This week in esports Virtus Pro wins the last major DOTA2 event of the year. Meanwhile, in CSGO Faze Clan wins the esports championship series season 4. After a bit of a fiasco Likkrit decides to retire from pro gaming instead of taking the 6 month ban Riot threw at him. Lastly, Overwatch releases more information about the upcoming Contenders League.

The upcoming patch for 4.2 offers quite a bit to chew on, but not much of it is what we usually consider the meat and potatoes of a patch. The big changes come along with PvP, Glamour and a Duty Recorder?! The crew also gets trolled by a long time listener.

Most of the information being shared on the Net Neutrality issue are doing so in extremes, using scare tactics and hyperbole. It’s absolutely still an issue you should be tuned into, but for the real scoop and how it’s actually going to affect you, tune in now. Other headlines include; Square Enix making a promise to include predatory micro transactions in their console games, a popular streamer taking a step away from stream persona for personal reasons and what is Nika’s problem with non-gamer content on Twitch?

With Hideo Kojima revealing the latest trailer for his upcoming game Death Stranding, the Checkpoint Crew take a swing at what it all means. With resident Kojima enthusiasts Nate and Norris...not much is figured out.

This week in gaming Capcom announces a heavy hitter title with it's 11th installment. Portal finally see's it's next game in the form of a bridge building sim. Ubisoft announces delays to several of it's upcoming titles. Finally, at the Games Awards Nintendo announces Bayonetta 3.

This week in esports the Overwatch League is looking to make a huge talent acquisition out of the CS:GO world. SK Gaming wins Season 6 of the ESL Pro League. EA has teamed up with the CW Network for a new special series. Finally, Riot announces a new tournament style event for League of Legends.

This time on Juxtober, the cast of Limit Break Radio drop the dead weight and get down to brass tacks. She Heals, I Tank volunteers as tribute and it really does turn into a shit show. Plus, Very Special Guest Fusion X joins the crew to rip a new one for Aetheryte Radio Episode One and Aniero learns something new about himself.

An all new Overwatch podcast for all tiers of play from Checkpoint Radio! The Pre-season for the Overwatch League serves as a preview for whats to come and It looks good. Robbie and Norris take a quick look at the evolution of the OWL thus far and how the teams are stacking up in pre-season.

This week was a big one in the world of gaming. With the holidays inching ever closing, all the big games have come and gone. But it seems like we still have plenty to talk about. The Game Awards brought with it more than a few gems, including an 8 min trailer for Death Stranding. Robbie talks OWL Preseason and Nate geeks out for Pokemon GO and Ultra Sun and Moon.

Now that the voice actors strike has reached a resolution, we speak with Solid Snake himself, David Hayter about the outcome and what he, as a voice actor, feels about it. We also talk about his upcomming role in the much anticipated Bloodstained game from Koji Igarashi as well as some of his screen writing work.