Build-A-Bear Workshop is teaming up with Nintendo once again to bring a new special collection to their stores, this time featuring Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

So far, we only know that the collection is happening and that it is “coming soon.” Hopefully, we won’t have to wait too much longer to hear about this collaboration. We expect we’ll be able to create plush versions of all of our favorite New Horizons characters.

In the past, Build-A-Bear Workshop has teamed up with Nintendo to bring collections from Mario and Pokemon. It seems like Animal Crossing is the perfect collaboration since there are so many possible characters to create a plush of.

Samurai Warriors 5 has been announced just recently, so Koei Tecmo has just started revealing the warriors you’ll be able to play when the game releases.

Today we get the reveal of two more via Weekly Famitsu, and they are Toshiie Maeda and Tadakatsu Honda.

Both return from previous games of the series.

Like the other samurai we saw so far, they both have a brand new look. You can check it out in the images below.

A large amount of Rust player data has been lost after a fire broke out at the OVH data center in Strasbourg. ...

A fire at one of OVH’s data centers, located in Strasbourg, France, has affected a number of companies today, including Facepunch Studios and its hugely popular online survival game Rust.

The developer had earlier today noted on Twitter that EU servers had suddenly gone offline. After investigating the issue, it was discovered that a fire at OVH had destroyed building SBG-2, which housed Rusts’ servers. The incident has now rendered huge amounts of data permanently lost.

We are aware that some of our EU servers are down at the moment. Technicians at the datacenter are investigating the issue

— Rust (@playrust) March 10, 2021

OVH is the largest hosting provider in Europe and the third-largest in the world. The cloud computing company provides dedicated servers, as well as other web services.

Update:
25 of our EU servers remain offline due to a fire at OVH Datacenter in the early hours of this morning. Unfortunately, the fire destroyed SBG-2 building. We’re expecting a large amount of data loss across the affected servers.

We’ll share more news when we can.

— Rust (@playrust) March 10, 2021

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After cancelling 2020's show due to the pandemic, PAX Australia is back on for 2021. The organizers have announced that the event will take place at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Center this October 8-10.

Due to the pandemic, this won't be the same PAX as you may remember it. The organizers said they are taking "all necessary precautions for public health," and this will include following national and local health guidelines that are in place in October.

While that information is still up in the air, PAX Aus will only sell a "limited" number of tickets to the show due to the current capacity restrictions in place at the site. However, the organizers said they are hopeful that conditions continue to improve in Melbourne and that they can sell more tickets before the show.

Refunds will be available for those who buy a ticket now but cannot attend in October due to any new health and safety measures that could be implemented by show time.

Melbourne, and the rest of Australia's major cities, have done a stand-out job in their efforts to slow and stop the spread of COVID-19. Australia overall has had fewer than 30,000 cases and under 1,000 deaths related to the virus.

Melbourne, the host city of PAX Aus, reported zero new cases on March 10.

PAX Aus isn't the first PAX event in 2021 to hold a live event. PAX West is scheduled for September 3-6 in Seattle, and it will be followed up by PAX East which runs June 3-6 in Boston. Those shows are scheduled to go forward as live, in-person events, pending any rules and regulations around the pandemic that might come up.

Square Enix filed trademarks for Chocobo GP, which could be connected to Chocobo Racing, worldwide over the past few months.

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Ubisoft has launched the online component for its blah open-world sequel Watch Dogs: Legion. The new multiplayer modes are now live on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Stadia platforms. The PC update has been halted for the time being due to technical issues.

Watch Dogs: Legion now offers a "Co-Op Free Roam" mode, which allows budding Brit hackers the opportunity to team up with a squad of three friends and take a stroll through the streets of London, completing activities and side-quests while enjoying the bizarre juxtaposition of character models paired with ill-fitting voice-actors.

A brand-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is on the way called TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. It's inspired by the beloved 1991 arcade game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time. Much like that game, Shredder's Revenge is a side-scrolling beat-em-up, and it's being developed by Tribute Games and published by Dotemu. It's set to release on both PC and consoles, although there's no word on exactly which consoles it'll be available on.

