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100 Thieves, the gaming organization known for running teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Fortnite esports competitions, has announced that its upcoming Black Lives Matter charity tournament has been delayed. The four-week competition, Gamers for Equality, will no longer start on June 18 because publisher Activision has allegedly denied the organization access to use Call of Duty: Warzone.

In a tweet by 100 Thieves, the organization said it hopes to "still host [the Gamers for Equality] tournament and are working to find alternative solutions." The competition--which was scheduled to happen on June 18, June 25, July 2, and July 9--was a Warzone tournament raising money to support organizations fighting racial injustice, with 100 Thieves donating $100,000 over the four-week period. A new start date for Gamers for Equality has yet to be announced.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many office workers have been working from home for months now, and if you count yourself among that group, you might be thinking about upgrading your home office setup. If you're not a dedicated PC gamer, you might not own a monitor already, but fortunately, there are plenty of budget monitor options out there that can make working from home much easier and even offer an affordable entry to PC gaming. A new deal at Best Buy offers a great discount on an already affordable Acer monitor, but the deal is only available for today.

As part of Best Buy's latest one-day sale, Acer's 23.8-inch Full HD FreeSync monitor is on sale for $100. That's $60 off its usual price of $160, making this budget monitor's price even more appealing. The deal comes with free shipping, with delivery available as soon as Friday (may vary based on your location).

The studio Game Freak is best-known for their work on the famed Pokemon franchise, but they recently came out with another RPG, titled Little Town Hero. Formerly a Nintendo Switch exclusive, that game is now coming to PC via Steam on June 30.

Both the new PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions of the game are getting a retail release, dubbed the Big Idea Edition. It's unclear if this edition's new Easy Mode will come to this PC version as of yet.

Described as a turn-based RPG with a card-based combat system, Little Town Hero first came to the Nintendo Switch in October 2019. In GameSpot's Little Town Hero review, critic Suriel Vazquez gave the game a 5/10, praising its music--which was composed by Undertale creator Toby Fox--but faulting almost everything else about the game. "Little Town Hero finds some success in avoiding some of the complex systems and tedious menus that can bog down other card games and RPGs, but it ends up suffering for it," he wrote.

2K has released the first extended gameplay video for PGA Tour 2K21, showcasing how the game plays and some of its new pro players. The lengthy gameplay video--it runs for nearly eight minutes--shows off a user-created player at TPC Scottsdale, the site of the Waste Management Phoenix Open every year.

This includes the electric 16th hole, which has a stadium setup and is one of the more uniquely outrageous holes in all of golf. Something very special happens on this hole during the video, so be sure to watch through until the end.

The PGA Tour 2K21 video also shows off one of the game's 12 professional players--Matt Kuchar. His character model looks pretty good, and he has a game to match as you would expect. In PGA Tour 2K21's career mode, you must defeat all 12 professional players--see the full list here--on the game's 15 officially licensed PGA Tour courses.

Season 3 of Fortnite: Chapter 2 is officially live. This season introduces a ton of changes and new features to Epic's hit battle royale shooter, including an Aquaman skin and a new kind of vehicle: cars. However, despite what you may think after watching the Season 3 trailer, the cars aren't actually live yet. If you want to try out the latest wrinkle in the battle royale game, you're going to have to wait a bit longer.

Although the vehicles are featured prominently in the aforementioned video, you currently cannot find any cars around Fortnite's map. That's just as well; tying into Season 3's aquatic theme, much of the island has been flooded, so you wouldn't have much of a chance to make use of the cars anyway, but it appears they'll become available as the map changes during the season.

According to Epic's official website, the flood water will gradually recede as Season 3 progresses, opening up new areas and features. Beneath a screenshot of the new car, Epic writes, "As the water recedes, even more locations will be uncovered. And as roadways become more open, you'll discover new ways to get around..."

During the PS5 reveal event last week--which produced a flurry of internet memes about the new console's appearance--many were surprised by its sheer size and wavy design. This led some to question whether or not the new PlayStation can sit on its side. Thanks to an image from Amazon, however, we now know that both versions of the PS5--the skew with a disk drive and the one without--can lay horizontally without any issue.

Pokemon Sword and Shield has gotten its first expansion, the Isle of Armor. The new content opens up a whole new area with new rivals, more Pokemon to catch, and more. And as fans have dug in, they've also found a neat little feature that calls back to some of the earliest days of the series.

