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Today, Insomniac Games has uploaded a new video to its YouTube channel that takes viewers on a tour of the studio’s newly redesigned office.

The Spider-Man and Resistance developers have seemingly just moved back into the studio not too long ago and if you watch the video down below, you can see just how much the team’s space has improved. I mean, just look at their kitchen –can I have that in my apartment, please?

Back in 2019, it was announced by Sony Interactive Entertainment that Insomniac Games would be joining the line-up of first-party developers that fall under the house of PlayStation.

Of course, Insomniac Games has been known to develop franchises for PlayStation such as Ratchet and Clank and Resistance but now the team is finally considered to be part of the PlayStation family for good.

We don’t know what the team is currently working on at the moment as a first-party developer but considering how successful Spider-Man PS4 was, seeing a sequel wouldn’t be surprising.

Ever since the big Animal Crossing-focused Nintendo Direct that aired yesterday, our savior Tom Nook has taken over some of the Animal Crossing Twitter accounts and will be bust posting messages about the upcoming life sim.

Affirmed in a tweet today from Tom Nook, he stated that they are currently sending 383 letters to current Nook’s Homes customers, confirmed that there will be (at least) 383 returning villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

We say ‘at least’ because the tweet mentions that Nook is sending letters to previous Nook’s Homes customers, which means that we’ll be seeing that number go up as more of the new islanders are revealed for the game.

Today, during an Azur Lane livestream from Japan, Compile Heart revealed the first look at new Azur Lane: Crosswave DLC shipgirls Sirius, Formidable, and Le Malin in action.

We get to see a clip made with PS4 gameplay showcasing their 3D models, gameplay, and special attacks. 

We already know that Formidable will be included in the second DLC package, Le Malin will be in the fourth, while Sirius will come last. 

The first DLC package will include Taihou, and the third will be all about Roon. Three additional shipgirls per DLC will also be available as secretaries and support fleet members.

You can watch them in action below.

If you want to learn more about Azur Lane: Crosswave, you should definitely read the interview we pubished a few weeks ago, in which Compile Heart President Norihisa Kochiwa talks in depth about the project.

The recent Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct showed off tons of new info on the game and fans are losing their minds all across the internet. New Horizons looks like it’s going to be a fantastic game, but Nintendo’s new save data solution for the title is still massively concerning.

We learned a few months ago that the latest installment in the Animal Crossing franchise is not compatible with the Switch Online Cloud Saves feature. I get Nintendo is trying to combat time manipulation exploits, but this decision negatively impacts everyone who purchases the game.

Initially, we thought this signaled certain doom if your console was lost or damaged. However, the recent Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct tried to alleviate concerns over this issue by revealing a special data recovery service if your console becomes lost or damaged.

This is an odd workaround since the company clearly already has the infrastructure in place to make cloud saves work. As expected, you still will need to have an active Switch Online membership for it to work.

It’s better than nothing, yet Nintendo’s solution still won’t be enough to put my mind at ease. I appreciate that it took the time to find an alternative option to not offering backups in any form, but there’s still one discouraging catch.

Square Enix usually has a strong Final Fantasy XIV presence at PAX East, but unfortunately this year something got in the way.

The publisher announced that due to concerns caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, the game’s staff from Japan who was supposed to be in attendance will stay home, causing the cancellation of some planned events.

You can read the changes below.

Muv-Luv creator Kouki Yoshimune just hosted âge’s weekly livestream, and he detailed another image board of the upcoming Alternative sequel Muv-Luv: Integrate.

The image board is the one you see above (you can find a version that can be enlarged below), featuring a very relevant character from the series, Yuuko Kouzuki. 

Yoshimune-san provided a lot more details (reported by Famitsu) on how to read the image.

Of course, do keep in mind that if you have not played Muv-Luv and Muv-Luv Alternative, you likely shouldn’t read below, because spoilers are included. It’s better if you go and play the games first (and you really should) and then come back.

Temtem, the massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure game, has managed to sell over 500,00 copies worldwide. The PC game was released in early access on Steam back on Jan 21, 2020.

The announcement was shared via the Twitter account for Temtem earlier today:

“Interesting facts, don’t you think?

Here’s another nice number: Temtem has officially sold over 500.000 copies worldwide!

We wanted to thank everyone for their support, and take a look at how we are doing so far

There is so much more yet to come!

