This week on Morning Checkpoint, we check out the new Mortal Kombat trailer, catch up with all the news from BlizzCon and the latest Nintendo Direct, hear how developers in Texas are dealing with the terrible weather and eat a stupid-big gummy controller.
Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week
https://kotaku.com/i-ate-the-giant-game-controller-gummy-and-i-felt-like-1846282889
It’s nice to see other folks around here consuming terrible things for a change. Feel better Nathan.
https://kotaku.com/mister-deepfuckingvalue-goes-to-washington-1846300753
2021 isn’t quite 2020 yet, but it’s fucking trying.
https://kotaku.com/video-game-studios-across-texas-have-temporarily-closed-1846308376
Things are bad in Texas. And as you would expect, a lot of devs in Texas are suffering through the same bad weather that Ted Cruz tried to escape.
https://kotaku.com/stadia-leadership-praised-development-studios-for-great-1846281384
Things aren’t going well over at Stadia. I think the folks over hereneed to get the Stadia entry ready.
News From The Past Week
Everything Blizzard Announced During BlizzConline’s Opening Ceremony
Nintendo Announces Splatoon 3, Out 2022
Dysfunctional Game Development Comedy Mythic Quest Returns In May
Saudi Arabia Acquires $3.3 Billion Stake In EA, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard
Apple Wants Valve To Hand Over A Bunch Of Steam Info For Its Fight With Epic
Valve & Netflix Are Making A DOTA Anime
Shovel Knight Is Coming To Sma—Er, For Honor
Strixhaven, Magic: The Gathering’s Newest Set, Is Hogwarts Without The Terf
https://kotaku.com/the-new-mortal-kombat-movie-might-just-be-a-good-mortal-1846297783
Bungie Is Looking To Expand The Destiny 2 Universe
You Can Finally Import Your Owned Levels Into Hitman 3 On PC
Final Fantasy XIV Could Go At Least Five More Years, Director Says
Oh Hey, They’re Bringing Back Stubbs The Zombie
Everything Nintendo Showed During Today’s Direct
Fall Guys Coming To Switch And Xbox This Summer
Valve Bans ‘Very Positive’ Developer For Trying To Trick Steam Users
No Man’s Sky Players Can Now Tame, Breed, And Train Alien Creatures
Amazon’s New World MMO Delayed Again, Now Due August 31
Thor’s Teeth! Valheim Sells Two Million Copies In Two Weeks
