A retired PlayStation boss makes the case for PS5 games on PC. Atari expands its retro game emulation capabilities. And the “efficiency” purge at Meta continues. It’s your Morning Checkpoint for April 24, 2026, where we can safely report that the next Halo game is not a pottery spin-off . I can’t tell you what might come out of this bouncing, talking Ditto’s mouth, but I can tell you it will be roughly $33 to find out.

In the meantime, Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest is underway this weekend in Anaheim, California. It’s packed, and former Kotaku writer Harper Jay MacIntyre will be on the ground covering it for Kotaku as Square Enix reveals the next expansion for its popular MMORPG: Evercold .…