Checkpoint

30 Oct 2018

Up to Date: Call of Cthulhu, Tomb Raider & 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, Kieren and special guest Rohan as they talk through our regular weekly segments, including Playing With Yourself, where we take you through the games we’ve been playing this week, including Marvellous Miss Take and Octopath Traveller. We also discuss what’s Coming Out over the next week, including Call of Cthulhu, Diablo 3: Eternal Edition and more.

We also take you through the big news of the week, including users review bombing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 downgrade leaving players mad, Spider-Man soaring in the sales charts, GOG appropriating a trending hashtag for transgender rights for all the wrong reasons, a brand new AAA studio opening in Australia and more!

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

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