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An 88-year-old woman named Audrey is known for having spent thousands of hours tending to her town in Animal Crossing: New Leaf has finally gotten the chance to experience the next iteration of the franchise, New Horizons, thanks to a special gift from her son, who is also an indie developer with a YouTube channel named Phubans.

Audrey answered some questions from fans about her love of Animal Crossing and she talked about how New Leaf was your first experience with the series, and that her favorite thing about the game is pretty much being able to have a “dollhouse” and having control of how it all looks.

She also mentions that the villagers can get a little sassy –just wait until she meets Zipper in New Horizons.

When asked about what she’s most excited about doing in this new Animal Crossing game, she told her son that she really wants to jump over those ditches with a stick but is afraid of falling in the water.

You can watch the adorable unboxing and her first few minutes of playing the game down below:

After playing over 4000 hours of New Leaf, I hope Audrey is ready to sink even more time into New Horizons.

Paper Mario games are loved for many reasons, their unique art style being one of them. You wouldn’t have Paper Mario without the paper esthetic of course. But wouldn’t it be cool to see what other major Nintendo properties would look like with the same look? YouTube creator 64 Bits shows us just that.

In this awesome trailer for “Paper Zelda,” we get to see iconic scenes from all over the Zelda franchise played out in the same beautiful art style as Paper Mario; scenes like the fight with Ganondorf at the end of Wind Waker, playing Saria’s Song for Darunia in Ocarina of Time, and even the moon falling on clock-town from Majora’s Mask.

The trailer opens up in the same way as the pre-menu opening for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and shows everything from combat, to an overworld map, and even a paper remake of the Breath of the Wild 2 teaser trailer.

64 Bits wrote this about the video-

“This should keep you going while we wait for a new Paper Mario and Breath of the Wild 2! We put SO much love in this! And no sadly it’s not a real game and it probably never will be (Nintendo, please take notes though!!) BUT you can still send it to your friends pretending it’s real.”

Slightly delayed from its original March 26 release date, developer Nine Dot Studios is about to release the major content update for its accomplished open-world fantasy RPG Outward, Soroboreans. The name refers to a faction that we learn was supposed to have been included in the base game but wasn’t due to limited funding.

Now, after having sold well over half a million copies of Outward, Nine Dot is finally adding the Soroboreans to the packages with new and improved features (as in, 25% more content on top of the base game). A dev diary narrated by Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, CEO at Nine Dots Studio, talks us through what to expect.

That includes a brand new open-world section of the overworld to explore, featuring a sprawling city inhabited by all-new NPCs to interact with. Also, the new corruption mechanic, skill trees, weapons, enchantment system, and the sorts of enemies we’re likely to encounter.

You can check out out for yourself in the video below.

The Soroboreans DLC was supposed to have launched earlier this month, but presumably, delays caused by COVID-19 have pushed the date back. A new date is yet to be locked in.

So far, Final Fantasy VII Remake’s anticipated launch hasn’t gone smoothly. None of that is Square Enix’s fault, of course; the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a massive spanner in the works, causing a logistical nightmare for retailers delivering pre-ordered physical copies.

It’s meant that many customers EU and AU regions already have the game in their hands… 10 days before they were supposed to. No wonder there are so many spoilers floating around.

But the spoilers showcased in Final Fantasy VII Remake’s latest and last trailer before launch is firmly on Square Enix. Indeed, while it’s a neat little sequence, I don’t recommend watching it if you’re wanting to stay even remotely in the dark about what happens throughout this first installment in the remake.

You’ll see a lot of late-game spoilers and various character interactions that have been kept under wraps –officially, at least– up until now. If none of that bothers you, though, watch on below.

Cellar Door Games announced Rogue Legacy 2 is currently in development via Twitter today. Rogue Legacy has been considered one of the stronger indie titles in the roguelike genre, with Twinfinite coining it one of the best modern side-scrolling titles and well worth your money.

No information on release schedule or platforms has been announced at this time, but the team stated that more information would be coming in the next few days.

