Final Checkpoint

This week Joel and Ben the Game Awards and all of the fun announcements and reveals. They also discuss the controversy of Kotaku’s “Games that involve crunch shouldn’t win Best Game Direction” article and give their thoughts on how games media treats crunch, and things get heated. They also discuss Cyberpunk’s reviews and tech issues, and console performance reports and much more news.

Games We Played: Cyberpunk 2077, Yakuza Kiwami, Fortnite: Battle Royale, Dragon Age Inquisition, Animal Crossing New Horizon’s Winter Update, Super Mario Maker 2, and Immortals Fenyx Rising.

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This week Joel and Ben discuss the Super Nintendo World opening date, possible PS5 Pro patent, huge BioWare departures and what it might mean for Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Anthem 2.0 and much more news!

Games We Played: Immortals Fenyx Rising, Doom Eternal, Diablo III Reaper of Souls Season 22, Fortnite, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Mario Maker 2.  

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This week Joel and Ben discuss the incredibly hard to find PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S news, the continued talk of issues with the new consoles and if PS5 really needs backwards compatibility. Ben also gives his first impressions on Ubisoft's newest title Immortals Fenyx Rising (game provided by Ubisoft PR for review purposes).

Games We Played: Immortals Fenyx Rising, Doom Eternal, Diablo III Reaper of Souls Season 22, Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and more.

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This week Joel and Ben discuss some of the Game Award Nominations and if Game of the Year had any snubs. They also discuss the huge Capcom leak from a hacker holding them for ransom and once again the always controversial Souls-Borne Easy Mode topic.

Games We Played: Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Apex Legends, Nioh 2, Super Mario Galaxy, and much more. 

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This Week, Joel and Ben discuss the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 launch. They discuss how both consoles faired, the reported issues consumers are experiencing, and retail supply issues. Ben gives his first hand impressions of the Xbox Series X and his impressions of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Joel talks about the dreadful next gen limbo that many gamers, including himself are finding themselves in. 

Games We Played This Week: Tetris Effect Connected, Destiny 2 Beyond Light, Crysis 2, Fallout 76, and more...

Each week, Joel and Ben discuss the biggest stories in gaming and games they are currently playing. Please subscribe and share by listening on podcast services around the world. Tweet your questions, comments, and concerns.

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This week Joel and Ben are joined by Julian Harris and Logan Myer from TheGameFanatics to discuss Watch Dogs: Legions and Cyberpunk 2077's latest delay. They also discuss additional game delay news including Rainbow Six Quarantine, Far Cry 6, and Destruction All Stars. 

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This week Joel and Ben talk about congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' record breaking Among Us Twitch stream involving some of the most popular Twitch/YouTube/Facebook Gaming Streamers. They talk about more reports of crunch coming from CD Project Red and more details about the PlayStation 5. Joel and Ben also discuss the latest games they have been playing including the newest Pokemon Sword/Shield DLC The Crown Tundra, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Super Mario Galaxy, and Genshin Impact.

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This week Joel and Ben discuss all things Nintendo Switch. They break down the current state of the hardware, exclusives, third party support and virtual console offerings. Then they cover the future and what features they desire from a 4k/HD Nintendo Switch.

Each week, Joel and Ben discuss the biggest stories in gaming and games they are currently playing. Please subscribe and share by listening on podcast services around the world. Tweet your questions, comments, and concerns.

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This week Joel and Ben are joined by fellow Game Fanatic, and host of the Full Circle Podcast, O'Dell Harmon Jr. Joel, Ben, and O'Dell discuss Sony's PlayStation 5 console tear down video, the full details of PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 backwards compatibility and their reactions to what this could mean for Sony. The crew also discuss the problem Marvel's The Avengers is having keeping its player base now that the Steam concurrent are down to below 1k players. 

Each week, Joel and Ben discuss the biggest stories in gaming and games they are currently playing. Please subscribe and share by listening on podcast services around the world. Tweet your questions, comments, and concerns.

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Live Podcast Recordings Sundays at 8:00 PM PST on Twitch.tv/loadlastcheckpoint.

Follow Joel on Twitter @TheJoelness