In another tweet, the Temtem team shared that a roadmap is currently in the works and will be out soon for everyone to check out. A roadmap for online games is essentially a calendar that goes over all of the upcoming special events, patches, updates, etc, etc.

Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a nice batch of screenshots of Dragon Ball FighterZ, showing the upcoming DLC character Kefla and more updates.

First of all, we take a look at Kefla and at some of her moves, including “Fist Cannonball,” “Gigantic Burst,” and “Gigantic Ray.”

We also get to see some of the assists that we’ll be able to select with the new update, including the menu to set them.

Lastly, the FighterZ Dojo encourages players to discover new ways to play their favorite characters.

You can check them out below.

Hey Animal Crossing fans, we’ve run into a tiny little problem. I know that all of you are excited due to the slew of new features that were revealed during the big Nintendo Direct on Thursday but there has been a… murder.

Well, we’re not entirely sure if someone has died or if it’s merely a decorative Halloween item, but during the presentation yesterday, fans managed to spot a gravestone around the 22-minute mark. The grave is surrounded by flowers and there seems to be some sort of old item on top of it –could it be a turnip, perhaps?

You can see it for yourself in the video below, we put the correct time for you so you should be able to see it immediately once you press play:

See, it’s a grave, right? Well, the Animal Crossing community has been worried about the burial ground, speculating on who could exactly be buried down there. Could it be the old mayor, Tortimer? Could it be the old turnip saleswoman, Joan? Could it be our social lives once New Horizons comes out in March? Let’s see what the community has to say about this:

Weapons Galore!

After the rather tame arsenal of weapons on offer in Chapter 2 Season 1, Epic Games opened the floodgates in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2. A plethora of previously vaulted weapons returned to the table, blowing the previous meta to pieces.

The full list of unvaulted and new, standard weapons is as follows:

Ahead of the 2020 American International Toy Fair that’s taking place in New York City this weekend, Hasbro has announced a line-up of Star Wars-themed toys and board games with one of the more interesting ones being a Baby Yoda-themed version of the classic children’s game, Operation.

Now, don’t get ahead of yourself; you won’t be pulling bones and other parts of The Child’s body by way of sharp tweezers but instead, Operation: Star Wars The Mandalorian Edition, will have you pulling away items that Baby Yoda got his hands on in The Mandalorian television show on Disney+.

Here’s the official item description courtesy of Hasbro (via CBR):

Coming hot on the heels of Winter Refresh, EA Sports has revealed a brand new FIFA 20 promo via the loading screen in the game and it is called Shapeshifters.

This time last year we were looking forward to Carniball, and some people thought that today’s promo would be Copa Liberdatores based, but a new event is being squeezed into the quiet week.

It’s not exactly clear what shapeshifters will entail. If you look at the loading screen in FIFA 20 though, you can have a good guess.

You can see the positions of the three players, as well as their ratings, and in the sort of hole in the middle, there’s another position.

The Shapeshifters theory is that the player has moved from the position in the middle of the card to the one in the correct place, hence the shapeshifting. Therefore, we have a RW who used to be a CF, a Brazilian CAM who was a LB, and French RW who was a ST.

Dreams on PS4

Dreams, from developer Media Molecule, is a strange beast indeed. It’s a powerful tool in the hands of a creative individual, and intuitive enough for those less artistically inclined to try their hand. It’s an endless stream of conscious thought and artistry that is simultaneously overwhelming and exciting.

Let’s take a moment to focus on just what exactly Dreams is, and how it introduces itself. After a brief series of tutorials that will familiarize you with some basic controls, and after choosing an Imp (a cute little critter that functions as a mouse cursor), you will be given a choice between the games two symbiotic game modes: Dream Surfing or Dream Shaping.

Dream Surfing is the portal through which you can explore and experience projects that members of the community or Media Molecule themselves have created. It is a collection of games, art galleries, and movies that you can either play through or explore for leisure or inspiration.

Dream Shaping will grant you access to a powerful creation engine for everything from games, music, animations, assets, and quite a lot more. It’s also a platform on which creators can share their efforts, and actually creating something in Dreams is more intuitive than it has any right to be, considering the enormity of what is possible.

Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new set of trailers of the upcoming Musou-style game One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4.

This time around, we get to see four more playable characters, starting with the beautiful pirate empress Boa Hancock, and continuing with Buggy, Dracule Mihawk, and Emporio Ivankov.