According to Pokemon fansite Serebii, once you reach a certain point in the Isle of Armor, the first Pokemon in your party will follow you around. GameSpot hasn't verified with our own monsters, but Twitter has already started populating with people showing off their favorite pokemon walking around the overworld.

The feature is usually referred to by fans as "walking Pokemon," and it first appeared in Pokemon Yellow as Pikachu followed you around. This is as opposed to normal, when all of your Pokemon are stored in their PokeBalls. Walking Pokemon have appeared in a few different games, but weren't in Sword and Shield until now. That means this is your first chance to see the new Galar creatures acting as your personal escort.

There have been some great discounts on CD Projekt Red's critically acclaimed RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lately, and especially if you've been considering picking up the game on PS4 or Xbox One, now's a great time to do so. Best Buy's Deal of the Day for today, June 17, features The Witcher 3's PS4 or Xbox One Complete edition for $17, down from its list price of $40. (Note: Amazon is now price-matching this deal as well.) That's a great deal on its own, but you can actually combine this offer with another ongoing promotion to snag a free copy of the game on PC.

PlayStation's annual Days of Play sale just ended, but if you're still looking for some great deals on PS4 games, the PlayStation Store has you covered. In addition to two bargain-focused sales that are still running until next week, PlayStation has kicked off a Remasters & Retro sale featuring deals on popular franchises such as Resident Evil, Borderlands, Devil May Cry, and more. The sale runs until July 2, which gives you two weeks to make your picks.

There are a bunch of deals on Resident Evil games, including the Deluxe edition of the excellent Resident Evil 2 remake for $23. And if you're itching to play some older Resident Evil titles, you're in luck. Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5 are down to $8 each, while the Resident Evil: Deluxe Origins Bundle--containing both Resident Evil and Resident Evil 0--is on sale for only $10.

Fortnite: Chapter 2, Season 3 is officially live, which means a huge slate of changes for the game, as well as a new set of challenges to complete. Much like Deadpool last season, Aquaman is the big licensed tie-in character for this season, complete with a skin to unlock and challenges to complete. The first of these is available on launch day, and it's luckily pretty easy to complete: Use a whirlpool at The Fortilla. Here's what you need to do.

Where Is The Fortilla?

The Fortilla is the new base in the southwest corner of the map; it can be seen prominently in the opening cutscene for Season 3. Of course, when you first jump in to the game this season, none of the named locations will be listed for you, so we've included a map with The Fortilla's location below. It's located west of Rickety Rig and south of Holly Hedges.

The first expansion for Pokemon Sword and Shield, The Isle of Armor, is out now. The DLC arrives alongside a new update, which introduces an assortment of new and returning Pokemon to the Galar region. These monsters can only be caught in the new Isle of Armor area, but you don't need to own the expansion to add them to your collection.

You can obtain the newly added Pokemon in a couple of different ways, even if you haven't purchased the Sword and Shield Expansion Pass. If you're looking to get your hands on the monsters, we've broken down all the ways you can get the newly added Pokemon without owning the Isle of Armor DLC below.

Transfer From Pokemon Home

If you've caught any of the newly reintroduced Pokemon in previous games, you can transfer them into Sword or Shield via Pokemon Home. Newly added Gen 1 Pokemon such as Scyther and Kangaskhan can be brought over from Let's Go, Pikachu or Let's Go, Eevee if you have a copy of either title, but any monsters from later generations will need to be transferred from Pokemon Bank on the 3DS. That, however, can be a tricky process, so be sure to check out our guide on how to transfer Pokemon from Bank and other games.

Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion, The Isle of Armor, has arrived. The DLC introduces an entirely new area to games, the eponymous Isle of Armor, which is home to an assortment of new and returning Pokemon, and features a new cast of characters to meet and storyline to follow.

Although the Isle of Armor provides plenty of new things to do to after conquering the Pokemon League, you don't need to finish the main storyline to access it; you can venture to the island at any point in the game after you first reach the Wild Area Station, and the level of the foes and Pokemon you meet there will scale based on how many badges you've earned. Here's how to travel to the Isle of Armor.

How To Access Isle Of Armor

Since the island lies off the coast of Galar proper, it's inaccessible from the mainland, so you'll need to take a Flying Taxi from Wedgehurst Station to get there. After installing the expansion, you'll automatically receive the Armor Pass; show that to the attendant inside Wedgehurst Station and you'll be shuttled to the island at no charge.

Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion, The Isle of Armor, has arrived. The DLC is now live following today's Pokemon Presents presentation, which also revealed a new Max Raid event revolving around the Mythical Zeraora, and gave us our first look at a new Pokemon Snap game for Nintendo Switch.

The DLC arrives alongside a new update for Sword and Shield, which you'll need to download and install before you can set off to the Isle of Armor. Once the update is installed and you've purchased the games' Expansion Pass, you'll automatically receive an Armor Pass, which will grant you access to the new area.

In addition to the expansion content, Sword and Shield's latest update introduces a variety of new and returning Pokemon to the games. These can be encountered in the wild in the Isle of Armor area, but you don't need to own the DLC to be able to obtain the Pokemon.

The Pokemon Company held a special presentation this week chock full of announcements and surprises. But then to top it all off, it ended the video by promising even more to come next week.

A second Pokemon Presents presentation is coming on June 24. Pokemon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara said that one will concern "another big project" that the company is working on.

That date coincides with the release of one of the new announcements, Pokemon Cafe Mix. That puzzle game was merely announced as coming soon during the presentation, but it's listed as June 23 on the US Nintendo Eshop. It's also coming to mobile devices.

During a special Pokemon Presents video presentation, The Pokemon Company has revealed a brand-new Pokemon game for Nintendo Switch: New Pokemon Snap. The spin-off, which is based on the cult classic Nintendo 64 game, involves taking photos of Pokemon in various locales.

New Pokemon Snap takes you to islands with a variety of locales, including jungles and beaches, where you can "research various Pokemon in their natural habitats." The photos you take in the game will build up a Photodex, which is undoubtedly similar to the Pokedex from the main series Pokemon games. The company also says you'll be able to discover "new, never-before-seen Pokemon expressions and behaviors" by doing so.

The original Pokemon Snap was released in 1999 and was well-received by critics and fans. We recently counted it among our favorite Pokemon spin-offs, and it's one that fans have been hoping to see make some kind of comeback on Switch for some time now. The new game is being developed by Bandai Namco Studios, which has also partnered with Nintendo on other exclusive series such as Super Smash Bros. Thus far, there is no release date.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 3 has arrived, and it's called Splash Down. While we're still piecing together what has changed and what's stayed the same, one major takeaway from the first trailer is that a member of the DC Universe has joined the fray as part of the new Battle Pass, and will be made available soon.

In the screenshot from the trailer below, you can distinctly see Jason Momoa's Aquaman makes an appearance. He's wearing the same costume that he did in James Wan's 2018 movie, and we can also see the distinctive scar over Momoa's left eyebrow.

For comparison, here's Momoa as he appears in the film. He's looking a bit more chilled out in the game.

Splatoon 2 players aren't used to receiving new updates, and aside from the bonus one-off Splatfest back in May, the game's online offering is pretty set. On June 15, though, the game received its third patch of 2020, and players might be wondering what has changed.

Turns out, it's not a whole lot--but if you've been hit with issues and glitches, they might have been addressed. Splatoon 2 Update 5.2.1 introduces two bug fixes, according to the patch notes. Here's what it does:

Changes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where if the player had Dualie-type weapons equipped, they could travel farther in the air than intended when dodge-rolling, as the result of a certain combination of movements.
• Fixed an issue where the player could land in a different location than intended if they activated a Booyah Bomb and then quickly ended the effect.

And that's it. It's good to know that the Splatoon development team is still paying attention, even if the game is no longer receiving massive updates with new maps or weapons.

Fortnite Season 3 is finally here. Right when they said they would, Epic Games has launched the much-anticipated third season--and it looks like a swashbuckling delight. The rollout is beginning with some server downtime, but keep checking back with the game and it should boot up Season 3 soon.

Epic originally planned to start Season 3 sooner, but the company delayed the update in light of the ongoing protests in the US related to the murder of George Floyd.

The cinematic launch trailer for Season 3 confirms the water theme and what seems to be the Season's official tagline, "Splash Down." It's a delightfully whimsical trailer, and even Aquaman himself--Jason Momoa--shows up. Check it out below.

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour is coming to Nintendo Switch on June 23, four years after the game's 20th anniversary. The game will offer up the extra chapter and re-recorded dialog that other platforms also received, as well as an eight-player co-op mode, but it will also come with some Switch-exclusive features.

This version of the game will have optional gyroscopic aiming, as seen in many other Switch ports, such as Borderlands Legendary Collection and The Outer Worlds. It will also feature HD rumble, and will, of course, be playable in portable mode.