Today Idea Factory International announced that the Nintendo Switch version of Megadimension Neptunia VII is coming to North America and Europe.

The game is coming ti the Nintendo eShop in summer of 2020. It was announced for Japan back in March.

The game was originally released for PS4 and Steam, and all the DLC launched for these platforms (excluding the Million Arthur DLC) will also be made available for purchase on Switch.

You can check out a batch of screenshots below.

Good Job! on Nintendo Switch

Good Job! was a game that was introduced to the world just a few days ago during the unexpected Nintendo Direct Mini, when it shadow-dropped onto the Switch eShop without much fanfare at all.

Good Job! is an indie title developed by Paladin Studios and published by Nintendo. This puzzler has the player controlling a child of a big-time CEO. He lets his kid into the corporate office to take care of some tasks with each stage representing a different objective.

The visual style can be compared to those stick figure flash animations that we all used to watch back in the day and because of its wacky physics engine, actually completing these tasks can be quite hilarious but most of the time, it’s just frustrating.

April is the month of Grass-type Pokemon which means it’s time for them to be in the spotlight. To kick off the month, the GO Battle League April 2020 patch notes were revealed to focus mainly on changes to grass mons and moves in Pokemon GO.

First, the list of moves that are going to be changing consists of three Grass buffs and three non-Grass nerfs. Leaf Tornado gets a nice buff that lowers your opponent’s attack.

However, the big buffs are for Bullet Seed which generates energy faster and Energy Ball which charges faster and can lower defense. This is sure to help a bunch of Grass-types to become more competitive in GO Battle League.

Ancient Power and Silver Wind have both been nerfed in terms of overall damage output. Ominous Wind also received this nerf on top of an increase in the amount of energy required to use the attack.

The nerfing of Silver Wind, in theory, will be a change that helps Grass-types in Pokemon GO PvP battles. Yet, the lack of Bug-types that are competitively viable essentially makes this change have no impact.

The nerfs of Ominous Wind and Ancient Power are likely to make a big impact on Altered Forme Giratina. It’ll also hit Origin Form Giratina, but its best tools in Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball are still intact.

Here is the full list of move changes from The Pokemon GO Team:

Bullet Seed – This Grass-type Fast Attack now generates energy more quickly.

Energy Ball – This Grass-type Charged Attack now reaches full charge more quickly and has a chance of lowering the opponent’s Defense by one stage.

Leaf Tornado – This Grass-type Charged Attack now has a chance of decreasing your opponent’s Attack by one or two stages.

Bandai Namco is preparing to launch the closed beta of its upcoming anime-style MMORPG Blue Protocol, and they released new screenshots.

The images were shared on the game’s official Twitter account (sources: 1, 2) and they show two characters, a human girl and a neko-eared dude.

You can check them out in the gallery below, providing another look at the lovely anime-style graphics of the game.

If you registered for the upcoming beta, you should check your mail (if you haven’t already) because invites have already been sent.

Even if you just started playing Apex Legends in Season 4, you know that the community has been more than a little bit vocal when it comes to adding Duos and Solos modes. Those cries have not fallen on deaf ears, because Respawn is adding Duos permanently, starting on Apr. 7.

The new Apex Legends Duos mode will be there for players to choose, alongside a permanent map rotation between World’s Edge and King’s Canyon.

Apr. 7 is also the date that the new Old Ways event will go live. It’ll last until Apr. 21. According to the game’s site, it will feature the following:

• New Town Takeover – Bloodhound’s Trials
• Exclusive Event Prize Track
• Direct Purchase Shop
  • New Event Limited Cosmetics
  • Return of Legendary Hunt Skins

Bloodhound’s Trials will give teams the chance to obtain high-tier loot as they become hunters by going up against hoards of prowlers as well as other squads.

There’ll also be exclusive Old Ways cosmetics to obtain by completing daily challenges. The progression system is similar to the System Override event from last month.

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.

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

The Animal Crossing franchise is known for letting players take things day by day at a slower pace compared to other video games. The series is meant to be a chill and relaxing experience that doesn’t require you to play for hours on end to get something accomplished.