As usual, we get to see an example of their flashy move, as they tear entire regiments of Marines to pieces.

You can check them out below.

Today the CESA (Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association), that organizes Tokyo Game Show every year, reached out with a press release including the first details.

First of all, we learn about the theme for the exhibition that will run between September 24 and September 27 at the traditional Makuhari Messe venue in Chiba, near Tokyo.

The theme is “The Future Touches Gaming First,” with the promise to feature next-generation consoles, and new technologies like 5G and cloud gaming.

“The theme of TGS2020 is “The Future Touches Gaming First.” Games are the most updated and accessible means to experience the emerging technologies that will unlock new possibilities for the future. With the theme of this year, the event expects to provide an opportunity for people to touch and play the latest games and immerse themselves in the feel of an exciting future that is just around the corner.

Featuring novel game consoles for the next generation, TGS2020 is sure to attract even more attention from around the world. The event will focus on the full-fledged launch of cloud gaming and its advanced gaming environment such as the start of 5G services for commercial use, and will boost the unprecedented gaming experience brought by new platforms. Moreover, TGS2020 will host the area where visitors can explore “new frontiers” of games through crossing over with education, fashion, arts and other industries.

TGS2020 will team up with various popular influencers from Japan and overseas to create buzz prior to the event, not only for visitors but also for game fans who cannot be at the venue on the event days. Through tie-ups with domestic and overseas media partners and multiple video platforms, the latest news on the event will be released in Japanese, English and Chinese to reach the growing number of online viewers on a global scale.

Yostar is continuing to showcase new content for its popular mobile game Azur Lane, offering the first glimpse at what appears to be the next major event. 

Matching with the “Northern Front” pre-event that will start tomorrow and end on February 27 (followed by phase 2 until March 18) we get to take a look at content from the Northern Parliament faction, which is basically Russia. 

We get to see a new skin for Avrora, the only shipgirl from the Northern Parliament currently existing in the game.

On top of that, we also get the reveal of two more shipgirs. The first is Pamiat Merkuria, a light cruiser from the same faction.

The choice of name is interesting, as it was used when the real ship was in service with the Russian Empire before she was renamed Komintern in 1922 by the Soviet Union.

The second shipgirl is Soviet destroyer Tashkent. You can see them all below.

Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new trailer of he upcoming Musou-style game One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4.

The trailer focuses on showing the heroes of the game, on top of featuring the main theme music performed by the Siena Wind Orchestra.

It’s certainly a nice combination, and you can take a look below.

Today D3 Publisher announced that Omega Labyrinth Life and Bullet Girls Phantasia have reached milestones in shipments.

The announcement was made via Twitter, mentioning that cumulative sales worldwide Omega Labyrinth Life have passed 50,000 units, which means including all platforms and both digital and physical sales.

On the other hand, Bullet Girls Phantasia passed 100,000 units shipped with the same parameters.

You can check out the tweet below.

Today Asobo released a brand new video of its upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator on top of new screenshots from the current alpha test.

The video included in an account-protected insider feature focuses on airports. The game includes every single airport on Earth, and 37,000 are manually edited by the development team. 

Among those, 80 airports received additional details, and a further selection received even more detail, reaching “a new level in flight simulation.”

That’s certainly a bold claim, considering that some third-party add-on airports in previous entries of the series were mindbogglingly detailed.

Perhaps even more satisfying is the simulation of ground traffic and airport life, with things like pushback trucks, baggage handlers, refueling, staircases, and even animated catering services.

You can check it out below.

A further development update included screenshots from alpha participants and an updated development roadmap. 

Below you can see screenshots by Lash123456, Bonham Five, redl0l, TangoAlpha3d, JonasAlexander2, and Acktunasrabi.

If you’re eagerly awaiting for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX to land on the Nintendo Switch, you have come to the right place.

Today, the Japanese branch of Nintendo released an extensive trailer and two TV commercial for the upcoming game.

Of course, if you know anything about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team, you’ll likely expect the new videos to be absolutely adorable. And in fact, they are. 

The trailer is particularly extensive, clocking at approximately five minutes. It’s one of those “introduction” trailers that do exactly what they say on the tin, providing an overview of what you can expect to find on the game.

We also get to see plenty of the game’s renewed graphics over the original released for the Nintendo DS in 2005. 

