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During this year’s Extra Life, GameSpot is introducing several new post-launch changes, including a battle pass. For more immediate gratification, however, you can donate to the stream this year through a loot box microdonation.

Like the battle pass, GameSpot’s loot boxes are exclusively tied to this year’s Extra Life event, so you’ll have to tune in and watch if you want to donate and win one of its prizes. As per tradition, the Extra Life stream will continue for 72 hours. It will go live–alongside the new battle pass and loot boxes–on October 25 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST, which is October 26 at 6 AM AEST.

Though the battle pass is where you’ll find the most grandiose rewards–such as eating challenges and new legendary cosmetic skins for certain GameSpot staff members–there are numerous other prizes to unlock via a loot box microdonation. Don’t worry, they’re not predatory at all. Our very own executive fiduciary intern, Michael T. Ransactions, assured the rest of GameSpot staff that our new surprise mechanics are very fair.

GameSpot’s loot boxes are very straightforward. When tuning into Extra Life, every $30 USD donation will also earn you a loot box–the contents of which are left up to chance. Of course, you can buy as many microdonations as you want. If you want to go ahead and donate $90 USD to unlock three boxes, we won’t stop you.

So what can you earn in a GameSpot loot box? Plenty. You can nab the new voice pack that changes GameSpot staff members’ accents, for example. Or you might win the chance to watch us read, live on stream, through our cringe-inducing Facebook posts from our middle school and high school days. The rest of the possible rewards are outlined below. We don’t go into all the specifics (like every possible skin and emote you can unlock) just to keep the list manageable and to make it more fun. To see every reward, you’ll have to tune in to Extra Life 2019.

GameSpot Year 23, Season 2 Loot Box Rewards

• New GameSpot Staff Video Game And Anime Character Cosplay Skins
• GameSpot Staff Play “Hand In A Box”
• New GameSpot Staff Emotes
• Personal Video Message
• Force A GameSpot Staff Member To Call Someone On Their Contacts List
• Force A GameSpot Staff Member To Rewatch The First GameSpot Video They Were Ever In
• Change A GameSpot Staff Member’s Twitter Profile Picture
• Force A GameSpot Staff Member To Read Their Facebook Memories
• Get Featured On GameSpot’s Homepage
• GameSpot Staff Do A Live Re-Enactment Of Update Day
• Make A New Instagram Story For One GameSpot Staff Member
• GameSpot Staff Play “Hot Ones” With Gaj’s Hot Sauce
• Throw A GameSpot Staff Member In The Trash (where we all belong)
• Force A GameSpot Staff Member To Smash Bread With Their Face
• GameSpot Staff Switch Accents

So if you’re feeling lucky (or you just desperately want to see us do one of the painful or embarrassing “rewards” for your amusement), consider donating $30 USD while watching the stream this weekend. Remember, it’s for the kids.

GameSpot’s microdonations are dedicated to improving and enriching the lives of others. All money spent on the loot boxes will be donated to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, which has a dedicated and passionate team of doctors, nurses, and other staff devoted to helping kids. By partaking in these limited-time microdonations, you will be helping them and the children they care for.

TLDR: GameSpot is doing Extra Life again this year and we’re using the concept of loot boxes as the framework for donation incentives. Donate to help the kids!

After years of post-launch content–ranging from the well-received Universe expansion to the occasionally decent DLC character hire–GameSpot is trying something new. In Year 23, we’re kicking off Season 2 with a battle pass.

GameSpot’s first battle pass isn’t all that extensive, especially in comparison to the multitude of rewards being offered in Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 1 and Apex Legends Season 3: Meltdown, but there are at least a few good rewards in there. The battle pass will be available for a limited time and launches in conjunction with the website’s annual 72-hour Extra Life livestream. The event, and the battle pass, will be accessible on October 25 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST, which is October 26 at 6 AM AEST.

