It’s Tuesday, however it looks like Monday due to Labor Day giving many people the time without work. However that bizarre feeling and a brief week gained’t cease the Morning Checkpoint. Right this moment, we study extra about Ubisoft’s potential plans for Rayman, compensate for PAX West 2025 news, and see how a bunch of modders is reviving The Crew after Ubisoft killed its servers final yr. Additionally, one other recreation will get delayed to keep away from Silksong. And excellent news: The following Benoit Blanc homicide thriller film hits theaters this Thanksgiving.
The Crew Limitless brings the racing recreation again on-line
In April 2024, Ubisoft shut down the servers powering its 10-year-old open-world racing recreation The Crew. This made it unplayable, and that didn’t go over properly with followers. In truth, the shutdown led to legal battles and a whole “Stop Killing Games” movement. Now, as reported by RPS, the sport that began all of it has been revived, however not by Ubisoft.
As an alternative, The Crew Limitless, a free mod for the PC model of the racing recreation, is being constructed and supported by a bunch of modders. The mod, which has been in growth for a couple of yr now, is ready to reach on September 15. The core of the mod is a server emulator that may let gamers basically trick the sport into considering the official Ubisoft servers are nonetheless working prefer it’s 2014. You possibly can even, with some work, run the server emulator by yourself PC, successfully giving gamers the offline mode they’ve begged Ubisoft for over the past decade. (And something which Ubisoft is adding to The Crew 2 and its sequel.)
Whereas the mod seems to be prefer it gained’t be the simplest factor to arrange, movies of it in motion look nice, with the devs even making some minor fixes and tweaks to The Crew based mostly on fan suggestions. If publishers gained’t assist protect video video games, followers will do it. It’s been like this for decades, and I doubt anything will change soon.
One other recreation has been delayed due to Silksong
Silksong’s shock September 4 launch and $20 price ticket have prompted many different indie video games to panic and flee the times across the recreation’s launch date. And we are able to add one other recreation to the listing: Star Birds. That is the subsequent recreation from the Dofromantik builders and it’s a colourful technique administration recreation based mostly on a well-liked instructional YouTube channel. Star Birds was set to arrive on September 4, but will now launch six days later on September 10.
Ubisoft reportedly desires to make a Rayman 4
👊 🎉Rayman turns 30! Be part of us on our official channels to have a good time an unimaginable legacy 🎂🥳
Let’s kick it off with a particular message from Ubisoft Montpellier that was broadcast as a part of the fan occasion Rayman Alive, simply minutes in the past. pic.twitter.com/BQ6qavIrVr
— Rayman (@RaymanGame) September 1, 2025
A new report from Insider Gaming claims that the beforehand reported Rayman remake is progressing properly, and the plan is to launch the sport in 2026. In a new video from Ubisoft celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the platforming sequence, Ubisoft confirmed that it was engaged on a brand new Rayman recreation however warned that extra information wouldn’t come anytime quickly. Insider Gaming reviews that the remake is the brand new recreation and that if it sells properly sufficient, Ubisoft will develop a Rayman 4. Reportedly, there are already “preliminary plans” in place for that sequel.
Capcom president blames PS5’s excessive value for gentle numbers
As spotted by GamesIndustry.biz, in a current interview, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto partially blamed the “soft” gross sales of Monster Hunter Wilds on the excessive price of the PlayStation 5. Whereas MonHun Wilds bought extremely properly out of the gate, turning into the fastest-selling Capcom recreation within the firm’s historical past, the writer’s most up-to-date monetary outcomes referred to as the sport’s gross sales in Q1 2025 “soft.” Based on Tsujimoto, you possibly can blame that on the excessive value of a PS5 in most components of the world.
“The console costs about ¥80,000 ($538). When you factor in the cost of software and monthly subscriptions, it comes to about ¥100,000 ($672) at the time of purchase. This is not an amount that can be easily reached, especially for younger generations. This situation is not limited to Japan, but is similar overseas as well,” stated Tsujimoto.
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