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Epic Games has been teasing a Fortnite x Avengers: Endgame crossover event for a little while now, and with the release of update 8.50 we finally know the nature of that crossover. The patch notes, which you can read in full below, detail the Fortnite Endgame LTM and all the changes in the latest update.

The Fortnite Endgame LTM sees players split into two teams. Team Thanos, which is made up of Thanos himself and his Chitauri Invaders, must recover the six Infinity Stones hidden around the map. The Heroes, meanwhile, must defeat their opponents to win.

Heroes respawn until either they win or Team Thanos recover all six Infinity Stones, at which point respawns are turned off and Team Thanos must simply hunt down the remaining Heroes to win. Whoever finds the first Infinity Stone will transform into Thanos, who becomes more powerful with each retrieved Stone–he’ll gain more health and shields, be able to jump higher, and deal more damage, for example. If Thanos dies, another random Chitauri player will become the mad titan after a short wait.

To help in their fight, the Heroes start the match with a treasure map that leads to a Mythic Avengers item, while more Avengers items can be found in chests. You can read plenty more about the new mode in the patch notes below, via Epic Games.

This isn’t the first time Epic and Marvel have collaborated: there was a similar Thanos-themed Fortnite crossover event for Avengers: Infinity War, which clearly proved popular enough to pave the way for this Endgame follow-up. The film is out now in some territories, and the critical reception has been positive.

“Endgame is a love letter to the entire MCU–the whole thing,” said Michael Rougeau in GameSpot’s Avengers: Endgame review. “It’s messy and confusing, and there’s going to be a lot of discussion about whether the ending even makes sense–it basically breaks the rules set up throughout the entire movie leading up to it. But holy hell is it an emotional, fulfilling ride. I have no doubt we’re going to spend the coming weeks picking and pulling it apart until we’ve over-analyzed every single aspect imaginable. But right now, in the aftermath, Avengers Endgame feels like a win.”

More to follow.

Men In Black: International’s second trailer has been released, featuring an even better look at just what Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson’s alien-hunting buddy cop agents will be facing–and this time the threat is big enough to risk taking down the MiB from the inside out.

The new trailer gives us our first look major look into the story, including the origins of Thompson’s Agent M. Her family apparently had an alien encounter that was cleaned up by the MiB when she was a child. Her parents’ memories were erased but M’s weren’t, and she’s spent her life tracking the MiB down to join their ranks. She’s put on a mission to London with Hemsworth’s Agent H to root out a malicious alien force called The Hive–intergalactic shape shifters who can turn into anything or anyone, including the MiB agents. The agency has been compromised and now H and M have to deal with it.

That’s right–the MiB is facing off against…well, Skrulls, basically. It looks like this Marvel Cinematic Universe reunion is going a little deeper than we thought.

MiB: International is directed by F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious, Straight Outta Compton) and also stars Silicon Valley alum Kumail Nanjiani and Mission Impossible: Fallout’s Rebecca Ferguson. It will hit theaters later this summer on June 14.

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Respawn CEO Vince Zampella has revealed there are no plans to do weekly updates for Apex Legends. The battle royale game will continue to have seasonal updates instead, in an effort to prevent development crunch at Respawn.

Although Zampella didn’t reference Epic Games or Fortnite in Respawn’s reasoning, his announcement does come in on the heels of a Polygon report that revealed Epic Games maintains its ability to do weekly content updates for Fortnite with severe work crunch. Employees have reported working anywhere between 70-100 hours a week. Some employees have even been fired for missing deadlines after choosing to not work weekends, which further cultivates a culture where working long hours is expected of all employees.

“Our intention was to always be seasonal, so we’re kind of staying with that,” Zampella saidin an interview with Gamasutra. “The thought was ‘Hey, we kind of have something that’s blowing up here, do we want to start trying to drop more content?’ But I think you look at quality of life for the team. We don’t want to overwork the team, and drop the quality of the assets we’re putting out. We want to try and raise that.”

Zampella explained that the plan for Apex Legends was always going to be from season to season, despite the popularity of Fortnite thanks in large part to its weekly updates. However, Zampella did admit that Respawn is still figuring out the pacing for new content in Apex Legends. For now, the length of Apex Legends’ seasons is a “total guess,” and there’s a chance they could either be made shorter or longer in the future.

Respawn knows Season 1 was too light on new content, Zampella continued, and the developer already has plans to provide a much larger offering in Season 2. “All the resources on the team are focused on getting this game in a better position so it plays well, so we have enough content, so the seasons are better,” Zampella said.

Apex Legends is available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. In our Apex Legends review, Phil Hornshaw wrote, “Apex Legends is a mix of smart shooter ideas that makes for a competitive, team-based game that gets at all the best parts of battle royale while addressing a lot of the weaknesses. Respawn’s intense focus on team play makes Apex more than just a worthy addition to the genre; it’s an indicator of where battle royale should go in the future.”

With Cobra Kai Season 2 now released on YouTube Prime, fans of the Karate Kid series are getting a proper reintroduction to John Kreese (Martin Kove), Johnny’s (William Zabka) former sensei and the founder of the Cobra Kai dojo. Now the big question is what his presence means for the future of the series. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Cobra Kai.

In the final scene of the Season 2 finale, it’s revealed Kreese has taken control of the dojo, essentially stealing it away from Johnny–he even managed to get the property it’s run on signed over in his own name. With his star pupil, Miguel, clinging to life in a hospital and Cobra Kai’s remaining students now being mentored by Kreese, it sets the stage for what could be a very emotional showdown in Season 3.

For Kove, though, it’s easy to justify why Kreese made the move against his former student. “It happens because he sacrifices what the essence is of Cobra Kai [is], what it really means. And it means no mercy,” the actor told GameSpot. “I see that he’s violating the very concept of Cobra Kai. And so, I sort of sway the students.”

For Zabka, this rift between them has similarities to a father-and-son dynamic. “A father has a different point of view than the kid, and maybe Kreese doesn’t agree with what Johnny’s doing,” he said. “But Johnny loves these kids and he loves his dojo, and he’s not just going to go down without a fight.”

And his refusing to give up is what should make for a very interesting Season 3. With Johnny booted from Cobra Kai, perhaps this will finally be the moment he and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) bury the hatchet and work together to overcome the greater evil. After seeing how out of hand things got with them on opposing sides in Season 2, it’s clearly time for this war to come to an end.

Cobra Kai Season 2 is streaming on YouTube Premium now.