Isabelle, the adorable pooch from Animal Crossing, and the Doom protagonist have come together to prove that no matter what games you play, you can be friends. The answer is that both Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal will release on the same day: March 20. With Isabelle dubbed the mascot of Animal Crossing due her to appearance in Super Smash Bros. (move over, Tom Nook! In July 2019, a Twitter user posted fanart of the two together, with Doomguy teaching Isabelle how to fire the Su

Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions will not be attending the Game Developers Conference this year due to concerns about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, according to a post on the company’s website. “Kojima Productions has made the difficult decision to cancel our participation at the 2020 Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to novel coronavirus. Although much-anticipated, unfortunately this cancellation also includes Hideo Kojima’s session on the 19th and Eric Johnson

In an Xbox Wire post providing further details on its next-generation plans, Microsoft also discussed how the Xbox Series X will allow players to carry forward their existing game libraries. Related Microsoft reveals more Xbox Series X specsMicrosoft also announced a new Xbox Series X feature, Smart Delivery, that sounds like a user-friendly way of supporting cross-generation Xbox One/Series X games. Smart Delivery “empowers you to buy a game once and know that — whether you are playing it on Xb

Microsoft revealed new details on its next-generation console, the Xbox Series X, on Monday morning, confirming specifications on what the company calls its “superior balance of power and speed” for its new hardware. The Xbox Series X “next-generation custom processor” will employ AMD’s Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architecture, head of Xbox Phil Spencer wrote on the Xbox website. Spencer also touched on efforts to reduce latency on Xbox Series X, for both input and output. ALLM allows Xbox One and Xbox Ser

A documentary about the beloved Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series of video games, made by a former producer of the franchise, will premiere next week at the Mammoth Film Festival in California. Pretending I’m a Superman is the film’s title, taking that name from Goldfinger’s “Superman,” a memorable track from the first game’s soundtrack. Ralph D’Amato, a Neversoft producer on the first game through 2006’s Tony Hawk’s Project 8, teamed up with Swedish filmmaker Ludvig Gür to create the documentary. M

Baldur’s Gate 3 will launch in Steam Early Access, and it’s coming sometime later this year, according to a Hasbro representative speaking to investors at a Toy Fair 2020 event this weekend. First reported by Dark Side of Gaming, Baldur’s Gate 3 will also get a gameplay reveal on Thursday, Feb. 27 at PAX East 2020. It’s the sequel to Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, which launched 20 years ago. When Baldur’s Gate 3 was announced last June, Google listed it as a “launch window” title for Stadia.

Someone made a “Hot Coffee” mod for Red Dead Redemption 2, and the creator says Rockstar Games almost instantly sent them a demand to cease and desist with the callback to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ AO-rated scandal from 15 years ago. “Frankly, it is the sexual content of the Hot Coffee mod that is causing particular concern here,” said the response, according to Unlosing (at 6:32 of Swegta’s video), “and the main reason why the mod needs to be taken down and disabled immediately.” Still, po

Sony Interactive Entertainment has paid for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) licensing since MLB 06 The Show, so this language pertains to them and their video game. Per a Sony Interactive Entertainment rep:The addition of full Minor League rosters is something we’ve been looking to incorporate for some time. Here’s a clip from 2010 at Kotaku in which I talked to an SIE rep about their plans to add in Aroldis Chapman following his major league debut, for example. A cottage industry of civilian roste

Rhyhorn is getting its turn to shine in Pokémon Go with its very own Community Day event. Rhyhorn will spawn way more than usual, with a high rate to find the Pokémon Shiny. How do I get a Shiny Rhyhorn? Grabbing a handful of good IV Rhyhorn is probably a good idea, too, since Rock Wrecker is pretty strong. If you’re deciding which Shiny Rhyhorn to evolve at the end of the day, try using one of the new search strings.

