Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ March release is just around the corner and, while plenty of questions remain, we’ve learned a lot from Nintendo’s presence at E3 2019, the hands-on Treehouse presentation, various interviews, the September Nintendo Direct, recent online listings, our hands-on preview, the February Direct, and much more. Here’s everything we know about Animal Crossing: New Horizons so far.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Release Date

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was delayed during E3 2019 from a 2019 launch window to March 20, 2020. It’s even getting its own special edition Nintendo Switch a week before the game is out. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=animal-crossing-new-horizons-limited-edition-nintendo-switch&captions=true"]

No Cloud Saves But a Bit of Hope

Animal Crossing: New Horizons does not support cloud saves but if your Nintendo Switch gets lost or stolen you may have a way to recover the data. There are no guarantees, though, so you’ll want to be careful. The Animal Crossing: New Horizons store page on the official Nintendo UK website has two recently added disclaimers. They are:

• This game does not support the Save Data Cloud functionality of Nintendo Switch Online. However, the ability to recover Animal Crossing: New Horizons save data from the server in the event of console failure, loss or theft will be available to Nintendo Switch Online members sometime in the future.
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons does not support the ability to transfer your save file from one Nintendo Switch console to another.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Multiplayer

Animal Crossing: New Horizons multiplayer allows for both local and online play, but there are some limitations. Here’s what you can expect:

• Up to 8 players can live on an island. You can only have one island per Nintendo Switch console. It does not matter how many copies of the game you have, as written on the Australian listing. This could pose a problem for you if you share a Nintendo Switch because, while you can still create your own character, you'll have to share the island.
• Up to 8 players can play together on one player’s island via online multiplayer or local wireless.
• 4 players of the same island can play together, at the same time, on a single system. This couch co-op setup is known as Party Play.
• There's an application on the NookPhone (an in-game app), named Call Islander, that lets you do Party Play Multiplayer. This is exclusive to those who have multiple islanders living on their island (i.e you have to be sharing an island with another player).
• There is no split-screen gameplay so the camera will default to whoever is “the leader” but you can quickly change the leader whenever you want, to whoever you want.
• You need a Nintendo Switch Online membership to access any online multiplayer features.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Amiibo and Amiibo Card Support

In their last Direct, Nintendo confirmed Amiibo and Amiibo Cards are supported but didn’t provide specifics. According to Nintendo Japan, as translated by GoNintendo, all Amiibo and Amiibo cards are supported but they have different functions and won't all be available at launch. You will be able to use all 16 Animal Crossing Series Amiibo and the Animal Crossing Super Smash Bros. Amiibo like the Villager and Isabelle Amiibo. In terms of Amiibo Cards, you can use Animal Crossing Amiibo Cards (Series 1-4), Animal Crossing Welcome Amiibo Cards, and Animal Crossing Welcome Amiibo Cards (Sanrio collaboration). According to the translated table, it seems some Amiibo can be used to take pictures within Photopia, an area designated for photoshoots with them. Other Amiibo will allow you to invite a villager to a campground on your island, but campground details haven’t been revealed yet. You can check out the full breakdown of Amiibo and Amiibo Card Functionality here.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Free Updates and Holiday Events

Like previous Animal Crossing games, New Horizons has Holiday Events. However, these will be rolled out in a series of free updates. The first update will add an April event called Bunny Day. This means you likely won’t be able to change your Nintendo Switch’s system clock to jump ahead to Christmas, and its unique items, if you’re in (real world) July.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gameplay

Animal Crossing: New Horizons seems to maintain a lot of its core pillars but this time there’s a heavy focus on crafting and an even bigger emphasis on customization - in terms of your character and your island.

