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The details of the first five Lego Animal Crossing sets have been leaked. Nintendoofficially announced last week thatLego sets based on its Animal Crossing series are on the way, confirming rumours from earlier in the year. However, no further information was provided at the time, and the Lego website’sAnimal Crossing pagesimply says more details are to follow. These details have now been provided by the Lego leaking community, however. Lego leakermaxbautedeleaked the names of the sets on Instagram, after which Lego fan account1414falconfanapplied these to the previously leaked set numbers to get the full details....

Latest update8th Dec 2024 / 10:00 am A long awaited update means new AWTD codes have arrived at last. Fresh newAnime World Tower Defense codeskeep dropping with each timely update, dishing out helpful rewards to keep you grabbing new units. The return ofAnime World Tower Defensesignals growing competition in theRobloxTD genre of experiences. TheAWTD codes listbelow is sourced via the game’s social platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Discord. Expired AWTD codes How do I redeem codes in Anime World Tower Defense?...

Apple has announced the winners of its 2021 App Store Awards and revealed this year’s most popular titles across the digital marketplace. The award winners were chosen byApple’s global App Store editorial team “for delivering exceptional quality, innovative technology, creative design, and positive cultural impact”. They include iPhone Game of the YearLeague of Legends: Wild Rift, iPad Game of the Year Marvel Future Revolution, andApple ArcadeGame of the Year Fantasian....

Ubisoft has provided a few additional details about the recently revealed Assassin’s Creed Infinity. The project was first outed byBloombergearlier this month, which claimed it’s amassive online game that will evolve over time as a live service. The report said that while previousAssassin’s Creedgames have been set in specific historical periods, Assassin’s Creed Infinity will take place in multiple periods, and that this could expand to more over time....

It could be argued that no brand in gaming has seen such extreme highs and lows as Atari. After all, no other name has been both credited for the birth of gaming in the west, and also blamed for its near demise. Once thought to be the leading name in video games during the medium’s early days,Atari‘s VCS console (later renamed the 2600) was an enormous success in America, but a slew of poor ports and shoddy third-party games meant the system was also mainly responsible for the North American video game crash in 1983....

Nintendo has announced that both games in the Another Code series are being released on the Switch. Another Code Recollection consists of two games – Another Code: Two Memories and Another Code R: A Journey Into Lost Memories – and will be released on June 13, 2025. Another Code: Two Memories (known as Trace Memory in the US) was released on the DS in 2005, while the sequel was released on Wii in Japan and Europe in 2009....

Sledgehammer Games, the developer behind the upcoming Call of Duty: Vanguard, is opening a new office in the UK. Its new Guildford studio will supportCall of Duty: Vanguard‘s live seasons as well as “future projects we have planned for the years ahead”, the company said in a blog postannouncingthe move. The newly formed team is currently hiring, with positions in art, design, engineering, animation, UI, UX, production and more all open for applications....

Capcom has announced plans to raise Japanese salaries as part of wider changes to its human resources operations, ahead of an expected fifth consecutive year of record profits. From the beginning of its 2022 fiscal year on April 1, employees’ average base salaries will increase by 30% and a new bonus system more closely tied to the company’s business performance will be introduced, it said on Thursday. TheResident Eviland Monster Hunter publisher will report its fiscal 2021 results in May, when it’sexpected to announcea ninth consecutive year of operating income growth and its fifth consecutive year of record profits....

Capcom reportedly received a mystery IP royalty payment of ¥2 billion ($18.74 million) during its first fiscal quarter ended June 30. The payment was highlighted on Twitter by Japan-based analyst and investment advisor David Gibson. But that the most interesting is that Capcom booked a ¥2bn or $19m royalty one-off from deals for their IP in Digital Contents….did they license their IP to MSFT or Google for a streaming platform game?...

DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran have held talks with Warner studios like Rocksteady and NetherRealm about new DC video games. Last January, DC revealed its latest attempt at creating a connected media universe, this time including video games that feature the same canon, storylines, and actors from the film, television and animation worlds. And it provided an update on thecompany’s plans in the gaming spaceduring a recent DC Studios event attended byComicBook....

The developer of a Grand Theft Auto 5 mod that gave NPCs the ability to talk to players using AI says it’s been removed by Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two. Sentient Streets was a new story-based download for the game created by Bloc, a veteran modder who previously released something similar for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. According to Bloc’s description for the mod, the NPCs in Sentient Streets “are powered by 30+ AI models that let players have open-ended conversations in real-time with eccentric cult members, cunning police officers, and unsuspecting civilians....

Developers have reportedly been briefed not to expect Nintendo’s next console to launch before April 2025. That’s according toGamesIndustry.bizhead Chris Dring, who discussed launch plans forSwitch’s successor on the publication’s latest podcast. Nintendoconfirmed in May thatit will announce its next console during its current fiscal year, which runs until Jun 22, 2025. “No developer I’ve spoken to expects it to be launching this financial year,” Dring said. “In fact, they’ve been told not to expect it in the [current] financial year....

The legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is finally returning to EA Sports FC later this week. Maradonawas pulled from what was then known as the FIFA seriesback in March 2022, following a legal dispute. However,EAhas now confirmed that Maradona will be returning to the series, and will be added toEA Sports FC 25on February 14. At the time of writing EA has not provided VGC with information on how Maradona will be available in the game, but it’s likely that he will be added to its popular Ultimate Team mode, almost certainly as one of its most highly rated and rarest players....