The Boys’ Hughie Campbell is motivated by a classic case of fridging, vowing to take vengeance on superheroes after one of the world’s most famous and powerful heroes accidentally kills his girlfriend. Also in the vein of The Boys, the Hunters team includes an intimidating crew of characters with personal motivations for the collective hunt. The vigilantes in The Boys risk the wrath of superheroes and the powerful corporation that they work for. The writers have set up a three-way conflict betwe

8 trailers that have us hyped this week: Westworld, The Secret Garden, and moreShare All sharing options for: 8 trailers that have us hyped this week: Westworld, The Secret Garden, and moreA million movie trailers drop online every week, which can make it hard to keep track of what’s actually coming up in theaters and on home screens. This week features one of the most hype-worthy trailers yet as we get a look at the next season of Westworld. Totally here for a coming-of-age tale where it seems

Rainbow Six Siege may be a multiplayer-only game, but it has a canon, too, just like another multiplayer-only first-person shooter. If you’re familiar with your character icons, one fan whipped up a chart to explain how all the Operators get along or, in many cases, don’t. And Ash has beef with a lot of Operators, but not fellow American Castle, who is also Rainbow’s peacemaker. The chart takes its info from the official biographies on Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege site as well as the Fandom.com w

When last we heard of Animal Crossing’s peevish mole, the Nintendo Switch’s autosave function was going to moot his job in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Since the first Animal Crossing in 2002, Resetti would oversee players resetting their games and cast a suspicious eye upon those doing so to exploit the game. Thursday’s Nintendo Direct demonstrated New Horizons rescue service (timestamp 10:55). Resetti’s haranguing has been so severe that 2008’s Animal Crossing: City Folk needed a note to par

Magic: The Gathering introduced a brand-new format on Thursday called Jumpstart. Traditionally, fans of Magic fuel their hobby by purchasing prebuilt 60-card Planeswalker decks and 15-card blind booster packs. If you absolutely must merge the greatest evils in the multiverse together, Cats and Phyrexian packs are waiting for you.” “What theme each booster contains is randomized, but each themed 20 cards will be sealed inside the pack and labled,” Wizards said. There are even brand-new cards that

Cloud Imperium Games, the developer and publisher of Star Citizen, and Crytek told a judge this week they’ve settled a 2-year-old lawsuit over the game’s use of CryEngine 3. Crytek sued Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries, the companies founded by Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts, in December 2017. Squadron 42, a single-player narrative adventure starring Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson, Gary Oldman, and John Rhys-Davies, has been in development since the beginning of Star Citizen

Dan DiDio, the co-publisher of DC Comics and one of the most influential comics-industry creatives of the last decade, has departed the company. DC confirmed the news with Polygon on Friday afternoon, but could not offer additional details behind the sudden departure. DiDio joined DC Comics in January 2002, as a vice president of editorial and a writer on Superboy. A key voice in DC’s growth during the mid-2000s, he and comics writer Jim Lee were eventually made co-publishers of the outfit in 20

A week after losing all its Activision Blizzard games, Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service has lost “most Bethesda Softworks titles,” Nvidia said in an announcement Friday afternoon. Other Bethesda games leaving GeForce Now include the remainder of the Wolfenstein series; Fallout 3, 76, and New Vegas; The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim (and its Special Edition); Doom (2016); Dishonored and Dishonored 2; and The Evil Within 2. “As we approach a paid service, some publishers may choose to remove games

Or, folks would just say two words over and over again: froggy chair. As fans know, the froggy chair is a part of a furniture set within Animal Crossing, which also includes something called a lily-pad table. While the gag was good, it percolated slowly — until the marketing push for Animal Crossing: New Horizons really started rolling. It’s random, but really, the froggy chair obsession encapsulates the Animal Crossing spirit. pic.twitter.com/tK3sRCUb7W — Froggy Chair Priest (@Paunchy_penguin)

Square Enix is reducing its presence at PAX East, specifically around Final Fantasy 14-related events, citing health concerns over the novel coronavirus. ET on the Final Fantasy 14 Twitch channel. The Final Fantasy 14 booth will still be at the event, with attendees able to battle the new Ruby Weapon boss and win a shirt if they’re successful. Other events related to Final Fantasy 14, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Outriders will still take place at PAX East. Earlier this week, Sony Interactive Ent

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players on PlayStation 4 can now test out cross-party play with friends on Xbox One — that is, they can invite one another into a single party across the platforms. The feature is part of the forthcoming update 6.2, and is now available on PUBG’s public test server, which is free to anyone who owns a copy of the game. Cross-party support follows cross-platform play (between Xbox One and PS4), which came to the game this fall. Note that cross-party support is only be