Up to Date: Nintendo online, Overwatch, FRAMED and more.

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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, Elliot, Cam and Edith are on board to talk about the big news of the week, including Nintendo Switch launching their proper online service and what that means for Virtual Console lovers., Overwatch release a new character skin where the proceeds go to charity and Fortnite meets Marvel’s The Avengers for the biggest crossover in video game movie history. 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. Plus, Coming Out, informing you of the big releases in the video games industry over the next seven days including State of Decay 2 and Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition! We also have Tom’s review of Dragon’s Crown Pro on this episode!

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Luke Mitchell

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Luke spends his time making radio, playing video games, binge-watching TV, getting unreasonably invested in wrestling, hosting bear events and hanging out with his beautiful pets.

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Elliot Attard

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Beer aficionado, PC gamer, TV show binge-watcher, music lover, and elite member of high society - Elliot possesses all of the qualities needed to project his word thoughts straight into your eye holes.

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Cameron Honey-Swain

Cameron knows what he loves. Witches, animated ducks and a strong burly female protagonist. When he isn't effortlessly defending Dragon Age II he is bothering either his husband or one of his many fur children.

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Edie W-K

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If it isn't video games, Edie doesn't care about it. She's been playing games since the N64 era, and only spent enough time away from her 3DS to earn a Bachelor in Games Design from RMIT.

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