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With the Infinity War premiere looming, the guys of Checkpoint use this weeks podcast to prepare themselves and build up the hype meter even higher.

This weeks podcast brings you another great list in the form of the 10 most insane legal cases to go down in video game history.

Could you imagine a game holding your attention without sweet combos or intense gun play? The crew talk about the concepts and applications of combat free games. As well as their importance in gaming.

The crew discuss the racial disparity between different esports scenes such as the OWL and the FGC and what leads to this type of scene and how to fix it.

The Checkpoint Radio crew was live from the opening of the Allied Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas. They're back and sharing their thoughts on being present for the opening of this epic new arena. Remember, if you haven't heard this week's special episode from the opening of the Esports Arena at the Luxor - hear it at Mixcloud.com/CheckpointRadio. Episodes uploaded every Tuesday.

Which characters will stand the test of time? Synopsis: In the world of media and entertainment, music and literature has been around for a very long time. Film by comparison is still young, but digital entertainment is younger still. The crew discusses which games will never fade from glory.

Joe brings us news on Nintendo's next big misstep in the form of it's Loyalty Rewards program. In order to get a single free $60 game, look to spend over $1000 or more.

The hosts at Checkpoint love to hate on a bad list and this one is no different. We bring you 14 of the alleged worst franchises that only terrible people buy. One of the hosts, goes off the edge at #2.

Twitch was able to secure the streaming rights for the Overwatch League through a $90 Million deal with Blizzard. As stage 2 of the OWL begins, we've started to see the incentives Overwatch Players have to tune in. But could Blizzard be setting up a slippery slope for Esports?

After an e-mail came to light that a CEO of a game developer asked his employee's to buy and positively review their game on Steam, Valve has removed the developer from the platform completely. This is just the most example of immoral practices within an industry of questionable practices.