{"id":362759,"date":"2025-11-07T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/362759\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:36:22","slug":"red-dead-redemption-2-is-unstoppable-so-wheres-the-switch-2-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/362759\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Unstoppable So Where&#8217;s The Switch 2 Port?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How come<a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/red-dead-redemption-2-the-kotaku-review-1829984369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Red Dead Redemption 2<\/a> still isn\u2019t on current-gen consoles? Why did Konami drop its lawsuit against the anime horse game? How many players will be humiliated by Ned Flanders before the Simpsons Fortnite season is over? It\u2019s another edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku\u2018s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. Call of Duty is just a week away. We\u2019ll find out how many people still care or if they\u2019re still too busy recovering from their Battlefield 6 and Arc Raiders hangovers.<\/p>\n<p> Red Dead Redemption 2 is now the fourth best-selling game of all time <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s another big win for meticulously rendered horse testicles and proof that painstaking craftmanship can propel your game to the top of the charts even if it\u2019s long, often boring, and essentially feels like the Ken Burns documentary of open-world action games. Take-Two confirmed in its latest earnings report that Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 79 million units, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-sales-mario-kart-world-mk8-2000620694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> into fifth place.<\/p>\n<p>But the game also goes on sale for just $20 a lot, whereas Mario Kart 8 is rarely below full price. Take-Two says it\u2019s still the top-selling game of the last seven years in the U.S. in terms of dollar sales. So, we\u2019re getting <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/read-dead-redemption-2-nintendo-switch-port-rating-1850873886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that rumored Switch 2 and PS5 port<\/a> any day now, right? right??<\/p>\n<p> Square Enix hit with mass layoffs <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/final-fantasy-gen-ai-square-enix-qa-bugs-2000641688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Final Fantasy publisher<\/a> has reportedly fired 140 people across its overseas publishing operations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/square-enix-announces-more-layoffs-as-part-of-us-and-europe-restructuring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VGC reports<\/a>. The company says the move will save around $20 million as it continues overhauling its gaming business after years of misfires.<\/p>\n<p> Ned Flanders has killed over 33,000 Fortnite players <\/p>\n<p>The friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/fortnite-simpsons-mini-season-review-changes-new-map-short-2000640868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simpsons neighbor<\/a> is anything but when he\u2019s roaming the map as a deadly NPC. Epic Games confirmed he\u2019s a stone cold killer. Here\u2019s a clip showing why you don\u2019t want to get in a shootout by his house.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">just checked\u2026 Ned Flanders has over 33k global eliminations in Fortnite lol \ud83e\udd78 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zxLKvdinEL\">https:\/\/t.co\/zxLKvdinEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fortnite (@Fortnite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fortnite\/status\/1986600289353515475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Friendship ended with Skyrim Grandma, now Minecraft Grandma is my best friend <\/p>\n<p>Gamesradar reports that a YouTuber who goes by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GrammaCrackers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GrammaCrackers\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-hawk-tracked=\"hawklinks\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"[Gamesradar] Article - Inline Link\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GrammaCrackers\">GrammaCrackers<\/a> is delighting fans with her Minecraft playthroughs in which she discovers all of the twists and turns in the old survival crafting game like it\u2019s brand-new. Come for informal games criticism, stay for her continuously yelling \u201cdie, die, die\u201d when the zombies come knocking.<\/p>\n<p> The hit racehorse girl management and Konami are done fighting <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/umamusume-pretty-derby-grass-wonder-death-tribute-art-2000616912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Umamusume: Pretty Derby<\/a> maker Cygames and the Metal Gear publisher were previously locked in a legal dispute over\u2014what else?\u2014video game patents. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/konami-and-cygames-reach-settlement-in-patent-lawsuit-over-umamusume-pretty-derby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Per Automaton<\/a>, Konami was previously seeking $26 million in damages and the shutdown of Umamusume. No one knows what the particular patents at issue were, though there\u2019s speculation it could have had to do with the horse game\u2019s training system. A settlement\u2019s now been reached. While terms weren\u2019t disclosed, Cygames said it would \u201censure that Umamusume fans can keep enjoying the game with peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> ICYMI:  Watch this:<br \/>\n                          <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How come Red Dead Redemption 2 still isn\u2019t on current-gen consoles? 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