April 2020

Fortnite's Week 7 challenges have arrived on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. This week brings us the first batch of Skye's Adventure challenges, and one of the seemingly trickier missions asks you to visit three specific locations: The Shark, Rapid's Rest, and Gorgeous Gorge. If you need help tracking those places down, we've put together this map and guide to show you where to go.

Where Are The Shark, Rapid's Rest, And Gorgeous Gorge Locations?

As usual, the areas you need to visit to complete this challenge are spread out across the map, but they're not too difficult to find. The Shark is the most obvious; it's the island in the northwest corner of the map, in grid square B1. Gorgeous Gorge is located between The Agency and Lazy Lake in grid square E5, and Rapid's Rest is directly southeast of it in grid square G6. You can see where all three areas are on the map below.

While the Switch Eshop always has games on sale, it's rare to see a huge collection of notable Switch games discounted at one time. Fortunately for Switch players, that time has come: the Spring 2020 Eshop sale has arrived, with over 700 Switch games currently on sale. Quite a few publishers are getting in on the action, including Devolver Digital, Blizzard, and NIS America, and there are some real gems worth snagging while they're on sale.

The Devolver publisher sale includes discounts on some fantastic games like Ape Out ($7.49), a top-down beat 'em up where you control a gorilla trying to escape a maze, and Hotline Miami Collection ($12.49), a top-down shooter where your character is instructed by mysterious answering machine messages to hunt down and kill the local Russian mafia. You'll also find great deals on the beautiful platformer Gris, which is on sale for $8.49, and a shoot 'em up featuring a talking banana, My Friend Pedro, on sale for $14.

Diablo III: Eternal Collection is down to $30 (was $60) as part of the Spring Sale. The hack-and-slash RPG allows for both local and online multiplayer, and it's a perfect game to jump into while we're all social distancing. For a similar experience, Torchlight II is on sale for just $14, down from $20.

If you're an Xbox One owner looking for something to do this weekend, then Microsoft has just revealed the free games for its latest Free Play Days promotion. The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited is available for two weeks from now until April 13 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET, while WWE 2K20 and Monster Energy Supercross 3 are both free to play until April 6 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET. You can install and play these games as much as you want, but if you want to keep playing them past their free-play periods, you'll need to buy them. Thankfully, each game is currently discounted, so you won't have to pay full price to keep them forever.

The Elder Scrolls Online is an MMO based in the worlds of Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion, and more--that's right, the Elder Scrolls, baby! The latest free update, Greymoor, has you exploring the dark underbelly of Skyrim, as a Vampire Lord tries to conquer and rule the land of Tamriel. You'll have to banish supernatural storms that are terrorizing Western Skyrim. Thankfully, you'll have two full weeks to play for free, but if you want to keep playing, The Elder Scrolls Online is $8, down from $20.

Indie outfit Chucklefish has unveiled a new isometric artstyle for its supernatural life-sim Witchbrook, and it's quite a looker. The game previously featured a more-standard top-down style in early screenshots. Here's a side-by-side comparison:

Chucklefish is arguably best-known for publishing the farming sim mega-hit Stardew Valley, but its also developed some notable games, such as 2016's Starbound. The developer first announced Witchbrook back in 2018, and few details have emerged in the intervening years. Recently, it revealed an official website with some more information on the game.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is in the midst of its Bunny Day festivities, but alongside that came a new patch that fixed up some bugs. Though Nintendo hasn't shared official English patch notes yet, we have some idea from the Japanese notes (via Go Nintendo).

According to the patch notes, this update fixes a few notable glitches that could severely impact gameplay, including one that makes a crucial piece of game progression disappear, and another that impacted your ability to change the island to your liking.

Bunny Day is essentially the Animal Crossing version of Easter, with a rabbit visitor named Zipper coming and hiding eggs all over your island. Those eggs can then be used for a ton of special DIY recipes.

If you're looking for a game to get lost in this weekend, one of the best role-playing games in recent memory is on sale right now. ZA/UM's 2019 wonder Disco Elysium is discounted to $30 (was $40) until April 6 on Steam. The innovative and gripping RPG was one of GameSpot's favorite games of 2019. In addition to the game, the official soundtrack is also marked down to $11.24 (was $15).

Disco Elysium nods to Baldur's Gate and Divinity: Original Sin with its top-down perspective and dialogue-heavy interactions. Unlike those games, however, Disco Elysium doesn't feature any combat. It's an RPG that relies on its masterfully written dialogue to both tell its story and advance its various mechanical and skill systems. You play as a detective who investigates crimes across a lush, hand-painted world filled with interesting characters and ideas.