The game will retail for $10 on the Eshop, but will carry a 50% discount at launch, according to Nintendo Life. You can check it out in the trailer below.

Madden NFL 21's cover is striking and unique. In fact, it's perhaps the biggest departure from the norm in the history of the franchise. As it turns out, there is a good reason for that.

Under normal circumstances, EA Sports would conduct an in-person photo shoot with the year's cover athlete--this year's it's Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens. A physical photo shoot wasn't possible this year due to COVID-19. So EA Sports contacted the Baltimore Ravens and asked if they could use some of team photographer Shawn Hubbard's photos. Hubbard said on the Ravens website that it was a "huge honor" to work with EA on this, even if he doesn't have much familiarity with the game series.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is celebrating a sales milestone--it's sold 3 million units since launching in 2018, with its accompanying DLC clocking in at 1.5 million units sold.

Warhorse Studios, the Czech team behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance, announced a new logo this week on Twitter alongside the these sales figures. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the medieval action-RPG had also previously sold around two million units in its first year.

It was met with controversy upon release and suffered from a variety of bugs that may have marred first impressions of the game. A conversation was also sparked around representation in video games and whether titles keen to be billed as "historically accurate" could feature inclusivity. However, Kingdom Come: Deliverance appeared to pick up steam when the From The Ashes DLC launched in late 2018.

In celebration of Pride Month, Xbox will be donating $250,000 to various LGBTQIA+ charities and committing to highlighting games made by members of the community.

Microsoft announced recently that it would be curating a list of inclusive Xbox and PC games selected by members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and featuring them for the month of June. This list is available for access to Xbox users and Xbox Game Pass members who are in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

According to the promotional material on the Xbox website, this list of inclusive games features titles such as Life is Strange: Before the Storm, The Outer Worlds, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and more. There is also a special Microsoft Pride page which has posts about being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, and personal anecdotes from employees at Microsoft who identity as part of the community.

New Zealand's video game industry had a difficult 2019, but one local trade group believes the future is bright for the region thanks in part to the upcoming launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) released its report for New Zealand's game industry on Wednesday, showing that the total industry value in 2019 reached $501.4 million. This was down by 9 percent compared to last year, and it marks the first year-over-year decline since 2012. Note that this number covers total sales, not just for video games developed in New Zealand. For comparison, the IGEA also represents Australia, where 2019 industry sales reached $3.6 billion.

There is a good reason for the downturn, however. 2018's results in New Zealand--as well as Australia, the US, and other parts of the world--were very positively impacted by the huge success of Fortnite. That game is now moderating in results, and as such, 2019 was always going to have a tough time comparing.

PAX is adapting to the current worldwide climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, and Reedpop has today announced that PAX Online will be happening this September. Fans sad that PAX Australia and PAX West have been cancelled will not have to miss out entirely.

PAX has announced that the event will run from September 12 to 20, and it'll be completely free. That's nine full days of content, three times the usual length of PAX--and the organizers are promising "a steady 24/7 stream of content, events, discussions, and gameplay." There will, in fact, be three separate streams of content running constantly throughout the event.

While there will be changes from what PAX attendees are used to, many of the elements that we usually see at PAX--including esports content, game demos, panels, and merch will be made available online. "In addition to digital adaptations of the panels, concerts, and competitions that pack our theatres at a traditional PAX, we’ve got some new and exciting stuff as well as a few surprises planned," the announcement reads.

Fortnite: Battle Royale's special in-game event, The Device, has finally happened. Midas activated his special weapon causing a storm that destroyed The Agency and submerged most of the map under a giant wall of water. That's all we know until Season 3 kicks off on June 17.

Those moments in Fortnite's latest live event were great, but they aren't as important as what happened in between them. As the map was getting decimated by the huge wall of water, players were given quick glimpses of an office somewhere else in the game. These short bits gave us more info about the world of Fortnite than any previous event.

Players got to walk around the office, which appears to belong to Fortnite's trademark blonde guy Jonesy, with the camera in first person (if you looked down you could see whichever skin you have equipped). The walls were decorated with pictures of Jonesy and what appear to be other characters from Fortnite: Save the World's cast, although it's not exactly clear who they are. Files labeled "top secret" with images of Midas and other characters were laying on the desk.

EA's Madden franchise is coming to PC for the first time in franchise history. This year's Madden NFL 21 will be released on Valve's digital storefront, EA announced in a press release.

