With each new month in Animal Crossing: New Horizons comes new fish and bugs to catch, but also seasonal fish and bugs that will no longer be available--sometimes for months at a time. If you're a completionist, these limited and sometimes extremely rare critters are the ones you should focus on, and it's recommended that you get a head start.For a more comprehensive list of critters, hit up our Animal Crossing: New Horizons fish guide and bug guide, which include the full list of what we've caught so far, tips on how to catch, and more. Don't forget to check out what fish and bugs are new in April as well.April has just begun, but unless you want a repeat of last month's last-minute Stringfish hunts, here's the list of fish and bugs that are leaving after this month is up. Catch them while you still can!Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As the US and other countries mobilize to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, more and more people are finding themselves stuck at home these days, effectively ending normal social interactions with friends and loved ones unless they live with you. Because of this, online games and platforms like Netflix Party have become crucial links to friends and family, and one 2015 PC game is even helping people have virtual board game nights with friends they can't meet with in person.Tabletop Simulator has been around for years, but it feels even more needed right now. The indie game from developer Berserk Games allows you to play digital versions of board games in a player-driven physics sandbox, with classics like chess, poker, and dominoes included in the base version. You can also create your own digital board games with Tabletop Simulator, which lets you import custom assets, automate games with scripting, and more. And players have done just that, with thousands of fan-created board games and card games available in the Steam Tabletop Simulator workshop that you can play for free.Berserk Games has also partnered with some board game publishers to create official DLC for Tabletop Simulator, and there are currently 41 games available as DLC, including some of our all-time favorites like Blood Rage, Scythe, and Wingspan.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next Spirit Board event is themed around Animal Crossing, Nintendo has announced. The event kicks off at 11 PM PT on April 2 and adds four new Spirits from the recently released Animal Crossing: New Horizons to the game.Spirits based on the major new characters introduced in New Horizons--Flick, CJ, Daisy Mae, and Orville & Wilbur--will appear on the Spirit Board at certain times during the event. On top of that, all of Smash Bros. Ultimate's previous Animal Crossing Spirits will also be featured periodically throughout the event, giving you a much better chance of encountering them.The Animal Crossing Spirit Board event runs until 11 PM PT on April 7. You can learn more about the event on Nintendo's website.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has commented extensively for the first time on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the planned launch of Xbox Series X later this year and more. Speaking to IGN, Spencer said he wants people to know that first and foremost, the safety and security of its teams is what is most important to him during this time of crisis."The thing I'm going to put front and center is the safety and security of the team," Spencer said. "There is no decision that I will make, or frankly anybody at Microsoft would even ask me to make, that would compromise the safety and security of the teams for a near-term financial or product gain. The teams are the most important thing."Pragmatically, Spencer said he has observed that the supply chains in China have "started to come back," which would enable the parts to be assembled for Xbox Series X for launch this holiday.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has commented broadly and non-specifically about the price of the Xbox Series X. Speaking to IGN, Spencer said he feels confident about the price point, adding that he believes Microsoft has a "winning plan" for the next-generation console as it competes with the PlayStation 5."I feel good about the price we're going to be able to get to," Spencer said. "I feel good about the price and the performance capabilities that we have for Series X. I feel incredibly strong about the overall package."The Xbox Series X price isn't set yet, it seems. Spencer said he is "eyes wide open" in regards to the final price of the console, adding that Microsoft will be looking at what Sony does in terms of pricing for the PlayStation 5. No matter what, however, Spencer said Microsoft believes it has a "winning plan" for the console.