Taking a retro pixel art direction, Shredder's Revenge preserves the teenage mutants' original 1987 design and presents classic villains like Krang and Shredder. The game takes place in locations familiar to the TMNT universe, from the streets of New York City to Dimension X. A Steam page is now live, although no price is listed.

Just as you'd expect, Shredder's Revenge supports four-player co-op multiplayer as you square off against Shredder and the Foot Clan. Each turtle has their own moves and skills, and you'll be able to utilize combos as you deal with your foes. There's also a mention of vehicles and a story mode.

Publisher and developer Dotemu's past titles include Streets of Rage 4 and Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. Tribute Games made the retro-inspired games Panzer Paladin, Flinthook, and Mercenary Kings. A few current members of the studio were also on the 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the Game Boy Advance.

Cowabunga, dudes! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in Shredder’s Revenge, a new co-op brawler that transports fans to the franchise's golden era in video games. Developed by in partnership by two Turtles-loving studios, Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4, Windjammers 2) and Tribute Games (Panzer Paladin, Mercenary Kings), Shredder’s Revenge is an original adventure where up to four players defend the sewers and streets in a brawler inspired by TMNT’s arcade heyday, namely Turtles in Time. 

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are set to make their video game return in Shredder's Revenge, a side-scrolling beat-em-up inspired by the retro likes of TMNT: Turtles In Time, that's coming to PC and consoles at some currently unspecified future point.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a collaboration between Dotemu - the publisher behind Streets of Rage 4 and Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap - and developer Tribute Games, which created the excellent Flinthook and Mercenary Kings.

It promises to take Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello on a "breathless tour of iconic TMNT locations" - from the sewers of New York City to Dimension X - that pits them against the likes of Bebop, Rocksteady, Krang, and Shredder.

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Ah, Mario Day. That special time of year where fans can pay slightly less for games and merch featuring the Nintendo icon and his cohort of crazy characters. He can even be found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is the truest form of success if you ask me.

Mario is everywhere, and we thought it only fitting to celebrate his day at Game Informer as well. But instead of just going live with some of his classic adventures, we thought we'd spice it up for our beautiful GI community. It's a battle of the Alexes on today's livestream as Alex Van Aken and I go head to head in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury!

The rules are simple. We'll be hopping into Super Mario 3D World's newly-added campaign to see who can collect 20 cat shines the quickest. We'll both be starting with a fresh save, and as a bonus, you'll be able to watch both screens to see who reigns supreme by the end of the stream! Which Alex will reign supreme? What are we willing to put on the line? You'll have to tune in to find out.

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A Resplendent Reinhardt is about to appear in Fire Emblem Heroes. He looks like he decided to visit Askr.

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Worship is a game about leading your cultists into battle, Pikmin style, and I am so, so here for it. It reminds me of the first time I saw Don't Starve. The art style and concept immediately grabbed me.

This is the next game from Struggling developer Chasing Rats Games, and it's making the rounds through Kickstarter right now with a hopeful 2022 release planned for PC and consoles. It's on Steam.

As a cult leader striving to unleash an old god – there are multiple; you get to pick! – you'll perform rituals, convert bystanders to help the cause, and command them in real-time battles with beasts and inquisitors. Exploration is a focal point in Worship, and on a related note, it has roguelike elements.

I could take or leave that choice, but I will say, (optional) multiplayer helps sell me on a roguelike structure – there will thankfully be local and online co-op for four players. "A right mix of procedural and handcrafted elements will make each game session different and fun to dive in," the developers say.

Apart from combat and puzzles out in the world, there's also base building – you'll raise monuments to regenerate blood more quickly for rituals and increase the number of followers you can lead. There's a lot to like in the pitch, including overviews of the freaky old gods and how they impact gameplay.

More than anything, though, you've gotta see this game, not just read about it:

Call of Duty: Warzone appears to be getting a zombie invasion. Following a teaser last week that implied the undead hordes might overtake Verdansk, a package appears to be going out to streamers with yet another clue.