In New Horizons though, things can take quite some time before you get access to game-changing features like terraforming and creating pavements, which has led a lot of folks to “time travel” so that they can get everything they want without having to wait for that in-game clock to pass.

Some people in the Animal Crossing community view this method to be exploitative and some may even go as far as to call it cheating and unfair to other players.

Animal Crossing is a mostly single-player experience that’s all about customizing your island how you see fit so should it matter if other people are experiencing New Horizons in a different, more fast-paced manner?

That is where you all come in! We want to hear your thoughts and opinions on this debate. Do you think that people who are time-traveling are cheaters? Do you think it’s all fine as long as they aren’t posting about it online for all to see? Or, does it not bother you how other people choose to play their game?

We want to hear what you have to say so we’ve created a survey down below for all of you to fill out (click here if you happen to be on mobile).

Chucklefish, the UK based studio behind hit games like Wargroove and Starbound (they also helped develop and publish Stardew Valley), has changed the art style for its new game Witchbrook. If you didn’t know about Witchbrook, that’s because Chucklefish has been rather tight-lipped about it ever since its reveal.

From the reveal of Witchbrook, the game had a top-down, 2D art style that was reminiscent of previous games like Stardew Valley and Wargroove but with less pixelation and more smoothed-out textures. Now, the game has switched to an isometric view which produces a 3D-like visual.

On their new website for Witchbrook, Chucklefish says in the game you will follow-

“A witch-in-training on the road to graduation. Build relationships with fellow students and townsfolk, develop your magical abilities by attending classes and completing assignments. Participate in extracurricular activities such as fishing, growing magical crops and foraging strange mushrooms. Master secret spells, make friends for life and unravel the mysteries of the school…”

The FPS genre has become so saturated over the years that innovation is hard to come by, but developer Surgical Scalpels has something interesting brewing. Boundary is a deep space, zero-g combat experience that adds a completely new dimension into the mix. Today, a new trailer showcases exactly why it should have your attention.

It spotlights a map called Solar Farm, which sees players duke it out aboard an enormous space station complete with enormous light reflectors. You’ll also get a glimpse at two new weapons that have been added to the game’s armory since its last demonstration: the tactical shield, and re-forged AK rifle.

Highlighting the various different ranges of combat, you’ll also see players engage with long-distance sniper rifles and up-close-and-personal melee weaponry.

An accompanying press release with today’s new trailer explains that Boundary features a range of customization options for players to set up their gear according to preference. There are options for weapons, tactical assets and astronaut classes in the game, 5v5, 3v3 and 2v2 player teams will also be available.

You can check out the gameplay for yourself in the below trailer.

Reddit user u/bunbaoluu has seemingly recreated the Finer Things Club scene from the US version of The Office in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The Reddit post is accurately titled, “There is no paper, no plastic, and no work talk allowed. (it’s very exclusive),” as you can see below in the post itself:

The Finer Things Club was first mentioned in the episode Branch Wars of The Office and is an exclusive club where members talk about books and art in a civilized way. The club only appeared in one episode (and a deleted scene of another episode) but it made a lasting impression on viewers.

Today Microsoft and Rare announced that the popular open world online action game Sea of Thieves is coming to Steam.

At the moment, there is no specific release date besides a generic “coming soon.” That being said, the launch date should also be revealed “soon” (hopefully without the TM).

The listing page on Steam is already open. On top of that, we also learn that the Steam version will support cross-play both with Xbox One and with the version of the game on the Windows Store.

If you’re unfamiliar with Sea of Thieves, you can read an official description below directly from the Steam page.

About the Game

Sea of Thieves offers the essential pirate experience, from sailing and fighting to exploring and looting – everything you need to live the pirate life and become a legend in your own right. With no set roles, you have complete freedom to approach the world, and other players, however you choose.

Whether you’re voyaging as a group or sailing solo, you’re bound to encounter other crews in this shared world adventure – but will they be friends or foes, and how will you respond?

