Luke Mitchell
Executive Producer and Editor in Chief at Checkpoint Gaming
Radio Host and Producer at Joy 94.9
🏳️🌈He/Him. PR at @zerolatencyVR. Award winning journalist & radio producer who sometimes brags. Editor-in-Chief @CheckpointAU
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1 week ago |
checkpointgaming.net | Luke Mitchell
Skip to content Reviewed May 26, 2025 on PS5 PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S May 22, 2025 505 Games MercurySteam A gorgeous fantasy setting, violent action combat, a magical forge surrounded by lava and a giant muscly man stomping around the place smashing things. Blades of Fire features lots of things I love about video games, made by Spanish developers MercurySteam, who clearly have an affinity for similar satisfying tropes.
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3 weeks ago |
checkpointgaming.net | Luke Mitchell
The eighth movie in the Mission: Impossible series, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning feels like it was made for the big screen. A huge movie event, a fond recollection of other impossible missions past, and a reminder that this 30-year-old franchise still has some gas left in the tank.
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3 weeks ago |
checkpointgaming.net | Luke Mitchell
Since first being published in 2017, Great Western Trail has carved a path similar to that of the Wingspan universe: a modern, successful board game about wrangling and selling cattle that has spawned multiple spin-offs, each with their own riffs on the popular formula. Two larger spin-offs have been available for a while: Argentina and New Zealand.
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3 weeks ago |
checkpointgaming.net | Luke Mitchell
Skip to content Posted on May 12, 2025 It feels like a long time coming, but finally, Donkey Kong is getting his chance to be in the spotlight once again, with Donkey Kong Banaza hitting Switch 2 in July. A real showcase of the new generation of Nintendo hardware, we had the opportunity to go hands-on with the ape platformer at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Melbourne, and based on only a short time with it, I think we have something truly special on our hands.
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4 weeks ago |
checkpointgaming.net | Luke Mitchell
Officially announced earlier this year, and with its full reveal only a month ago, the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 is somehow only a few weeks away. Launching on June 5, the latest from the Mario crew has fans chomping at the bit, so much so that Nintendo is already projecting a strong year ahead, with strong pre-order results so far, and demand in some countries exceeding the expected supply.
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RT @CheckpointAU: REVIEW: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "Blasting the door down and becoming an instant masterpiece classic, Clair Obscur: E…
If they put WWE in Perth the same weekend as PAX I will cry
Once again there’s somebody doing the rounds requesting game codes, pretending to be me, with a fake email. A quick check shows their Insta profile is not me, and they’re based in the Ukraine. Please be diligent! I feel bad for devs having to put up with scammers like this.
