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Welcome back, gamers. I can call you that, right? Cool. Anyway, this is Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku’s daily round-up of news and other stuff you might care about. Today, we have more layoffs, Unreal Engine 5 optimization information, details on how Black Myth: Wukong runs on Xbox, and someone claiming Capcom has tried to remake Dino Crisis a few times, but …

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September, which starts *checks calendar* next week, is going to be a jam-packed month for new gadget announcements. In case you thought Apple’s “Awe Dropping” event on Sept. 9 where it’ll announce the iPhone 17 family of phones, new Apple Watches, and possibly AirPods Pro 3, was the only big tech extravaganza, let me remind you that IFA is happening …

DJI’s busy engineering team is at it again with the creation of the company’s third wireless mic system in less than two years. The new flagship DJI Mic 3 has a wholesale design change from the Mic 2 plus numerous improvements in areas like sound quality, noise reduction and the number of subjects you can record at once — though …

With today’s Year 2 Trailer, the blockbuster third-person action shooter details its plans for a second year of content updates, including a brand new playable class. Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive are excited to reveal their Year 2 plans for their multi-million seller Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, starting with the release of the game’s Anniversary Update on September 4. …

Some Final Fantasy XIV players like to say that the MMORPG has a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward mods. While technically verboten under the strict terms of the game’s user agreement, Square Enix has mostly been content to look the other way as long as the mods aren’t interfering with the overall health and integrity of the game. But …

A few days ago we brought you word that Google was looking to crack down on “sideloaded” Android applications. That is, software packages installed from outside of the mobile operating system’s official repository. Unsurprisingly, a number of readers were outraged at the proposed changes. Android’s open nature, at least in comparison to other mobile operating systems, is what attracted many …

Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn’t tell. It’s just 0.1mm thinner — that’s four-thousandths of an inch — than the Oppo Find N5 or Samsung’s recent Galaxy Z Fold 7. If that’s a difference you claim to perceive, then I’m afraid I simply don’t believe you. I’ve put the V5 side …

Set your alarms and get the coffee brewing. Samsung just announced its next virtual Unpacked event, and for those of us in the U.S., it’s a seriously early one. The company will be livestreaming the event on Thursday, September 4th at 5:30am EST, where we expect to see the latest additions to the Galaxy ecosystem. While Samsung is being coy …