We may be almost a year out from the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but just as Nintendo continues to release free content updates for the game, the merch keeps coming as well. Entertainment Earth, a store that offers toys and collectibles for various fandoms, has a new Animal Crossing: New Horizons mini-figure collection with seven characters from the game: Isabelle, Tom Nook, Flick, Flurry, Lolly, Dom, and Marshall.According to the listing, these are Bandai Shokugan figures, which refers to inexpensive yet high-quality toys that, in Japan, are paired with a piece of candy or gum. Sadly, you don't get a snack with this set of figures, and because you're getting all seven Animal Crossing figures together, the collection is also a bit pricey at $48. Each figure is just over 2 inches tall and covered in a soft furry texture, and they come in window boxes with special packaging, making them a nice get for collectors.Animal Crossing: New Horizons Mini-Figure SetUnfortunately, if you're just interested in owning one of the villagers like Marshall or Lolly, they're not available to buy separately. GameStop offers the same Bandai Shokugan figures, but you'll receive one character at random for $8 and won't be able to choose.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Call of Duty franchise had its best-ever year in 2020, helping parent company Activision Blizzard post its biggest year in the company's three decades of existence. The success of Call of Duty has encouraged Activision Blizzard to look to replicate its model across the company's other franchises to fuel even further growth in the future.As part of Activision Blizzard's latest earnings report, CEO Bobby Kotick said the company's approach to the Call of Duty series will be the model for its other series in the future. Call of Duty has undergone a transformation in recent years, as Activision now operates the franchise across numerous vectors. There is the premium yearly games, the free-to-play battle royale game Warzone, and the mobile game."Our approach to the franchise has become the roadmap we are now applying in many of our other games. Within Call of Duty, we have meaningfully expanded social connections and improved engagement through free-to-play experiences on mobile phones, computers and game consoles. These initiatives expanded franchise reach, with over 250 million people playing Call of Duty last year, more than tripling the 70 million people who played Call of Duty in 2018."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been delayed to an unspecified date in the future. It was previously slated to launch in March. This is the game's second public delay, as the game was originally slated to arrive in January."Since announcing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake in September, we saw an outpouring of feedback from you on this beloved franchise," reads a line from the developer's announcement of the delay. "It is your passion and support that is driving our development teams to make the best game possible. We that said, we have made the decision to shift the release for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake to a later date. This extra development time will enable our teams to deliver a remake that feels fresh while remaining faithful to the original.""We understand the update might come as a surprise and we will continue to keep you posted on progress of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. In the meantime, we want to thank you all for your ongoing support."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's the final weekend in Destiny 2 before the release of the Season of the Chosen, which brings a new villain and changes to loot and rewards in the game. That makes this your last chance to visit Xur and get new Exotics before the new season begins. Head to EDZ, to the Winding Cove area, to find Xur this week. For his weapon, Xur is offering Telesto. Hunters can pick up the Gwisin Vest chest armor; for Titans, there's the Severance Enclosure chest armor; and for Warlocks, Xur has Sunbracers gauntlets.Xur LocationYou'll find Xur in the Winding Cove area of the EDZ. Use the nearby transmat point to spawn in, then jump on your sparrow and head north toward the edge of the area. If you take the highway bridge on your left, you'll approach a cave in the wall of the area that will lead you up to a ledge above. There, you'll find Xur, standing beside a crashed Fallen dropship.You'll have to scale a cliff or find a cave pathway to reach the ledge where Xur is waiting in Winding Cove.Xur Exotic ItemsXur's final weapon offering of the Season of the Hunt is Telesto, a powerful fusion rifle that gets a lot of use in the Crucible and beyond. It fires blasts of fusion energy like other weapons of its type, but those bursts of energy stick to surfaces and enemies, exploding later--making it deadly around corners and fired into groups. If you're not a fan of his other options, Xur also sells an Exotic engram that will decrypt into an Exotic you don't already own. He also has the new Xenology Quest, which rewards an Exotic Cipher you can use to purchase Exotics from either Xur or the Tower's Monument to Lost Lights. The quest requires you to either complete Strikes or win matches in Gambit and the Crucible.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Season 3 of Mayans MC, the Sons of Anarchy spin-off on FX, will be revving up and debuting on March 16, and you can check out the first teaser for the new episodes below. