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Four esports series will stream exclusively on Hulu later this fall. Each will be produced by the ESL and will range from shorter podcast-style discussions to more in-depth documentaries.

The series are Player v. Player, a talk show; Bootcamp, which follows competitive CS: GO team The Immortals; Defining Moments, on which experts will analyze a different topic each week; and ESL Replay, which will recap four CS: GO, Dota 2, and PUBG tournaments from October through December.

Hulu will release episodes of each series on a weekly schedule. The ESL describes each show in more detail (series length and episode runtimes via Variety):

• “Player v. Player is a gamified debate show with casters and esports influencers facing off over the hottest topics in esports. Panelists accrue points while debating both newsy and big picture topics for ultimate bragging rights, with a final challenge over a classic video game.” (10 30-minute episodes)
• “Bootcamp is a weekly docu-series following The Immortals, a top CS:GO team, as they rebuild their roster leading up to IEM Oakland, one of the premiere esports events in North America that takes place on November 18-19 at Oracle Arena.” (six 30-minutes episodes)
• “Defining Moments will cover many of the top games and fan the flames of ongoing debates about these plays….The series will feature in-depth interviews with game designers, teammates, fans, rivals, even sports scientists assessing reaction speed–anyone who can add to the story of defining moments in esports.” (six 30-minute episodes)
• “ESL Replay is a fast-paced, condensed, documentary-style recap of the most memorable moments from four of the biggest multi-day esports tournaments in the world.” Via Variety, the tournaments include Dota 2 in Hamburg in late October, CS: GO and PUBG in Oakland in November, and CS: GO in Denmark in December. (four 60-minute episodes)

Esports have made headlines for other big partnerships recently, from an MLB team owner buying an Overwatch League franchise to Jennifer Lopez investing in pro gaming.

25 years after its original release, Star Control II is officially getting a sequel — and it’s coming from the game’s creators.

Fred Ford and Paul Reiche announced on their blog that a direct sequel to Star Control II — The Ur-Quan Masters is in the works, and it will be called Ghosts of the Precursors.

“Pretty much ever since

, fans have been politely asking us to create a sequel, sometimes begging for a sequel, even threatening us if we don’t make a sequel. Our answer was always, “We really want to do this, we just need to wait until the time is right” …  Well, the stars have finally aligned,” the announcement post reads.

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Bungie has delayed Destiny 2’s Leviathan Prestige Raid.

In a post on the game’s official forums, Bungie said an exploit was discovered in the Leviathan Raid that makes its enemy encounters easier than they should be. Since this could potentially tarnish the legacy of the team who earns the World First Bonus for completing the more difficult, Prestige version of the Raid, the developer has decided to postpone its launch to fix the exploit.

As such, Destiny 2’s first Prestige Raid will now go live on Wednesday, October 18 at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK (October 19 at 4am AET).

The Leviathan Prestige Raid was announced last week among a slew of other new content, including Destiny 2’s first Iron Banner event and new armor sets.

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The MCU is invading Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, with the sequel’s season pass revealed to include Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Revealed as part of the game’s showing at New York Comic Con, WB has confirmed that the season pass will cost $14.99 and include six level packs and four character packs. The six level packs are all based on Marvel Cinematic Universe films or TV shows, including:

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Black Panther
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Cloak and Dagger
• Runaways

The season pass also includes four character packs:

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Star Wars Battlefront II introduces a wide variety of new classes, weapons, and vehicles, but one of the most dominant that we’ve seen so far is the AT-RT. The All-Terrain Recon Transport might not be as menacing or iconic as something like the AT-AT, but at least in the beta, it’s a versatile, powerful vehicle that you’ll want to take for a ride.

In the video above, you can see us putting the AT-RT through its paces and pulling off a lengthy killstreak. Whether it’s a tank, Darth Maul, or every enemy in Naboo’s throne room standing in its path, we found it to be a devastating vehicle–to the point where it might be in line for a balance adjustment in the full game.

Your opportunity to try out the AT-RT–and the rest of the game–ahead of release was scheduled to already come to a close. However, EA has now extended the Battlefront II beta, providing two more days with the upcoming sequel.

Battlefront II launches in full on November 17 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Aside from the single-player campaign, one other key feature you can look forward to is Darth Vader as a playable character.

A new box set of rare Pokemon cards is on its way. Called the Premium Trainer’s XY Collection, it’s the largest player set in TCG history and includes 14 tournament-ready, full-art holographic cards.

The set is based on popular cards from the XY series of the TCG, some with new art. Among the full-art foil cards are N and Shaymin-EX, both popular cards at tournaments. The collection also includes full-art Yveltal-EX, M Camerupt-EX, and M Sharpedo-EX. See close-ups of some of the cards below.

Also in the collection are two sets of dice, an XY-themed deck box and card sleeves, and two XY booster packs. To top it off, there’s an adorable metal Pikachu coin.

The Premium Trainer’s XY Collection will be available on October 20 at independent stores holding Sun and Moon: Crimson Invasion pre-release tournaments. It will be available in the Pokemon Center starting November 17.

For competitive TCG players, the set is a good opportunity to secure some rare, tournament-level cards. In other TCG news, shiny Pokemon will be returning after 10 years.