THE FUSE

Stardew Valley just got better on Switch 2, Marvel Rivals is pitching a big 2026, and we finally have our first teaser trailer for Nicolas Cage as John Madden. It’s the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. While many were battling big game service outages over the holiday, from Arc Raiders to Steam, I was battling Minecraft for the original Switch, which I bought for my kids because of the Mario add-on but which keeps crashing on startup.