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Elgin James shared that the upcoming season will be even darker than the events leading up to this point. Season 2 of Mayans MC was particularly interesting because it provided an update on the SoA world, but since that season also aired in 2019, it's been a while. (The Season 2 cliffhanger set up a much deeper SoA connection.) For those who need a refresher--which is perfectly understandable, since Sons of Anarchy started in 2008 and ended in 2014, and the spin-off began in 2018--we have an explainer on how Mayans M.C. connects with the original series. Those links might be helpful to hop to and read before reading James's recent comments--but be aware there are potential spoilers in the next paragraph."Season 3 picks up just a few months after the slaughter of Vatos Malditos," says James (via Entertainment Weekly). "EZ, now fully patched, struggles to find his footing within the club's hierarchy and, haunted by his murder of Dita, finds himself torn between darkness and the gravitational pull of his new love interest."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The full trailer for the animated Netflix show Pacific Rim: The Black is here. The series is a spin-off from the Pacific Rim films and will be released next month.This trailer follows the shorter teaser that was released earlier this week. It reveals more of the plot, and delivers what fans many fans are most looking forward to--spectacular big monster and robot action. The series focuses on two teenage siblings named Taylor and Hayley who have been left alone following the evacuation of Australia. The pair are desperately searching for their parents in the kaiju-infested wasteland and stumble upon an abandoned Jaeger, one of the huge robots built to battle the kaiju. The pair learn to pilot it, given them a fighting chance against the terrifying creatures. It looks like a funny, exciting, and very stylish next part of the franchise--check the trailer out below:We fight, together. #PacificRimTheBlack pic.twitter.com/RfEzbAJFbU — NX (@NXOnNetflix) February 5, 2021Pacific Rim: The Black hits Netflix on Thursday, March 4. The show is produced by Tokyo-based anime studio Polygon Pictures, who also made the three recent Godzilla anime series as well as Star Wars Resistance. The showrunners are Craig Kyle and Greg Johnson, who previously worked on animated Marvel shows such as Ultimate Avengers and X-Men: Evolution.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Veteran actor Christopher Plummer, known for his roles in The Sound of Music, The Insider, A Beautiful Mind, and many more films, has died. He was 91.Plummer died at his Connecticut home with his wife by his side. Plummer's longtime manager, Lou Pitt, told Deadline: "Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words. He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us."Plummer appeared in more than 100 films across his 75-year career. He is perhaps best known for portraying Captain John Von Trapp in the 1965 classic The Sound of Music. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career, winning the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award in 2010 for the movie Beginners. He replaced Kevin Spacey mid-production on the movie All The Money In The World, and he earned an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of J Paul Getty. Most recently, Plummer played a central role in Rian Johnson's Oscar-nominated film Knives Out.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Turns out Apex Legends Season 8 won't start with two weeks of the map rotation remaining only on the brand-new Kings Canyon. A new hotifix (listed in the Apex Legends Season 8 patch notes) has changed the exclusivity period to only last until February 9 as opposed to the previously advertised February 16. The patch also addresses a few bugs that have popped up since the start of Season 8.Of note, the hotfix lowers the likelihood that the final circle of a match will center around The Pit or Mirage Voyage, two small locations that are easy to defend--you can only enter The Pit via enclosed chokepoints and only land on the Mirage Voyage via a redeploy, an action that prevents you from defending yourself. Having the final circle be at either location stacks the odds towards whichever team manages to get there first, which is a bit unfair.In terms of character bugs, the hotfix addresses both Caustic and Season 8's new playable legend Fuse. Now, the gas cloud from Caustic's Nox Gas Grenade will dissipate once the Caustic's squad is eliminated, as opposed to accidentally sticking around to continue blinding other teams. For Fuse, the hotfix ensures that Knuckle Cluster no longer finds a way to magically circumnavigate shields and deal health damage.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Destiny 2's Season of the Chosen is almost upon us. That makes this your final weekend to jump into the Trials of Osiris during the Season of the Hunt to finish up your Flawless seal or earn this season's rewards. You might want to try to get whatever you're missing--next season, Bungie is adding new rewards to the Trials of Osiris, including new armor.As always, the map you'll play Trials on and the rewards you'll get for venturing into Destiny's toughest PvP challenge rotate each week. Below we've listed the map on which you'll do battle along with everything you can hope to earn for your trouble. Trials ends with the weekly reset on February 9, which is the start of Destiny 2's next content season.Here's the Crucible map you'll face in Trials, plus all the rewards you can earn in this rotation. Trials ends with the weekly reset on February 2, so get your matches in or you'll have to wait for another weekend to roll around. There are only two more weeks of the Season of the Hunt remaining, so you'll want to finish earning your Trials rewards ahead of Bungie rolling out new Trials armor next season.