At this year’s Pokémon World Championships, trainers from around the globe were able to get their first taste ofPokémon Legends: Z-A. Though the demo was short, it still offered a lot of insight into the game, including details about combat, Lumiose City’s nightlife, and the return ofPokémon Mega Evolutions. Players were treated to two different demos lasting ten minutes each: one focusing on combat within battle zones, and the other showcasing a Mega Evolution fight....

We answer The Question [Every Monday, Destructoid will pose topical a question to the community. Answer it if you want!] It’s hard to argue that anyone likes the idea of Digital Rights Management systems (apart from some publishers, maybe) and the gaming community has been getting up in arms over the various implementations for what seems like forever. But when it comes time to buy a game, does the presence of DRM have an impact on whether or not you choose to buy it?...

DOTA 2 News Dota 2’s mysterious developer, IceFrog, has apparently returned to the game after reportedly departing in late 2020. IceFrog, the notorious and mysterious developer behind Dota 2 has reportedly returned to developing the game after a two year absence. News of the developer’s return was first reported in an interview with Tundra Esports’ Oliver “skiter” Lepko, who explained that the entire team is set to meet IceFrog at some point in the future after their TI11 victory....

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrowis no longer the title of the Girl of Steel’s firstDC Universemovie. While there are reports that Kara Zor-El will first appear inJames Gunn’sSupermanmovie, the official first project for the character on theDCU’s slate of releasesis a Supergirl solo film. The project is based on theSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrowcomics written by Tom King, one of the architects of the DCU, and drawn by Bilquis Evely. While the Supergirl movie will remain linked to the comic book run, their titles will no longer be the same....

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Guides Check out the esports.gg build guide on mastering the assassin hero Ling in MLBB. Need a MLBB Ling build? Ling is arguably one of the best heroes for split push strategy in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB). He works even better when paired with utility supports like Angela and Floryn, allowing you to be more aggressive. The biggest downside to this hero is that he is very reliant on getting a Blue Bluff for faster energy regeneration....

FGC News Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon wants Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to play Shao Kahn in the upcoming sequel to the 2021 MK film. Ed Boon, the long-standing head of Netherrealm Studios, has tweeted his support for the idea of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to play Shao Kahn. The former WWE star has become a movie star in his own right, having played several high profile characters over the past few years....

Also,It Takes Two It’s uh, a packed week! As we move into the holidays the last games of the year are all fighting for eyes, butSonic Frontiersis something that everyone definitely has their attention on: for good or bad reasons! BeyondSonic‘s 3D return, we also have the Switch debut ofIt Takes Twoon November 4, as well as Square Enix’s farming RPGHarvestella, on top ofTotally Accurate Battle Simulator, Sifu,andDoraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom....

Marvel Rivals News Psylocke has been announced as the newest Duelist to join the Marvel Rivals roster, coming right when the game launches. Marvel Rivals has revealed its latest hero, announcing that Psylocke will join the roster when the game launches. Based on the trailer for the hero, she is confirmed to be a Duelist character. DPS will be her specialty. This version of Psylocke is called the Mutant Yokai Slayer....

Also, Holy Diver TheR-Typeseries was one of the first shooter franchises I remember playing outside of my random jaunts withGalagaand the like, so I’m always happy to see it maintain its relevance. Retro-Bit is doing just that by re-releasing it in physical form on the SNES, which will bring with it a giant bundle with various goodies. Ride the tiger You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean Oh don’t you see what I mean....

Apex Legends News Hear from Respawn about the thinking behind recent Apex Legends updates. Apex Legends has undergone some major changes over the last few months. The Season 23 update brought a huge shift to the games meta. Dubbed the “season of support” developers overhauled the Support Class, in particular giving significant power to Newcastle, as well as reworking Lifeline. These changes have had a big impact on the game....

At first I wanted to start this review with a “Do you like to do it yourself” reference toThe 40-Year-Old Virgin, but then I thought, “Is that how I really want to be remembered in the annals of Internet history? As a peddler of lame references and bad jokes?” Every word, every image that has entered the Internet will survive — in some form or another — for all time. After the human race is gone and the Earth is governed by super-CPUs in the cloud, my thoughts about videogames will probably be the only thing these self-interested artificial life forms will find interesting about me....

Valorant News The new map, Pearl, makes its debut in July. Here’s what we know so far. For competitive balance reasons, Riot has decided to keep with the seven map pool and chose Split as the odd map out. With Pearl dropping in patch 5.0, Riot had to make the tough choice on which Valorant map needed to go and Split, with all the tweaks made to it over the years, was that map....

News Sign-ups for the Rocket League Champions Road are open now! Rocket League has announced a new Champions Road open tournament series leading up to this year’s RLCS World Championship. The competitions span across 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 Rumble, and Sideswipe 1v1 and feature over $484k in prizing. Each tournament will be fully online and available to players in all seven current RLCS 2024 regions! There has beena lotof downtime between the lastRLCS eventand the upcoming2024 World Championship....