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NHL 20 is getting a big new update this week that introduces a significant change surrounding player physics. Specifically, the “pivot” system is being updated in what could be a big way.

In the game as it stands today, players can pivot while controlling the puck as a means to slip around defenders, confuse them, and control the puck. However, players have discovered that the pivoting system can be abused to take it to a level that compromises the integrity of the game.

Those with advanced pivoting skills can, in essence, game the system to give themselves an advantage beyond what should be possible in a simulation game. In a blog post, EA acknowledged that the steps its taking to address the matter are “a fine line” because some of the NHL’s best players can in fact perform advanced-level pivots while retaining control of the puck.

With that in mind, the December 5 update to NHL 20 will slow down the skating animation when players are using a pivot move. You can see examples of the the pivot-spamming and changes in action in the videos posted on EA’s website and below.

NHL 20 Pivot-Spamming

NHL 20 Pivot Speed Changes

If these changes aren’t enough, EA said it might consider creating scenarios where players lose the puck completely while performing a pivot at high speeds. This makes sense practically, as any hockey player will tell you it is very difficult to perform advanced moves at high speeds.

NHL 20 Pivot Puck Loss

“We believe these are agreed upon, community friendly changes that will benefit gameplay without shaking things up too drastically,” EA said.

You can see the full December 5 patch notes below.

In other news, EA Sports has teased Snoop Dogg as a celebrity commentator for NHL 20. Whether or not he’s added in the December 5 patch is unknown, however.

NHL 20 December 5 Patch Notes

General

• Restricted directional toe drags to when a skater is moving forwards
• Improved player switching cases when a teammate has been injured
• Fixed a rare issue where tall players were unable to receive passes consistently (This would have been seen the most on D to D passes to stationary players pivoting to face the net)
• Fixed physics updates with goaltenders.

AI

• Improved ability for Weakside defender to stay with their check on the rush

Skating

• If players continually pivot, their skating will be impacted more realistically
• Puck carriers pivot speeds will be impacted by trying to pivot at high speeds to simulate what they would need to do to keep control of the puck

Presentation

• Added additional celebrations
• Various overlay fixes
• Fix for the Zone camera not working as intended
• Various environment camera clipping fixes

Tournaments

• Added 2019 Spengler Cup tournament

HUT

General

• HUT Team Abbreviation no longer displays in Pause Menu prior to puck drop

HUT Rivals

• Implemented a matchmaking cap for very high and very low Skill Ratings to improve the likelihood of these players finding games
• Fixed multiple display issues in the Ranks and Division screens
• Fixed an issue where Coin Items could not be redeemed if a player had 2,000 HUT Champions Points

Squad Battles

• Fixed an issue where expired Loan items displayed an incorrect contract length when viewing Opponent Squad

World of CHEL

Content

• Customize Club – The 2019-20 Canucks logo has been added, and the 2018-19 Canucks Logo has been moved to the vintage section
• New content added to World of CHEL which is to be revealed through the Chel Challenge card. Tune in regularly to see what exciting new stuff you can earn

Fixes

• Fixed an MTU exploit in online modes
• Fixed an issue with the Instant Replay timeline not functioning prior to puck drop
• Fixed an issue where EASHL overlays show the player position as C

Art

The following uniforms have been added to NHL 20

AHL

• Belleville Senators Away and Alternate
• Hartford Wolfpack Home, Away and Alternate
• Iowa Wild Alternate
• San Antonio Rampage Home and Away
• Stockton Heat Alternate

In The Valley of Gods, the follow-up to Firewatch from the team at Campo Santo, is on hold indefinitely while the team involved works on different games at Valve, including the upcoming VR title Half-Life: Alyx. It’s unclear whether or not work on the title will ever resume, and if it does, whether it will be the same game that was originally announced in late 2018. Now, one of the game’s contract writers–who has not been moved to another project within Valve–has opened up about how deeply he cared about the work he was doing on the game, giving some insight into what it might (or might have) looked like.

Duncan Fyfe, who wrote for Neo Cab and was working as a contractor for In the Valley of Gods after having worked previously with Campo Santo, said that he’s unlikely to work on the game again now, and is currently seeking new work. In a Twitter thread, he discussed the work he did for the game, and hinted at some of the themes and concepts the game was going to work with.

Over a series of tweets, Fyfe explains how he started working for Campo Santo six years ago, writing articles for their website, calling it “the best and most empowering job I’ve ever had.” He talks about getting to work on the follow-up, and the research that went into his writing for the game. “I wanted to make myself invaluable to this game and to an amazing team by becoming a person who knew what it meant to tell a mystery adventure story in 1920s in Egypt,” he says. He spent time poring over “19th century maps and guidebooks, cartouche diagrams and tomb plans, theses and excavation reports, figuring out creative solutions to narrative problems.”

There are plenty of interesting anecdotes about the lengths he went to for his preparation throughout the thread, including the one below.

In his thread, Fyfe says that “the white western world of the 19th and 20th centuries twisted race science to assert that the Egyptians who actually created all that good stuff were themselves white,” and that the game, which is “about two black women in a world of white Egyptologists,” would have dealt with this directly.

