The Major League Gaming Anaheim Spring Championships are running today through Sunday. At the event, Blizzard was offering the press an opportunity to come in and play a few hours worth of multiplayer matches of theHeart of the Swarmexpansion against some of the competitors. Needless to say, I was utterly destroyed in every single match, though most of them were merciful enough to let me live long enough to mess around with the new content....

Or you could just wear a sweater like a normal person Have you ever had a hankering for an official Mr. Saturn belly warmer? I have. It’s called “buying a T-shirt with Mr. Saturn on it.” The cool thing about that is your shirt doubles as a torso warmer as well. If you buy a long-sleeved shirt, the sleeves work as arm warmers. It’s a pretty neat concept. I guess you could also pick up these strange knit items that these women and men are wearing on their stomachs....

Unleash the Beast The incredible power of Satsui no Hado is about to be let loose within the wild fantasy world ofMonster Hunter Rise.Capcomhas announcedthat Akuma, the demonic warrior of theStreet Fighterfranchise, will be making a guest appearance in theMonster Hunteruniverse this very weekend, no doubt coming to makeMH‘s behemoths die 1000 deaths. As you can see from the new trailer, Akuma will feature inMonster Hunter Risein Hunter Layer Armor form, which players can earn as a reward for completing an accompanying event quest....

I used to play other video games, but then I took an arrow to the knee. Can you imagine what the world would be like if the internet had always been around? Would we find traces of memes from ancient Greece? Would the Romans have said, “cool story bro?” Anyway, today we have a lovely holiday greeting from everyone here at Destructoid, another MassDebate that takes a look at the cost of video games, how you can win anAssassin’s Creedposter,Arkham Citygets a patch, Microsoft doesn’t want you to sue them, andModern Warfare3 has sold over 10 million copies....

A shocking non-update The Last Guardianwasn’t at Gamescom and isn’t likely to appear at Tokyo Game Show either. Asked byEurogamerwhether the truant PlayStation exclusive would surface next month in Chiba, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida replied, “I don’t think so. Sorry.” So, when can we expect to finally catch a glimpse of it? “When we are ready,” Yoshida says. “I cannot confirm any timing because we are waiting for it to be in a state where we are happy that this is the game....

Wherever I May Rome… Of all of Street Fighter 6’s new World Warriors, perhaps none has quite made the impact on social media as the mountainous warrior and lover of all things beautiful, Marisa. Ever since Street Fighter fans first saw her in action, Marisa fast became one of the most talked-about characters, complete with a vast array of fan art and more than few fluttering hearts. An Italian woman of Greek ancestry, Marisa (Ma-Ritz-ah) claims to have lineage traced to the warriors of old, reflected in her stoic visual appearance, golden laureled gear, and the biggest case of literal “helmet hair” in history....

Tentacles ‘cos Lovecraft Another dark trailer has been released by publisher BigBen Interactive for upcoming third-person adventureThe Sinking City, which arrives on PS4, PC and Xbox One in a little over a months time. Developed by Frogwares,The Sinking Cityis acreepy, story-driven adventure based upon the works of writer H.P. Lovecraft. This short preview, “Rotten Reality,” gives us a look at the bleak, flooded city of Oakmont, as investigator Charles W. Reed checks out a catalogue of weird and morbid sights that have been reported in the area....

Gordon Ramsay is infamous for being the foul-mouthed, though well-meaning restaurateur responsible forKitchen Nightmares,Hotel Hell, andHell’s Kitchen. In a move that possibly nobody expected, he’s been temporarily toned down and is guest-starring in mobile farming simHay Day. Yes, you read that correctly. Fans spotted the interesting development before the official announcement came from Supercell via Facebook, with some taking to Reddit to voice their confusion as to why Greg’s Farm was now “Gordon Ramsay’s Farm” before the new name temporarily disappeared with zero explanation....

It’s called Sonic Boom Sonic is returning to television withSonic Boom, the fifthSonicTV series. This one is going to be CG animated, and is set to debut Fall 2014 on Cartoon Network. The target audience is ages 6 to 11, and is billed as an “action packed comedy series.” Sonic is of course the star, and we can expect fan favorites like Tails, Amy Rose, Knuckles all to appear as they take on Dr....

Who Let the Blogs Out?! [Halloween is my favorite holiday, and October my favorite month. Let’s kick this year’s spooky festivities off right with an oldie but goodie from Nathan D exploring the excellent camera work from 2015’s remake ofResident Evil. This is part of our Who Let the Blogs Out?! series highlighting awesome community stuff we missed the first time around. Get your butt into gear and write about your favorite spooky things from video games, and you could see your work on Destructoid’s front page!...

Another costume WhenCaptain Toad was addedtoSuper Mario Maker, it made sense that Toadette was only a matter of time. Nintendo confirmed her appearance this week as a Mystery Mushroom character, to be added in shortly alongside of the new update characters and Wolf Link. I hope, likeSplatoon, that there’s at least a year of support forMaker. It grows on you over time as Nintendo adds more and more items into the mix, changing the dimension of how you approach each creation....

Major League Gaming (or MLG for short) is hosting its first-ever WinterStarCraft IIevent this weekend, February 24-26 in New York City. The event will feature 32StarCraftplayers from across the world, including Nestea, Idra, MarineKing, Artist, and Leenock, winner ofMLG Providence. Viewers can tune in via Pay-Per-View in HD at a price of $20 for the entire weekend; if you’re an MLG Gold member, you can knock off $5. Demo streams can be viewed onMLG’s siteand passes can be purchasedhere....

OK Keiji Inafune and Comcept are so busy!Mighty No. 9still needs to come out,Mega Man Legends-inspiredRed Ash(game and anime) just hit Kickstarter, and now there’s word of aMighty No. 9film. Alive-actionone at that. Legendary Pictures and Comcept are teaming up for a “live action feature-length project for digital platforms.” Legendary made a b-movie out of an older Inafune-produced property withDead Rising: Watchtower. “This collaboration will give our creation the ability to reach people all over the world....