Crafting and More With NookPhone Apps

NookPhone Apps can be accessed from the smartphone Tom Nook gives you at the beginning of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Over the course of the game you'll get new apps, similar to how the design feature worked in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. So far, the following apps have been confirmed:

• DIY Recipes: View crafting recipes for tools, furniture, nature-based accessories, and other items made completely from scratch. DIY recipes can be unlocked by taking DIY workshop lessons at resident services, finding new items, purchased with Nook Miles (an in-game currency), getting them directly from villagers, finding them via messages in bottles, and more. You can also further customize your items by taking customization workshops at resident services or using your own patterns via the Custom Designs app.
• Custom Designs: Used to decorate and customize your furniture, clothing, and other items with your own unique designs and patterns.
• Nook Miles: Nooks Miles are a new currency earned by completing challenges that appear in the Nook Miles app. These miles can be exchanged for items and activities, such as a Nook Inc. uniform, DIY recipes, and other services that are part of Nook’s rewards program.
• Passport: An identification card that can be customized with titles you unlock by completing Nook Miles challenges.
• Rescue Service: If you get stuck or lost on the island this will bail you out by transporting you back to your home.
• Island Designer: Once the island is "fully decked out," you'll get a permit that lets you do construction work. Freely pave your own paths with the pattern of choice and unlock other permits to modify rivers and cliffs so that you can customize the terrain itself.
• Camera: This opens a photo mode featuring filters. You can also select an emotion to express before snapping the photo.
• Nook Shopping: Presumably an easy way to shop on the go.
• Best-Friends List: Mark some friends as Best Friends to give them access to all tools when visiting your island. Other friends and players will be restricted so there’s no risk of them ruining your island.
• Call Islander: Allows you to do co-op party play with those sharing your island.
• Map: View the map.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Characters

Isabelle joins your island once you reach a certain progression point. You can look forward to over 100 other new and returning characters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. All previous animal types are confirmed to reappear in New Horizons and no new animal types have been revealed. You can see all confirmed characters on our wiki page or view them in the slideshow below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-villagers&captions=true"]

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Series Changes

Animal Crossing’s Switch debut comes with plenty of new features, big and small. Here’s everything we’ve spotted so far:

• Life on the island - You've joined existing towns, been the mayor of your own town, and now you're off to a deserted island.
• Nook Inc featuring Resident Services - Similar to other jobs Tom Nook has had, Nook Inc. is the company responsible for getting you and your new friends to the deserted island in the first place. The Resident Services tent, which is run by Ton Nook, is equipped to help Islanders settle. It has a workbench where you can craft materials and take workshop lessons to unlock more crafting and customization options. Island facilities expand based on your progression. Resident Services will also have a
• Shopping without shops - You can purchase items without visiting a physical Nook shop storefront. For example, in the Resident Services tent you can buy from Timmy directly. A menu will pop up showing that day's items. This is in contrast to previous games where you'd walk up to the items you'd like to purchase.
• Dodo Airlines Flight - You kick off the game via plane this time!
• Character customization - Your character’s appearance is no longer done through cryptic quiz questions -- you’ll get to directly customize it! It's better for players but makes the plane ride less exciting. You can change these features at any time. You can take a look at those features in our character customization guide.
• Character customization isn’t restricted by gender - There's no longer a distinction between masculine and feminine customization features.
• Choose home and building locations - Before residents choose a spot for their home they’ll check with you to see if it’s okay. If you don’t like where they settle down you can tell them you don’t want them to build in that particular spot and move their house location to wherever you see fit. The same goes for shops!
• Residents start off just like you - Everyone on the island starts off in tents and are in debt to Tom Nook. How the mighty have fallen.
• Residents will upgrade their homes over time - This does not seem to be affected by your own progression speed.
• You only start with 2 other residents.
• Furniture can go outside! - Put a sofa on the beach, put a campfire in your living room! Furniture can go anywhere. You don’t need Public Works Projects to do this.
• Your house can be on the beach.
• You can move furniture by half units - Just like in Happy Home Designer, furniture can be moved in half units. This allows for more flexibility.
• Multiplayer allows up to 8 players - Increased from 4, multiplayer now supports up to 8 for local wireless or online play. Be sure to check out our How to Play Multiplayer page for all the details.
• Wind blows through the trees - Is wind a new environmental concept in the Animal Crossing universe or could you just not see it before? Doesn't matter! Because now you can see the wind shaking the leaves on the trees.
• Real-life seasons are reflected in the game... even for players in the Southern Hemisphere! - Seasonal changes are a staple in the Animal Crossing series but before New Horizons this was limited to those playing in the Northern Hemisphere. Now even Southern Hemisphere players will get to enjoy this feature to its full capacity.
• You can change your skin tone - This feature was introduced in Happy Home Designer but it's new to the mainline series. No tanning required!
• There will be new hair and facial features to choose from.
• Crafting plays a huge role - You can still buy tools from shops but now you can also craft them. Check out our DIY Recipes page for more info.
• You can use bait while fishing - You can craft bait! One type of bait comes in the form of clams that you can dig up on the beach. Just look for the water spouts in the sand.
• Nook Miles are a new currency - It's still all about the bells, but Nook Miles can be exchanged for items and activities, such as a Nook Inc. uniform, DIY recipes, and other services. So even something as simple as picking up weeds serves multiple purposes: it makes your island "prettier," they can be sold for bells, you can use them to make a DIY recipe item, and picking a certain amount gives you Nook Miles via the Weed Eater challenge which brings us to another new feature.
• Weeds can be collected, sold, or used for crafting.
• NookPhone connects you to everything with various apps (as described above).
• There are new ways to improve friendship with Island Residents (previously known as Villagers), such as gifting them crafted items.
• You can cross rivers by vaulting over them - Bridges are still cool but they're ultimately unnecessary when it comes to crossing rivers. Just use the Vaulting Pole to get over it.
• Voice chat can be done through the Nintendo Switch Online app.
• Trees are replantable.
• Trees can be hit multiple times (for wood) without them becoming completely "chopped down."
• You can eat apples (and other foods, presumably) to make work go more quickly - Eat an apple and instantly dig up a tree... seriously!
• You can make dirt paths using a trowel - This is an alternative to just putting a bunch of patterns on the ground.
• You can adjust the camera from a centered to a more top-down view (revealed at Pax East via GameXplain) - This isn’t exactly new but it has been absent for a while and is returning in New Horizons.
• Autosave is now a feature.