A Vast Open World

Explore a vast open world filled with unspoiled islands, sunken ships and mysterious artefacts. Take on quests to hunt for lost treasure, seek out cursed Skeleton Captains or gather valuable cargo for the Trading Companies. Go hunting and fishing or choose from hundreds of optional goals and side-quests.

Unforgettable stories

Today developer 5Lives Studios and publisher Deep Silver announced a brand new game titled Windbound: Brave the Storm. 

The game is an open-world survival RPG for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. It will be released on August 28.

You can check out a trailer below.

If you’re one of the players that has had trouble staying alive with Moze, even with the help of her Iron Bear, then this Borderlands 3 hotfix is perfect for you. It’s bringing multiple buffs for Moze alongside two new events.

The hotfix will be live on all platforms today by 12:00 PM PST. It’s only been about a week since the game’s most recent update, which was applied on the same day as the launch of the Guns, Love and Tentacles DLC.

With the level cap increased and the new DLC underway, the Moze adjustments couldn’t come at a better time. According to the game’s website, here’s what’s changing:

• Reduced the cooldown time for Iron Bear
• Increased the amount of fuel for Iron Bear
• Increased the bonus on “Behind the Iron Curtain” skill
• Increased the bonus on “Security Bear” skill
• Increased the bonus on “Experimental Munitions” skill

This Borderlands 3 hotfix will also start the Slot Machine Mania and Trials Take-All events. Slot Machine Mania will allow for an increased chance of obtaining legendary loot from slot machines, while Trials Take-All boosts rewards from Proving Ground Trials.

Both of the new events will last until 9:00 AM PT on April 9, so be sure to take full advantage of them while you can.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a bit of a smash-hit since its release on March 20. Twitter feeds have been filled with players showing off their newly-developed deserted islands, their enormous mansions, and the insane hauls of Bells they’ve earned from playing the Stalk Market (turnip selling for those out of the know). All seemed right in the world where an entrepreneurial raccoon keeps you in constant, debilitating debt. Then along came New Horizons’ Bunny Day.

Bunny Day is New Horizons’ Easter Event. It’s nothing new to this entry in the series, with previous titles offering up their own special way to celebrate Easter Sunday. In New Horizons’ Bunny Day, however, things have changed.

The premise is simple, Zipper the Bunny has arrived in your town and so have six different types of eggs. Some can be dug up, others fished out of water, some shaken out of trees, shot out of the air with your slingshot, and buried up with your shovel. In other words, just about any activity or ‘chore’ you’d do in New Horizons now has the chance of dropping an egg.

These different types of eggs can then be used as crafting materials to make special Egg-themed furniture, the recipes for which are distributed in batches periodically throughout the Bunny Day events’ 12-day duration. Zipper himself may give you some, others are obtained via message bottles on the beach, and your villagers will hand you some, too.

Today Square Enix revealed the release date of update 5.25 for its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, on top of new screenshots and a video.

We learn that the update will hit the live servers on April 7, and it will bring a relevant returning feature, a new grindable weapon questline.

As you can see below, Gerolt is back, as well as Mikoto from the Return to Ivalice raids. It’s worth mentioning that you’ll need to have completed the Return to Ivalice questline to be able to access the new quests, titled Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr.

Below you can read how Square Enix describes it:

For years, Bozja─homeland of the Hrothgar─has remained at the mercy of Garlean rulers. But the Empire has fallen into disarray, and the people of Doma and Ala Mhigo have risen up to challenge their authority. The Bozjans, while heartened at this news, yet lack the means to join the rebellion. To that end, they seek a standard under which their people may gather. A weapon of legend…

Incidentally, the story of the questline has been written by the original director of Final Fantasy XII, Yasumi Matsuno, pitching us against the  IVth Imperial Legion led by Legatos Noah van Gabranth. 

It all sounds very familiar, doesn’t it?

We’re also getting Skysteel Tools if your interest lays more into the crafting side of the game. Those will also be upgradable over multiple patches like the weapon mentioned above.

In case you weren’t tipped off by the fact that there are currently eggs absolutely everywhere, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is in the midst of its first seasonal event in the form of Bunny Day.

