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Valve has introduced a regional ranking-based qualification system for the upcoming ESL One Rio Major, the CS:GO developer team announced today. ESL One Rio was originally scheduled to take place in May, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been combined with 2020’s second CS:GO Major, and will go on in November with a $2,000,000 prize pool. Previously, teams who placed top eight at a CS:GO Major received a direct invite to the following Major....

A Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie is in the works, and it’s going to star none other than Vin Diesel. The Fast and Furious actor is teaming up with Mattel Films to bring this game to life on the big screen. Mattel Films is a division of Mattel. The company is responsible for making Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, as well as Hot Wheels and Barbie. Mattel Films takes the toys from the parent company and develops movies based on them, which is why we have 36 Barbie movies....

Re-Logic’s Terraria has been back in the spotlight following the release of Update 1.4, Journey’s End, to celebrate the sandbox game’s ninth anniversary. However long-time fans of the game might remember a spin-off title called Terraria: Otherworld announced back in 2015. Those who want to get their hands on another game like this, unfortunately, shouldn’t hold their breath. Terraria: Otherworld was first unveiled through a teaser trailer posted to Re-Logic’s YouTube account in February 2015, and later elaborated on through an official trailer at the 2015 Game Developers Conference (GDC)....

In sports video games, player rankings are a big deal. Not only are they important for fans who want to play as their favorite superstar, but for the players and teams as well. It might not seem as significant compared to gameplay mechanics, or graphics, but it’s definitely something that players like FIFA star Romelu Lukaku take seriously. Now, the NBA’s Washington Wizards are throwing some shade at NBA 2K21 for its All-Star update to player ratings....

After a terrorist attack ravaged London, the hacktivist organization, DedSec, was framed as the perpetrators and quickly dissolved. Watch Dogs: Legion tasks players with recruiting London civilians to rebuild DedSec and find the truth behind the attack. But it will be a challenging feat. London is under lockdown by a private military group called Albion. Everybody has unique skills and different attributes to benefit the team, which will be essential for fighting Albion....

After premiering in Japan at the beginning of the year, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna is getting a western release this fall and an English trailer is now available. Digimon: Digital Monsters was an integral part of the cartoon scene of the ‘90s. Digimon follows a group of kids who get sucked into the Digital World and are befriended by and bonded to creatures known as Digimon. Each member of the group, Tai, Matt, Kari, T....

The hierarchy of power at DC Studios has changed. In the days after the release of Black Adam introduced a new juggernaut to DC’s big-screen pantheon, Warner Bros. has not only restructured its superhero movie branch with director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran to lead it but also officially brought back Henry Cavill’s Superman. And just days before that, we learned that The Batman director Matt Reeves was leading a serious expansion of his own dark superhero universe, with movies about many of Gotham City’s greatest villains planned....

This Westworld review contains spoilers. Westworld Season 4 Episode 3 Westworld is a very clever show. At times, it might be too clever for its own good, but although it can sometimes be difficult to follow the narrative, you always feel the writers have given every moment and twist serious thought. Nowhere is that more apparent than “Annees Folles.” In two very crucial ways, the episode marks a return to familiar environments: Bernard emerges from the Sublime with a new mission, and Maeve finds herself essentially back where it all began in the first season, albeit with slightly different window dressing....

So far 2021 has not been the fresh new start many were hoping for, and it seems nowhere is safe from the toxicity we’ve seen in the world over this past week. In the case of Twitch, the outpouring of hate speech began with a controversial statement by the face of the PogChamp emote. After Twitch tried to turn the situation into an opportunity to raise the profile of minority creators, the whole thing went south, fast....

Written by Luther creator Neil Cross, The Sister stars Russell Tovey and Bertie Carvel as acquaintances connected by a long-buried, dark secret. The four-part paranormal thriller based on Cross’ 2009 novel Burial, sees Nathan Redman (Tovey) and Bob Morrow (Carvel) tussle with their conscience when the past re-emerges and threatens to upend the lives they’ve built. Tovey and Carvel star alongside Amrita Acharia as Nathan’s partner Holly, and Nina Toussaint-White as Holly’s friend and a police officer investigating the disappearance of a young woman (Simone Ashley)....

