Animal Crossing: New Horizons is not only getting a free version 2.0 update that brings with it the arrival of Brewster and his coffee shop The Roost, Gyroids, island ordinances, and cooking, but it is also receiving a paid DLC called Happy Home Paradise that will let you design villager's dream homes on a brand new archipelago.

Announced in an Animal Crossing Direct, both of these DLCs will be available on November 5, 2021, and Happy Home Paradise! will cost $24.99 USD. However, it will be included at no extra cost for those who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Free Version 2.0 Update Adds Brewster and The Roost, Gyroids, and Other Fan-Favorite Villagers

As previously mentioned, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' version 2.0 update will see the long-awaited arrival of Brewster and his coffee shop The Roost. This new shop is part of the museum and will let players enjoy fresh-brewed coffee alone or with some friends. The villagers on your island will come to the shop as well, and you can invite specific villagers via amiibo cards or figures.

Long-time fans of Animal Crossing will be happy to know that Brewster isn't the only returning villager who is part of this update, as it will also see such others as Kapp'n, Katrina, Tortimer, Harriet, Wardell, and more make their way to New Horizons.

Kapp'n and his beautiful voice will invite you on his boat for a journey to various new and mysterious islands that only he knows of. Each could have a different season, time of day, or weather than your own island, and many will have "mysterious flora" and other surprises.

As for the other villagers, these wonderful animals will be found on Harv's Island, which is also getting a big upgrade. His island will be the home to a new plaza that features all sorts of shops waiting to be built with the right amount of Bells. Once built, familiar merchants like Sahara, Kicks, Reese, and Cyrus will open up a new place to do business alongside returning favorites like Katrina and her fortune shop, Harriet and her hair-styling shop (with new hair styles!), and Tortimer and his storage solution.

Your Island will also get some new activities like Group Stretching at the plaza. This is an activity you can do with your fellow villagers or friends, and the stretching can be done with buttons or by using motion controls.

Island Ordinances are also being added, and they will let you enact such changes to your island like keeping shops open later or increasing the number of Bells you receive when selling items. The full list of ordinances includes the Beautiful Island Ordinance, Early Bird Ordinance, Night Owl Ordinance, and Bell Boom Ordinance.

Players will also be able to change the exterior look of their home, home storage has been expanded from 2,400 to 5,000, and lighting and ceiling decor can now be added to house interiors with a new Pro Decorating License. Nine new fence options are being added, players can add two more bridges or inclines to their island, and ABDs (Animal Crossing's ATMs) and storage sheds can be placed most anywhere on an island to give easy access to Bells and your items.

Those who love cooking are in for a treat as players will be able to combine ingredients to make meals like Minestrone or Pizza to display on any table or serve at a feast. Ingredients like tomatoes, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, and carrots can also be grown to use in recipes!

Gyroids are another big addition in version 2.0 and can now be found on player's islands. Players will be able to find Gyroid fragments underground and, when planted and watered, they will turn into a Gyroid overnight. There are many types of Gyroids and many come with a unique look, sound, and animation. They can also be customized.

Other updates include an update to the Pro Camera App that lets players take photos from eye-level view, 11 new reactions, 12 more songs from K.K. Slider, new permanent ladder kits to place around the island, the ability to navigate tight spaces in your home, the apparent addition of Froggy Chair (!), and much more.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' version 2.0 update will be the final major free update for the game that was released in March 2020.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise Paid DLC Lets You Build Villager's Dream Homes

Alongside Animal Crossing: New Horizon's version 2.0 update, November 5 will also see the release of the paid Happy Home Paradise DLC for players who wish to spend $24.99 USD or who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

Happy Home Paradise can be accessed by flying from the island's airport to a new archipelago that is the home to Paradise Planning. This company's mission is to build the dream vacation homes for villagers around the world and they need your help.

There will be characters on the island that will have various requests, including one who loves mushrooms, another who loves arcades, and yet another who loves teddy bears. Once you accept a request, you will be able to pick an island that suits their style, and can pick the weather, time of day, and season to also help fit the mood.

There will be designated furniture and items that need to be used, but an ever-expanding catalog of items will also be available to help complete the home's interior and exterior. The homes can be moved around, trees, fencing, and paths can be added to the yard, lighting and accent walls can be added, and much more.