The game earned a 10/10 in GameSpot's Disco Elysium Elysium review, with critic David Wildgoose praising the unparalleled writing, brilliant skill system, and gorgeous world. "Disco Elysium is a mad, sprawling detective story where the real case you've got to crack isn't who killed the man strung up on a tree in the middle of town--though that in itself, replete with dozens of unexpected yet intertwined mysteries and wild excursions into the ridiculous, is engrossing enough to sustain the game," he wrote.

The much-anticipated post-apocalyptic adventure game The Last of Us II will be delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, publisher Sony said today.

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Today was supposed to mark the opening day of Fanfest, EVE Online’s annual player gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland. Unfortunately, the event was cancelled due to coronavirus. Fanfest is normally a time for fellowship between EVE players, a chance to interface with the development team, and of course when major upcoming …

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You can only collect Young Spring Bamboo and the DIY recipes that use it during the springtime

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Sony Interactive Entertainment has delayed the release of The Last of Us Part II by Naughty Dog, as well as Iron Man VR on PSVR until further notice due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

In a tweet to the community, Naughty Dog says it had finished the game and was fixing some final bugs in anticipation of a May 29 release.

The developer wants to "make sure everyone gets to play The Last of Us Part II around the same time," but logistical problems imposed by the current pandemic have prevented Naughty Dog and SIE from achieving that.

This could allude to the inability to coordinate the different physical versions of the game (it has four – standard, special, collector's, and elite), as well as the digital one, at the same time. However, neither the developer nor the publisher have specified as much.

Naughty Dog says it hopes the delay won't be long, and will update players when it has new information.

A message from us about the delay of The Last of Us Part II: pic.twitter.com/aGsSRfmJ8a

— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) April 2, 2020

[Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Naughty Dog]

Today Microsoft and Rare announced that Sea of Thieves players who also love Bleeding Edge (or even those who don’t, really) are going to get a treat.

The neat little bonus is a ship customization set inspired by Ninja Theory’s latest game named “Mutinous Fist Ship.” It also looks quite badass.

The cherry on top is that you can get it for free simply by logging into Sea of Thieves. Below you can find the dates and times to unlock each part of the set.

Do keep in mind that Rare is British, so times are BST. Subtract 5 hours for EDT and 8 hours for PDT.

• 12am April 3rd – 8am April 4th: Mutinous Fist Flag
• 12am April 4th – 8am April 5th: Mutinous Fist Sails
• 12am April 5th – 8am April 6th: Mutinous Fist Hull

If you’d like to know whether it’s worth your time, you can watch a trailer below.

If you’re interested in Sea of Thieves but you’re unfamiliar with the game, you can check our review. Do keep in mind that it has evolved a whole lot since its release.

After years of dormancy, the Tiger and Bunny anime is set to return with a new arc, though fans will still have a while to wait until they can feast their eyes on it.

In a post to Twitter made by the official Tiger and Bunny Twitter account on Apr. 2, it was revealed that the anime would be continued with a new season slated for release in 2022. The announcement was accompanied with promotional art of the series’ main characters, Kotetsu T. Kubaragi and Barnaby Brooks Jr., facing each other down.

Little else was revealed about the upcoming season of the anime; namely, what the exact release date of the season would be. However, given its distant release window, it’s almost certain more info will be revealed in the coming years before its release.

The full Tweet and promotional art can be found down below.

Epic Games Store is giving away three games this week while discounting over 100 games in its Spring Sale for a limited time.

The first free game is Drawful 2, the standalone sequel to the drawing multiplayer game included in the first Jackbox Party Pack. The game had been made free on Steam and other platforms, or severely discounted on the Nintendo Switch, last month.

The other two free games announced from last week are Fullbright’s first-person exploration game Gone Home and action-adventure game Hob. All three games will be available to download starting today until Thursday, April 9 at 11 a.m. ET.

The only game announced as the free offer for next week is Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, though Epic Games has added more games to its weekly free offerings in the past.

Also free on the Epic Games Store is Totally Reliable Delivery Service, which launched yesterday for the launcher, consoles, and mobile. It is available to download until Wednesday, April 8 at 11 a.m. ET.

The Epic Games Store is also holding its Spring Sale for the next two weeks until April 16 with discounts up to 75% on 126 games in the store’s catalog. Games in the sale include Satisfactory, Red Dead Redemption 2, Borderlands 3, Control, The Division 2, the Far Cry series, and more.

