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'Animal Crossing' themed Nintendo Direct scheduled for Thursday

February 19, 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will bring Nintendo’s franchise to the Switch in March, and one month ahead of the game’s release date it will unveil more details about the new entry. A 25-minute livestream on February 20th at 9 AM ET will give us a look at the “Nook Inc.’s Deserted Island Getaway Package!” that makes up the backbone of the new game. Players have…
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Hasbro's Halo-themed Nerf gun lineup includes a Needler

February 19, 2020
Over the last year, we’ve seen Hasbro jump on the Fortnite bandwagon by releasing themed Nerf guns. It’s now turning its attention to a more historic gaming franchise, with the company announcing three Halo-themed Nerf guns that will come out this fall. The…
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EA's game servers went down this morning

February 19, 2020
If you’ve been unable to play Star Wars Battlefront II or log into your Origin account, you’re not alone. EA’s servers are down, impacting thousands of users. EA and DICE community leader, Ben Wilke, confirmed the issue on Twitter, saying that teams are working on rectifying the problem. EA’s help services are slammed due to the outage, and the company’s…
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Miraculously, 'Sonic the Hedgehog' is a fine movie

February 19, 2020
Sonic fans are used to being let down. Unlike Mario, who has rarely starred in a bad video game, the famous ‘blue blur’ has featured in countless duds. These include Sonic the Hedgehog 4, a disappointing follow-up to Sega’s Genesis classics, and Sonic the…
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Nintendo unveils a coral-colored Switch Lite

February 19, 2020
Nintendo has unveiled a new color for the Switch Lite, and it’s just fine. You’d be mistaken for calling it pink, but it’s actually considered coral — “Living Coral” was Pantone’s color of 2019, so that may well be the inspiration behind it. Like the rose gold craze a while back, this hue is proving pretty popular on electronics at the moment &#8212…
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The Witcher 3 gets cross-save support between Switch and PC

February 18, 2020
The Wticher 3: Wild Hunt on Nintendo Switch is getting a major update. In addition to performance optimizations and various fixes, this patch adds more graphical options. Developer CD Projekt Red is also using this opportunity to add cross-save support between the Switch and the Steam and GOG PC services. The full list of changes is available on The Witcher’s website. Cross-save means that…
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