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Doom and Doom II, which were launched on PS4, Switch, and Xbox One last year (alongside Doom 3), have received another substantial update. The new update adds the No End In Sight expansion to both games, which provides another 30 levels for your Doom Marine to shoot, rip, and tear their way through.This update is coming to the mobile and PC versions of the game, too. Doom I and II's relaunch came with invasive DRM originally, but it has since been removed, and the games have received several free expansions. No End In Sight is generally well-regarded as a challenging, deep expansion on Doom, so players who feel like they have mastered these classics will be able to truly prove themselves by beating it. The 1.0.6 update, announced by Bethesda, adds various other fixes and changes to the game. Here's the full list of everything in the update.Audio UpdatesThe Audio has been overhauled, and positional audio should now work in all cases.Sound distance falloff is now accurately using the same volume ranges from the original DOS release.Objects that make consecutive sounds (such as the Chaingunner’s gun firing) will now correctly interrupt each other.Add-On Specific UpdatesChainsaw firing in Add-ons has been fixed to its original optimal buzz.Sounds at 22khz (such as the Double Barrel Shotgun) now play correctly in Add-ons.In the Add-on “No Rest for the Living”, Hell levels now use the correct hell sky texture.Add-ons that are made up of multiple episodes can now be selected correctly.FixesFixed stalls that may occur when quick loading the game several times in a row when Add-ons are active.ChangesQuick Load and Save can now be bound from Customize Controls and will work without pausing the game.Automap colors have been changed. It will now clearly mark doors, and keyed doors using red, yellow, blue, or white lines, making it quicker to find parts of the map that are unexplored.Automap is drawn with pixel doubling to increase visibility and fix issues with lines disappearing.Kills, items, and secrets are now shown on the automap during gameplay.Performance OptimizationQuick Load now loads quicker by skipping the screen wipe animation when loading a game.Minor rendering optimizations.The latest Doom game, Doom Eternal, is available now for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Stadia. A Nintendo Switch version is being worked on.Info from Gamespot.com

TaleWorlds Entertainment has released another patch for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, which is now out via Steam Early Access. This patch follows on the heels of a day one update and day two patch, the latter of which addresses a pesky bug that was affecting the Rival Gangs quest.Like the March 31 patch, the April 1 patch for Bannerlord addresses a bunch of bugs that have been causing the game to crash. The patch doesn't focus on any one quest though--instead it addresses several problems associated with both Bannerlord's single-player campaign and multiplayer modes. The full patch notes are listed below."We know that many of you are experiencing issues that are preventing you from enjoying the game right now, for which we are very sorry," TaleWorld wrote in a blog post. "With the help of you, our community, we are finding and fixing these issues and pushing updates out as soon as we can. Unfortunately, as was the case with [the March 31] patch, this [April 1 patch] may result in previous save files becoming unplayable for some people. We will always try to ensure that your save game remains compatible with each update, however, sometimes this will not be possible."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Former Xbox console marketing director Albert Penello has shared his thoughts on the hot topic of AA batteries versus internal recharegable cells for controllers. His comments came in the wake of the news that the Xbox Series X will continue to use AA batteries.Writing on Twitter, Penello--who now works at Amazon--said the tradeoff between AA batteries and internal cells is "more complex than people think.""It's a debate that's raged for years, and there are good points on both sides. The toughest part is that it's a binary decision--choosing one alienates the other," he said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Xbox Series X is due holiday 2020, but up until now we haven't seen many game reveals for the console beyond Halo Infinite and Hellblade II. But in an interview for IGN's podcast Unlocked, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says that's going to change soon, and future reveals will have a much greater focus on games.When asked if there was anything left to say about the system itself, or whether it was "all games from here on out," Spencer said that while there are still things to reveal about the system and services provided by Xbox Series X, what they've announced so far has been done to "make room for games" in their further reveals."We know games are what people play," Spencer says. "You don't play variable rate shading, you don't play ray tracing, you play the games that use those technologies." Showing off these technologies has paved the way for them to show off how their games will use them. "This is one of the reasons we had Hellblade when we did the unveil at the Game Awards--I thought showing up at the Game Awards without a game would be a little tone-deaf," he continued.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Thanks to the addition of terraforming and infrastructure options available in the newest Animal Crossing game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players are free to create almost any island home they like. One player, reddit user VaynMaanen, has created an impressive homage to Zelda: Link to the Past, recreating the original SNES map with high levels of detail and dedication.The recreation goes beyond just the map, with VaynMaanen going to the effort to recreate the landmarks and villagers as best you can with the tools in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Paths, flowers, trees, ponds, and even an ocarina all work in tandem to recreate the classic Zelda feel in a 3D space on the Switch. Seeing an island like this makes you wonder how a Zelda: Link to the Past remake would look on the Switch.Link's HouseHaunted GroveGreat SwampEastern PalaceDesert of MysteryLost WoodsKakariko VillageHyrule CastleDeath Mountain/Waterfall of WishingEastern PalaceFull MapOf course putting in enemies, dungeons and some of the more unique structures will prove to be difficult, but the whole point of Animal Crossing is to be creative, it will be interesting to see what kind of solutions people come up with.