With plenty of opportunities to craft garish furniture flanked by an ever-present rabbit fiend who watches your every move, it’s just the kind of whimsical fun the series is famous for.

There are, of course, several holidays to look forward to as the days tick by, but as we are an entitled group that is never fully satisfied, we expect, nay, demand as many holidays as humanly (or animally) possible. If Nintendo is scratching their heads as they try to come up with some suitable candidates, we’re more than happy to help them out with these marvelous suggestions.

Oh wait, hold still, Nintendo! That itchiness might actually be a flea…

Today Bandai Namco released the usual accoladed trailer of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, but this one hid a little secret at the end.

We get a brief tease of the first DLC for the game, titled “A New Power Awakens” and coming this spring. 

It will include two boss battle episodes, and this tease is related to the first, which will include Super Saiyan God Goku and Vegeta, Beerus, and Whis.

You can enjoy it below, right at the end of the video.

If you’d like to learn more, you can talke a look at our guide wiki with plenty of help to get you started, and read our review.

Most Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are slowly getting their island together, collecting the perfect materials to craft that really cool-looking chair for their second room in their house or just fishing for seven straight hours to get that damn stringfish before March came to an end (oh, just me?).

But one player has gone above and beyond for their deserted island, going so far as to recreate the entire map of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Now, this isn’t a faithful 1:1 copy as the terraforming is a bit limited in New Horizons but it’s still very impressive of VaynMaanen.

They posted some photos on the Animal Crossing subreddit just a day ago and of course, it blew up.

After four grueling days, VaynMaanen to morph areas of their island into iconic locations from the SNES title such as Kakariko Village, Lost Woods, Hyrule Castle, Lake Hylia, and even Link’s House!

You can see all of the images down below of the awesome creation as well as a picture of the original Hyrule map compared to VaynMaanen’s Animal Crossing island map.

CD Projekt Red is updating Gwent: The Witcher Card Game with an all-new progression system called Journey, which adds customization options for leader skins, as well as story beats and quests for whoever is in focus. First up is Geralt, and his various new looks are on display in today’s launch trailer.

As you’ll see, over the next three months, every match won sees players progress under the new Journey leveling system, which replaces the crown rewards system of before. Its first tier is free for everyone; premium tiers are purchased separately, which immidiately unlock Geralt as a leader skin for the first time.

Leveling up offers new perks, allowing players to customize Geralt’s appearance; there are 50 unique ornaments to unlock on your way to level 100. This includes a new ornament type called Coins, which are equipped separately.

Animated border combos are also a new feature, as are the new story quests that focus on a different character each cycle.

For the full overview, check out today’s Journey launch trailer below.

Elsewhere in the world of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, its anticipated arrival on Android mobile devices arrived last month.

Developer MiHoYo released two new trailers of its upcoming Open-World Action RPG Genshin Impact.

The trailers focus on a brand new character, Fischl, princess of Verurteilung and “ruler of the ashen darkness.”

Watching the video you’ll probably notice that she fits a very specific anime trope, the character affected by Chuunibyou, or Eighth-Grader Syndrome.

You’ll notice pretty much all the symptoms, including the theatrical moves, and the “evil eye,” with a bit of oujosama laugh sprinkled on top.

Apparently, her real name is Amy, but don’t call her like that, unless you’re her dad. 

You can check both videos out below.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game, you can read about the story below.

Every once in a while, rumors and wishful thinking for the revival of PlatinumGames’ canceled project Scalebound surface on the Internet. Xbox division head Phil Spencer talked about it during an interview on IGN.

Spencer mentioned that he has a “ton of respect” for PlatinumGames and Hideki Kamiya. He feels no ill will about Scalebound’s cancellation, and Microsoft still talks to the studio.

Unfortunately what they tried to do didn’t work, and he regrets being so public about the game before a real and believable plan was in place. Scalebound simply didn’t get there, and this goes across both Microsoft’s own team and Platinum.

He also added that Microsoft loved some of the ideas that the developers were trying to achieve and wanted to be able to ship a great game.