The TV commercials are, of course, much smaller, following the traditional thirty-second format.

You can watch them all below.

Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released a brand new trailer of the popular fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ, focusing on the upcoming DLC.

The video focuses on Kefla, the fusion of Caulifla and Kale that will be added as the first DLC of the upcoming season 3.

Funnily, the trailer shows a normal match, so it also includes plenty of gameplay in which Kefla isn’t featured at all, but that’s pretty much the nature of Dragon Ball FighterZ as a team-based fighting game.

You can watch it below. Incidentally, we already know that the second DLC of the season will be Goku Ultra Instinct coming later in the spring.

Dragon Ball FighterZ is currently available for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. Kefla will be released on all the platforms mentioned above on February 28.

If you want to know why it’s so well-loved by the fans, you can check out our review.

Nexon recently hosted its financial conference for investors and analysts and provided some interesting information about its upcoming games and business, including a snippet about the upcoming mobile Final Fantasy XI reboot code-named Final Fantasy XI R.

First of all, for those who have been wondering, Final Fantasy XI R is still in the works, as showcased in the publisher’s pipeline, but it doesn’t appear among the games that will be released in 2020.

You can see the future pipeline below, and the games planned for 2020 in the second slide. Incidentally, it also confirms that Final Fantasy XI R should be coming west.

Just a day after canceling its attendance at Pax East 2020, Sony has announced it’s also removing itself from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) next month, too, citing fears over the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19. Facebook has followed suit, opting instead to deliver its Oculus keynote online.

The news comes by way of Gamesindustry.biz — the outlet was issued statements by spokespeople from both companies.

A statement from Sony Interactive Entertainment read:

“We have made the difficult decision to cancel our participation in Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus). We felt this was the best option as the situation related to the virus and global travel restrictions are changing daily. We are disappointed to cancel our participation, but the health and safety of our global workforce is our highest concern. We look forward to participating in GDC in the future.”

While Facebook explained:

“Out of concern for the health and safety of our employees, our dev partners, and the GDC community, Facebook will not be attending this year’s Game Developer Conference due to the evolving public health risks related to COVID-19.

We still plan to share the exciting announcements we had planned for the show through videos, online Q&As, and more, and will plan to host GDC partner meetings remotely in the coming weeks.

We continue to collaborate with UBM, GDC’s parent company, and our partners, and thank them for their efforts.”

Hot on the heels of news on Outward’s first premium DLC expansion earlier this week, Deep Silver and Nine Dots Studio have announced a new sales milestone for the game today. Outward, the open-world adventure RPG set in the fantasy world of Aurai, has now sold 600,000 units since its release on March 26, 2019.

CEO of Nine Dots Studio Guillaume Boucher-Vidal celebrated Outward as an “outstanding success” and spoke of looking forward to revealing the studio’s future plans for the game moving forward in a press release today.

To mark the occasion, the developer has also released the game’s wonderfully atmospheric OST. Boucher-Vidal praised composer Jean-François Racine for his efforts on the score, which was his debut as a video game composer:

“We are the first studio that hired for an entire game soundtrack and are thrilled with the result. Jean-François is still a newcomer, but he has a great career ahead of him. His music helped our game to build a very special atmosphere that the players will surely remember for a long time. We are therefore looking forward to his next works.”

You can download the soundtrack here.

As mentioned earlier, Outward’s first premium DLC, Soroboreans, is set to launch later this spring, adding new mechanics and features, and seemingly locations to the already robust experience.

Before that, a major free update released in October of last year added a hardcore mode for those wanting an even more harrowing survival experience.

If you thought that the Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct that aired earlier today already had a lot of new information, think again! A few hours after the 25-minute-long presentation, Nintendo has dropped yet another piece of Animal Crossing: New Horizons footage in the form of a short trailer.

The Nintendo Direct pretty much showed us everything we need to know about the upcoming Switch exclusive, but just in case you wanted to see some more footage, here’s the trailer for you all to gawk at. It’s only 30 seconds but it’s a perfect 30 seconds:

You can check out the Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct right here and if you want even more AC goodness, make sure to check out this feature all about the tiny details that you might have missed from the presentation.

There were also some really good memes that came out of the direct earlier today, and you check out some of those here that I compiled earlier.

