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UPDATE 17/5/17 9.05am: Project Rap Rabbit's replacement Switch stretch goal has been announced - and it's now far, far more achievable than before. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Just $1.5m is now needed to secure development of the game on Switch - down from $4.95m previously. The abrupt reduction in cost comes from making it the first and now only stretch goal on the project's page. [Read More]

PlayStation 5 users may be playing the PlayStation 4 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War by mistake. If you buy the Cross-Gen bundle or the Ultimate Edition of Treyarch and Raven's first-person shooter, you get the PS4 version and the PS5 version. After you buy the game from the PlayStation Store, you're able to pick and choose which parts of Black Ops Cold War to download - I went straight for the PS5 version when prompted. [Read More]

Michel Ancel has announced he has left the video game industry to focus full-time on a wildlife sanctuary. Ancel's prolific 30-year career saw him create franchises at Ubisoft such as Rayman, Rabbids and Beyond Good & Evil. Announcing his departure via Instagram, Ancel confirmed that his two ongoing projects - Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Wild - would continue without him. "Today is very special for me," Ancel wrote. [Read More]

Yesterday's planned #ADayOffTwitch protest appears to have made an impact on the platform's overall viewer totals, as users aimed to make their voices heard to support marginalised streamers who regularly face hate speech and coordinated attacks from bigots on their channels. Stats site Twitchtracker shows around a million fewer viewers were tuned into the streaming giant during its daily peak yesterday, when the platform's average peak of 4.5 million concurrent viewers sat at around 3. [Read More]

Gullivarrr is the pirate counterpart of Gulliver, who, despite apparently not being the same seagull, will also end up standard on your beach in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Introduced in the first part of the New Horizons summer update on Friday, July 3rd 2020, Gullivarrr is a rotating visitor to your island, which means that you'll never quite know when he'll wash ashore next. If you help Gullivarrr return to his ship, he'll reward you with a range of pirate furniture and rewards, such as pirate inspired clothing. [Read More]

British actress Camilla Luddington has been named as the voice and motion-captured body of Lara Croft for the new Tomb Raider game. Luddington, 29, will star in the fifth season of telly series True Blood, as Claudette, and has appeared beside David "Fox Mulder" Duchovny in Californication, as Lizzie. She also portrayed princess Kate Middleton in telly film William & Kate. Must have missed that one somehow. [Read More]

Xbox One has added eight new titles to its library of backwards compatible Xbox 360 games. The big one this time is Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian's beloved take on the post-apocalyptic gangster city. We've also got Ubisoft's own take on post-apocalyptic survival with I am Alive, Twisted Pixel's comedy caper Comic Jumper, and No Mans Sky developer Hello Games' first claim to fame, Joe Danger. Other added titles include Blood Knights, Crystal Quest, Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara, and Red Faction Battlegrounds. [Read More]

For Honor Season Four starts on 14th November and it adds two new heroes to Ubisoft's multiplayer-focused melee combat game. The Order & Havoc update adds the Aramusha, a ronin-like Hybrid for the Samurai faction, and the Shaman, a lightning-fast Assassin for the Vikings. The Aramusha is inspired by historical samurai Miyamoto Musashi, Ubisoft said, and wields dual katanas. The Shaman looks similar to the Berserker but can stalk opponents and strike quickly for massive damage with a hatchet and a dagger. [Read More]

Shiny hunting is a task only the most dedicated Pokémon players dare undertake. Shiny Pokémon are an incredibly rare phenomenon, identical to their regular counterparts in all but colour. In pre-internet times, they were nothing more than a playground myth, but nowadays self-confessed "shiny hunters" spend hundreds of hours hatching eggs to the extent they even have representation in the anime. As with all things, many dedicated players livestream their hunts to legions of avid fans. [Read More]

It's possible to download a Manaphy Egg via Mystery Gift if you purchase Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl within the first three months of their release. Since the Manaphy Egg is an early-purchase bonus, you can only download it between Friday, 19th November 2021 to Monday, 21st February 2022. Once you've hatched your Manaphy, you'll be able to use it to obtain a Phione. On this page: How to get the Manaphy Egg in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl How to get a Phione in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl - Overview Trailer - Nintendo Switch How to get the Manaphy Egg in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Before you can get the Manaphy Egg in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl, there are four important facts you need to consider. [Read More]