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Understanding the value and purpose of each of your Animal Crossing: New Horizons visitors is an important part of living the best island life in the game. Every week you’ll see a full cast of characters grace your plaza, along with other parts of your island, so it’s important to …

The Fortnite (opens in new tab) Travis Scott event, dubbed Astronomical, saw 12.3 million concurrent players take part, Epic has announced.  Taking to Twitter, the Fortnite developer also revealed that this is an “all-time record” for the battle royale shooter. If you’ve been asking yourself how many people play Fortnite …

A now deleted tweet from Horizon Zero Dawn (opens in new tab) developer Guerilla Games suggests the Dutch studio is working on an upcoming PS5 game (opens in new tab), which may or may not be the all but confirmed Horizon Zero Dawn 2 (opens in new tab). As catalogued …

Splatoon 2 (opens in new tab) is coming out of semi-retirement with a surprise Splatfest redux and a balance patch, just when you thought you’d inked your last piece of turf. Nintendo revealed the “bonus one-off Splatfest” on its official Nintendo Versus Twitter account. Its theme is Mayo vs. Ketchup, …

Baldur’s Gate 3 (opens in new tab) production has been slowed down by work changes from COVID-19 concerns, but it’s still on track to hit early access some time this year. The founder of Larian Studios, Swen Vincke, gave the news in an update on his personal Twitter account, also …

Telling Lies is coming to consoles on April 28, publisher Annapurna Interactive has confirmed. The award winning narrative game, which first released on PC and mobile devices last August, is now going to be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One in a week’s time.  The unique thriller, which …

Niko Partners senior games industry analyst Daniel Ahmad has suggested that the cancellation of E3 2020 has forced both Microsoft and Sony to reschedule their showcases for next-gen consoles the Xbox Series X and PS5 respectively.  In a Twitter thread posted yesterday, Ahmad stated that the “first proper next gen …

Coachella may have been postponed but headliner Travis Scott is still taking us on a musical journey – in Fortnite (opens in new tab). While it initially seemed like there would be a performance similar to the DJ Marshmello one that took place in Season 1, now it looks like …

Seems like we got our first look at Apex Legends (opens in new tab) season 5, and it’s about time. According to Reddit user HIRUZENandENMA, the clue to season 5 is simply lying on a table in the Dome area on World’s Edge.  I found an easter egg of ARES …

*** If you’re looking for the Fortnite Deadpool floaties (opens in new tab) locations for Season 3, we have a separate guide for those *** Week 9 of the season has arrived, and with the weekly timings back on track again it’s time for some new Fortnite Deadpool challenges. Hopefully …