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Animal Crossing: Catch These Bugs And Fish In New Horizons Before October

October is upon us, which means a new assortment of bugs, fish, and sea creatures will soon begin appearing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. That also means that certain species will be leaving your island in only a couple of days, making this your last chance to catch them in the game for a little while.

Now that fall has begun in Northern Hemisphere islands, many of the remaining summer bugs and fish will be heading into hibernation come October. By contrast, only a handful of critters are leaving Southern Hemisphere islands next month, but you’ll still want to catch them while you can to fill out your encyclopedia. You can see all the bugs, fish, and sea creatures that are leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons this week, on September 30, below.

Fish And Bugs Leaving After September

Northern Hemisphere

Fish

Fish	Location/Size	Time	Price
Arapaima	River, 6	4 PM – 9 AM	10,000
Arowana	River, 4	4 PM – 9 AM	10,000
Butterfly Fish	Sea, 2	All day	1,000
Clown Fish	Sea, 1	All day	650
Crawfish	Pond, 2	All day	200
Dorado	River, 5	4 AM – 9 PM	15,000
Gar	Pond, 5	4 PM – 9 AM	6,000
Great White Shark	Sea, fin	4 PM – 9 AM	15,000
Hammerhead Shark	Sea, fin	4 PM – 9 AM	8,000
King Salmon	River (mouth), 6	All day	1,800
Nibble Fish	River, 1	9 AM – 4 PM	1,500
Ocean Sunfish	Sea, fin	4 AM – 9 PM	4,000
Piranha	River, 2	9 AM – 4 PM, 9 PM – 4 AM	2,500
Puffer Fish	Sea, 3	All day	250
Saddled Bichir	River, 4	9 PM – 4 AM	4,000
Salmon	River (mouth), 4	All day	700
Saw Shark	Sea, fin	4 PM – 9 AM	12,000
Soft-shelled Turtle	River, 4	4 PM – 9 AM	3,750
Suckerfish	Sea, fin	All day	1,500
Surgeonfish	Sea, 2	All day	1,000
Sweetfish	River, 3	All day	900
Whale Shark	Sea, fin	All day	13,000

If you have a Northern Hemisphere island, this week marks your last chance to catch a number of summer fish, including sharks. Not only are these normally hard to come by, as they only appear in the ocean during the summer months, they also fetch a pretty penny at Nook’s Cranny, making them a great way to earn money. A variety of different river and pond fish are leaving at the end of this month as well, including some valuable catches like the dorado, arowana, and arapaima.

Bugs

Bug	Location	Time	Price
Agrias Butterfly	Flying near flowers	8 AM – 5 PM	3,000
Atlas Moth	On trees	7 PM – 4 AM	3,000
Diving Beetle	River/pond	8 AM – 7 PM	800
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	On the ground	All day	300
Emperor Butterfly	Flying near flowers	5 PM – 8 AM	4,000
Giant Water Bug	River/pond	7 PM – 8 AM	2,000
Goliath Beetle	On coconut trees	5 PM – 8 AM	8,000
Grasshopper	On the ground	8 AM – 5 PM	160
Madagascan Sunset Moth	Flying near flowers	8 AM – 4 PM	2,500
Mosquito	Flying	5 PM – 4 AM	130
Pondskater	River/pond	8 AM – 7 PM	130
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing	Flying near flowers	8 AM – 4 PM	4,000
Rainbow Stag	On trees	7 PM – 8 AM	6,000
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing	Flying near flowers	8 AM – 5 PM	2,500
Tiger Butterfly	Flying near flowers	4 AM – 7 PM	240
Walker Cicada	On trees	8 AM – 4 PM	400
Walking Leaf	On the ground (disguised as a leaf)	All day	600

A number of bugs are leaving Northern Hemisphere islands this week as well, most notably various butterflies. Some of these, like the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing and agrias butterfly, are worth a few thousand bells apiece, so you’ll want to catch them while you can. While most beetles have since gone into hibernation, the rainbow stag and goliath beetle have still been appearing on trees this month, but they’ll likewise leave the game come October.