As you complete more and more requests, you will unlock more techniques that will let you improve your designs. These include different colored lighting, the ability to modify a home's width of length, the use of partition walls, the option to add pillars that support the ceiling and counters with different heights, soundscapes, and furniture polishing. Polishing will add certain effects to furniture like sparkling stars or flying butterflies.

As you learn these new techniques, you will be able to revisit old homes you've worked on to remodel them and utilize any skills you've unlocked.

You will also be compensated for your work in Happy Home Paradise with Poki. This currency can be traded in for rare items that can only be found on this archipelago but can be brought home with you. Speaking of home, all the techniques you've learned - except for expanding the size of houses or rooms - can be used on your own home. Furthermore, the ability to remodel your neighbors' houses can also be unlocked. If you wish, you can even design a dream home for one of your favorite neighbors on the archipelago.

amiibo figures and cards can be used to invite clients of your choosing to Paradise Planning so you can build their dream homes as well. This means you can design homes for Isabelle, Timmy and Tommy, and many more. Speaking of amiibo cards, Animal Crossing Series 5 amiibo cards will also be launching on November 5 with 48 characters total.

That's not all, however, as the island Paradise Planning is located on has various facilities that are just waiting to be designed. This means you can also design your own school, hospital, restaurant, and more.

Everything you design will be recorded in the new Happy Home Network App on your NookPhone. From there, you can keep track of what you've done, share your work with others, or follow other creators for inspiration.

If you aren't ready to purchase Happy Home Paradise, friends are able to gift items acquired on the new archipelago to those who don't have the DLC. Also, many of the new techniques that are featured in Happy Home Paradise, including adding ceiling decor, lighting, accent walls, and using patterns for flooring and wallpaper are available to all as part of the Version 2.0 update.

The Beginning of the End for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

While Animal Crossing: New Horizons will continue to live on for many years to come with its seasonal events and the ever-evolving lives of the player and the villagers who call the island home, Nintendo has no more plans to add anything major to the game following the version 2.0 update and the Happy Home Paradise paid DLC.

Happy Home Paradise! will be the first and only paid DLC expansion for the game and will hopefully add countless hours of enjoyment for the latest entry in the long-running franchise that has sold over 33 million units since its launch in 2020.

Since then, Animal Crossing fans have participated in the infamous Bunny Day event, have seen the addition of ocean swimming, Dream Islands, fireworks, Mario-themed items, and so much more.

It will also forever be remembered as a game that helped many through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic by giving them an opportunity to hang out with friends and loved ones while quarantined from the actual world.

If all of these updates sound like something you'd like to try and you have or are planning on purchasing the Nintendo Switch - OLED Model, be sure to check out our guide so you can safely transfer your Island and all its data to your new system.

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Oscar Issac has praised his experience on Marvel’s Moon Knight, even though he admits that the workload made it one of the "most challenging" projects of his career.

Isaac appeared on a recent episode of Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast where he reflected on some of the most recent and upcoming entries in his acting portfolio, including Moon Knight. He spoke about his time on set and admitted that it was a pretty gruelling schedule but one that he loved turning up for because he was very much involved in the creative process.

"Speaking with Kevin [Feige], I told him I'm going to come in with these big ideas, and if you don't like them, that's fair," Isaac said. "And immediately, we saw it all. I found so much room to do things that I've never done before and had been curious about and wanting to do. I could not wait to get to set, and it was the biggest workload I've ever had in my career and most challenging; by the sheer amount of stuff we had to do in eight months, and even yet, I couldn't wait to get to set and work."

Issac was cast in the lead role in the Disney+ series, playing Marc Spector, a former soldier of fortune, whose encounter with an Egyptian god of vengeance and moon deity, Khonshu, inspires his transformation into a costumed vigilante who is suffering from dissociative identity disorder, meaning he will present as several different personalities.

Ethan Hawke is also starring in the series and is reportedly playing the villain to Isaac's Moon Knight. Hawke has notoriously stayed away from comic book movies and mainstream Hollywood franchises, however, Issac managed to get him on board for the MCU miniseries by simply asking him if he wanted to join in on the action.

Moon Knight was first announced at D23 in August 2019 and is now set to stream exclusively on Disney+ in 2022. The series will consist of six episodes altogether, with some being helmed by Egyptian writer-director Mohamed Diab and others directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Jeremy Slater is overseeing and leading the show's writer's room.

