Game Awards Aftermath & Cyberpunk Impressions | Final Checkpoint Podcast Ep. 67

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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