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In a new update for League of Legends esports, Riot has added the equivalent of stadium signage to Summoner’s Rift. A feature called SR Arena Banners will allow LoL esports leagues to customize how their viewers see the Rift, with the potential to display major sponsors and league details.

The new feature will roll out for the Summer Split, and will only be visible to those watching on official League of Legends broadcasts. “In the future, you can expect to see leagues begin to experiment with unique approaches that will more deeply integrate our partners to engage local and regional fan bases,” the blog post details.

Notably, the new banners will only be visible to spectators, with players seeing the same standard Rift they are used to practicing on. “This will ensure that a new visual model won’t impact their ability to practice and compete on an identical Rift,” the post adds.

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In this golden age of superhero movies, the abundance of muscle-bound, square-jawed white male actors named Chris quickly became a meme. But for the actors who aren’t buff enough, handsome enough, or Chris enough to join their ranks, JK Simmons has just created a new goal to aim for.

In an interview with PeopleTV, as reported by EW, JK Simmons discussed the Apple TV+ show Defending Jacob, in which he played Chris Evan’s father. Leaning into the Chris meme, he said that his new career goal was to play the father of every Hollywood Chris–which would seem like a stretch, if he didn’t also recently film The Tomorrow War as Chris Pratt’s father.

“My career plan now is to play the father of every handsome, blue-eyed movie star stud named Chris,” he told PeopleTV’s Lola Ogunnaike. “So I checked off my Chris Evans box, and I just finished a film with Chris Pratt where I play his father, so that’s number two. So if you’re casting out there I’m looking. Chris Pine, I’m available, and Chris Hemsworth, in either order, I mean we don’t have to go alphabetical.”

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Developer 343 Industries has been remarkably thorough and transparent throughout the process of porting the Halo: Master Chief Collection to PC, often releasing in-depth blog posts about the process. This week, community manager Tyler “Postums” Davis has posted an update on how the team handles bugs, from reporting to patching, after a bug-riddled release of Halo 2 Anniversary wreaked havoc on the Master Chief Collection.

While a lot of the discussion around game bugs is usually centered around the technical aspect of fixing them, Postums also goes into detail about how the community team is involved. As the first line of contact with the players, Halo’s Community Team usually hear about bugs first, and often has to triage the seriousness of a newly reported issue. While this process also happens through Halo Support, the official tool for tracking and reporting bugs, players are just as likely to report bugs through forums, Discord, or in public social media posts.

Once identified, there’s still a big process to go through before a bug can be fixed–one that ensures resources are assigned in the most efficient way. Testers look into details of a bug, finding out how and where it can be reproduced. When bugs are logged, they require details including “an outline of area, severity, description, reproduction steps, impact, expected results, media, and an assignment.”

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F1 2020 has unveiled a new track that has only recently been constructed in real life. The game will take players to Vietnam to compete on the Hanoi Street Circuit track for the first time. This route was completed in February 2020 and is expected to debut in the next F1 season (which is currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

In the trailer below, you can see Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc race around the digital track. It’s 5.613km long (3.488 miles) and features 23 turns per lap, with a short pit lane and two long straights. The track is inspired by some other beloved F1 tracks, including Monaco and Nurburgring.

In the press release sent out alongside this trailer, F1 franchise game director Lee Mather said that the track “delivers both thrills and challenges, set against the backdrop of the stunning city skyline.” He also warned that the track will “punish anyone who doesn’t respect the walled sections.”

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The iconic Call of Duty character Captain Price is being added to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s multiplayer and the battle royale game Warzone with its new Season 4 update. To promote the release, Activision is giving people a chance to get a video message from Price himself, or at least the closest thing to him.

The actor who plays Price in the new Modern Warfare–Barry Sloane–will record a personalized video message for you on Cameo if you win a contest. You can enter the sweepstakes here for a chance to win one of 50 messages. Everyone who enters gets a free Modern Warfare calling card, so you get something even if you don’t win.

Activision is launching this sweepstakes following the successful run of paid-for Cameo appearances where people could pay $141–referencing Task Force 141–to get Sloane to record a message. The allotted supply ran out, and Activision is now launching the sweepstakes for 50 more.

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