The Crimson Desert train is picking up momentum after losing a wheel or two at launch. Dragon’s Dogma 2 players are imbibing another round of hopium. And read the label before buying those Mario Galaxy Movie Yoshi bath bombs. Morning Checkpoint is back after an unexpected hiatus yesterday and we are monitoring the situations, all of them, more intensely than ever.
One of those situations is a defamatory claim spreading on Bluesky that millennials insist on only using laptops to book flights and hotels and make other important purchases rather than just doing it on their phones. Couldn’t be me!
Crimson Desert just topped 3 million sales
User reviews on Steam and Metacritic have also edged up a few points over the last week. The vibes are rallying even after Pearl Abyss admitted to using genAI and not disclosing it. I have been slowly making my way through the first few hours but have been told it doesn’t really get good until around hour 10.
One thing players have been applauding is Pearl Abyss’ rapid response time when it comes to deploying new patches that address initial complaints. In addition to some recent hotfixes, the studio also confirmed that Intel Arc cards will be supported in the future after all. It had originally told those players to just get refunds when the game didn’t work on their PCs.
I couldn’t be more excited for Minecraft Dungeons 2
I was a bit harsh on the original game when it came out in 2020. I called it a “fun but stripped-down dungeon brawler,” which is correct but also somewhat undersells what a satisfying distillation of the Diablo formula it is while being mapped onto the cute and cozy voxel aesthetic from Minecraft.
Well, Mojang announced over the weekend that a new one is in the works and I couldn’t be more excited. There’s no release date yet but it’s coming to Switch 2 in addition to the rest of the modern consoles and PC. I could care less about the story elements being teased in the reveal trailer but I hope it learns from the last six years of dopamine-dripping roguelike design to make something that feels fresh and robust.
A Dragon’s Dogma 2 expansion might still be on the way
Players have been combing over new anniversary art they think holds clues to an unannounced DLC, Restart reports. A letter hidden in the art mentions “sightings of griffins” in the northern region of Organ, an area that’s not currently accessible in the base game. There’s also a new character with unique armor standing in the crowd. The first Dragon’s Dogma also got a beefy expansion, though Dragon’s Dogma 2‘s director left shortly after the game launched.
Arc Raiders addresses complaints about the lack of new content
The extraction shooter’s paltry weekly updates have some members of its rabid fanbase asking what’s taking so long as March quietly comes to an end without any major changes. “We’ve also seen some questions about the size of our weekly patches, so to clarify: these updates are focused on smaller quality-of-life improvements and store rotations,” Embark Studios clarified in the latest patch notes. “Our larger, more content-heavy updates are currently planned for the end of each month.”
Battlefield Hardline is dying, but only on console
Like many of you I had no idea it was still alive. EA confirmed the 2016 urban shooter is being pulled form storefronts in May and will have its console servers go offline on June 22. The PC version will remain, a relief to the 23 people currently playing it on Steam.
High on Life 2 misses its 4/20 Switch 2 release date
The port has been delayed until July 1 instead. It’s not the only Switch 2 version of a game that’s been MIA. Fans are still waiting for Elden Ring, and the Borderlands 4 port has been all but canceled.
2025 Xbox hit Grounded 2 gets a creative mode
Playgrounds will be a place where players can go and make whatever they want, free from the survival crafting RPG’s resource limits and dangerous bugs.
Beware the bleeding Yoshi egg bath bombs
The bath bombs appear like eggs on the outside but hide different shapes within, including fire flowers. The result is kind of gross, reports Polygon. I watched one of the videos and, uh, no thanks.