That being said, no work is being done on it.

“We’re not working on it. I’m not at Platinum today but I’m almost positive they’re not working on it.

It’s something we’ve all moved past, and it’s not a moment that I see as a high point for me in my role, having to cancel a game that we’ve talked about for years… But yeah, for the people out there that are kinda thinking that maybe there’s some things still in the works, there is not.”

If you’re interested in Scalebound, last year we also heard more comments from PlatinumGames’ Atsushi Inaba.

Today Xbox division head Phil Spencer talked to IGN about a variety of themes, including the upcoming Xbox Series X also in comparison with PS5.

Spencer explained that development on the new console started in 2016 not knowing or even thinking much about other platform holders.

The Xbox team tried to set its own goals for what they were trying to build, and it’s the same they did with Xbox One X. It’s not an exercise relative to another company.

The team gave itself a price envelop, a certain performance goal (which is why the console looks the way it does), but didn’t look at others because it takes a lot of long-term planning.

After watching the recent presentation of the PS5 Spencer “felt really good about how the Xbox Series X lines up,” even if he believes that Sony’s team did some really good work on audio processing and SSD technology, which he defined “impressive.”

“When we finally saw the final disclosure, I felt even better the choices that we’ve made on our platform, and I kind of expected that I would.”

Speaking of price, Spencer added that he feels good about that as well.

“I feel good about the price that we’ll be able to get to. I feel good about the price and the performance capabilities that we have with Serious X. I feel incredibly strong about the overall package.”

[…]

“We’re definitely going to continue to keep our eyes wide open as we go toward launch, looking at what the competition is doing, but we have a plan and we feel very solid about our plan. We think it’s a winning plan.”

The leaves are growing, the weather is getting warmer, and most importantly, the PS4 Spring Sale is making a comeback this month and discounts a bunch of fantastic digital titles such as Death Stranding, God of War, and Doom (2016).

The 2020 PSN Spring Sale is live right now and will come to an end on April 28, so if you’re looking for the best games to purchase during the sale, look no further.

The Steam version of Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation launched on April 10, 2019, and Koei Tecmo is celebrating its anniversary.

The “crown jewel” of the celebration is a gacha including half of the girls with a tripled SSR chance, meaning 3.3% to get something actually useful. To sweeten the deal, the first roll is free. 

The rest of the girls will be featured with a different SSR dress in the second part of the event next week.

That being said, there are plenty more freebies in store, including special daily login bonuses.

It’s worth mentioning once more that this is only for the version of the on Steam. The original game released by DMM is ahead in content by over a year, which means that it had this event a long time ago.

If you’re unfamiliar with this version of the game is the only one that includes English support, but paradoxically, it cannot be easily accessed outside of South East Asia, while the DMM version in Japanese has no restrictions. 

That being said, there are loopholes that let you grab it, like the use of a VPN. Once it’s active on your Steam account, you won’t have any further issues. 

Incidentally, this may be a good time to jump into the game, considering that Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation is going to become the only source of new content for the fans since Koei Tecmo is halting DLC releases for Dead or Alive 6.

It’s the first day of April which means that it’s now officially Bunny Day in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. What does that exactly mean, you say? Well, I’m glad you asked.

For a couple of days, you will start to see hidden eggs all over the place on your deserted island. They’ll be hidden in trees, in the water posing as fish, and even disguised as rare fossils. And once you get ahold of them, you can take them to a terrifying bunny named Zipper that might not be an actual animal…

You see, Zipper says its a bunny but there’s a zipper on its back and players are trying to figure out just who the heck is inside of the costume. Is it Isabelle dressing up to appease the villagers? Is it Timmy and Tommy standing on top of each other? Is it a murderous animal that has snuck its way into your town?

The latter is more likely.

Anyways, this whole Bunny Day thing is all fun and everything but Zipper is absolutely frightening and I’m not the only one who thinks so. I found a bunch of people on Twitter who want him out of their island and are figuring out ways to get close to that zipper of his.

Physics-based delivery game Totally Reliable Delivery Service is free on the Epic Games Store for a limited time.