For more on Animal Crossing: New Horizons be sure to check out our wiki guide.

Konami announced that the release of the TurboGrafx-16 mini has been delayed due to COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus. The TurboGrafx-16 mini, known as the PC Engine Core Grafx mini in Europe and the PC Engine mini in Japan, was scheduled to launch on March 19, but Konami said that production issues caused by the COVID-19 outbreak will lead to a delay. "Regarding the PC Engine Core Grafx mini console and its peripheral accessories, the manufacturing and shipping facilities in China have encountered an unavoidable suspension due to the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak," Konami said in an official statement. "As a result, the delivery of all PC Engine Core Grafx mini products, which was originally scheduled for March 19th, 2020, will be delayed until further notice." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=turbografx-16-mini-coming-from-konami&captions=true"] Konami said it is trying to deliver the new mini console as soon as possible, and the company will provide further details when a new launch window is confirmed. Shortly before Konami released that statement, the company said that customers who made preorders by March 5, 2020, would still receive their consoles on March 19. The most recent statement makes it clear that all orders have now been delayed. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/07/the-outer-worlds-switch-version-delayed-due-to-coronavirus"] This is the first new console release delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been impacting the video game industry in a number of ways. Also on the hardware side, the Animal Crossing special edition Switch console suffered production delays last month. TwitchCon recently became the latest event cancelled because of the outbreak, while the Entertainment Software Association is evaluating its E3 plans "daily" after Los Angeles declared a state of emergency. You can read the full list of video game events impacted by Coronavirus. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and the Production Assistant for Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly Nintendo show. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

TwitchCon Amsterdam has been cancelled to protect the health of attendees and employees.

