Checkpoint

24 Apr 2018

Up to Date: Battle royales, Castlevania, Swords of Ditto and more.

Video Games

It’s time for your weekly update from the Checkpoint team with all the latest info you need to survive another week in the video games industry!

Luke, Cam, Elliot and Edith are on board to talk about the big news of the week including battle royale modes in Call of Duty & Battlefield, Maple Story 2, Castlevania coming to mobile and big game updates to Sea of Thieves and Monster Hunter World! There’s even more where that came from so don’t miss any of the latest updates.

Plus, we go through our regular weekly segments, including Playing With Yourself, where we take you through the games we’ve been playing this week; in particular there has been a few indie games that have been taking up the teams time. Plus, Coming Out, informing you of the big releases in the video games industry over the next seven days including Solo, Frostpunk and The Swords of Ditto!

For all the latest updates as always, head to our official website at checkpointgaming.net.

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