Huge Cult of the Lamb DLC and even larger PC gaming handhelds. Welcome to the newest version of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. I am still recovering from the Philadelphia Eagles’ slender escape from the Dallas Cowboys final evening. It solely took six seconds for star defensive sort out Jalen Carter to get ejected from the sport for spitting at opposing quarterback Dak Prescott, just for a second angle to disclose Prescott really spit first.
DAK SPAT FIRST?!?! pic.twitter.com/J2xrMlJRLj
— Bussin’ With The Boys (@BussinWTB) September 5, 2025
Carter apparently then requested him if he simply spat at him (Prescott’s loogie had little hang-time earlier than going straight to the bottom) and Prescott mentioned one thing to the impact of “why the hell would I do that?” after which Carter determined the time for phrases had ended and fired again together with his personal salvo of saliva aimed squarely at Prescott’s chest. The curse of Madden continues? I can’t wait to undergo by one other season of the 2024 Tremendous Bowl champions trying like utter frauds.
The Legion Go 2 is sort of twice as costly as the unique
Lenovo revealed its latest PC gaming handheld and its spectacular specs are overshadowed solely by its price ticket. It begins at $1,100 or concerning the value of a 15-inch MacBook Air. For that you simply get an 8.8 inch OLED show, an AMD Z2 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. The Verge reports it gained’t launch with SteamOS, and it gained’t have Microsoft’s new Home windows gaming UI that’s releasing with the Xbox ROG Ally both. That choice gained’t arrive till sometime in spring 2026.
None of that is doing a lot for my enthusiasm for an in any other case cool improve. It’ll be the beefiest transportable PC gaming competitor to the Change 2 when it arrives on October 31, full with removable controller grips, a kickstand, and optical mouse controls. However with one of the best Legion Go 2 mannequin coming in at virtually $1,500, I’m unsure any variety of new bells and whistles will get potential patrons over the sticker shock.
Cult of the Lamb‘s Woolhaven DLC shall be virtually so long as the bottom sport
The motion roguelike base-builder has an enlargement coming in early 2026 and developer Large Monster claims it’s going to effectively feel like a second game. The wintery DLC provides new settlement mechanics, ranges to discover, and brutal climate to outlive. It appears neat however in contrast to all the free updates generously showered on gamers, Woodhaven shall be paid. No value has been revealed but.
“We tend to go all out, be at weddings, to raves, to three free massive content updates,” the devs mentioned in a TikTok. “This DLC is not free, but I promise you’ll love it.”
Schedule 1 followers are voting on whether or not to lastly convey shrooms to the hit Steam sport
The drug-selling crewlike‘s Rival Cartels replace is reside and the following community poll is out there for gamers to vote on. The three choices are between Hireable Drivers, Fishing, and Shrooms, a psychedelic not at present obtainable within the sport. Whereas drivers could be essentially the most sensible, followers of funky fungi have been ready for his or her second within the highlight. Some gamers are chanting “Shrooms, baby!” Others say “Fishing EZ.” The weirdos howl “I want police raids so bad.”
MindsEye devs shock remaining gamers by really persevering with to repair the sport
“I can’t wait for the next statement from the studio (it’s so fucking over),” wrote Electrical_Sugar_742 a couple of days ago. However Construct A Rocket Boy responded with update 4, which is filled with adjustments to the beleaguered motion shooter. It addresses PC efficiency points and provides quality-of-life enhancements, together with the flexibility to lastly skip cutscenes. How are gamers responding?
“I’ve deleted it for now,” wrote one. “Maybe by 2040 the game will reach 1.0,” wrote one other. Essentially the most controversial patch notice is “Removed EVERYWHERE vehicles from Build.MindsEye – those vehicles were made accessible unofficially, and we will bring them to MindsEye when they are ready.” Person RazorLined wrote, “You guys really thought this was the time to make that change. Really guys. REALLY!?!” Powerful crowd.
Restore assist for each previous Nintendo console earlier than the Change has formally ended
The Mario maker ran out of substitute components for the New 2DS XL this week. “Due to the depletion of parts inventory required for repairs, we have terminated the repair service for the New Nintendo 2DS XL console as of September 4, 2025,” a post on X reads, per X’s built-in translate perform. “Repair services for all other Nintendo 3DS series have also been terminated.”
The corporate ended repair support for the Wii U final yr. With each platforms’ eShops additionally set down and no on-line performance left, the solar has lastly set on Nintendo’s pre-Change years.
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