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After months of waiting, Microsoft has finally unveiled new information on its highly anticipated Xbox Series X mini fridge, which will launch on December 2021.

As noted in the latest Xbox Wire blog post, Microsoft will be releasing the first wave of Series X-shaped mini fridge will retail for $99.99. The blog post also notes that preorders will begin on October 19 with multiple retailers selling the product globally in December. For US users, the Xbox Series X mini fridge will be sold exclusively at Target' To ensure as many fans as possible can purchase the mini fridge, Microsoft promised to expand regional availability in 2022.

The moment you’ve all been waiting for.

Pre order begins for the Xbox Series X ‘Mini Fridge’ on October 19: https://t.co/XcjfXqYnpy #XboxandChill ❄️ pic.twitter.com/gOl2Qf0ZSi

— Xbox (@Xbox) October 15, 2021

The Xbox Series X mini fridge has been an ongoing meme that Microsoft has played along with since the Xbox Series X console was first announced in 2019, where people compared the box-shaped design to that of a refrigerator. Last November, the company gave away a full-sized Xbox Series X-shaped fridge.

Last April, Xbox's Aaron Greenberg announced that it would indeed be making a Series X mini fridge after the company won a #BestOfTweets Branch Bracket Championship. While news on the mini fridge itself has been slim, at the end of Microsoft's E3 2021 showcase, the company confirmed that the Series X mini fridge would release sometime during the 2021 holiday season.

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New information suggests that Dragon Age 4 will only be launching for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

As shared by Twitter user Faizan Shaikh, experience listed on the LinkedIn profile for Dragon Age 4's Lead Player Designer Daniel Nordlander seems to suggest that the game will only feature as a console release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with older generations set to miss out.

Dragon Age Is Next Gen Only & Deeper Character Classes I hope Bioware don't miss this time....@DaXboxUniverse @shinobi602 @Logmey92 @bogorad222 pic.twitter.com/zywS63Enyh

— Faizan Shaikh (@FaizShaikh7681) October 13, 2021

While Nordlander is no longer with Bioware – he left in 2020 to work as the Game Director on Godfall for Counterplay Games – GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb also separately reports to have confirmed rumors that EA is planning a next-gen only console release for the game. At present, however, it should be noted that the publisher has not publicly commented on which consoles that Dragon Age 4 will release for.

With little currently known about Dragon Age 4, and the game yet to receive an official release date, it might not come as a massive surprise to fans that the game may only be launching on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S (as well as PC, of course). Although EA is yet to move other franchises exclusively over to next-gen consoles, Dragon Age 4 could very well still be a way off, and the publisher has already shown at present that it's ready to start distinguishing between console generations in other games.

EA's release of Madden 22, for example, included Dynamic Gameday features that were included for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S users, but not those on last-gen consoles. In a similar fashion, the studio's upcoming release of Battlefield 2042 will see notable differences between its next-gen and last-gen counterparts. Multiplayer battles in the game are confirmed to support up to 64 players on Xbox One and PS4, while the latest consoles increase that number to 128 players.

EA showed off its first Dragon Age 4 teaser at The Game Awards 2018, followed by a behind-the-scenes look during Gamescom 2020. BioWare then debuted a newer trailer for the game at The Game Awards last year. While many fans hoped that the game would make a further appearance at this year's EA Play, it wasn't to be the case. For more on the Dragon Age series, make sure to check out this article discussing how the game owes its title (and dragons) to a random name generator.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Metroid Dread has a bug that's causing the game to simply shut down – thankfully Nintendo has a workaround, and a patch will arrive by the end of the month.

Announced on Twitter (below), Nintendo apologised for the bug, explained the cause, and how to avoid it. The bug itself sees the game closing down with the message "The software was closed because an error occurred," when a door near the end of the game is destroyed.

A bug has been found in #MetroidDread that can prevent players from progressing under a certain condition. A patch will be released by the end of October to fix this. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Learn more, including how to avoid the bug:https://t.co/iy1dDmOcJ7

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 15, 2021

In a support page, Nintendo explains that the error is caused by destroying the door when a map marker has been attached to it. The solution is simple enough - remove the map marker before you destroy the door and things will progress as expected.

Nintendo's promised that the bug itself will be squashed in a patch coming later this month. It's not clear if that update will include any other changes for the game.

