Welcome back to Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku’s daily round-up of video game news and other stuff you might care about. Today we have information about the future of Forza, news about Sony and EVO, and some fresh details about that new Lego Batman game. Also: get excited about The Gorillaz coming to Fortnite. The Gorillaz are … Read more
Every version of the PlayStation 5 is now $50 more expensive in the U.S., but at least for now, a new deal at GameStop will cover the difference. The meme stock retailer announced it will start giving anyone who trades in their last-gen consoles an extra $50 in-store credit toward the purchase of a new … Read more
After years of not showing up to the party, Hollow Knight: Silksong made a brief appearance at Gamescom Opening Night Live this week. It opened the show with what was essentially a “proof of life” reel, and is playable on the showfloor in Cologne right now. Team Cherry also teased a “special announcement” for the … Read more
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is adding several new Mega Evolutions when it comes to the Switch systems on October 16. We already knew Dragonite was getting one of these powerful alternate forms, and now another monster from the series’ first generation is getting an upgrade almost 30 years later. However, while Dragonite is a long-time favorite … Read more
Kill the Brickman takes the basic premise of the arcade classic Breakout and adapts it to a Baltro-style deckbuilder roguelike where you shoot custom bullets to break bricks, win cash, collect upgrades, and extend your run. So far, so neat. But no small part of Kill the Brickman‘s staying power is its surreal presentation that … Read more
This week was a big one for Activision and all the studios that work on the popular Call of Duty franchise. At Gamescom, devs took to the stage of Opening Night Live to show off our first real look at Black Ops 7, the new main entry in the franchise. But due to various reasons, … Read more
Genshin Impact’s big annual update is not far off. Thanks to this year’s gamescom, we’ve got our first look at one of the new characters joining the game’s roster with the upcoming expansion: Flins, the latest in Genshin’s long line of eligible-and-they-know-it husbandos — and if you’re a longtime player, you’ve probably been expecting him. … Read more
The moment many feared would come following Xbox’s recent, wide-ranging price hikes of its consoles and games has arrived – Sony has officially announced that it’s raising the price of the PlayStation 5 console in the US. The platform holder revealed the new prices on Wednesday, which go in effect today, August 21. To see … Read more
A new Unreal Engine 5-powered horror game based on 1978’s Halloween from director John Carpenter is in the works and will launch next year. It’s titled Halloween: The Game, and will feature iconic slasher Michael Myers killing people on the night he returns home. Announced on August 20, Halloween: The Game, which isn’t the most … Read more
Elden Ring is one of the most exciting third-party games coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Who among us doesn’t want to get our shit rocked on the go? Well, according to folks who have played FromSoftware’s action RPG at Gamescom in Cologne, the system is apparently struggling to run the game in handheld mode, and … Read more