Month: July 2020

A game-breaking bug is halting players’ adventures 20 to 30 hours into Paper Mario: The Origami King. The RPG’s driving narrative force revolves around Princess Peach and her castle being held in place by enormous streamers atop a distant mountain. It’s up to Mario to rescue the princess from the game’s titular villain by travelling to different locations within the Mushroom Kingdom in order to destroy all five streamers.

As YouTube channel Nintendo Unity recently detailed, a game-breaking bug can destroy a players’ save file on the fifth and final streamer, leaving those affected by the issue with the option to either delete their save and start again or wait for Nintendo to resolve the bug with a forthcoming patch.

Polygon reached out to Nintendo and were told that the studio is currently working on such a fix. “We are aware of reports about issues affecting some players of Paper Mario: The Origami King,” a representative from the company said. “We are working to resolve these issues and plan to address them in a software update. We apologize for any inconvenience.”

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Looking for a high-end laptop without the boutique price tag? We’ve got you covered. Today’s spotlight deal is a huge discount on Alienware’s flagship laptop, normally $3100 and down to $1800 for a few days. That’s not all that Dell is offering. They even have an RTX 2080 equipped gaming laptop for under $1600. In other deal news, the Back to the Future Trilogy in 4K UHD sees its first discount ever over at Target, and the Ring Fit is still available at Best Buy.

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The Version 1.4 Summer Update of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has turned one of the game’s most useful glitches into a feature.

As spotted by the @ACWorldBlog Twitter account, you can now remove the HUD when using the NookPhone Camera App by clicking in the right analogue stick on your Joy-Con.

Earlier in July, a glitch that allowed players to remove the HUD was itself removed, leading to a backlash from fans and content creators, who were using the tweak to capture footage and screenshots of the game without the visually busy elements of the interface.

Now they’ll be relieved that Nintendo has been listening, and has brought the glitch back into the game as a feature.

The past Camera App Glitch allowing you to remove the HUD has now been added as a native feature in Version 1.4 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Simply press in the right analog stick to remove the user interface. Thank you Nintendo!! #ACHH pic.twitter.com/wGC0xVhV0z

— Animal Crossing World (@ACWorldBlog) July 30, 2020

We reviewed Animal Crossing: New Horizons upon its launch in March of this year, scoring it a 9 and calling it “an expanded, polished, next-generation reboot of a classic.” In other New Horizons news, here’s the full skinny on the latest content update, which has brought fireworks and dreaming to the game.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator will launch on Steam, and VR support is coming later this year as part of a free update.

“Microsoft Flight Simulator for PC will support VR via the HP Reverb G2. This will be available later this fall,” head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann revealed during a press briefing. In an accompanying post on the Xbox blog, it was announced that the game will be coming to Steam on launch day as well as Windows 10 and Xbox Game Pass for PC, which is currently in beta.

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Neumann has told Eurogamer that VR support will come to other headsets beyond the Reverb G2 later down the line. “We’re going to bring it to all the devices – all the common ones,” Neumann told Eurogamer. “It’s just going to take a few more months after that.”

During the same briefing, Neumann described Microsoft Flight Simulator as “an ever-changing, ever-evolving platform” with more features and more planes arriving in the years to come.

Following the game’s launch, the team at Asobo is “aiming to release something meaningful every month.”

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Free world updates will arrive every two to three months and focus on a specific area of the globe, with custom airports and missions. Free sim updates will address community wishlist features in between. Asobo is also planning paid DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Neumann mentioned helicopters and heliports as a potential focus.

Our preview of Microsoft Flight Simulator arrived earlier today – check out why we’re calling it “the perfect quarantine game” here. If you’re still not sated, check out 6 epic landing challenges from the game that will make any seasoned pilot quake with fear.

Microsoft Flight Simulator launches on August 18th for PC.

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Twitch Prime has revealed August’s batch of free games for subscribers, and it’s one of the better months in recent memory for the program. Twitch Prime is included with every Amazon Prime subscription, so don’t miss out on these freebies. All you need to do to start getting free games through Twitch Prime is link your Twitch account to your Amazon Prime account.

Throughout August, subscribers can claim five new free games: Treachery in Beatdown City, Blazing Chrome, Chroma Squad, Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, and Warsaw.

Treachery in Beatdown City is the standout here. The beat ’em up released earlier this year, and though it harkens back to old school arcade games, it adds more depth to the formula with RPG mechanics, character strengths/weaknesses, and a tactical menu that gives each fight a strategic bent. It earned an 8/10 in GameSpot’s Treachery in Beatdown City review.

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During a media preview for Spiritfarer–an upcoming death positive game that sees you play as Stella, a ferrymaster to the afterlife–I played through a mid-section of the game and spoke to creative director Nicolas Guérin. I asked him what it was like to work on and release a project that deals with mortality and grief during a worldwide pandemic, when death is likely at the forefront of many people’s minds.

“It is scary at first,” Guérin told me. “Scary because it would be entirely possible that people don’t want to hear or talk about death anymore, being that much surrounded by it. But then, taking a step back, I believe maybe, maybe Spiritfarer could be a little bit of help.”

I was a bit surprised at my experience with Spiritfarer. We’ve seen quite a few games that deal with death positivity in the past few years, such as A Mortician’s Tale and Necrobarista. However, Spiritfarer takes on a much more transactional tone in how it asks players to take a hard look at the swirl of emotions that surround dying or caring for the recently deceased.

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Nintendo’s secret best mobile game continues to expand its roster. To celebrate the Dr. Mario series’ 30th anniversary, classic 8-bit Dr. Mario has been added as a new character in Dr. Mario World, and he’s free for all players.

Access the game before 10:59 PM PT on August 30 and you’ll receive 8-bit Dr. Mario as a free login bonus. In solo play, 8-bit Dr. Mario is able to eliminate three special viruses when his skill gauge is fully charged, while in multiplayer, he can prevent your opponent from moving half-capsules for four seconds.

8-bit Dr. Mario isn’t the only new character to join the game this week; another Koopaling has also just received his medical degree. Dr. Lemmy is now available through the Staffing feature, and his special skill revolves around barrels. In solo mode, Dr. Lemmy can immediately break 10 barrels in a stage, while in multiplayer, he can hide one of your opponent’s viruses inside a barrel.

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If you’re looking for a super addictive game to sink hours and hours into, Civilization VI is a solid choice. Even better: It’s never been cheaper to dive into this acclaimed strategy title, thanks to a limited-time Steam deal at PC store Newegg that’s ending soon, like in a matter of hours. Until around 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET today, you can grab Civilization VI’s Platinum Edition for just $23. We’re talking about a $120 edition that includes the base game, two major expansions, and six DLC packs for a fraction of the price–and it’s currently full price on Steam.

To get this price, be sure to use promo code CVLZTN6PT at checkout. The Platinum Edition is already discounted to $28, a fantastic price on its own, but the promo code slashes another five bucks off. If you already own the base game, the Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall expansions are also on sale separately. After purchasing, you’ll receive your Steam code via email within one hour.

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