Towards the end of his thread, Fyfe directly discusses what he believes the game was “about”:

The full thread is worth a read to see the amount of work that was going into writing the game, and the passion for the project. One tweet from Fyfe simply reads “I loved working on this game so f***ing much.”

The fate of In the Valley of Gods remains uncertain. The next game from Valve, Half-Life: Alyx, releases for PC VR devices in March 2020.

From clothes and accessories to tech and game consoles, entertainment to comfort and relaxation, these are the best gifts for mom in 2019.

On this week’s episode of IGN’s weekly PlayStation show, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Lucy O’Brien to discuss our favorite games from each home console generation of PlayStation in honor of PlayStation’s 25th anniversary.

The group runs down their favorites from the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4, including Bloodborne, Uncharted 2, God of War, Metal Gear Solid, SIlent Hill, and much more.

Have questions, comments, or Memory Card stories? Write in to beyond@ign.com!

Download or listen to the show on these platforms:

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We here at IGN recently posted our top 25 best anime of all time list, so, naturally, we wanted to know what you think are the best anime series of all time, and we’ve got those results for you in this week’s episode of Power Ranking.

Power Ranking, which breaks down fan-voted suggestions for top-ranked lists, like the cutest Star Wars characters, and compiles all that data together to determine what IGN fans across platforms think are the best every week. For this week’s episode, which you can watch above, we asked you what are the best anime of all time and then to vote on the top five most suggested series. Over 660,000 of you voted in the final poll across IGN.com, YouTube, Snapchat, and Twitter, and here are the results.

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It appears NHL 20 is adding its first celebrity commentator. The game’s Twitter account posted a silhouetted image of a person bearing the resemblance of Snoop Dogg. The caption says, “It’s about to go down, fo’ shizzle,” so this is all but certainly a reference to the rapper and actor.

When EA Sports announced NHL 20 in June, the company said it would be looking to introduce celebrity commentators over time, and it appears Snoop Dogg will be the first.

Snoop Dogg has experience in the broadcast booth, as he joined the commentary team for a Los Angeles Kings game earlier this year. You can check out the video below.

The NHL has also recruited Snoop Dogg to help explain the rules of hockey in a silly yet informative video posted in 2018.

Will Ferrell as his Anchorman character Ron Burgundy also did commentary for L.A. Kings games in the past, so it will be interesting to see if he comes to NHL 20 as well. The celebrity commentators helped bring more attention to the sport of hockey, and EA appears to be attempting to do something similar with NHL 20.

The developer isn’t confirming any celebrity guest appearances yet, but a slide shown to GameSpot earlier this year also included people like Drake and Wayne Gretzky.

EA has also attempted to broaden the appeal of NHL 20 by introducing NFL and NBA players to the game as playable characters.

Pokemon Go‘s Friend Fest has come to an end, but a new event is set to begin very soon. Niantic has announced the game’s first evolution-themed event, which kicks off this week and makes it easier to find Pokemon that evolve in unique ways–as well as another new Shiny Pokemon.

The evolution event runs from December 5-12. During that time, Pokemon with unique evolution methods–such as Onix, Eevee, and Roselia–will appear more frequently in the wild, Raid Battles, and Field Research tasks. Lickitung, Scyther, Togetic, and Ralts will appear as Raid bosses as well, while Tyrogue, Feebas, Burmy, and Happiny will hatch from 2 km eggs. You’ll also have your first chance to catch a Shiny Burmy.

Those aren’t the only bonuses available during the event. Any Lure Modules you use during the event will last for one hour rather than 30 minutes, and you’ll receive twice as much XP for evolving Pokemon as normal. Additionally, you’ll receive evolution items like the King’s Rock and Sinnoh Stone from Raid Battles and special event Field Research tasks.

Finally, as part of the evolution event, Niantic is hosting a special Evolution Raid Day on Saturday, December 7. From 11 AM to 2 PM local time, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, and their evolved forms will appear as Raid bosses, and you can receive up to five free Raid Passes from Photo Discs during the event. You can read more details on the official Pokemon Go website.

That isn’t the only event happening this month. December’s Community Day weekend is set for December 14-15. During that two-day period, all featured Pokemon from previous Community Days will be available again in the wild and Raids, and there will be various bonuses to take advantage of. The Legendary Pokemon Terrakion is also still available in five-star Raids until December 17.

We’re still nearly a year away from the release of PlayStation 5, but retailers are getting eager to lock in your PS5 purchase. To that end, Best Buy (in the US) and Game (in the UK) have put up email sign-up pages so you can be notified when PS5 preorders officially go live — whenever that may be.

Don’t be surprised if you see more of these pages appear at retailer websites in the coming months, either. A lot of money changes hands when a new console comes out, and all PS5 retailers will want you to buy from them.

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Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie, took to Twitter on Tuesday to draw some pretty compelling visual connections between Marvel’s Black Widow movie and Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

 Vogt-Roberts began with possibly the most obvious parallel, Black Widow’s white jumpsuit we see in the first trailer for the movie.

“Honest question,” Vogt-Roberts writes. “I’m firm believer of parallel thinking, but…Is there any BLACK WIDOW pre the release of METAL GEAR SOLID 3 in 2004 that establishes this white suit? It sure reminds me of a certain patriot who saved the world.”

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