Update: Capcom confirmed that Nemesis will not be able to enter designated safe rooms, according to GamesRadar. The story that Nemesis would be able to breach safe rooms, which previously were impenetrable to monsters in the game, came from a preview that reported Nemesis attacking Jill in a room with a save spot. Capcom says that there will be certain save points that aren't considered to be safe rooms. The music will a big indicator for which are which. So while there is a chance Nemesis can attack you in an area you can save in, safe rooms will still be a nice respite you can relax in without fear. Original story follows: [poilib element="accentDivider"] Nemesis is able to break into safe rooms in the Resident Evil 3 remake, meaning you’ll never feel at ease again. The latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine revealed the terrifying new detail after a hands-on session involved the sprinting, tentacle-fisted menace breaking into a room where the player had been attempting to enjoy a moment of respite. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/14/resident-evil-3-nemesis-trailer"] Historically, safe rooms in Resident Evil games have been calm areas of guaranteed safety. Even when enemies have been chasing you, ducking into a safe room would cause them to walk away. This was especially useful in the remake of Resident Evil 2 when the relentless Mr. X would pursue you through the Racoon City police building. Nemesis, who is effectively Mr. X on steroids with far more terrifying armaments, will be able to barge into safe rooms, meaning you never know if you’re truly out of danger. This is a little reminiscent of Alien: Isolation, where using a save machine was no guarantee of safety from the stalking Xenomorph. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=resident-evil-3&captions=true"] For more, check out our own hands-on preview of Resident Evil 3, as well as the news that a demo is on the way. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter. 

A Destiny 2 player has solved one of the game’s puzzles two years after the mystery was first added. User Javano posted the solution to Twitter, which they discovered with the help of another player, Bachmanetti. The puzzle in question is part of the Rasputin ARG that was added as part of the Warmind expansion. The puzzle features six icons that, when deciphered, provides three cipher keys that help decode a message which reveals a real-world location. That location has (or rather, had) a stash of Destiny goodies, which have long since been looted because the ARG was solved ages ago. Well, sort of. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/05/13/destiny-2-warmind-review"] Two of the cyphers were discovered, but the final one - the world ‘MECHANIZED’ - was worked out through dogged determination and trial-and-error by the Destiny community. And so while the ARG was solved, one part of the puzzle was never truly answered. Until Bachmanetti figured it out, that is. Javano posted a transcript of his IM messages with Bachmanetti on Twitter, showing them backtrack from the answer in hope of discovering the true solution. The only clue they had was the icon - a diamond - and the suggestion that it was related to a weapon. They had a hunch that it was the Sleeper Stimulant, presumably because it’s a Rasputin pattern exotic introduced in Warmind.

A 2-year-old Destiny puzzle was JUST solved with the help of @bachmanetti.

A single puzzle from the Warmind ARG had its solution ("Mechanized") bruteforced, but the puzzle itself was never properly solved… until today. The answer is found when aiming the Sleeper at this wall. pic.twitter.com/p8Kco3Xrre — Javano (@Javano_) March 5, 2020

Bachmanetti quickly realised that the diamond icon in the puzzle is identical to the reticle of the Sleeper Stimulant’s sight, and then made the connection with a warning sign seen on the wall of one of the Mars environments. The community believed the sign was part of the puzzle, as other clues on the map led to it. Within the next five minutes of making the connection, Bachmanetti jumped into the game, took the Sleeper Stimulant to the sign, and solved the puzzle. By lining up the scope with an identical diamond shape on the sign, the calibration lines on the edge of the reticle underlines letters, which when rearranged spell out MECHANIZED. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-most-addictive-online-games&captions=true"] Bachmanetti and Javano may not receive a prize for their discovery - the real life stash of Warmind engraved coins was discovered in May 2018 - they have finally found the missing piece of a two year old puzzle. For more on Destiny 2, check out our regular podcast Fireteam Chat, as well as the news that Bungie will remove paid-for loot boxes. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter. 

The creative director of E3 2020 has decided to step down from being involved in this year's show.

Merchandise and event production company Iam8bit has resigned from its position as creative director "with mixed emotions" as revealed in a tweet, but the reason why hasn't been given.

It’s with mixed emotions that @iam8bit has decided to resign as Creative Directors of what was to be an evolutionary #E32020 floor experience. We’ve produced hundreds of gaming + community events and it was a dream to be involved with E3. We wish the organizers the best of luck.

— iam8bit (@iam8bit) March 5, 2020

 

Iam8bit was originally brought on to "reinvigorate the show and, frankly, to shake things up," as it said in the announcement earlier this year.