The bug is a less exciting discovery than the secret boss killing method found by determined sequence breakers. Bug or no bug, Metroid Dread is delighting players with its classic 2D exploration – we gave it a 9/10 review, saying that it "brings back the legendary exploration and progression and merges it with excellent modern combat and some of the best boss fights ever."

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Marvel's Secret Invasion is in production, according to a recent post from Samuel L. Jackson.

The Nick Fury actor posted on Instagram, saying, "Time to get back in the groove. Happy to be back on the attack! #secretinvasion".

In the photo included in the post, Jackson is wearing a shirt of Nick Fury turning to dust from the end of Avengers: Infinity War.

Secret Invasion is set to premiere six episodes in 2022. The show was announced in 2020, and will see Jackson as Nick Fury, Ben Mendelsohn returning as the Skrull Talos, and Kingsley Ben-Adir playing the main villain. The cast also includes Game of Throne's Emilia Clarke, and The Crown's Olivia Colman. We previously learned that directors Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim joined the Secret Invasion project.

The Secret Invasion comics follow the Skrull, alien shapeshifters that invade Earth and replace some of the Avengers. In the MCU, we've seen the Skrulls play a friendly role in Captain Marvel and other MCU projects, so it remains to be seen what approach this show will take with the characters or storyline.

The MCU's latest show, What If...?, just finished its first season. You can check out what we thought in our What If season 1 review. And, to keep track of all the Marvel projects in the works, you can read up on every upcoming MCU movie and TV show.

Marvel is also keeping the flow of shows to Disney Plus steady as the streamer announced it will have a two-episode premiere for Hawkeye this November.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Tom Holland says he's looking at Spider-Man: No Way Home as the "end of a franchise."

The Spider-Man actor spoke with EW, where he said if his run of solo Spider-Man films were to continue, they would look a lot different than the three he's starred in so far.

"I think if we were lucky enough to dive into these characters again, you'd be seeing a very different version. It would no longer be the Homecoming trilogy," Holland said. "We would give it some time and try to build something different and tonally change the films. Whether that happens or not, I don't know. But we were definitely treating [No Way Home] like it was coming to an end, and it felt like it."

The Homecoming trilogy includes Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and the upcoming No Way Home. Besides those films, Holland made his debut as Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War, and he also made appearances in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Zendaya and Jacob Batalon, who play MJ and Peter's best friend Ned, have appeared in all three films of the Homecoming trilogy. Holland said it was an emotional day on set when filming for No Way Home wrapped.

"We've been making these films for five years now," Holland said. "We've had such an amazing relationship, the three of us. We've been with each other every step of the way. We've done every single film, every single press tour. So this one scene, [we didn't know] if this would be the last time [we were all working together.] [It] was heartbreaking but also really exciting because we're all moving into the next chapter of our careers. So sharing that moment with them was maybe the best day I've ever had on set. I don't think I've cried like that ever."

No Way Home is definitely ambitious enough to mark the end of a trilogy. Spider-Man 2's Doc Ock will appear in the movie, and Doctor Strange will also appear alongside Peter Parker. And, there's (spoilery) evidence that suggests another Marvel character could appear in the film. Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to hit theaters on December 17.

No live-action Spider-Man actor has ever gotten more than three solo films. Director Sam Raimi famously planned a Spider-Man 4 starring Tobey Maguire, but Raimi and Sony parted wats before the movie entered production. Andrew Garfield starred in two Spider-Man movies before the franchise rebooted once again with Tom Holland. For more, check out our ranking of every Spider-Man movie.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Deathloop's first major update has been released for PlayStation 5 and PC. Jumping into the game, players should notice several improvements including better NPC behavior, added Nvidia DLSS support on PC, and an increase in overall stability when ray tracing is on.

Bethesda announced the details of the update on its website. Arkane's first update for Deathloop weighs in at a reasonable 5GB for PS5 players and 11GB for those on PC. Along with fixing several issues that have been known to cause the game to crash, the developer has also made some other changes sure to please its fans.

Perhaps the most notable of these changes is for Deathloop's NPCs. Arkane says that its first patch of the game has improved NPCs behavior, which should now be more reactive to players within the game. The change comes after some discussions surrounding Deathloop's NPCs have taken place between the game's fanbase on social media.

Some fans argue that Deathloop's NPCs work well for its intended mix of stealth and action gameplay, while others have felt that their decision-making and combat tactics have needed improvement.

