I don’t envy those who have the impossible task of migrating Call of DutyUnremarkable operator bravado on the big screen. Arc Raiders is declining but still dominant. And the video game shovel spam problem is getting out of control. This is the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint on April 16, 2026.
Tomodachi Life: living the dream came out today and the clips have started. JRPG super fans can even use the social simulation Switch to recreate their own dinner Fantasy Finale developer legends.
Arc Raiders drops 80 percent of its peak concurrent players on Steam ARC Raiders collapsed. The game is dead now. The developers have ruined the game. They don’t know what they are doing. pic.twitter.com/3TqllEVPdG
– ExoGhost (@ExoGhost) April 12, 2026
Is it joever for the surprise hit of the 2025 extraction shooter? Not by far. But after weeks of Marathon Looking at Steam Chart, it was only a matter of time before experts turned their attention to the market leader’s recent decline, from 466,000 in January to 90,000 today.
Forbes” Paul Tassi listed a handful of possible reasons to explain the softening spirit among Arc Raiders” the scavengers. They include a lackluster season, persistent cheating issues, negative vibes among streamers, and a more fickle audience around the game’s PVE-centric multiplayer focus. So far at least, the game seems to be following a similar trend to Helldiverse 2which sports an arc of continued live service success that anyone would be happy to emulate.
We know practically nothing about Call of Duty film other than its release That date is June 30, 2028, Paramount announced Thursday at CinemaCon. “We want to make sure the authenticity of the film is captured on a human level so that it truly feels real and gives it an epic scope,” Activision President Rob Kostich said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Yellow stone co-creator Taylor Sheridan will write the screenplay with Peter Berg of Warship And Deep water horizon achievement of fame. The film reportedly considered Steven Spielberg to direct the production at one point, but he wanted too much creative control. What it means for a film to be “authentic” Call of DutyThe annual cyclone of remixed military sets remains an enigma.
Congressman asks FTC to stop Saudi takeover of EA Florida Democrat Maxwell Frost shared his concerns about a recent livestream with Zefrine and Lilsimsie (via The player). “I am very concerned about what is happening in the video game industry,” he said. “Especially because Saudi Arabia is basically trying to acquire every aspect of the game you can think of.”
He continued: “This is going to put us in a very difficult position in terms of national security, in terms of censorship of what this government believes, and in terms of the workers who create the games as well. So, I really think the FTC needs to step in here. They can sue to stop the merger; the Department of Justice can also sue to stop the merger. There are so many reasons why they need to do this.”
Minecraft lookalike Hytale takes aim at Switch shovelware scam Hytale: Sandbox RPG Yes, this is handled by the legal team.
-Simon (@Simon_Hypixel) April 13, 2026
The voxel creation game Hytale is currently only available in Early Access on Steam, but spam copycats are already popping up elsewhere (via Automaton). Fans have noticed a particularly free scam on the Switch eShop. “It’s our legal team that takes care of that,” said co-director Simon Collins-Laflamme. written the. Sony started repress on the viral slop takes over the PSN by purging hundreds of unwanted lists.
A Pokemon clone of a Pokemon the clone leaves Steam Pickmos is a survival game for collectors of monkey creatures World Pal And Pokemon. It’s such a brazen imitation that it’s hard to tell whether the game’s existence is actually just one big piece of performance art when it comes to intellectual property theft. It was announced last month as Pickmon before changing its name to Pickmos. Now he’s stepping down from Valve’s showcase.
“We’ve heard your feedback regarding the removal of our Steam store page and want to clarify things,” editor Networkgo. told the players. “Networkgo has officially intervened in the development of Pickmos. We will oversee the PocketGame team from a player perspective to ensure the game continues to improve.
The famous game jam series that was born Celestial will calm down Ludum Dare has scheduled its final game jam for October 2028, co-founder Mike Kasprzak announced today (via Game developer). “Those of us who have been around since the beginning know that April is the month of Ludum Dare,” he wrote. “That’s the one thing I will take full responsibility for: convincing everyone involved that if it’s April, we need to have a Ludum Dare.”
He continued: “So with that, I intend to hold an encore event in April 2029. That will be the end of it though. Note that this is not a ‘scheduled’ Ludum Dare event, although I tell you it is going to happen. October 2028 will be the Ludum Dare farewell celebration event. After that, Ludum Dare will return ‘if necessary.’
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