Before this, Madden games were released on PC through EA's own Origin store. A product page for Madden NFL 21 on Steam confirms that the standard edition, the Deluxe edition, and the MVP edition will all be available, in addition to the game's various pre-order bonuses.

While Madden NFL 21 is coming to Steam, players who buy it there will still need to install Origin and use it in the background, the Steam page says. Additionally, you need to have an EA Account.

Following the murder of George Floyd in the US, many companies--including game publishers and storefronts--have expressed their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and have delayed events such as the PlayStation 5 reveal, EA Play, and the start of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 4.

There's been a notable exception, though--Valve, the owner of the Steam storefront, has not said a thing. Although a "Black Voices in Gaming" list was visible on Steam during the Guerrilla Collective streams, which were also postponed, Valve is yet to comment officially in any capacity.

In the wake of Valve's silence, gamesindustry.biz is reporting that several indie developers have pulled their games from the storefront. Julian Glander, the developer of Art Sqool, says that his game is no longer available on the storefront, and that he is unlikely to every publish on Steam again. In the tweet below, he posts his full reasoning.

Another detail about EA's newly announced Star Wars dogfighting game has been confirmed. Creative director Ian Frazier said on Twitter that Star Wars: Squadrons will support flight stick controllers on PC.

Frazier said to a fan, "Yes, we fully support joystick on PC, including full HOTAS rigs with a throttle."

HOTAS stands for "hands on throttle and stick." The takeaway here is that PC players who want to live the fantasy of being a fighter pilot in space can get one step closer with special controllers on PC.

A current Xbox survey being circulated is seeking gamers who are deaf or hard of hearing to give feedback on their experiences playing games, and what could be done to improve. In a tweet, Xbox accessibility user researcher Anna Waismeyer has encouraged players who qualify to take the survey, which she estimates will take 20-25 minutes.

The survey can be found at this link. It will be available from now until June 29.

The survey also asks about other things that might affect players, such as a whether they have low vision or are blind, have a neurological condition or disability, or experience a chronic or long-term illness, among other things.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is coming to PlayStation 5, and its reveal at the PS5 streaming event raised a few questions. One thing we came away curious about was the new female Lombax character who pops up at the end--who is she, and how much of a part will she play in the final game?

Now, developer Insomniac Games reveals that this new character, who they still have not given us a name for, will be a playable character in the new game. It looks like you'll be able to swing that hammer in-game--and if the trailer is anything to go by, she'll be spending some time with Clank, too.

Ratchet will also be playable too, as you'd expect. We'll likely have to wait to find out more about the differences between these two characters, and how switching between them will work in the game.

Donkey Kong player Robbie Lakeman has achieved a new world record of 1,260,700 while streaming on Twitch, surpassing player John McCurdy's 2019 record of 1,259,000. While the achievement hasn't yet been verified on Twin Galaxies' Donkey Kong leaderboard, the full run is available to watch on Twitch.

Lakeman previously held the second highest record at 1,247,700, set in February 2018, and has long been one of the top players in the community.

The news that he had set a new record was tweeted out by Billy Mitchell, a fellow Donkey Kong player who featured in the movie The King of Kong, and later became infamous for allegations of cheating on his historical DK records. After an investigation, Twin Galaxies wiped his high scores from the site and banned him from submitting any new ones.

While EndeavorRX, a game by therapy-focused studio Akili Interactive may not be groundbreaking for its graphics or its gameplay, it just broke new ground by becoming the first video game that can legally be marketed and prescribed as medication in the USA.

EndeavorRX--with RX being the medical notation for prescription--is a game for iPhone and iPad that can now legally be prescribed by doctors. Designed for children between the ages of eight and 12 who have inattentive or combined-type ADHD, the game went through six years of clinical trials before finally receiving FDA approval.

The most favorable study showed that one in three of the children studied in clinical trials "no longer had a measurable attention deficit on at least one measure of objective attention," after they played Endeavor for 25 minutes a day, five days a week for four weeks straight.

Quantum Error, the upcoming PS5 horror game from developer TeamKill (Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris), has received a new gameplay video during the Future Games Show. The footage, below, shows some of the creepy environments and monsters players will be facing when the game launches at an unannounced date.

Quantum Error is a "cosmic horror" FPS, and the game's official site has revealed some more details about it. You'll be playing as Captain Jacob Thomas, a firefighter who is sent with his partner Shane Costa and a crew to the Monad Quantum Research Facility, where something has gone wrong.