Sony has delayed its highly anticipated The Last of Us Part II, as well as PSVR exclusive Iron Man VR, until further notice. The setbacks come as a result of logistical challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shown no signs of slowing in the past week.

The news comes by way of Tweet from Sony’s official page earlier today:

Update: SIE has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel’s Iron Man VR until further notice. Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from providing the launch experience our players deserve.

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) April 2, 2020

The Last of Us Part II had been slated for launch later this spring, May 29, while Iron Man VR was expected only a week or so earlier on May 15.

Naughty Dog has since published its own statement on Twitter, too:

A message from us about the delay of The Last of Us Part II: pic.twitter.com/aGsSRfmJ8a

— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) April 2, 2020

Update: SIE has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR until further notice. Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from providing the launch experience our players deserve.

As you've likely just seen, the release of The last of Us Part II has been delayed. We're sure this news is just as disappointing to you as it is to us. We wanted to reach out to all of you in our community to give you a little more information. The good news is, we're nearly done with development of The Last of Us Part II. We are in the midst of fixing our final bugs. However, even with us finishing the game, we were faced with the reality that due to logistics beyond our control, we couldn't launch The Last of Us Part II to our satisfaction. We want to make sure everyone gets to play The last of Us Part II around the same time, ensuring that we're doing everything possible to preserve the best experience for everyone. This meant delaying the game until such a time where we can solve these logistic issues. We were bummed about this decision but ultimately understood what's best and fair to all of our players.

Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Lizardcube talked about Streets of Rage 4's development, gameplay, and soundtrack with Siliconera.

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It's PSO2 Day 2020! For the first time, North American Phantasy Star Online 2 players can celebrate this monthly holiday.

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One of video gaming's grandfather brands, Pong, is set to make a metal-as-fuck comeback this spring. Publisher Atari and developer Chequered Ink have revealed the new action-adventure title Pong Quest, which will come blip-blipping onto PC and consoles.

Pong Quest sees the return of the paddle bat from the 1972 arcade classic, as it comes screaming into 2020 with a new, colourful, genre-bending adventure. Traveling through dungeons, negotiating mazes, and engaging with friends and enemies alike, players will guide this brave rectangle as it fends off attackers with an arsenal of over 50 "Pong Balls," each with their own unique effects and attributes.

Alongside the story campaign, Pong Quest will feature a slew of multiplayer Battle Modes, adding fun new tweaks to the classic bat 'n' ball gameplay. A full customisation mode will allow you to unlock clothing and accessories for your paddle, making it the coolest bat on the block. Check out the new trailer below and remember: Avoid Missing Ball for High Score.

Pong Quest launches this spring on PS4, PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

I am absolutely down for an arrow-slinging, ship-building, island-hopping survival adventure game that doesn't look unnecessarily hostile or stingy. Anyone else? That's the premise for Windbound, an upcoming PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch title about a stranded warrior.

5 Lives Studios and its publisher, Deep Silver, revealed the game today. It looks neat!

Hunting down resources, crafting tools and weapons, and sailing to the next Forbidden Island once you've run out of materials seems to be the central loop. I can picture myself falling into that pretty hard. Your boat is your "key companion," and the building system is modular, which I always appreciate.

As for the big-picture story, "scattered ruins reveal secrets of the past and glimpses of the future."

Windbound is releasing for PC and consoles on August 28, 2020.

The inevitable has finally happened. Amid everyone working from home and workflows drastically changing, PlayStation and Naughty Dog have been forced to delay The Last of Us Part II yet again.

PlayStation announced the setback in a simple tweet this afternoon. It reads "[Sony Interactive Entertainment] has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR until further notice. Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from providing the launch experience our players deserve."

The Last of Us Part II was meant to finally launch on May 29. It has been oft-delayed -- first informally as Naughty Dog missed its 2019 target and pushed the game into 2020, and then formally as it was delayed from February until May. As PlayStation mentions, there's no new release date to look forward to. Given how uncertain everything is right now, it's pretty tough to predict timelines for completing projects.

However, there's something of a silver lining. PlayStation also says it doesn't have any further delays apart from The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR.

It's a regular 'ol day for the Nintendo eShop following the mammoth Animal Crossing release, as Good Job! is the big one this week on Switch.

Outside of that, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 got its Doctor Doom DLC and...that's about it! 23 games in total: that's one of the lowest on record in many months, in a weekly flood of 30-40 games per week. I can kind of get used to this?

