Up to Date: Smash Bros, Indie Showcase 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! Join Luke, Elliot, Cam and Edie 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 Phantom Doctrine, Death’s Gambit and more. We also discuss what’s Coming Out over the next week, including Guacamelee! 2, Little Dragons Cafe, Shenmue I & II and more. We also take you through the big news of the week, including Diablo III coming to Switch, PAX Aus Indie Showcase winners, Bethesda putting the cross-play pressure on Sony, IGN plagiarist continues to have his work questioned and removed and more! The Checkpoint team also had the opportunity to go hands on with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch ahead of its December 7th launch – thanks to Nintendo Australia!

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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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