Once you're there, you'll discover that an entity of some kind has attacked, and the fire that is spreading through the facility is a sign of something far more grim. While the goal is initially to save as many people as possible from the fire, it soon gets more complicated than that.

Digital Extremes' showcase of all things Warframe, TennoCon, has been delayed from its original date of July 11. The event, which has already gone digital-only, has now had its date moved to August 1.

While a reason for the delay hasn't been specified, the Digital Extremes blog post explained that "changing the date will allow us to put on the best possible show remotely and deliver the magic of TennoCon to you, our worldwide community!"

TennoCon is the latest in a number of gaming events that have been delayed, many of them in respect to continuing protests around the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA and worldwide. These include the PS5 reveal and Cyberpunk 2077's Night City Wire showcase.

Yet another Lord of the Rings game is on the way. Following the new game based on Gollum and Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO, NetEase and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War. A mobile strategy game, Rise to War is set in the Third Age of Middle-earth.

The game aims to be "visually stunning and completely faithful," NetEase said in a press release. The game will feature "iconic characters and locations" from The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. It's set in the Third Age, which is a 3000-year period that culminated with the defeat of Sauron at the end of the War for the Ring.

"This adaptation will unlock new opportunities for players to explore the iconic settings and characters of Middle-earth while utilizing their strategic skills in battle," WBIE's David Haddad said in a statement.

Operation: Tango has been announced, and a gameplay trailer has been released to show how it works. It's a two-player asymmetrical game in which one player is an agent and the other is a hacker, and the two must work together to progress.

The trailer, below, shows how the agent will be out getting their hands dirty, dodging turrets and sneaking through levels. The hacker needs to assist them, unlocking doors, taking control of cameras, and making sure that things go smoothly.

It looks like the two styles of gameplay on offer here will be very different from one another, and that both players will need to communicate to succeed. On the game's Steam page, it says that you won't be able to play without a microphone.

Nintendo has released a new, free game on the Switch Eshop without any prior warning. It's called Jump Rope Challenge, and you play it by using two Joy-Con controllers, which you hold as though they were the handles of a jump rope (or "skipping rope" for those of us in Australia).

Two players can play together, each using just one Joy-Con, and the game is aiming to be as simple as possible, challenging you to jump 100 times a day. There are no tutorials and the menus are very simple, so don't expect a fitness regime on par with Ring Fit Challenge--but it's also totally free.

The game was developed internally at Nintendo Japan by a small team of developers working from home. It's designed to give players a quick, easy form of exercise without needing to leave the house.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has some of the most robust customization tools that the franchise has seen, and some players have used them to take things to the next level. The Avatar: The Last Airbender has been recreated in New Horizons by a group called the Nooksters.

With Avatar: The Last Airbender recently making its way onto Netflix, it's gained a surge of popularity in the internet's consciousness. Combine that with one of the hottest multiplayer games out right now in New Horizons, and you've got a smash hit.

The Nooksters YouTube channel recreated the iconic Avatar: The Last Airbender intro using their New Horizons avatars, a whole bunch of custom designs, and camera magic.

Tony Hawk himself has spoken about the origins of the upcoming Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remasters and why he thinks the new games will help "turn the tide" of public opinion after the most recent games in the series were poorly received.

Speaking to IGN, Hawk said it was Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick was pitched the idea of the remasters. "We've been having talks over the years of the potential of it, and finally, I literally sat down with Bobby Kotick. We were actually talking about other things in regards to my charity, and he just casually threw out, 'Why don't we remake THPS?'" Hawk recalled. "And I said, 'You don't understand how many people ask me that.' And he said, 'Well, you know, we've had success with a couple of other remasters, so why don't we think about it.'"

In 2017, Activision Blizzard management said more Activision game remasters would likely happen after the gigantic success of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. After that game, Activision released the Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Crash Team Racing: Nitro-fueled remaster packages. Additionally, Activision recently launched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered. On the Blizzard side, the company released a remastered version of Warcraft III, but it was a disappointment.

PAX Australia 2020 will not go forward. Event organizers have confirmed that this October's gaming and entertainment event in Melbourne has been canceled.

"It is with a heavy heart that today we announce the postponement of PAX Australia 2020, due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 in Australia and globally," the organizers explained in a statement.

Plans were underway with partners and exhibitors to explore "all viable options" to hold PAX Aus this year, but it was not meant to be. As such, the next PAX Aus is scheduled for 2021.