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fortnite developer Epic Games has confirmed it continues to hire people to help with its investor relations initiatives, but that does not necessarily mean the company is planning to go public with an IPO.A spokesperson for Epic told GameSpot that the company is "always monitoring the market" and that it has the foundation in place to make a move if it wanted to. However, right now the company has no official plans to go public, it seems."It's fairly common for companies of our size to hire people to help broaden and deepen relationships with existing investors and build new relationships," a spokesperson said. "Epic is always monitoring the market and is prepared to consider opportunities as they arise, but right now we are focused on investing in our business, executing against our opportunities, and delivering value to our investors."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This week on GameSpot After Dark, the crew gets together to talk all things Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Lucy and Tamoor run down everything they know from their behind-closed-doors access, and Kallie and Jake ask the hard questions (and some softballs). Jake gets into the weeds with Rust, a game Tamoor evidently despises and which seems to bring out the worst in people. Lucy gives her impressions of The Medium--spoiler chat out now!--and we discuss the annoying, but perhaps necessary, trope of protagonists who talk to themselves about obvious things. Kallie goes on and on about Stephen King and shakes her proverbial fist at the sky for her mean high school English teacher. Tamoor also gets very passionate about Persona 5 Royal's worst palace, in his opinion, now that he's playing the game for the third time. Kallie nods along because she hasn't gotten to that one yet. We still think P5R is an absolute banger, but come on, you can see how some of that stuff would be a drag the third time around, right? Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

GTA Online, the multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto V, just keeps growing. Rockstar Games has announced that GTA Online was a record-breaking year for the game, reaching a new all-time high for players during the year. It's a wildly impressive achievement given that the game originally released back in 2013.The milestone came during a year that saw Rockstar release the Cayo Perico Heist for GTA Online, which represented the biggest-ever update for the game.Rockstar also shared that more than half of GTA Online players who tried out the Cayo Perico Heist did so alone. This was the game's first Heist that allowed players to go solo.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Razer announced a new gaming keyboard today, one that uses key switches that emulate the analog movement of a controller's sticks and triggers. The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog gaming keyboard was designed to work like a controller in that sense, and Razer told GameSpot that any game that uses analog movement or functions will be compatible with the Huntsman V2 Analog's key switches. The Huntsman V2 Analog is going for $250 through Razer right now, though we expect it to come to other retailers in the near future. Razer Huntsman V2 Analog gaming keyboard $250 The V2 Analog's key switches allow for more nuanced movement, making subtle presses on a key result in more accurate analog movement. The key switches' actuation points are adjustable, and users can even set up dual-step actuation to allow for two different inputs as you push down on a specific key further. For example, players can create settings so that pushing lightly on a key pulls out a grenade and pushing all the way down throws it. See at Razer In addition to analog key switches, the Huntsman V2 Analog boasts Razer's Chroma RGB lighting, borderless magnetic wrist rest, and a braided cable with USB-C connection. For those who don't have a USB-C-equipped PC, it also comes with a USB-A adapter. Other features include programmable keys, macro recording, USB 3.0 passthrough, and much more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nvidia has changed its policy surrounding information that manufacturers must supply to consumers when selling any laptops with any of its new RTX 30-series chips.The change comes amid growing concerns over the differences in performance from laptops using the same hardware, which comes down to how the laptop has been designed to cope with the chip's thermal capabilities. There are many laptops that feature new RTX 3080 and 3070 mobile GPUs, but their performance hasn't been easy to discern outside of the model specification.Nvidia understand that this, coupled with the fact that it's reworked its Max-Q specification to refer to features instead of performance, has caused confusion. To remedy this, Nvidia is now requiring laptop makers to explicitly list specifications such as core and boost clocks for the GPUs on the product pages, letting consumers better inform themselves before a purchase.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the most annoying problems with Destruction AllStars, PS5's exclusive hero-focused demolition derby game, has been fixed. Now, when you jump into the game for some car-filled mayhem, you'll no longer have to listen to everyone else in the lobby.Destruction AllStars Hotfix 1.2.2 disables multiplayer lobby voice chat by default for all players. This means that no one will be able to hear you if you accidentally leave the DualSense mic on, nor will you hear anyone else.If you want to hear the voices of the people you're playing with, you'll have to now actually party up with them. This really only makes sense for Destruction AllStars' two eight-vs-eight modes, Carnado and Stockpile. We can't foresee folks wanting to party chat for the one-vs-one Gridfall and Mayhem modes--though, now that we think about it, team-focused variations on those two modes would be pretty cool.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com