The idea at this year's E3 was to create a showfloor that "celebrates gaming culture in exciting new ways." This would be shared with the world through new streaming and digital programming.

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While Iam8bit isn't giving any explanation of why it has resigned from its position, the organiser of E3, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), has given a statement to GI.biz.

"We can confirm that Iam8bit is no longer part of the inter-agency group working on E3 2020. We greatly value their passion for the video game industry and the contributions they brought toward our vision for this year's show," the ESA said to GI.biz.

"We have an innovative and experienced team in place including Endeavor's creative agency 160over90, event innovators Mat+Lo and longtime E3 partners, GES, Dolaher Events and Double Forte -- all collaborating to bring to life an exciting and authentic experience for fans, the media and the industry."

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The ESA has confirmed that it still plans to go ahead with E3 2020 despite the city of Los Angeles declaring a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Many of the game events meant to be happening in the first half of this year have already been cancelled due to concerns surrounding the spread of the virus.

The ESA released a list of companies that still plan on attending E3 2020, but one of the big companies that has dropped out is Sony. E3 Coliseum host Geoff Keighley also said he won't be attending this year.

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Today, Frictional Games announced their next horror project and it’s a return to the series that made them famous. Amnesia: Rebirth will be released on PC and PS4 later this year, 10 years after the release of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Amnesia: Rebirth follows a new character Tasi Trianon as they try to survive a deadly creature stalking her in the Algerian desert. This creature apparently feeds of Trianon’s terror, and players must be careful not to breathe lest they alert the hunter. You can watch the full announcement trailer below. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/06/amnesia-rebirth-announcement-trailer"] The trailer is light on details but it’s immediately clear that Trianon finds herself in hostile territory. There are what appears to be caverns outfitted with traps, and you can briefly see the silhouette of a creature in a sandstorm. "I personally always thought that Amnesia: The Dark Descent lacked a good narrative on a player journey level," Frictional Games co-founder Thomas Grip tells IGN. "Now with SOMA under our belt, and a ton of experience in just that, it felt like the right time to tackle it. To have this really scary game, with all what you expect from an Amnesia sequel, but to also add an emotional journey on top. Achieve this has been one of the core goals during development." Rebirth will have strong ties to the original game, and even the setting of the Algerian desert was referenced in The Dark Descent. Grip says that Rebirth is the "most location diverse game" Frictional has done so far. Emotion and sophisticated storytelling is the name of the game for Rebirth, but the team will still keep the scares. The difference is they won't just be a "cavalcade of cheap jumpscares." We asked if there will be a Safe mode like in Soma, but Grip says that they're still considering it and might even add a Hard mode on top of that, or something completely different. Amnesia: The Dark Descent was released in 2010 where it became a viral hit online. The no-combat horror game was a popular mainstay for YouTubers and streamers to show how brave (or not) they could be while playing the game. Frictional would go on to publish a sequel called Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developed by The Chinese Room. Afterward, Frictional would develop their own follow-up in 2015 called Soma, which isn’t set in the Amnesia universe but features many of Frictional’s hallmarks such as having an unreliable protagonist and ambiguous memory. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amnesia-rebirth-screenshots&captions=true"] Prior to today’s announcement, Frictional began drip-feeding several mysterious videos hidden online that led up to today’s reveal. Some of the past videos included references to Algeria, and hinted at the desert location. Amnesia: Rebirth will be released in autumn 2020 for PC and PlayStation 4. It is already available to wishlist on Steam. For more, check out IGN’s review of the first Amnesia here. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.

James Gunn has confirmed that he once had an idea for a Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off movie focused on Drax and Mantis, which was "never ruled out." Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the filmmaker verified a recent report, exposing his idea of a Drax and Mantis team-up movie, while suggesting that it "could be amazing" if the project was ever actually greenlit.

