LBR Podcast Network

This week in Esports Team Canada has invited xQc to join them for the Overwatch World Cup. Team Solo Mid win Friday Night Fortnite Tournament, nabbing them $10,000 for the win. Turkish squad Space Soldiers take home the win in CSGO at Dreamhack Austin. Alienware announces New Online Academy for CSGO and finally, Valve announces changes to the DOTA 2 pro scene for next year.

The crew talk about how FFXIV could benefit from varying other MMO. With special guest JoeNeverFails they talk about everything from Black Desert Online, TERA to Elder Scrolls Online and World of Warcarft.

Active Shooter has plagued the recent headlines as it allowed players to assume the role of a SWAT member, a civilian or the shooter in a school shooting. The Checkpoint Crew break down everything that's wrong with this and how it could've seriously impacted the industry.

This week in gaming news Star Citizen is back at the crowdfunding table, asking $27,000 for a new ship pack. State of Decay 2 launches to over a million players in just two days. Intellivision follows in Atari's footsteps and announces it's bid to enter the console market. Lastly, Microsoft lays off it's Twitter support team in favor of volunteers.

This week in eSports a League of Legends player brought in 8 Million viewers to his Stream. NYXL lock up Overwatch League's best record for Season 1. News is also swirling about OWL expansions, including a team in Berlin. xQc finds his way into headlines with two incidents involving Police on his stream. Finally, Virtus Pro brings home a win at ESL Birmingham.

Stage 4 is upon us and with a whole new Meta comes a whole new world. Robbie and Norris talk about the highs and lows of the stage. Plus, we have world of a 6 team expansion for Season 2.

Join Aniero, Kallo and Juxta as they go on an emotional rollercoaster recalling what they loved, hated and couldn’t even stand about patch 4.3. Everything from the Ivalice 24-Man Raid to the Main Story Quest.

With the internet raging over the revival of Thundercats the Checkpoint guys take this time to look back on some of their favorite cartoons. They also talk about how anime and other animation have shaped the entertainment industry.

This week in gaming E3 is on the horizon and Devolver Digital has announced another big fancy press conference. No Man Sky's is set to launch multiplayer in July. Microsoft assures fans that the 6th installment in the Halo Franchise is on the way. Finally, in Japan a cloud version of Resident Evil 7 has launched on the Switch

This week in eSports Astralis beats Liquid to win ESL Pro League Season 7. North Gaming takes home a win at this years Dreamhack Tours. In DOTA2 PSG-LGD becomes the 4th team to qualify for TI8. Finally, Blizzards Pink Mercy campaign raised an amazing 10 Million Dollars for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.