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Movie dialect coach Andrew Jack, who worked on The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars franchises among many others over a career that spanned decades, has passed away due to complications related to COVID-19. He was 76.In response to his passing, tributes have poured in from across Hollywood, including the stars of the Lord of the Rings films. For Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies specifically, Jack was the senior supervising dialect coach, according to The One Ring. He helped the actors with their accents for Middle-earth.Elijah Wood, who played Frodo in the series, said he was heartbroken to learn of Jack's passing. "He was a kind and lovely human being," Wood said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

According to Respawn, fans of Titanfall and Titanfall 2 may be excited to see what Respawn has in store for Apex Legends at the start of Season 5. Season 5 is scheduled to begin in late May or early June, as Season 4: Assimilation is halfway done, having gone through its ranked series split.In an interview in Game Informer Issue 324, Apex Legends general manager Dusty Welch and game director Chad Grenier spoke about the future of Respawn's battle royale game, with one of them saying, "We're always bringing in stuff from the Titanfall universe. We built an awesome world in Titanfall 1 and 2 and want to make sure we're bringing that forward. I will say this: There could potentially be a pleasant surprise for Titanfall fans in Season 5."Neither Welch nor Grenier provided further details beyond that, though Season 5's tie to Titanfall could be hinted at with the arrival of Bloodhound's town takeover. The arrival of the technological tracker's town takeover was teased with a prowler, a vicious wolf-like creature native to the planet Leviathan (the setting of Titanfall 2's incredible Effect and Cause level). Perhaps, just as Apex Legends left Kings Canyon after two seasons, the battle royale is getting another brand-new map after two seasons on World's Edge--one that will be located on Leviathan.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In a recent interview with video game magazine Game Informer, Apex Legends general manager Dusty Welch and game director Chad Grenier touched on which Legends are played the most and how characters evolve over time.Like most games with a hero or character pool, players drifted towards different Legends more in each season, but Wraith and Pathfinder were consistently high picks across the board. In the interview, Welch and Grenier spoke about which Legends were the most popular.“Caustic has been from a pro player or tournament standpoint. He’s been an interesting player favorite, especially when they get into the final areas,” said Welch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Scalebound, which was poised to be a major Xbox console exclusive from Platinum Games, was sadly cancelled back in 2017. Rumors persist to this day that the game will eventually be re-revealed, but Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that it is not happening, and that he regrets how things played out with the title.In an interview for IGN's Unlocked podcast, when asked about the huge passion fans still have for Scalebound, Spencer clarifies that the game is not coming, and seems sad about the situation around its announcement and cancellation. "Yeah, it's a tough one," he says. "Because I have a ton of respect for Platnium, (director Hideki Kamiya), the team...and I have feel no ill-will. And we talk to those guys, there's no animosity between the teams."Spencer says that he wishes he had held back on the game's reveal. "We tried to go do something, and it didn't work," he says. "And I regret that we were as public about what we tried to go do." He cites the also-cancelled Fable Legends as another example of a time when a game was shown off too early, and says that he learned a lot from both projects. "I did some learning around Fable Legends, I did some learning around Scalebound, about being public about things before I kind of know that we've got a real believable plan in something I've felt in my hands.," he says.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Gaming giant Activision has emerged victorious in a lawsuit brought against it by the makers of Humvee vehicles who claimed the publisher was infringing on their trademark.A New York judge has dismissed the lawsuit from General Motors, bringing an end to this case. The lawsuit dates back to 2017 when GM sued Activision for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising, among other things. Activision responded (via The Verge) by saying it had the protection of the First Amendment to use the image of real-world military equipment in its franchise.Activision's lawyers said GM was acting in bad faith by trying to use a trademark to control the creative use of a US military vehicle paid for by American taxpayers and used in every war and conflict for decades.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com