The KOTOR 2 Lawsuit Got Real Weird: 'What’s A Goon To A Goblin?'

Lil Wayne makes an unexpected appearance in a very unusual legal fight. Call of Duty is coming to Switch as soon as a few months from now. And one of Ubisoft’s Canadian studios just unionized. It’s the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku ‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. I’m finalizing my personal game of the year list and I think I’ve almost nailed it. What games do you wish more people had paid attention to this year? “Okay, you’re a goon, but what’s a goon to a Goblin?? Nothin’. Nothin’. You ain’t scaring nothing.” That’s how attorney Ray Kim described Aspyr, the company behind a Switch port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II that ended up at the center of a very bizarre lawsuit, Game File reports . Those are lyrics from Lil Wayne on the track “We Be Steady Mobbin.” Aspyr were the “goons,” per the legal filing in an actual court of law, while the players suing over missing DLC were “the goblins, and they will not be deterred.” The group reached a settlement earlier this month but the long, messy paper trail revealed plenty of other interesting nuggets, including the existence of an apparent . KOTOR 2 remake Divinity ‘s director suggests you might not want to bother with the old games “If you play [the two Divinity: Original Sin games], you will see things in [the upcoming] Divinity that reference those two,” Swen Vincke told . “If you played the first GamesRadar Divinity , you will see it referenced properly inside of this Divinity . Ego Draconis, same story, or The Dragon Knight Saga, all of it is being referenced, but it’s just part of the history of what happened in this world, and it helped shape the world to the point where it is now.” But if you just want a taste of the lore and came to Larian through the cinematic feel of Baldur’s Gate 3 , just play Original Sin 2 . “If you played because you really enjoy tactical combat or co-op multiplayer or really having lots of freedom, you should definitely play Original Sin 2 , because that’s a game that was a blueprint for BG3 ,” he said. Call of Duty will reportedly come to Switch soon Years after signing an agreement to bring the franchise back to Nintendo’s platforms, the shooter is still MIA. “The first CoD Switch version is nearly done,” claims Windows Central ‘s Jez Corden. He said it’s currently scheduled for a 2026 release, though it’s not entirely clear which form the game will take: a port of an existing sequel or a completely different experience. “We’re committed to getting the franchise on Switch,” a spokesperson for Activision confirmed earlier this year. We almost got Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo Ex-Rockstar North tech director Obbe Vermei, who worked on the franchise’s PS2-era games, said the studio had once looked at setting the open-world formula in cities all across the world, Assassin’s...

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