds on both counts. The magic of the PS1-era Square Enix classic is … Read more
Roborock is celebrating its 11th birthday and instead of just blowing out the candles, the company is going to be giving the gifts to its customers. For a limited time, the entire line of smart robot vacuums is available with massive discounts and the discounts are so good that most of the models have reached … Read more
Infinity Nikki has kicked off a surprising new cross-over with its latest update. The new patch, version 1.9, is live now, and heralds the start of a new season alongside the aforementioned collaboration. You may have assumed that there’s already a lot of cross-over between Infinity Nikki players and Stardew Valley players. Infold Games clearly … Read more