You’ll no longer have to pay $50 to stream the next Capcom Cup event live but it won’t be free. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had another big night at the DICE Summit Awards in Las Vegas. And Sega is swallowing a $220 million write-down on its mobile gaming acquisition. Ouch! It’s the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news, rumors, and culture. What was your favorite reveal from yesterday’s big PlayStation showcase? It felt a bit light to me overall but a new Castlevania later this year is all I really need.
Capcom nerfs its Street Fighter tournament pay-per-view prices
The publisher got blasted last year by fans and esports pros for locking the Capcom Cup finals livestream behind a paywall. Originally $50 for the multi-day viewing bundle, the tickets are now on sale for just $10 (via VGC).
“At the time of the initial announcement, pricing was set based on the domestic Japanese benchmark of the Street Fighter League single-day live viewing ticket, which was priced at ¥4,000,” the head of Capcom’s esports division, Tetsuya Tabuchi, said in a new broadcast. “However, after reviewing pricing structures and cost-of-living standards across a wide range of global content, we have re-evaluated the pricing to ensure that fans around the world can more easily enjoy the event. As a result, we have set unified pricing for both Japanese and English broadcasts.”
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps another awards show
It won game of the year at this year’s DICE Summit in Las Vegas, clinching wins in five categories. While the field was more spread than at The Game Awards 2026, it still posted the most wins of any game last night, followed by Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2.
Terminator Zero has been quietly canceled after just one season
The Netflix anime series got decent reviews but apparently nobody watched it. “It was cancelled,” creator Mattson Tomlin confirmed on X. “The critical and audience reception to it was tremendous, but at the end of the day not nearly enough people watched it.” Tomlin added, “I would’ve loved to deliver on the Future War I had planned in seasons 2 and 3, but I’m also very happy with how it feels contained as is.”
Control Resonant commits a cardinal sin
No way Control Resonant did the AAA dialog. pic.twitter.com/aDRqK09KhZ
— Kābī (@KirPinkFury) February 12, 2026
The newest footage revealed in this week’s PlayStation State of Play included AAA game dialogue that almost felt ripped directly from the viral “Focus, M” gritty Mario reboot parody. Maybe it’s just a fourth-wall breaking meta-textual joke.
Sega takes a $220 million hit on its mobile gaming acqusition
The Sonic maker gobbled up Angry Birds publisher Rovio back in 2023 for $775 million amid and industry acquisition spree and has now reported a large impairment cost in its latest earnings as the division struggles. Sonic Rumble in particular really underperformed, but on the bright side Sega is promising “four major new titles for mainstay IPs” over the course of the next year. The next Like a Dragon game? Sonic Frontiers 2? Persona 6?
The publisher behind Trails is doing great
Nihon Falcom records a 670 percent jump in profits after the launch of the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remake last year. The sequel is due out later this year as well, though the Japanese company is more cautious about how fantasy school action-RPG Kyoto Xanadu will perform, Automaton reports.