First released in May 1996, GameSpot has followed the traditional three-month system for its seasons (so Year 1, Season 1 was that first May through July, for instance). As you can surmise, this creates an immediate problem with this season’s battle pass. Year 23, Season 2 will end with October, leaving the Extra Life stream the only time to make any significant headway in the battle pass before it ends. If you want to unlock its rewards, you’ll have to tune in during the Extra Life livestream and participate.

Even if the GameSpot battle pass doesn’t have as many rewards as you may be used to, there are several fun-sounding unlocks to look forward to. For example, there are a few visual cosmetics you can earn for GameSpot staff, such as no beard versions of global head of news Tamoor Hussain and managing editor Peter Brown.

Unlike most other battle passes, which offer you vanity items in return for your hard-earned money, the GameSpot battle pass will be dedicated to improving and enriching the lives of others. All money spent on the battle pass will be donated to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, which has a dedicated and passionate team of doctors, nurses, and other staff devoted to helping kids. By partaking in the battle pass, you will be helping them and the children they care for.

As it’s connected to the Extra Life 2019 event, completing the battle pass is fairly straightforward. Each reward is tied to a specific monetary milestone in the battle pass, so as players donate to the event, they’ll all be working together to unlock the in-website rewards. Certain rewards in the battle pass will be permanent unlocks that can be continuously enjoyed as the website evolves in future updates, but several rewards are specifically tied to Year 23, Season 2.

GameSpot has also added loot box microdonations as another donation incentive.

TLDR: GameSpot is doing Extra Life again this year and we’re using the concept of a battle pass as the framework for our stretch goals. Donate to help the kids!

Here at GameSpot, we’ve participated in Extra Life charity streams for several years to help raise money for kids in need at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, and this year is no different. Of the many wild and fun segments we have planned for our 72-hour livestream marathon, we present to you: The Hatsune Miku And Persona Rhythm Game Jukebox Session!

We’ll be dancing and jamming this Friday, October 25 at 6PM PT / 9PM ET and will go for two hours for this particular segment. I, Michael Higham, will be hosting while playing songs from five different rhythm games: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X, Persona 3: Dancing In Moonlight, Persona 5: Dancing In Starlight, and Persona 4: Dancing All Night (all on PS4).

Here’s where you come in. If you donate $10 to our Extra Life campaign, you can request a song for me to play from any of those five games. On our donation page, you can leave a note/comment, which we will read off and curate the songs to play. Make sure that the tracklists from these games feature your favorite Miku or Persona song(s), and I’ll be happy to play the song(s) and try my best to get a perfect combo on hard difficulties. (Note that DLC songs may not be available and conditions are subject to change.)

There are few things I love more than Persona, Miku, and rhythm games, so I’m calling on all fellow Persona and vocaloid fans to join in!

Our 72-hour Extra Life live streamapalooza kicks off Friday, October 25 at 12PM PT (noon) / 3PM ET and will not stop until October 28 at noon PT / 3PM ET. Hang out in the chat, and watch several of GameSpot’s staff play games and get silly; your donations will also contribute to getting us to do questionable things, which you can check out in our “Extra Life Battle Pass” (yes, we have a “Battle Pass”).

Please visit our official Extra Life 2019 campaign page. And remember, your generous donations are FOR THE KIDS! We look forward to putting on a show for you all this weekend.

The wait for Patty Jenkin’s Wonder Woman follow-up, Wonder Woman 1984, has been considerably longer than anticipated, given the movie’s delay from a release this year to June of 2020. But the good news is the light at the end of the tunnel is fast approaching. Warner Bros. has announced its plans for a special showcase presentation at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience or CCXP on December 8 where the film’s first trailer will be shared.

The special presentation will also feature a Q&A, presumably with Wonder Woman 1984’s cast like Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, and Chris Pine, as well as other “big surprises,” so start revving your theory-building engines now. For those unable to make the trip to São Paulo this December, the event will be livestreamed on Twitter under the @WonderWomanMovie as well as the @TwitterMovies usernames.

Wonder Woman 1984 hits theaters on June 5, 2020.