Checkpoint

14 Aug 2018

Up to Date: Plagiarism, Riot Games sexism, a gay furry 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!

Join Elliot, Cam, Rachel and Jakob as they talk through our regular weekly segments, such as what’s Coming Out over the next week, including World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, Phantom Doctrine, Graveyard Keeper and more.

We also take you through the big news of the week, including a gay furry becoming Dragon Ball FighterZ EVO 2018 Champion, classic Australian book Storm Boy getting a game adaptation, an IGN writer fired for blatant plagiarism, sexist work culture at Riot Games and and so much more! (Seriously we have so much news this week).

Plus Rachel gives us her review of the crazy kitchen cooking multiplayer chaos in Overcooked 2!

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

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