People stand gathered around a federal building, outraged at the violent treatment of fellow peaceful demonstrators; counter-protestors are also standing by, waving signs which bemoan the lack of focus on all civil rights; and an exceedingly politicized Justice Department gathers trumped up charges intended to demonize those they deemed “radical,” “subversive,” and “the far left.” No this isn’t the nightly news, it’s the opening moments of Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, a movie about a grotesque miscarriage of justice from 50 years ago....

This The White Lotus review contains spoilers. The White Lotus Season 2 Episode 1 It’s hard to pinpoint one exact thing that makes The White Lotus such compelling television. The first season (which was originally supposed to be a stand-alone miniseries) featured some of the best acting of 2021, with performances by Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett taking home Emmy wins. The composer of the series, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, did a phenomenal job of immersing the audience in this fictional version of Hawaii that is equal parts ominous and effervescent; this musical juxtaposition is very hard to pull off, replete with an opening title sequence ripe for analysis....

The Nintendo Switch release date for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has potentially been leaked by a European retailer. The game’s developer CD Projekt RED officially announced the Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at E3 2019 after months of rumors, but it didn’t confirm a release window for the game beyond “2019.” CZC.CZ, a video game retailer in the Czech Republic says that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released for Nintendo Switch on September 24, 2019....

Batman fans rejoice: the new Batman games don’t stop with Rocksteady’s new Suicide Squad reveal. Some fans may remember over the years hearing about possible references to a Court of Owls game. Quick refresher: the Court of Owls is a secret society in the Batman universe that has a great deal of power, and have clashed with the Bat-Family on several occasions. These rumors of a Court of Owls game started to pop up since Arkham Knight, where the game dropped clues of the group’s existence....

Nintendo is offering another seven-day trial for the Nintendo Switch Online service, to coincide with the release of the Monster Hunter Rise demo. The Nintendo Switch Online is a subscription service that is required to play online titles. It’s the first paid online subscription service offered by Nintendo, and it’s far cheaper than similar services offered by Microsoft and Sony. Nintendo Switch Online doesn’t offer free contemporary games, but it does give subscribers access to a number of free NES & SNES titles, as well as games designed specifically for the service, like Tetris 99....

One dastardly modder takes one of the most infamously bad moments in Final Fantasy X and stretches it out over the whole game - and for some reason people are downloading it. It has been a long time since Final Fantasy X made headlines. The game that splits Final Fantasy fans down the middle on whether it represents Square’s last truly great Final Fantasy or the first in a series of disappointments has been off the radar for a few years....

Half-Life: Alyx released just last week and brought tons of new players into the wonderful world of VR. This week, there’s a new survival horror VR game coming from Oculus Studios, as well as sales on some of the best VR games ever. If you were completely sucked into Half-Life: Alyx last week, you may have missed another absolute masterpiece: The Room VR: A Dark Matter from Fireproof Games is in the same series as the mobile game The Room series, but adapted for the virtual reality....

Today, the video game publisher Electronic Arts and developer Respawn Entertainment officially launched Titanfall 2 Ultimate Edition, and in order to celebrate the compendium’s release, the companies have put out a trailer detailing its contents. The new version of the mech-based first-person shooter has been described as “the best way to jump into one of the most surprising shooters of 2016,” and includes all of the materials found within the Digital Deluxe Edition and more....

Because of the asymmetrical nature of combat and warfare in Total War: Warhammer 2, it’s easy to have favorite factions that fit your playstyle. Within those factions are also several more choices for Legendary Lords or the faction leader that will serve as the player avatar and agent in becoming the most powerful, be it in the Vortex Campaign or the Mortal Empires grand battle royale. To that end, picking the most powerful Legendary Lord can go a long way as they not only provide some nifty campaign bonuses but can also serve as a literal one-man army unit....

On July 2, 2020, Byron “Reckful” Bernstein committed suicide. His death shocked both the game streaming and esports worlds, as Reckful was a popular Twitch streamer and also one of the most successful professional World of Warcraft players of all time. It didn’t take Blizzard long to honor Reckful in-game by adding a new Rogue Trainer NPC as part of the Shadowlands expansion, immortalizing him in the MMORPG forever. Reckful’s NPC in the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion isn’t the first time that a video game company has added an in-game memorial or tribute to a fallen player....