There's so many things on the eShop now and the charts are flooded with (often shovelware) "penny games." Maybe use this downtime to redo the Switch eShop, Nintendo? I know I ask for it every few months or so, but it's getting really oversaturated.

In this 2020 GDC virtual talk, game writer and narrative designer Tori Schafer explains her design process for creating complex and interesting LGBT+ characters. ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment says logistical problems spanning from the current global crisis have made delivering both games on time an impossible feat. ...

The Nintendo Switch exclusive fighting game Arms is holding a brand-new limited-time event just in time for its free trial period on the console-handheld hybrid.

Arms' new LTE is a Party Crash featuring the game's main two stars, Spring Man and Ribbon Girl, and runs from April 2-4. Like previous Party Crashes, the purpose is to score points in-game to see which of the two Arms characters are the most popular.

The last Arms LTE was a Martial Arts Mash-Up Party Crash between Min Min and Ninjara back in June 2019, in which Min Min came out as the fighting game's most popular ninja warrior.

The boogie man himself is finally headed to PS4 along with a small but diverse collection of other indie games over the next several days and months.

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Starting next week, Apex Legends is getting a permanent Duos mode, alongside a temporary event featuring Bloodhound.

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UPDATE 7/4/20: Digital pre-orders for both The Last of Us Part 2 and Iron Man VR are now being refunded, PlayStation has said via its support site.

Neither game was given a new release date after being indefinitely delayed last week.

ORIGINAL STORY 2/4/20: Sony says the release of The Last of Us Part 2 and Marvel's Iron Man VR will be delayed "until further notice" as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Like a faint radio transmission, it’s been a while since we last heard from Signalis. Two years since Dominic Tarason snatched its teaser trailer, with a brief stop in Screenshot Saturday Sundays under Jay’s tenure last year. But this week, developers Rose-Engine boosted the signal, broadcasting a new trailer that plunges deeper into the beautiful, horrifying depths of their sci-fi survival-horror.

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On this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, Ben Reeves, Leo Vader, Brian Shea, and Dan Tack join me to chat about a ton of games, including Persona 5 Royal, Resident Evil 3, Sea of Stars, Gears Tactics, and Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord. The big talker for the show is skill-based matchmaking (SBMM),  and we try to explain how it works and discuss how it affects your game for better or worse. We finish with the always-entertaining and enlightening community emails.

We do this week's show from our homes as we hunker down in quarantine, so please forgive us for any audio or video hiccups as we deliver content outside the studio.

Thanks for listening! Please make sure to leave feedback below, share the episode if you enjoyed it, and follow me @therealandymc to let me know what you think. 

The next remade chapter in Capcom’s iconic survival horror franchise is here, and it introduces one of the series’ most recognizable antagonists. Resident Evil 3’s Nemesis is seriously spooky, which is something conveyed with terrifying authenticity by superb voice acting talent across the entire cast. Here we’re going to run through the voice actors of Resident Evil 3’s voice cast who do such a great job.

Meet the Voice Actors of Resident Evil 3’s Voice Cast

Nicole Tompkins – Jill Valentine

Nicole Tompkins plays the role of Jill Valentine for the first time in the Resident Evil series, and we’re hoping this won’t be the last — she does a terrific job breathing new life into the character.

<br><br>Tompkins only other credit in the gaming industry is as Idril in Shadow of Mordor, with most of her experience centered around TV series and theatre. You may remember her from Grey’s Anatomy for her performance as Amber.

Jeff Schine – Carlos Oliviera – Voice Actors of Resident Evil 3’s Voice Cast

Fans of Resident Evil should be pleased with Carlos’s new makeover in the latest remake. And he’s more than just better looking, too — Carlos is more interesting this time around, and that’s largely thanks to a great performance from Jeff Schine.

Schine has been involved with AAA video game productions several times before, including Kingdom Hearts, Red Dead Redemption 2, Just Cause 4, and more. These, however, have only been minor roles. He takes center stage as Carlos, and we’re looking forward to hearing more from him moving forward.

While The Last of Us Part II has been delayed earlier today, a nice care package has been provided by Sony in the form of new screenshots.

The images have been published on the official site of the game (via Twitter user Nibel), and focus on showing plenty of beautiful vistas and foreboding moment staring Ellie, Joel, and more.

You can check them out in the gallery below.

The Fire Emblem Cipher card game will finally end with Series 22 on October 1, 2020.

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