The game launches today for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass, iOS, and Android platforms. It is also available on PC through the Epic Games Store and “coming soon” to Steam.

Totally Reliable Delivery Service is about delivering packages within certain restrictions, such as a time limit or without damaging it, whether on foot, in a car, over water, or in the air. It supports up to four players locally or online.

Similar to Human Fall Flat, the player has individual control over both arms and grip with each hand. The ragdoll physics of handling boxes, vehicles, or controlling the character can be somewhat unpredictable and lends to hilarity/frustration.

The game is available for free on the Epic Games Store today for one week only until Wednesday, April 8 at 11 a.m. ET.

Meanwhile, Epic Games Store users can still grab the weekly free games of World War Z, Figment, and Tormentor x Punisher until tomorrow, April 2. The next free offer of games will be Gone Home and Hob, which can be downloaded beginning tomorrow through Thursday, April 9.

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Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included an interview with Koei Tecmo president Hisashi Koinuma alongside Gust producers Junzo Hosoi, Keisuke Kikuchi, and Akira Tsuchiya about the future of the developer popular for the Atelier series.

A rather big change is happening for Gust, which is moving its head office from Nagano to the ultra-modern Minato Mirai 21 district in Yokohama, closing the physical distance with its parent company Koei Tecmo, which acquired the developer over eight years ago.

At the end of the interview, Hosoi-san mentions that among the unannounced games Gust has in development there aren’t just Atelier games, but also from other IP.

While he did not mention it explicitly, the rest of the interview focuses a lot on the importance of the creation of new IP, so it’s quite possible that we can expect something like that in the future.

That being said, cherishing the Gust-like flavor of the game was also mentioned as important.

Kikuchi-san added that in the first four years after Gust joined the Koei Tecmo group, the creation of new IP was a major mission for the developer. In the latter four years, he has focused on both expanding and creating at the same time. He aims to keep growing while cherishing each IP.

Tsuchiya-san mentioned that he’s thinking about how to provide entertainment that lets fans talk to each other. This also includes the importance of enabling various ways to have fun like events and related merchandise.

Last, but not least, Koinuma-san explained that starting this month, Hosoi-san will take on the role of Gust’s studio head, while Kikuchi-san will continue to support him as deputy studio head. As for himself, he’s really happy to have Gust as part of the team.

In a sea of sitcoms, it takes a lot to stand out amongst the crowd in the current market. Since 2009, Modern Family has done just that, thanks in part to loveable characters and an interesting family dynamic.

Across its 11 year run, the series has created an abundance of wacky and weird plotlines, often resulting in zany trivia to accompany them. Below, we’ve taken all of the info across show’s lifespan and created the hardest Modern Family trivia quiz you’ll ever take.

Buckle up everyone; it’s time to make lemonade out of lemons.

(Images Courtesy of ABC)

Many gaming events have been canceled or risk to be canceled or postponed due to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, but quite a few developers and publishers are working to offer online replacements via livestreams. Yet, Bethesda won’t be one of them, at least in the usual E3 period in June. 

Today, senior vice president of global marketing and communication Pete Hines took to Twitter to announce that the publisher won’t host any digital showcase in June due to the challenges created by the pandemic.

That being said, he also mentioned that Bethesda has “lots of exciting things to share” about its games, and will share more in the coming months.

You can see the brief announcement below.

This comes hot on the heels of the cancellation of QuakeCon, which was supposed to come in August. That being said, in that case, Bethesda did leave the door open to the possibility to replace the event in some way.

If you love Fire Emblem: Three Houses, I have a feeling that you’re going to love this. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu included a dedicated calendar.

Not only it comes with lovely artwork representing the next twelve months in the continent of Fódlan, but it also includes all the birthdays of our favorite heroes, which is great to keep track of them.

To be precise, the calendar covers the period between April 2020 and March 2021, and it looks really great.

You can find all the pages of the calendar in the gallery below. Of course, if you want it nicely printed in full color, you’ll have to buy the magazine, but I’m sure this is better than nothing.