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Welcome to your weekly Checkpoint for video game news, reviews, interviews and more! With the games industry changing all the time, it’s our goal to make sure you’re kept up to date with the stories that matter! With coverage of all the latest major releases and hard-hitting discussions, the show is all about keeping you up to date and breaking down one of the most popular and constantly evolving medias in the world.

A 2016 Retrospective

55 mins; April 01, 2026

Up To Date: Epic Games lays off 1,000 staff

53 mins; March 30, 2026

Resident Evil’s 30th Anniversary

53 mins; March 25, 2026

Up To Date: NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 AI upscaling backlash

53 mins; March 23, 2026

Grassroots events and early career development

52 mins; March 18, 2026

Up To Date: Honcho gets an unexpected update

53 mins; March 16, 2026

Otome Games

53 mins; March 11, 2026

Up To Date: Highguard shutting down

47 mins; March 09, 2026

Interface Games

56 mins; March 04, 2026

Up To Date: Pokémon Winds & Waves

54 mins; March 02, 2026

Pokémon’s 30th anniversary

54 mins; February 25, 2026

Up To Date: Phil Spencer retires from Xbox

54 mins; February 23, 2026

Couples gaming

54 mins; February 18, 2026

Up To Date: PlayStation’s State of Play February 2026 announcement

54 mins; February 16, 2026

Video game auteurs

55 mins; February 11, 2026

Up To Date: New Horizon game announced

53 mins; February 09, 2026

Australian video game releases in 2026

50 mins; February 04, 2026

Up To Date: Tomodatchi Life

50 mins; February 02, 2026

Playstation and XBox video game releases in 2026

52 mins; January 28, 2026

Up To Date: Games Developer Direct 2026

52 mins; January 26, 2026

Nintendo video game releases in 2026

53 mins; January 21, 2026

Up To Date: Games Workshop bans AI

52 mins; January 19, 2026

Multiplatform video game releases in 2026

52 mins; January 14, 2026

Up To Date: Rockstar layoff updates

52 mins; January 12, 2026

Tutorials – the unsung heroes of gaming

51 mins; January 07, 2026

Up To Date: Sony patented AI-generated tutorials

51 mins; January 05, 2026

Checkpoint Rewind Trivia 2025

53 mins; December 17, 2025

Up To Date: The Game Awards 2025

53 mins; December 15, 2025

Checkpoint’s 2025 Game of the Year

53 mins; December 10, 2025

Up To Date: The PC Gaming Show

53 mins; December 08, 2025

Video Game controversies, dramas, and flops in 2025

54 mins; December 03, 2025

Up To Date: Charlie Cox address his Game Awards nomination

55 mins; December 01, 2025

Chatting to Seth about Vanguard Exiles

53 mins; November 26, 2025

Up To Date: The Game Awards 2025 nominees

53 mins; November 24, 2025

Overrated, underrated, and appropriately rated video games part 2

51 mins; November 19, 2025

Up To Date: The Steam Machine

53 mins; November 17, 2025

Video game mechanics and features

54 mins; November 12, 2025

Up To Date: GTA VI delays and union busting

53 mins; November 10, 2025

Ghosts in video games

53 mins; November 05, 2025

Up To Date: Amazon Layoffs and Animal Crossing

52 mins; November 03, 2025

Death and failure in video games

51 mins; October 29, 2025

Up To Date: Internal Xbox preassure

50 mins; October 27, 2025

Recaping Melbourne International Games Week 2025

53 mins; October 22, 2025

Up To Date: The Pokémon teraleak

53 mins; October 20, 2025

It’s the PAX Australia 2025 mega-show!

39 mins; October 15, 2025

Up To Date: Australian Game Developer Award winners!

51 mins; October 13, 2025

PAX Aus 2025 Preview

52 mins; October 08, 2025

Up To Date: EA goes private and Xbox Game Pass goes expensive

54 mins; October 06, 2025

Quarter 3 Recap, 2025

52 mins; October 01, 2025

Up To Date: PlayStation State of Play September 2025

52 mins; September 29, 2025

Chatting to Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry about Celeste

14 mins; September 26, 2025

Chatting to Chantel Eagle and Alex Minenna of Little Pink Clouds about Letters to Arralla

53 mins; September 24, 2025

Up to date: Countdown to PAX and MIGW 2025

53 mins; September 22, 2025

Video game charity

53 mins; September 17, 2025

Up To Date: September 2025 Nintendo Direct

54 mins; September 15, 2025

Chatting to Andrew Reiner and Graeme Timmins of Gearbox about Borderlands 4

49 mins; September 12, 2025

Streamer bait games

54 mins; September 10, 2025

Up To Date: Hollow Knight: Silksong release day

53 mins; September 08, 2025

Topic Top Hat

52 mins; September 03, 2025

Up To Date: Roblox’s newest record

54 mins; September 01, 2025

Flight vs Fish

53 mins; August 27, 2025

Up To Date: Hollow Knight: Silksong announcement

53 mins; August 25, 2025

RPG Maker games

55 mins; August 20, 2025

Up To Date: Arkane developer’s open letter to Microsoft

51 mins; August 18, 2025

Nomadic Games

52 mins; August 13, 2025

Up To Date: Xbox cancels Contraband

54 mins; August 11, 2025

Rhythm Games

53 mins; August 06, 2025

Up To Date: Nintendo Partner Direct

53 mins; August 04, 2025

Gaming in the classroom

54 mins; July 30, 2025

Up To Date: Battlefield 6 announcement

54 mins; July 28, 2025

Destructive terrain

53 mins; July 23, 2025

Up To Date: Video game adaptation updates

54 mins; July 21, 2025

Checkpoint Trivia 2025 (11th anniversary special)

56 mins; July 16, 2025

Up To Date: 2025 Gayming Awards

54 mins; July 14, 2025

Q2 2025 Video Game Roundup

56 mins; July 09, 2025

Up To Date: Troubles in Microsoft

51 mins; July 07, 2025

Worldbuilding in video games

53 mins; July 02, 2025

Up To Date: Mario Kart World’s Latest Patch

54 mins; June 30, 2025

Indie Symphony II

54 mins; June 25, 2025

Up To Date: Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely

53 mins; June 23, 2025

Trans joy in play

53 mins; June 18, 2025

Up To Date: Xbox games showcase

51 mins; June 16, 2025

Summer Game Fest

0 secs; June 11, 2025

Up To Date: Nintendo Switch 2 launch day

0 secs; June 09, 2025

Avant-garde and arthouse gaming

0 secs; June 04, 2025

Up To Date: Electronic Arts cancels Black Panther game

0 secs; June 02, 2025

Things in gaming we hate

0 secs; May 28, 2025

Up to date: Gearbox CEO’s online comments

0 secs; May 26, 2025

A 10-year gaming retrospective

0 secs; May 21, 2025

Up to date: A super smash bros dating app

0 secs; May 19, 2025

Radiothon 2025

0 secs; May 14, 2025

Up To Date: The Nintendo Switch 2 Experience

0 secs; May 12, 2025

Visual Novels

0 secs; May 07, 2025

Up To Date: GTA VI’s gets delayed

0 secs; May 05, 2025

Personal and Life-Changing Games

0 secs; April 30, 2025

Up To Date: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remake

0 secs; April 28, 2025

Virtual Pets

0 secs; April 23, 2025

Up to date: Increased console prices

0 secs; April 21, 2025

Old School Modern Video Games

53 mins; April 16, 2025

Up To Date: Schedule I Controversy

54 mins; April 14, 2025

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