Months in advance of the main game’s release, developer Cradle Games has today released a sequel chapter to its upcoming Souls-like Hellpoint. Called Hellpoint: Thespian Feast, a standalone experience set years after the incidents of the main game, which is slated for launch on April 17. The game is available to download over on Steam for free from today.

Publisher tinyBUILDGames tees up the story of Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast:

“This is a standalone story in Hellpoint universe, a dark and challenging action RPG set in the world where the line between science and occultism is blurred. The Thespian Feast tells the story of an investigator arriving at Irid Novo station 50 years after the Hellpoint events.

Many decades after the incident, someone finally manages to reach the forsaken space colony of Irid Novo. What the investigator finds, defies any form of reason, but a morbid obsession pushes him forward. If death doesn’t come first, insanity will surely have the better of him.”

Creative director at Cradle Games said of today’s announcement:

“For those who’ve been following us for some time, this is the map from the very first demo we released four years ago.

In the final game, this is the sixth map if you follow the main path and I think players will find it interesting to see how much the game has progressed since then. The area is totally overrun by the Thespian demons, a race of flesh sculpting monsters and blood feasting degenerates. Compared to the 2016 demo, The Thespian Feast features completely new enemies and a new brutal boss fight. And don’t forget the split-screen co-op!”

HTC unveiled a new lineup of Vive virtual reality headsets to complement the Vive Cosmos headset announced and released last year.

The high-end headset of the lineup is the Vive Cosmos Elite, which is aimed at those playing more precision intensive titles such as Superhot VR, Pistol Whip, and Battlewake.

The Cosmos Elite includes a pre-installed external tracking faceplate, two SteamVR base stations, and two Vive controllers for $899. It will be available for pre-order on Feb. 24.

The Vive Cosmos XR is a faceplate for the current modular Cosmos headset that offers “high-quality XR passthrough cameras” to allow augmented reality (AR) apps to work with the headset. HTC will unveil more information on the AR faceplate at the Game Developers Conference next month.

The last new addition to the lineup is the Vive Cosmos Play, which is aimed at entry-level apps such as Viveport Video and Angry Birds VR. The Play faceplate only offers four cameras instead of the original headset’s six.

Since the headset features swap-able faceplates, a six-camera faceplate will be offered as an accessory scheduled for Q2 at a price of $199. HTC said it would announce more about the Cosmos Play “in the coming months.”

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Today Square Enix announced the opening of western pre-registrations for War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which many identify as a mobile spiritual successor of Final Fantasy Tactics.

The mobile game for iOS and Android has surpassed nine million downloads in Japan since it launched there last year, so it’s pretty hot. 

Pre-registrations are available on Google Play at the moment.

You can also watch a new trailer below, and artwork and screenshots at the bottom of the post.

Below you can check out an official description diectly from the press release.

Borderlands is the latest video game to receive a movie adaptation. As reported today by The Hollywood Reporter, Cabin Fever and Hostel director Eli Roth is set to direct the upcoming film for Lionsgate.

“I’m so excited to dive into the world of Borderlands, and I could not be doing it with a better script, producing team and studio. I have a long, successful history with Lionsgate — I feel like we have grown up together and that everything in my directing career has led to a project of this scale and ambition,” Roth said in a statement.

The script, meanwhile, has been written by Emmy-winning screenwriter Craig Mazin, while producers Avi Arad and Ari Arad (Arad Productions) are working alongside Erik Feig on the project. Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford and Strauss Zelnick are set to take the role of executive producers.

As noted by the outlet, we’re in something of a video game movie adaptation boom as the upcoming Borderlands film follows on from other recent adaptations like Mortal Kombat, The Angry Birds Movie, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, and most recently, Sonic the Hedgehog. Netflix has, of course, also recently produced two highly successful TV adaptations of video game series Castlevania and The Witcher.

“With Eli’s vision and Craig’s screenplay, we believe we have cracked the code on bringing the anarchic world of Borderlands to the big screen in a big way that will be a fresh, compelling and cinematic event for moviegoers and fans of the game,” said Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.

The Witcher 3 has sold big numbers over on Steam since Oct. 1, developer CD Projekt Red has celebrated in a Tweet today. In the four and half months since that date, it’s generated $50 million in revenue and earned the company a greater share in the profits of future sales moving forward as a result.

