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Suso’s superb strike earned the Rossoneri a 3-2 victory in Serie A at San Siro on Sunday, Samp having earlier come from behind to claim a 2-1 lead thanks to a goal and an assist from former Milan midfielder Riccardo Saponara. Milan lost their previous two matches to increase the pressure on Gattuso, who has endured speculation over his future since the start of the season. But the Milan head coach was in bullish mood after his team moved to within three points of the Champions League places thanks to their win over Sampdoria....

The series had published four mainline entries in the series, with a massive and sprawling narrative that is also explored in spin-offs and other media. The last mainline entry was BlazBlue: Central Fiction in 2015, with the last console spin-off game being BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The latter was a crossover that combined the casts of BlazBlue, Persona, Under Night In-Birth, RWBY, and many more in a 2D team-based fighter....

When asked about Durant’s injury, Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum told The Oregonian that Durant’s recovery time might take longer than expected: McCollum dealt with the injury twice, once in college and then again as a rookie with Portland. He’s also not the only Blazers player to have had a Jones fracture. All-Star Damian Lillard also broke the fifth metatarsal in Dec. 2010 while playing at Weber St....

MORE: Time flies: 12 NBA players now and then | Dion Waiters denies national anthem situation | Steve Nash addresses angry fans Zickefoose, aged 67, collapsed during a game on Nov. 6 betweeen the Blazers and Mavericks in the fourth quarter. It was a stunning scene and players and fans alike stood with their hands over their mouths while EMTs performed CPR on the fan. She later died at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital, just up the road from the Moda Center....

Bleach creator Tite Kubo penned the manga about a “Western Branch” of the Soul Society, which debuted in August, but Viz media has yet to release the manga in English. Bleach fans will recognize Soul Society as the underworld organization Ichigo Kurosaki and the original cast were heavily involved in. Burn the Witch is only tangentially related following the exploits of two witches Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole and their exploits hunting evil dragons in a reverse of London....

On Thursday, the extremist militant group ISIS-K claimed responsibility for an attack at the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members dead and over 170 dead in total. President Joe Biden said Saturday that another attack was “highly likely” before the full U.S. withdrawal from the country after two decades of war is completed on Tuesday. Blinken was asked about the threat during an interview broadcast Sunday morning by ABC News’ This Week....

In order to do that, Overwatch Contenders will feature a seasonal league with open qualifiers. All players who have attained Master-tier or higher in ranked Overwatch can form a team and play. Overwatch Contenders will play a unique role in the months to come. Since the Overwatch League has yet to begin, Overwatch Contenders will mark the beginning of Blizzard-sanctioned competitive Overwatch (beyond last year’s Overwatch World Cup). And while it isn’t explicitly stated, Season 1 of Overwatch Contenders is likely the culmination of the “Preseason” phase of the Overwatch League....

In the months since, Overwatch 2 has seen plenty of content including limited time events like Battle For Olympus, though not everything has been a hit with the playerbase. As a free to play live service title, Overwatch 2 is always changing and evolving, though communicating those changes isn’t always the easiest. Not all updates have been seen as a positive from players, including recent changes to the support hero Moira....

The purpose of the World of Warcraft Community Council is to elevate voices from the playerbase and invite them to provide nuanced and respectful feedback to the developers. Blizzard’s plan is to pull players from every aspect of the game–from hardcore raiders and World of Warcraft Classic enthusiasts to achievement hunters, transmog collectors, and role players–and have them act as the mouthpiece of the community so the development team can more easily communicate with their players....

Despite its continued success, Blizzard has no plans to rest on its laurels, according to president and co-founder Mike Morhaime. Speaking during the latest Activision financial call, the executive revealed, “In terms of new IP, our pipeline is in a better position than ever before in our history. we’re committed to incubating new initiatives.” Morhaime went on to explain that Blizzard has “multiple dedicated incubation teams that are being led by some of our most experienced game designers....