Streamer PrestigeIsKey tweeted about a package he received to mark the one-year anniversary of Warzone. It includes what appears to be an orange prison jumpsuit with "Captured" printed on it, and a small card with the Warzone logo. The card reads: "There are no second chances after losing a battle here. The outer prison is a hostile-rich environment. You're safer in the ghoul-ag."

The "ghoul-ag" is a wordplay on the Gulag, an special environment in Warzone matches that lets you fight your way back into the main match. But the "ghoul" part gives it a notably horror feel. The note also implies that zombies will be overrunning the outer territory, and that it could even impact the gulag second-chance mechanic itself.

The “crypto-” carbon crisis is evolving. And after years of low-key use, art and collectibles tied to what are known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have exploded into the global discourse as the Next Big Thing. Embedded with it, though, is an existential tension.

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Today Korean developer Shift Up announced that its mobile game Destiny Child has passed a relevant downloads milestone.

The game, which has been available for iOS and Android since 2016, has passed 10 million downloads worldwide.

To celebrate, players who log in from now until April 10 will receive special lucky boxes including random rewards, including Child Summon Tickets, Ignition Core Materials, Equipment Craft Tools, Crystals, and Blood
Gems.

Users who have not logged in for the past 30 days will also receive a 5-star Tamamo, crystal, and other rewards via a special 8-day login bonus.

A new raid and storyline have been implemented to celebrate the milestone on top of the rewards.

If you’re unfamiliar with Destiny Child, it’s basically the quintessential waifu gacha game thanks to the artwork by popular Korean artist Kim Hyung Tae (who worked on the Magna Carta series and Blade & Soul, among other things). The player takes the role of a weak but kind demon as he needs to lead a bunch of waifus named “Child” (ok, there are also a few male ones, but no one really cares) to fight against other demons.

Incidentally, Shift Up is also preparing for the future, developing the mobile game NIKKE: The Goddess of Victory, and Project EVE for consoles and PC.

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It's been quite some time since we last heard from PloyAmorous' twisted history title Paradise Lost. This bleak-but-intriguing tale is set against the backdrop of an alternate World War II, one where the fighting between allies and The Third Reich raged for over 20 years, ultimately plunging society into a devastating nuclear apocalypse.

In Paradise Lost, players will control the destiny of Szymon, a child living in the irradiated wasteland that was once Poland. While scavenging for resources during a self-imposed quest to track down a mysterious guardian, Szymon stumbles across an abandoned Nazi bunker, filled with frightening technology and decked out in haunting Pagan iconography. What was its purpose? Why was it abandoned? And who is the mysterious "Ewa" who calls to him from deep within its labyrinthine walls?

Last month, we spoke with Bungie general manager Justin Truman to discuss Destiny 2's latest major update Season of the Chosen.

We start by talking about the surprise return of Exotic missions in recent weeks. These are secret quests which can be attempted alone or as part of a team, and between their challenge and unique spin on Destiny's mechanics, are up there with dungeons and raids as some of the best activities the game has to offer.

As well as this, how the community has inspired recent solo challenges and the future of live events in Destiny 2, we also discuss the approach for the Destiny Content Vault - an initiative which allows Bungie to cycle out destinations, maps and modes from the game, and also reintroduce things from Destiny's past - starting with the original Destiny's Cosmodrome area in late 2020, and the Vault of Glass raid later this year.

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Yesterday’s Overwatch update was all about the PachiMarchi Challenge and that hideous and/or awesome new Roadhog skin, but next-gen Xbox owners got a little something extra with the update: new graphics options for Series X/S consoles, from 4K60 to blazing-fast 120Hz.

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Paradise Lost offers a unique and horrific spin on World War II. Instead of raging for six years, it lasted for 20 and ended in a bloody stalemate after most of Europe was obliterated by Nazi nuclear missles. Europe is now an irradiated wasteland cut off from the rest of the world, and players assume the role of a young child trying to survive its hardships decades later. If that setup piques your interest, you’ll be happy to know that Paradise Lost is launching later this month. 