CD Projekt Red’s investor relations account Tweeted the following today:

The accumulated revenue from sales of The Witcher 3 on @Steam platform for the period of time between October 1st 2018 and today has exceeded 50M USD. As a result, we are now getting 80% on any subsequent sales of TW3 on Steam.
Thank you all for your support! pic.twitter.com/JgNgrrI5h0

— CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) February 20, 2020

While it isn’t mentioned anywhere in an official capacity, it’s likely that the immense popularity of Netflix’s The Witcher adaptation, which premiered in December 2019, is largely to thank for the boost in sales.

Following the show’s launch, scores of players –presumably both old and new– took to Steam to experience the acclaimed open-world RPG. They did so in such dramatic numbers, in fact, that The Witcher 3 smashed its highest-ever peak concurrent player count.

In a possible attempt to distract players from the launch of Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2, Respawn has made the Kings Canyon map playable again in Apex Legends for a limited time only.

Kings Canyon will be available in Apex Legends from tomorrow until Feb. 24. The Valentine’s Day Rendezvous duos event in Apex just ended yesterday, and the new season of Fortnite has just begun today. Re-introducing the original map is a great way to keep some fans from jumping ship.

However, players won’t be forced to return to Kings Canyon, as the Season 4 World’s Edge map will still be available at the same time. Just like most other Apex events, you’ll have a choice. You’ll be able to choose whether or not you go to Kings Canyon before loading into the character select screen.

The Apex Legends Twitter account just put out a tweet with a short video that goes through the map to dig up some of that Season 1 nostalgia. You can check it out below:

The Game Developers Conference is happening next month and it takes place from Monday, March 16 to March 20 and the staff has announced that Nintendo will be at the show to present an hour-long session to talk about the development of the next major Switch-exclusive, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

The session is titled “Creating a New Horizon: Bringing Animal Crossing to Nintendo Switch,” and it will be presented by producer Hisashi Nogami and director Aya Kyogoku. The talk will dive deep into the design fundamentals of the life sim game and the hosts will reveal how the franchise’s ideas have “evolved over time in response to changes in the world around us.”

If you’ve never heard about GDC, here’s a rundown of what you can expect from the big event. This comes straight from the official GDC website:

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. Attendees include programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders.

The Animal Crossing session will be taking place on Wednesday, March 18 at 9 am.

If you missed out on the Nintendo Direct that happened earlier this morning, you can watch it right here and if you’re interested in learning more, here are 10 details that you might’ve missed from the presentation.

Developer CD Projekt Red’s anticipated upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077 has yet another line of action figures. As revealed today by Dark Horse during the Toy Fair 2020 convention, 9.5″ tall figures of both main protagonist V and his digital accomplice Johnny Silverhand (Keanu Reeves) are to be made available sometime this year for $49.99.

The news comes by way of a report from comicbook.com. The outlet includes official statue description of Johnny Silverhand, which suggests it will indeed feature the same likeness as actor Keanu Reeve. There’s also a first image of the V statue.

“The breathtaking Johnny Silverhand figure is bringing an axe to a gunfight — the legendary Rockerboy and ‘Samurai’ band front man will take Night City, and you, by storm in Cyberpunk 2077.”

The image of V can be seen below.

Despite the PS4 version being a bit behind in terms of features, Pearl Abyss will be adding crossplay functionality for Black Desert on consoles next month in a new update.

The crossplay update is coming Mar. 4, but one look at the comment section for the announcement’s teaser trailer will let you know that not all players are excited for it. Crossplay is almost always looked at as a positive feature, yet in the case of Black Desert, it’s causing mixed feelings.

The PS4 version just launched not too long ago, so it’s still not on par with the Xbox One version of the game which launched six months prior. Black Desert on PS4 hasn’t had as many updates as the Xbox version yet, so it’s possible that this crossplay may be coming at a bad time for PS4 users.

The PS4 just received the Kunoichi class this month, and is still waiting on the Archer. It seems one console may have the upper hand over the other in terms of PvP gameplay options once the update goes live, but we’ll just have to wait and see how the crossplay is implemented come March.

The Black Desert YouTube channel also released a short teaser for the upcoming crossplay feature. You can check it out below:

Today was Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and every other holiday for Animal Crossing fans as the new 25-minute-long Nintendo Direct presentation was absolutely loaded up with new information for all of us to drool over.

Once the presentation came to an end, Twitter was overloaded with some pretty hilarious memes and reactions to the presentation and of course, we just had to compile some of the funniest ones into an article.

