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Characters from the Rooster Teeth anime RWBY are coming to Smite as character skins, Rooster Teeth announced last night.

In the tweet announcing the crossover, the official RWBY account displayed an image showing the four characters getting skins: Ruby, Blake, Weiss, and Yang.

https://twitter.com/OfficialRWBY/status/1152423505993932800

The tweet did not reveal which of Smite’s heroes these skins will be for. However, in a reply to a Reddit thread on the topic, a representative from Smite developer Titan Forge Games offered a few more details: The voice actors from the original show will reprise their roles for the skins. As for how elaborate the skins will be? “Think Bob Ross Sylvanus, but taken to the next level.” So hopefully, these skins will more or less let you forget you’re actually playing as an existing character.

Further details on the crossover, such as a date or price, have not been announced.

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Overwatch’s next big update may be shaking up how players queue for games, but we might also be getting a new hero soon, judging by a recent teaser.

In a tweet today, the official Overwatch account posted a video that begins as one of the team’s regular “Developer Update” videos, but is quickly usurped by a vortex that seems to suck in Blizzard vice president Jeff Kaplan, followed by cryptic imagery of complicated math equations, with an ominous soundtrack hinting that a larger mystery is afoot.

In this quick Developer Update, Game Director Jeff Kaplan goes into detail about the upcoming…

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— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) July 20, 2019

Unfortunately, we live in the age of social media mishaps, and many players already have a good idea of what this mystery entails. When posting about the role queue update, the Twitter for the Mexican Overwatch World Cup team posted a few screengrabs of the update sourced from the Mexican version of the blog post, which included a screenshot that included the phrase “TEMP ART,” and showed what looked like a new character named Sigma. The image has since been removed from the blog post, but the tweet remains as of this writing.

⚠️ES OFICIAL⚠️
El nuevo sistema de Cola de roles ha llegado a Overwatch, llegará tanto a partidas rápidas y competitivas. Se encuentra disponible ya en el RPP.

Fuente: https://t.co/erXe4gpFUR pic.twitter.com/qjJQiFE2bd

— OWWC México 🇲🇽 (@OWWCMexico) July 18, 2019

The name coincides with the mathematical theme of the teaser (sigma, or Σ, is the symbol used in summation notation to add up a set of numbers), which points to Sigma being the next hero added to Overwatch. It’s unknown when he’ll make it in, but considering the timing of the teaser, it’s likely to be soon. May Jeff Kaplan, who is now presumably forever stuck in that vortex, rest in peace.

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It’s a bit of in-between week, as the Overwatch League takes a break and we wait for Evo to reignite passions for fighting games. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some big events this weekend! Far from it. 

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is having its big Intel Extreme Masters event in Chicago, and with only four teams left, we’re in for nothing but the best facing off. (Stream / Schedule)

Meanwhile, the European Speedrunner Assembly is having its summer marathon this weekend, which means speedruns for games like Silent Hill 2, Hotline Miami, Kingdom Hearts III, and more. (Stream / Schedule)

New York’s Defend the North tournament is the FGC major of the week, and it’s chance to catch some big-name competition in games like Tekken 7, Mortal Kombat 11, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and many, many more. There’s even a big Street Fighter III: Third Strike tournament there! (Streams / Schedule)

We also have VSFighting going on in Birmingham, UK, which brings with it more fighting action, including Street Fighter V, Soulcalibur VI, and Samurai Shodown. (Streams and Schedule)

For more Smash Ultimate and Melee action, as well as tournaments for a few other games like Dragon Ball FighterZ, check out Paradigm Shift. (Stream / Schedule)

While you wait for the Overwatch League to come back, you can watch the Contenders League! It has a team called Jupiter, so it’s got that going for it. (Stream / Schedule)

The PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds GLL Grand Slam is going on this weekend, and only one team gets to survive. That’s the goal of the tournament, but also the game! (Stream / Schedule)

The various League of Legends divisions have a ton of matches lined up for today and tomorrow, so sit back, relax, and watch some games. (Stream and Schedule)

The Dota 2 scene may be collectively holding its breath for The International, but that’s not stopping China from hosting its World Cyber Games competition, albeit with teams who didn’t qualify for Valve’s major. (Stream / Schedule)

That’s it for this weekend! Let us know if we missed an event, or if there’s a scene you’d like us to cover, in the comments.

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