Also: Monster Hunter Wilds might soon have performance woes on an entirely new platform
Will Cyberpunk 2 be a PlayStation 7 game? Is Monster Hunter Wilds really going to be playable on Switch 2 next year? And why is Logan Paul so good at making everything he talks about, including Pokémon cards, sound so sleazy? It’s another edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture.
Ex-Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Shawn Layden is apparently pitching a Mad Men-style show about game development. It will probably never get made but I would definitely watch the hell out of that. Bobby Kotick could play Bobby Kotick, again. For now, Mythic Quest remains a pretty great parody of the video game industry.
Logan Paul makes Pokémon cards sound like a scam
“Pokemon as an asset class has outperformed the stock market by upwards of 3,000 percent in the last 20 years.” That’s how the online content hustler recently hyped up the upcoming auction for his PSA 10 Illustrator Pikachu card, which he claims is the most valuable Pokémon card in the world, during a segment on Fox Business.
Prior to promoting the upcoming auction, Paul had been wearing the nearly $6 million piece of paper around his neck during wrestling matches. If anyone can pop the insane bubble around Pokémon cards coming out of the covid-era lockdown, it’s the guy who, just a couple of years ago, had to refund fans for his failed NFT game.
Could Monster Hunter Wilds be the next big Switch 2 port we see in 2026?
Data mining of the recent Title 4 Update hints that development might currently be underway on a Switch 2 version. Considering Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata are also coming to the new console, that’s not completely unexpected; Capcom has been supporting Switch 2 in a big way, though Monster Hunter Wilds‘ performance struggles on PC and console don’t instill a ton of confidence about how it might fare on the weaker platform.
It might not be the only big new third-party port we see next year, either. Leaker NateTheHate reports that a rumored ongoing shortage around Switch 2 dev kits has “largely been resolved.”
When will we see Cyberpunk 2?
Polish analytics firm Noble Securitie predicts it could arrive as early as 2030 with a budget of roughly $420 million. That seems to wildly overestimate the speed and efficiency of modern AAA development. My own guess is we don’t see it until 2032 and it costs over half a billion before marketing.
Zack Snyder is a fan of the Kim Kardashian skin in Fortnite
The Justice League director recently wrote on Instagram, “Big thanks to @kimkardashian for carrying me to all those Royales on @fortnite over Christmas break.” The Kardashian cosmetic is reportedly the most popular skin in all of season 7.
Front Missions 3: Remake is right around the corner and has a free demo
The overhaul of the tactical mech RPG classic for PS1 arrives on January 30 and recently got a free demo for fans to try. Unfortunately, the Front Mission series remakes have been some of the worst around, and I’m not holding my breath that Front Mission 3 will reverse the trend. Early reports from the demo are that the game still rocks but it feels like it was thrown together on a shoestring budget.
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