NHL 20 Patch Is Coming Soon, Here’s What It Adds And Changes

A new patch for NHL 20 is coming on April 3, and it promises a number of gameplay changes based on player feedback. Starting with the general changes, the new update fixes an issue that could cause an injured player from being able to get off the ice. Ouch!

The new update also makes AI defenders smarter in some cases. It delivers a fix for AI that over-commits to the puck carrier in 2-on-1 situations, which should make scoring goals agains the AI more challenging. Additionally, the weak side defender in a 2-on-2 will now prioritize covering their own assignments over the passing lane. The update also “fixe[s] a case where players other than Brad Marchand would lose the puck at the start of a penalty shot,” which seems to be a reference to how the real-world athlete really botched a penalty shot back in January.

Elsewhere, the NHL 20 update makes goalies even smarter so they are better able to track the puck behind the net and close to the goal line; goalies are now smarter around passes close to the net.

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Battlefield 5 Will Give You A Free Bonus Just For Signing In

The encourage people to choose Battlefield V as their quarantine game of choice, DICE is giving everyone who logs into the military shooter a free bonus over the next few days.

Everyone who logs into Battlefield V on April 2, 3, or 4 will receive a stimulus package of sorts of 1500 Company Coin that will go directly into their game balance. People who log in over the weekend will get the Sapper Chassis and turret set for the Valentine MK VIII tank.

Battlefield V is regularly updated with new content and tweaks, so if you’ve been curious about the game or looking for a reason to come back, now seems like a good time to jump in.

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Here Is When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 2 Will End

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare season 2 will soon be coming to an end, with April 7 being the last day of the two-month season of game play.

Season 2 brought a myriad of new content updates, with the return of the fan-favorite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map Rust and the addition of the battle royale mode, Warzone.

Before season 2 ends, Activision will be running a double XP weekend starting on April 3 at 10 PM PT through to April 6 at 10 AM PT. This overlaps with the free weekend for Modern Warfare’s multiplayer mode, allowing people to download and play the multiplayer content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from April 3 at 10 AM PT through to April 6 at 10 AM PT.

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Nintendo Switch Gets A Lot Of New Indie Releases This Week

It’s a pretty quiet week for the Nintendo Switch, with big titles like Trials of Mana and Xenoblade Chronicles Definite Edition still weeks away. Only a few indie titles are slated for this week. But don’t let the lack of hype turn you away; each of these indie games could be a sleeping giant.

Rocket jump into the puzzle platformer Gunbrick: Reloaded, fight your way across a magical world in the RPG adventure Monster Viator, and survive as a lone xenobiologist on a mysterious alien planet in the Indiecade 2019 Jury Pix Award Winner In Other Waters.

Players who enjoy the wacky chaos of Human Fall Flat may find a similar joy in the multiplayer puzzle action game Good Job! Play as the clumsy child of a CEO and climb the corporate ladder in office-themed puzzles. Do a good enough job and earn that promotion, or just embrace the chaos and see how much damage you can do; the choice is yours.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons — How To Farm Tarantulas

If you’ve given up on finding the illustrious tarantula island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we have good news: You can just make your own. Instead of spending 2,000 Nook Miles per ticket on the chance of finding the rare deserted island that’s overrun with these spiders, which are desirable for how much they can be sold for, any deserted island can become a tarantula island if you just know how.

When Do Tarantulas Spawn?

The key to this method is understanding how the spawn mechanics in Animal Crossing: New Horizons work. Bugs require certain conditions to spawn, including months of the year, the weather, and the environment. Tarantulas require it to be nighttime (7 PM – 4 AM specifically) and during the correct months. In the Northern Hemisphere that’s November through April, while Southern Hemisphere players will need to be playing from May to October. You can always change your time and date in the Switch settings to fit these requirements, although time-skipping can have unintended consequences.

Tarantulas can be sold for a whopping 8,000 bells each (though you should put your first one in the museum of course), which means you can make some serious bells with this method. Make sure to purchase all the inventory upgrades first to get the best results, and ensure you aren’t carrying more than you need to.

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Hideo Kojima Wants You To Poop, Not Pee, Your Pants With A New Horror Game

After dabbling in the horror genre with P.T., which was actually a teaser for Silent Hills, Hideo Kojima wants to create another horror game down the road. He wants this game to be so scary that you poop your pants. Peeing your pants is not enough. It must be poop.

“I would like to make another horror game someday. Something that uses a revolutionary method to create terror, that doesn’t just make you pee your pants, but crap them. I already have ideas in mind,” he told BAFTA as part of his induction into organization’s fellowship program.

Kojima also reflected on the phenomenon that was P.T. The game succeeded and resonated so strongly because it played on different elements of the unknown, Kojima said.

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Fans Are Annoyed By Animal Crossing: New Horizons Easter Bunny Event

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, seasonal events no longer just occur on one day of the year; the now run for a few weeks in the lead up for the event. From April 1 to 12, a strange bunny-like creature, Zipper T. Bunny, has shown up on everyone’s islands. Zipper has hidden some eggs around the island as part of the Easter event, but players are finding that these eggs are less hidden and more the only thing on the island anymore.

All over the island there are new colorful eggs to find and various egg-related recipes to discover. At least that’s how the event is supposed to go. Instead, players are finding nothing but eggs. Whether it’s fishing, digging up a fossil, chopping trees, or popping balloons, everything has been seemingly replaced by eggs.

Some people have opened their games to find that Zipper has replaced what would have been a full Money Tree with eggs. Understandably, players are upset at this strange rabbit ruining the delicate ecosystem of their island.

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The Last Of Us 2’s Story Will Be Divisive, Troy Baker Says

The Last of Us: Part II actor Troy Baker, who plays Joel in the series, has shared some tantalizing details about what to expect in terms of Joel’s story arch and the game overall. Unlike the original game, you play as Ellie in the sequel, but Joel will still have time and space to grow. Baker teased that we will learn more about who Joel is as a person throughout the story of Part II.

“What we’ve done such a good job of doing [in The Last of Us 2], is to continue to peel back layers and learn more about him,” Baker told Fandom.I even learned more about Joel and I’m the guy that walked into [the Last of Us audition] and said, ‘I know the truth about Joel!’ I knew his truth back then, but [after The Last of Us 2], I know even more of [Joel’s] truth.”

For the overall story of Part II, Baker said he hopes the narrative challenges players’ expectations of “what the game is, what the world is, who the characters are–everything.”

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