Let’s check some of them out, shall we?

Oh, this first one is really good:

If only Beyonce actually played Animal Crossing, then the world would truly be a better place:

Ability to Choose Island Map and Change Its Landscape

In previous Animal Crossing games, you’d be given a town map with features like rivers and cliffs in random spots. Now in New Horizons, at the beginning of the game, you’ll be able to choose between several island maps to ensure you’re happy with its layout.

What’s even more exciting is that even if you aren’t completely satisfied with the layout, you’ll be able to acquire a construction permit later in the game to change the landscape. For the first time ever, you can add and remove land and water to make it look exactly how you want it to.

今日はみんなさん！私は日本語の先生です。一生に勉強しませんか。

Oh, my apologies… I forgot that not everyone is fluent in Nihongo, a gift that only master otaku like myself have been bestowed. As such, I’ll do my best to accommodate to your primitive English vernacular; a bastard language where bear is both a verb and a noun, while bare is an adjective, and occasionally, also a verb.

The cause of this newfound sagacity to the tongue of the gods is the month I have spent with Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore on the Nintendo Switch, a game that is more Japanese than a katana-wielding sumo riding atop a Kawasaki with a mouthful of sushi.

Let’s put it this way; there is literally an option whether or not you want a particular character to wear glasses throughout the game. Moreover, not only is it a choice you can make, it’s one of those things you’ll agonize over, irrationally fearful that the wrong answer will somehow have a negative impact on your experience, even if it is merely aesthetically.

Today, Nintendo held a 25-minute-long direct presentation for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and a ton of new info was revealed. There are a bunch of new features coming to the Switch-exclusive title and you can read all about that in our previous article.

Shortly after the livestreamed presentation, Nintendo released a bunch of new screenshots and artwork that are just simply gorgeous.

We get to see high-quality photos of some of the villagers, the new Dodo plane, the workbench, how the new houses look on the island, and much much more.

You can view the entire gallery of art and screenshots down below if you’re interested. If you wanted to watch the entire Nintendo Direct again, we’ve also added in the video just in case you couldn’t get enough of the new content.

Today, Nintendo held a 25-minute-long livestreamed presentation for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and boy, there was a lot of information that was thrown at us. There’s a lot of new stuff to cover but here are some major tidbits of information that you need to know before the game launches on March 20.

If you’re just here to watch the Nintendo Direct presentation, you can scroll down to check out the video in its entirety.

First off, Resident Services is a tent in the plaza that’s open 24/7 that allows you to sell items and craft a variety of objects by using the workbench. You can craft items by following recipes and you can even customize your items to your liking.

The second facility shown off was the airport where you’ll first land on the island. This is where you’ll go to invite residents to your island and vice versa. Up to eight players can be on one island at a time, which was previously shown off in older trailers.

You can also send messages to other residents at the airport by paying a small fee.

Nook Inc. will, of course, provide you with a tent at the beginning of the game but you’ll also get a Nookphone that comes with loads of options such as the Nook Mileage Program, which rewards you for completing activities around the island with Nook Miles. These miles can be used to pay off your loans or purchase special items.

Another option on the Nookphone is the Rescue Service which can transport you back to your house if you’re way too far from your place and you’re feeling lazy.

Also, every morning, Tom Nook will have an island-wide broadcast to go over the latest island events and give you some helpful island advice.

You can exchange a Nook Miles Ticket to go aboard a Dodo Airlines plane for a Mystery Tour. These small deserted islands are full of unique items and you can even run into some strange characters.

Hot on the heels of the underwhelming Winter Refresh, a new splash loading screen in FIFA 20 has revealed that a new promo is coming this Friday, which could be Copa Libertadores or Carniball themed.

The loading screen, which you can see at the top of the page, doesn’t reveal a lot, aside from some hidden positions, but we can gleam some information from other FIFA 20 promotional materials and the history of the series.

First of all, it could be the Copa Libertadores promo. Copa Libertadores is a South American club competition that runs every year, including the best sides on the continent. This will be the first time that the competition has been featured extensively in FIFA.

EA Sports said last year that the content would be coming to FIFA 20 in March and that it would be free. It’s not quite March yet, but the image below, pointed out by @WFCBagnall on Twitter, shows that the color of the loading screen is the same as the artwork for the competition that’s used behind the people here.