For PlayStation 5 players, the update also includes a calibration screen for HDR support and an on-screen poor-connection indicator that will help players to identify when they're having internet issues while playing against rival assassins. PC players will see a similar poor-connection indicator, but more importantly, the update also adds Nvidia DLSS support which should help improve performance for players experiencing framerate issues during sessions.

The PC update also includes support for the Sony DualSense's controller audio and settings for fog quality — and both console and PC players should see improved performance and stability when ray tracing is turned on in the game. Bethesda's post doesn't include a full list of fixes for the game, but instead opts to provide fans with a list of its most noteworthy changes across the two platforms.

For more on Deathloop, make sure to check out this article detailing how Bethesda bought the voice actor behind the game's protagonist a PlayStation 5.

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One of the coolest touches in Sam Raimi’s 2004 Spider-Man 2 was how Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock used practical puppets to serve as his robotic tentacles. For Molina’s return in Spider-Man: No Way Home, he’s traded in the puppets for full CGI effects, which took some getting used to.

Speaking with EW, Spider-Man actor Tom Holland shared his experiences with working with Molina for No Way Home and how “It was really fun to watch him see how technology has advanced,” Holland said.

“When he was making [Spider-Man 2], the arms were puppets, and when we did it, they’re all imaginary and CG. It was quite cool to see him relive it, but also relearn it.”

A lot has already been said about the decline of practical effects in Hollywood. And while the quality of CGI has improved tremendously since 2004, knowing that Molina's Doc Ock arms were real added a certain cool factor for sure.

Beyond just the arms, Molina will also be digitally de-aged for Spider-Man: No Way Home. So it sounds like Molina has gotten quite acquainted with the major advancements in CGI technology for the upcoming Spider-Man sequel.

Molina's return as Doc Ock was one of the biggest surprises of the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer. Or at least it would have been had Molina not openly shared that he was returning in an interview for a different movie, months before the trailer premiered.

But it was practically an open secret anyway and could rank as one of Marvel’s worst-kept secrets to date. And while fans of practical effects may be disappointed to hear that Molina will not be working with puppet arms again, we’re happy to see him back in the role at all.

Still a mystery, however, is whether any of the other Spider-Man actors will appear in the movie, like Molina’s co-star Tobey Maguire. The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, maintains he does not know of any No Way Home appearance.

Funny enough, Molina isn’t the only Spider-Man 2 alumnus to return to Marvel. Director Sam Raimi is set to helm Doctor Strange 2 and has praised Molina’s return for the MCU.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

A short teaser for The Batman has been released ahead of this weekend's DC FanDome, which will debut a brand new trailer for Matt Reeves' much-anticipated movie.

The six-second clip posted on Twitter shows the Bat-Signal lighting up a dark, drenched frame and illuminating some words on screen. The text is simultaneously read aloud by Robert Pattinson's Batman. "It's not just a signal; it's a warning," the growling voice says, right before the panel changes to present details for the DC FanDome event.

“It’s not just a signal; it’s a warning.” ❤️ this Tweet for reminders before and when #TheBatman is released. pic.twitter.com/ouos1t3PZ4

— The Batman (@TheBatman) October 14, 2021

The teaser presents the signature red and black colors found in the movie's official logo and previous promos such as The Batman camera test, which featured the new Bat-Suit.

Update: And director Matt Reeves joined in on the fun by posting a photo of Batman overlooking Gotham City.

Good Morning, from Gotham City… Can’t wait to show you more at #DCFanDome this Saturday… #TheBatman #TrailerShot pic.twitter.com/5IRaABRwk6

— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) October 14, 2021

The last official footage we saw of The Batman came by the way of a featurette revealed by Warner Bros. at CinemaCon in August of this year. Those in attendance at the event alluded to clips showing a dark and brooding Gotham that Batman will be tasked to tame, noting that Reeves had spoken more about the Year One aspect of the film's story.

The all-star lineup for DC FanDome 2021 spotlights dozens of notable names from a variety of movies, TV shows, comics, and games. The guest list includes big hitters such as Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz, which means we're likely to hear more news and chatter around The Batman — in addition to getting to see a brand new trailer for the film.

DC FanDome's second-annual virtual event premieres on October 16 at 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern / 6 pm UK (that's October 17 at 3 am AEST).

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