True. But this was never ruled out. I still think it could be amazing. @DaveBautista @PomKlementieff https://t.co/MpA2iDGLHg

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 5, 2020

This comes shortly after Dave Bautista, who plays lovable lug Drax in the Guardians movies, expressed his interest in Gunn's potential spin-off movie while simultaneously turning down the possibility of his character appearing in a Disney+ series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/05/03/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-dave-bautista-on-developing-draxs-sense-of-humor"] "I wouldn't do a series because Drax as a series would be really rough with the make-up and everything, it would just be too tough. What I would like to do is, honestly, and this is not my idea, I'm stealing this idea, James Gunn had the idea to do a Drax/Mantis movie, and that's what I'd be up for because there's just too much fun there," Bautista said in a recent interview with Collider, even though the movie didn't end up making it into Marvel's schedule. This isn't the first time that the idea of a Guardians spin-off movie has been bandied around; a Groot/Rocket buddy movie was once deemed a "highly possible" release to follow Avengers: Infinity War. Gunn also suggested that he would like the Ravagers to star in a standalone movie as an expansion of Vol. 2's post-credit scenes. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-easter-eggs-references-and-cameos&captions=true"] Before any of that, however, Gunn is expected to move onto Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, though it could be a long way off, as Gunn previously apologised for Guardians 3's absence from Phase 4 of the MCU. However, it sounds like it could be worth the wait, as Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula in the MCU, claimed the script for Volume 3 is the best of the trilogy. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Craig Mazin, co-writer of the TV adaptation of The Last of Us, has promised that Ellie will still be gay in the HBO series.

After the TV series was announced yesterday, Mazin replied to some people who were asking him questions about it on Twitter, one of who brought up the topic of maintaining the characters' sexualities.

You have my word.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) March 5, 2020

When another person on Twitter replied Mazin's tweet, saying "Bag it and tag it this tweet is now evidence," he replied to them saying, "Correct. It is a receipt."

It was first confirmed that Ellie is gay in The Last of Us DLC, Left Behind, in which she kisses her friend Riley in a flashback. Ellie's sexuality will be explored further and be much more present in The Last of Us Part 2.

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"Ellie is gay," co-writer Halley Gross said back in 2018. "Ellie was born gay. This is just who she is. And to explore who she is as a teenager and as an adult, it wouldn’t be honoring her character to hide some facet of herself. We want to engage with her as a full character."

During E3 2018, a gameplay video of The Last of Us Part 2 opened up with Ellie kissing new character Dina. Not much else is known about how the characters interact further into the game's plot but given that Dina says Ellie has a better chance getting with her than the boys in their friend group, it seems likely they'll become lovers.

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HBO's The Last of Us show is replacing the previously planned movie adaptation of the game. Mazin is writing it alongside the game's original writer Neil Druckmann while Naughty Dog president Evan Wells is an executive producer. It's also been revealed that Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions will co-produce the series.

The Last of Us Part 2 is due to come out for PlayStation 4 on May 29, 2020 after its release date was delayed last year.

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The Wonderful 101: Remastered has surpassed $2 million in funding on Kickstarter, unlocking a new mission and extra stretch goals.

Unlocked by reaching this new funding goal is Luka's Second Mission, of which we only have a vague description to guess at what it might be: "Our young hero is back and ready for more adventure."

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Some idea might be gleaned by looking at Luka's First Mission, which was unlocked when Kickstarter funding reached $1.5 million, and is said to be a "brand new 2D side scrolling adventure starring a young hero."

Luka appears in the original game as a young, aspiring boy who encounters the Wonderful Ones several times throughout the story. He is eventually inducted into the team under the alias Wonder Googles on account of his goggles that fire laser beams.

Developer PlatinumGames has now revealed two more stretch goals as the Kickstarter enters its final hours. The first, unlocked at $2.25 million, is orchestral recordings for the songs "The Won-Stoppable Wonderful 101" and "Tables Turn."

The second new goal, unlocked at $2.5 million, is new languages added to the game. No specific languages are mentioned by Platinum asks for fans to let the studio know which languages they most want the game to support if this stretch goal is reached.

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The Wonderful 101: Remastered was the first of four big announcements that Bayonetta and Nier: Automata developer PlatinumGames has for 2020. The second was a self-published game currently known as Project G.G.. The third announcement was the opening of PlatinumGames Tokyo which will be developing live-service games.

The Wonderful 101: Remastered already has a release date. It will be released for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Steam on May 19 in North America and May 22 in Europe.

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