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Destructoid Checkpoint: Team Green is just Team Mean

Destructoid Checkpoint: Team Green is just Team Mean

To own and to control.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: As brightside as it gets

Destructoid Checkpoint: As brightside as it gets

Sunny side up.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: The lines are being drawn

Destructoid Checkpoint: The lines are being drawn

It's generational.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: The New Blood at Xbox

Destructoid Checkpoint: The New Blood at Xbox

But what kind of heart is beating?

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: The Ups and Downs

Destructoid Checkpoint: The Ups and Downs

Sometimes it feels like more of the latter.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: Heavy Lies The Crown

Destructoid Checkpoint: Heavy Lies The Crown

The weight of expectation.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: It's Big Business, as usual

Destructoid Checkpoint: It's Big Business, as usual

If slings, then arrows.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: Market Forces

Destructoid Checkpoint: Market Forces

It's a bloodbath.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: Ubisoft, Hytale, and the possibility of next-gen console delays

Destructoid Checkpoint: Ubisoft, Hytale, and the possibility of next-gen console delays

Stranger things have happened.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: Making Movies

Destructoid Checkpoint: Making Movies

Everyone wants to be a star.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: Kicking it off strong.

Destructoid Checkpoint: Kicking it off strong.

Let's get 2026 started the right way.

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Destructoid Checkpoint: The year ahead

Destructoid Checkpoint: The year ahead

Looking good, eh?

Aidan O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
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