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The 2022 season of Overwatch League will use an early build of Overwatch 2.

This news comes by way of DotEsports, which also reports the fifth season of Overwatch League is expected to begin on time next April, as announced by the league's vice president, Jon Spector.

I've seen a lot of speculation regarding a 2022 start date for OWL. We can confirm that our plan is to begin next season in April 2022. We will share more details about 2022 roster construction timelines soon and more info generally on our 2022 season as we get closer to April.

— Jon Spector (@Spex_J) September 3, 2021

After rumors of a year-long hiatus for the league began to ramp up, Blizzard recently confirmed them to be false. The company said that while a release date for the 2022 season start had not yet been announced, a fifth season of Overwatch League would be happening nonetheless.

As you can see in the tweet above, Spector reaffirmed this news earlier today. However, a league spokesperson told DotEsports that this season would begin on an early build of Overwatch 2.

"The plan right now is for the Overwatch League's 2022 season to begin on an early build of Overwatch 2," a league spokesperson told the publication. "We'll have more details to share about our 2022 season as we get closer to the planned start date in April of next year."

As DotEsports notes, players are probably anxious to learn what those additional details surrounding the 2022 season consist of, especially now that we know Overwatch 2 will feature five-player teams, as opposed to the six-player teams seen in the first Overwatch.

On top of that, each team will only be allowed one Tank hero. Add into the mix the fact that Overwatch 2 is a new game on top of the team composition changes and this competitive season is sure to be a shakeup for players.

While waiting for the 2022 season of Overwatch League to begin, check out these new skins for Baptiste and Sombra in Overwatch 2 and then read about how Overwatch 2 will have "some compromises" on Nintendo Switch. Check out how Overwatch 2's 5v5 change has left the game's community divided after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

As Ted Lasso continues its second season on Apple TV Plus, the comedy series' superlative popularity has led to a wild new theory among fans. Rumors have spread that the character Roy Kent is not played by a real actor, but is instead a CGI creation, with fans highlighting the sharpness of his beard and drawing comparisons to character models in FIFA games.

Now, Brett Goldstein, who portrays Kent on the show, has broken his silence on the matter. The actor posted a video of himself on Twitter to assert that he is a real human being who does "normal human, basic things like rendering and buffering and transferring data."

My final statement on the matter: pic.twitter.com/YPzNnOu4mg

— Brett Goldstein (@brettgoldstein) September 2, 2021

Ted Lasso co-creator Brendan Hunt, who also plays Coach Beard on the show, offered a more tentative statement to CNET.

"I can neither confirm nor deny that if you entered data into an algorithm for 'building the perfect actor' it would produce Brett Goldstein," he said.

To clarify, Goldstein isn't just a real person, but also one of the driving creative forces behind Ted Lasso. The actor also serves as a writer and executive story editor on the series. He is currently nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance on the show's first season. Ted Lasso became the most nominated freshman comedy series in Emmys history, garnering 20 nominations including spots in Best Comedy Series and Best Actor in a Comedy Series for star Jason Sudeikis.

In our review of the Season 2 premiere of Ted Lasso, IGN gave the episode a 9, saying that the show "[avoids] the common sophomore slump, retaining and fine-tuning what worked the first time around, while evolving its quirky formula in some welcome ways."

J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.

There are more streaming networks than ever before, so if you have questions about the future of streaming, then you've come to the right place. All week long, IGN's State of Streaming 3.0 initiative is featuring reviews and in-depth analysis about current streaming providers like Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, and more!

With IGN's State of Streaming 3.0 upon us, we must ask the ultimate streaming question: Do you prefer to binge your favorite shows, or do you enjoy having episodes released weekly, forcing you to not watch them immediately one after another? Think of Disney+ series' such as The Mandalorian, Loki, and WandaVision releasing weekly episodes – versus Netflix's Stranger Things and The Witcher who just drop the entire season at once.

Vote in our poll below to let us know your favorite way to stream shows!

As of the time of writing, 73% of IGN readers prefer to binge TV shows, whereas only 27% would rather watch episodes weekly. In another IGN poll, we asked readers which streaming service they use most often, with Netflix coming in strong in first place with 47%, Disney+ following at nearly 20%, and HBO Max in third place at 13%.

For more on what's happening in the world of streaming, be sure to check out the biggest TV shows coming in fall 2021, find out which streaming service has the best remote, and every video game adaption coming to Netflix.

If you're looking for shows to stream, check out our round up of everything new coming to Netflix this month, such as Sex Education and Lucifer's final season, along with all the new releases coming to Disney+ in September.

On this episode of Game Scoop! the Omega Cops chat Welcome to Raccoon City, Game Informer’s enlightening interview about crunch at Naughty Dog, that REALLY COOL Dead Space Remake Tech demo that has us all saying “nicely job”, and the latest gameplay showing from the Marvel/2K game that everyone is talking about, Midnight Suns. Plus video game 20 questions if we get around to it. Scoop!

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Adult Swim has released a second live-action Rick and Morty video on Twitter with Christopher Lloyd as Rick Sanchez and Jaeden Martell as Morty. This time, the two riff on the famed Pickle Rick episode of Rick and Morty that aired during Season 3.

You can watch the new video below:

C-1.21 #rickandmorty pic.twitter.com/wQAjqnXO5T

— adult swim (@adultswim) September 5, 2021

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Adult Swim has finally cast Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd as a live-action Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty, bringing the series full circle in a way.

Don't get too excited, though, because Lloyd only dons Rick's trademark lab coat for a 15 second Twitter video posted by the official Adult Swim Twitter earlier today.

C-132 #rickandmorty pic.twitter.com/oq54C9C5TW

— adult swim (@adultswim) September 3, 2021

Nonetheless, it's still quite satisfying to see Lloyd as Rick, especially considering the character of Rick is based on Lloyd's Emmett "Doc" Brown in Back to the Future. In fact, the concept of Rick and Morty is based on Doc and Marty McFly from that movie.

Adult Swim went a step further, though, and cast Jaeden Martell (It, Knives Out) as Morty — an excellent choice.

As you can see in the video above, the 15 second Twitter video isn't anything too wild. It's actually exactly what you'd expect: Rick and Morty come through a portal, Rick burps and says they're home, and then Morty says his trademark "aww geez." For fans of Rick and Morty, though, the video is probably quite satisfying.

Essentially since the show's start, when it was quite obvious that Rick and Morty were based on Doc and Marty, fans have wanted to see Lloyd in the role of Rick. Now, that's finally happened.

Sadly, if the video is anything to go off of, there's not much more to this. There aren't any further details to go with it, there’s no accompanying release date, or really anything else— it seems to be simply a promotion for Rick and Morty.

For more about Rick and Morty, read about how the Season 5 finale will be an hour-long episode and then read our thoughts on the Season 5 premiere in IGN's Mort Dinner Rick Andre review. Check out this video about seven things you probably didn't know about Rick and Morty after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.