While the Public Test Realm remains open for players to document upcoming additions to the game, sometimes dataminers sneak a glimpse into what lies behind the curtain. In this case, it hints that Blizzard Entertainment has created a new version of its flagship MMO to store on its servers. RELATED: What a Warcraft Mobile Game Could Look Like Twitter user Marlamin, a famous World of Warcraft player in the datamining community, has discovered the existence of an encrypted endpoint on the Blizzard servers titled “wowdev3....

The new job posting states that Blizzard is looking for a senior/principal game designer. When looking a little deeper into the qualifications, the application details that Blizzard is “looking for a talented and experienced Senior or Principal Game Designer” to develop weapons and abilities “in action or first-person shooter games.” The application also states that applicants should have an “absolute passion for playing and creating PvP game experiences.” The details of some of the more difficult qualifications are that applicants should have a “minimum of five years experience in the video game industry” and have “designed, developed, and shipped major game systems in a AAA game....

With rumors floating around that developer FromSoftware will not be making sequels to Sekiro or Bloodborne, fans of the company’s action-packed games are likely looking for other titles with similar gameplay, or a unique way to re-play the already available game. Recently, a modder has shared their upcoming project that interestingly turns the game’s third-person point-of-view into first-person, offering a new perspective for its many players. The last time that FromSoftware launched a title was back in 2019 when Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was released....

Rin Okumura finally finds confidence in himself and exterminates the Impure King, eliminating all poisons and infections with his might Blue Flames, while leaving the innocent unharmed. Shockingly, this act of heroism does not eradicate the charges laid against him by the True Cross Order, and Rin is to face the Vatican - no wonder Yukio is keeping his newly discovered demonic powers a closely guarded secret. Can fans expect more of Rin’s exorcist exploits and, more importantly, will he ever get out of the friend zone with Shiemi Moriyama?...

Numerology has long run rampant in sports, and while most of it is utter nonsense, MLB insider Héctor Gómez singled out an intriguing bit of baseball numerology. Through 403 career games, Guerrero Jr. has the same amount of home runs and the same on-base percentage in a bit of spooky coincidence. Clearly, they aren’t exactly the same player. But it’s an astute observation by Gómez and something to look out for as Guerrero Jr....

This will be the second launch Blue Origin, a company created by Jeff Bezos will undertake and the weather is expected to be in the rocket’s favor. The original launch was scheduled for Tuesday but was delayed one day due to forecasted winds. Blue Origin’s launch from Houston will be live-streamed on YouTube on PBS News Hour’s channel and the launch is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. local time, which is 10 a....

““A very small group of people was [doing] things that clearly violated IOC rules,’’ said Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt last week. ““I didn’t see [the corruption], and I don’t know anyone who did.’’ But in this death by a thousand embarrassments, deniability is becoming increasingly untenable. A report by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee’s (SLOC) own ethics panel, due this week, is expected to detail some $800,000 in improper spending....

Everyone expected the “Big One” at Talladega Superspeedway to cause havoc for NASCAR’s playoff drivers on Monday after Sunday’s race was rescheduled. Yet no one could have foreseen the carnage or the type of finish as Blaney pipped Newman at the finish line for his first victory of 2019 and third of his career. The margin of victory – 7/1,000ths of a second – is the sixth-closest finish of all-time in NASCAR’s top series....

A lot of these problems arise, according to Inti Creates Producer Matt Papa in a recent Game Rant interview, because localization is such a difficult job. In the discussion, Papa responded to a lot of common myths and misconceptions around localizing a game. Furthermore, he broke down some of the most difficult elements of games to alter for different regions. It was not all negatives, however, as the producer also explained why it is always worth the effort....

But when it was time to start the game, the Trail Blazers didn’t have their second-best player on the court. MORE: Bold predictions for 2016 | Best active player for every uniform number Why? Because someone on the team’s staff mistakenly listed him as inactive — a “clerical error,” as the team called it. MORE: Get live NBA scores and stats Teams are required to submit a final list of active players one hour before the start of the game....