Each traditional recreation deserves a wild Recreation Boy model. Roblox has to wash up its platform predator downside earlier than it will probably get a Marvel collab. And a record-breaking Charizard sale has me pondering of each paper collectible I ever threw within the trash. Which presents am I at present shopping for my youngsters which may at some point be value a small fortune? Or is the nostalgia-fueled millennial collectible market simply one other bubble everybody will overlook a few decade from now?
Welcome to the newest version of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture, which just broke its own record for the latest in the day it’s ever been printed. Not fairly as spectacular because the Recreation Awards breaking its earlier document for viewership with over 170 million livestreams for this year’s show, however who’s counting?
An unimaginable Resident Evil demake simply resurfaced for the vacations
London-based studio HotGen’s journey to get a PS1 recreation playable on Recreation Boy Shade was left incomplete, VGC reports. However preservationists Video games That Weren’t has now shared what seems to be an nearly completely playable construct of the fascinating curio from the flip of the century.
“[We’ve] now preserved a final version of [the] game at the point of cancellation and we have it here for you today to check out thanks to Pete Frith providing everything,” the group announced on X today. “Again, it isn’t 100% complete (perhaps now 98% – based on Pete’s estimates) – but there is more content and it *might* actually now be completable. Due to time constraints, we’ve not been able to sit and play through the title fully to confirm, as there might be scenes that glitch/bug out – if you find that it is, please do let us know!”
Our first huge Christmas replace is with an incredible restoration of the ultimate construct of Resident Evil on Gameboy Shade. Hotgen’s spectacular conversion that received canned. That is a lot nearer to completion, and appears completable too. Heaps to find!https://t.co/PqnSERyZuP pic.twitter.com/u2sPODb7dS
— Video games That Weren’t (@fgasking) December 17, 2025
Even Disney is quietly boycotting Roblox
The corporate, which was keen to license its IP to OpenAI and make investments $1 billion in inventory within the tech firm, is just not keen to place Mickey Mouse in a possible petting room. “Sources have told Variety this is not just because of Disney’s revenue tied to Epic, but because Disney does not think Roblox is a safe platform at this time,” Selection reported this week.
In the meantime, a Roblox ban in international locations like Russia has provoked a rare outburst of protest. Gamers there just lately held up indicators saying “Hands off Roblox” and “Roblox is the victim of the digital Iron Curtain.” Pissing off avid gamers is principally the 2025 equal of invading Russia through the winter.
A mint-condition Charizard card simply offered for half one million at public sale
The PSA 10 First Version Base Set Charizard went for $550,000 together with the client’s premium at a recent Heritage auction. It breaks the previous record of $420,000 set again in 2022, although it’s nonetheless a pittance in comparison with the $5 million an Illustrator Pikachu once sold for.
Dispatch received’t be a PlayStation unique for much longer
Dispatch (Swap 2 / Swap) is up for preorder on US eShop ($26.99 – 10% off low cost – releasing January twenty eighth) https://t.co/Wt3rekEAnu
free improve pack included pic.twitter.com/L3A3RCdWYQ
— Wario64 (@Wario64) December 17, 2025
It’s coming to Swap 1 and Swap 2 on January 28, full with a free improve path.
Painkiller‘s unique director is just not completely happy in regards to the 2025 reboot
“It’s a completely different game. I will never understand why you’re taking the IP and then sort of turning it around,” Folks Can Fly cofounder Adrian Chmielarz told PCGamesN. “What’s the point here? You grab the IP because you believe the IP had something, but there’s no traces of the DNA of that IP in your game. That’s weird to me.”
The brand new model contains co-op and a roguelike mode. It has lower than 1,000 critiques on Steam and a middling score of simply 55 p.c optimistic. “I didn’t play it,” Chmielarz mentioned. “I played the beta when they had it, and I disagreed with every single thing they’ve done in it, and that’s it.”
Warner Bros. says no to Paramount
The corporate’s board of administrators basically accused CEO David Ellison of mendacity and saying he’s not good for the cash. “Despite having been told repeatedly by WBD how important a full and unconditional financing commitment from the Ellison family was – and despite their own ample resources, as well as multiple assurances by PSKY during our strategic review process that such a commitment was forthcoming – the Ellison family has chosen not to backstop the PSKY offer,” it advised traders. Netflix, in the meantime, promised to maintain airing WB motion pictures in theaters if it takes over.
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