What has Sony learned from its biggest gaming blunder one year later? Why is Ubisoft’s CEO headed to court five years after a sexual harassment scandal rocked the company? And how many more copies will Hollow Knight sell as everyone rushes to play it ahead of Silksong‘s launch next month? Welcome back to Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming …
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Has it been a year already? It has, as PlayStation released its hero shooter Concord on August 23, 2024, and now here we are, reflecting on what I think you could explicitly declare the worst video game release of all time. Not the worst game of all time, perhaps (though it was very bad), but an unprecedented failure of a …
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Malik Taylor, a 28-year-old TikTok creator known for his pop culture breakdowns and comedy skits, died in a car crash in Concord on Wednesday. WCNC Charlotte reports Concord police responded to a crash on Lapis Lane NW around 7:45 a.m. and found a Nissan Rogue that had gone off the road and down an approximately 20-foot embankment. Authorities stated that …
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Sony’s chief financial officer Lin Tao has admitted PlayStation’s live-service strategy – which has seen a string of high-profile flops, delays, and cancellations after a bullish start back in 2022 – is “not entirely going smoothly”. Tao has also confirmed Destiny developer Bungie’s independence is to be reduced as it’s folded into PlayStation Studios. Former PlayStation boss Jim …
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