Good morning, or good afternoon, or good whenever you are reading this. Kotaku’s Morning Checkpoint is back once more to share some news and other stuff with you. Today, that includes a wild story about a gaming convention gone wrong, more information on maps in Battlefield 6, a new union at Blizzard, a look behind the scenes on Superman, and …
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Last weekend, a number of gaming fans traveled to Tampa, Florida to attend the National Gaming Expo. The convention, in its first year, promised encounters with actors such as the casts of Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mortal Kombat, as well as the former voices behind Nintendo’s Peach and Bowser, Donkey Kong composer Grant Kirkhope, and …
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After breaking ground in 2018, Hall H got its first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art before it’s set to open its futuristic doors in 2026. With a personal collection from George Lucas’s 50-year art archive, the museum is set to feature artwork and never-before-seen pieces from Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo, Jessie Willcox Smith and more. The panel …
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Ryan Gosling is blasting off into space in next year’s “Project Hail Mary,” but first he made a stop at San Diego Comic Con on Saturday. Gosling joined a packed Hall H panel alongside directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, writer Drew Goddard and author Andy Weir, who wrote the original book. Gosling plays astronaut Ryland Grace who “awakens on …
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Project Hail Mary star Ryan Gosling had Hall H in stitches Saturday afternoon at Comic-Con 2025. In addition to Gosling, author Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard were on today’s dais with Lord and Miller in conversation with Joshua Horowitz. When asked about the efforts for scientific accuracy in the film Lord and Miller described exact velocity to set-building. Later …
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Coyote vs. Acme actor today at San Diego Comic-Con said the global release date for the Warner Bros. abandoned-Ketchup Entertainment saved hybrid animation movie is Aug. 28, 2026. And that’s a global release. “This movie wasn’t supposed to come out,” said the panel’s moderator Paul Scheer about the pic which follows Wile E. Coyote’s legal crusade against Acme corporation after …
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No, Dr. Doom didn’t show up at this year’s Comic-Con. But Disney sure as hell brought the dazzle with a laser light show that one-upped what they pulled off at CinemaCon, complete with a Tron: Ares logo in full neon red and two Tron-like warriors marching to the front of the stage. “Did you see that entrance?” asked moderator Kevin …
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