On March 24, players can pick up this narrative adventure by Polish developer PolyAmorous. In 1980s Poland players control Szymon, a 12-year old orphan born and raised within this terrible version of Europe who stumbles upon an abandoned military bunker. Once inside, he’s contacted by a mysterious girl named Ewa who acts as a guide of sorts, but players will have to experience the game themselves to learn what her true intentions are. There’s also a grander mystery surrounding the bunker itself and the fate of its former inhabitants. 

A total of three special animated episodes will be released alongside new volumes of The Ancient Magus' Bride.

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It's hard to believe we're almost ready for Season 4 of Fall Guys, but I've given up on my ability to accurately judge the passage of time; leave that to the Sandman. As the still-running Season 3 winds down, Mediatonic has begun teasing the seven new levels arriving soon-ish with Season 4.

In a clip on Twitter, the studio showed off Skyline Stumble, a traversal-heavy level built for 60 beans. The stage looks challenging in the ways I want to be challenged, with varied obstacles – including pinball flippers, low-gravity zones, and intermittent bridges – as well as routes to plan out.

Here's one of the S E V E N new levels from Season 4!

🤖 Skyline Stumble 🤖

⚡️ A 60-player gauntlet with Low Gravity Zones, Forcefields, Flippity Bippities, Chonky Buttons, and Spicy Light Swingers! ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/GR5Oe4dH1E

— Fall Guys 4041 🤖 SOON (@FallGuysGame) March 10, 2021

So yeah! If you hadn't heard, the next seasonal theme for Fall Guys is futuristic. It's a common enough trope, but based on this first gameplay footage, I'm excited to see these levels in the rotation.

According to Mediatonic, the Season 4 release date will be announced on March 15. We also recently learned that Season 4 will have 50 progression/reward levels, not the usual 40 levels of Fame.

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Update: We've confirmed a total loss of the affected EU servers during the OVH data centre fire. We're now exploring replacing the affected servers.

Earlier this month, a new Elden Ring trailer leaked, further giving fire to the rumors that a new reveal was on the way this month. Now, a new report suggests that the rumored reveal for Elden Ring is not happening due to said leak. 

In a new video, VentureBeat journalist Jeff Grubb suggests that the rumored March reveal is no longer happening because of the earlier leak. In an earlier video for GamesBeat Decides, a "combination of sources" told Grubb that an Elden Ring showcase of some kind would be happening by the end of March. He was cautious about stating that the "end of March" timeline was not a set date and could change at any time. That was a pretty safe call to make because, in his latest video, the situation has reportedly changed due to the trailer leak.

Following yesterday’s announcement of the solo experience event coming next week, Fortnite’s Zero Point has begun glowing purple and pulsing every couple of minutes.

First spotted by Fortnite dataminer HYPEX over on Twitter, the Zero Point — found floating in the air above the center of the Battle Royale island — has changed color and started to pulse every two minutes.

As a quick comparison, here’s a screenshot we nabbed of the Zero Point prior to this recent change.

[Update: The Pokemon pens are gone!

But Nintendo has also added two Mario 35 rewards into the mix: a "three year journal" and a pencil case. You can find them here.]

In what is becoming a biweekly event, there are now new physical My Nintendo rewards available.

Following the recent Bravely Default II reversible poster, Nintendo just dumped three new physical Pokemon rewards into the mix: a set of four ball point pens (with the three Pokemon Sword and Shield starters, as well as Pikachu), a Pokemon Sword and Shield memo pad, and a Pokemon Sword and Shield sticker set. You can grab them for 500, 400, and 500 Platinum Points each respectively.

The pens come in a 6"x3" package for reference, and the note pad is 6"x4"x1/8". The sticker set includes "two sheets featuring Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble," and clocks in at 11"x7". Stationary is becoming quite the go-to for My Nintendo, as there's also an 800 point Mario & Luigi notebook available, as well as a Hyrule Warriors memo pad (which is a little bigger and 200 more platinum to compensate).

While stationary generally stays in stock for a while, by and large it does disappear over time. My guess is the extreme popularity of Pokemon could result in at least the pens selling out relatively soon.

If you need some quick points, remember to check out our guide!

Rewards [My Nintendo]

Difficulties in processing different characters simultaneously led to the decision to put Pyra on her own.

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