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Like lots of canceled games, the more I hear about Perfect Dark, the cooler it sounds. Also is Tom Holland okay? And which Metal Gear should get the Unreal Engine 5 glow-up next? Face the new week with the latest edition of Kotaku‘s Morning Checkpoint at your side. The daily roundup of gaming news and culture breezes you through some …

Ready or Not developer, Void Interactive, has ended its “relationship” with the game’s community manager, following comments they made about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in the tactical FPS’s official Discord server. As reported by Kotaku, Ready or Not’s community manager, known as ‘Kaminsky’, was asked last week to add variations of “Charlie Kirk” to the server’s filtered …

Gemini is officially available on Google TVs, now that the TCL QM9K series TVs are out in stores. At the moment, they’re the only television models that feature Google’s AI assistant, but Gemini will be available on more devices later this year. Google says it will make its way to the Google TV Streamer, Walmart’s onn 4K Pro streaming device, …

September 22, 2025 UPDATE Apple previews new immersive films for Apple Vision Pro New titles from Audi, the BBC, CANAL+, CNN, HYBE, MotoGP, and Red Bull will launch in the coming months Apple today previewed a slate of new films in Apple Immersive from top global publishers, broadcasters, studios, and brands, including the Audi F1 Project, the BBC, CANAL+, CNN, HYBE, MotoGP, …

Generally, the Green Bay Packers work out players on Tuesdays, an off day for their players. Instead, the Packers brought in two players today, according to the NFL transaction wire. Don’t be surprised if they bring in a big group tomorrow, too, if workouts are already spilling over into Monday on a Sunday game week. The players brought in on …

A newly discovered bug in open-world looter shooter Borderlands 4 is letting players use a specific legendary gun to fling themselves across large sections of the game’s map. It looks wild and could be useful for speedrunners. But Gearbox is watching the glitch and might, if needed, fix it to avoid technical problems. On September 19, Twitch streamer and content …

Dying Light: The Beast is here, and despite some odd issues with super rain (which should be all fixed up now), I’ve been having a wonderful time with Techland’s open-world zombie RPG. After spending over a dozen hours with it, as well as playing the past games in the series, I have some tips to share with folks either hopping …

Black Ops 7 developers have revealed a big overhaul in how players will unlock weapon camos in the new game. Unlocking weapon camos and skins is something that a lot of Call of Duty players focus on in the early days of a new game. Some try their hardest to be the first in the world to unlock the top …

We’ve hit the final week of September, and to celebrate we’ve penned a fresh entry into our regular Rewind hi-fi and home cinema news digest. In it, our team of experts contended with everything from a Philips launch event in Amsterdam to a fresh batch of AV hardware in need of the What Hi-Fi? review treatment. Here’s everything you need …

MediaTek Launches Improved AI Processor to Compete With Qualcomm  Bloomberg.com MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Unleashes Best-in-Class Performance, AI Experiences, and Power Efficiency for the Next Generation of Mobile Devices  MediaTek OPPO Find X9 Series to Launch Globally, Powered by MediaTek’s Flagship Dimensity 9500  OPPO MediaTek’s Next Chip Will Boost Low-Power AI in Next Year’s Top Android Phones  CNET Multiple Big Cores Plus NPU Target Top-of-the-Line …