Sea Creatures

Sea Creature	Time	Price
Flatworm	4 PM – 9 AM	700
Gigas Giant Clam	All day	15,000
Horseshoe Crab	9 PM – 4 AM	2,500
Moon Jellyfish	All day	600
Sea Grapes	All day	900
Sea Urchin	All day	1,700
Slate Pencil Urchin	4 PM – 9 AM	2,000
Tiger Prawn	4 PM – 9 AM	3,000

Unlike fish, you’ll need to dive to catch sea creatures, which makes them a bit more of a hassle to find. If you haven’t taken a dip in the ocean in a while, however, you’ll want to do so before September ends, as the rare and valuable gigas giant clam is leaving the game come October. It sells for a whopping 15,000 bells and won’t be back until May, so don’t miss your chance to catch one.

Southern Hemisphere

Fish

Fish	Location	Time	Price
Bitterling	River, 1	All day	900
Football Fish	Sea, 4	4 PM – 9 AM	2,500
Sea Butterfly	Sea, 1	All day	1,000
Stringfish	River (clifftop), 5	4 PM – 9 AM	15,000
Sturgeon	River (mouth), 6	All day	10,000
Yellow Perch	River, 3	All day	300

In contrast to Northern Hemisphere islands, only a few fish are leaving the game for Southern Hemisphere players in October. These include the rare–and pricey–stringfish and sturgeon. Both appear in specific parts of the river; the former can be found in the clifftop, while the latter spawns in the mouth of the river near the ocean.

Bugs

Bug	Location	Time	Price
Emperor Butterfly	Flying near flowers	5 PM – 8 AM	4,000

Only one bug is leaving Southern Hemisphere islands come October, but it’s a pretty valuable one: the emperor butterfly. It sells for 4,000 bells at Nook’s Cranny and is a pretty common sight around flowers, so catch and sell while you can.

Sea Creatures

Sea Creature	Location	Time
Red King Crab	All day	8,000

Likewise, only one sea creature is leaving Southern Hemisphere islands: the red king crab. It appears in the ocean all day and will net you 8,000 bells at Nook’s Cranny.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare, Warzone Halloween-Themed Event Starts This October

With Season 6 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone starting on September 29 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, publisher Activision has detailed the new content coming to both games. This includes a Halloween-themed event featuring limited-time modes and rewards.

The event is called the Haunting of Verdansk, and it will run from October 20 to November 3. Activision has not specified what the event is. The publisher also has not detailed what limited-time modes and rewards will be available when the Haunting of Verdansk goes live later next month. Whatever the Haunting of Verdansk has to offer, though, will take place during Season 6. Check out the Season 6 roadmap below, which highlights the Halloween-themed event, additional Operators, new maps and modes, and extra weapons.

There's a lot coming to Modern Warfare and Warzone this season. — There’s a lot coming to Modern Warfare and Warzone this season.

One of the bigger changes coming to Warzone in particular is the addition of a brand-new subway station. Activision shared a Season 6 overview trailer spotlighting the new locations that come with the underground train station, such as the station itself, a downtown district, and the Verdansk airport. We’ve rounded up everything we know about Season 6, including the story, battle pass, file size, map and weapon rotations, and more.

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Universal Studios Reveals Jurassic World VelociCoaster Roller Coaster

Anyone who pays attention to theme park rumors or who has actually been to Universal Studios Orlando’s Islands of Adventure this year is probably well aware of a new roller coaster being built in the park’s Jurassic World section. Now, Universal has finally revealed what the ride is and when you’ll be able to ride it.

The new attraction is called the Jurassic World VelociCoaster, continuing the parks’ streak of giving things ridiculous and entertaining names. This is, after all, the same theme park that features a Jason Bourne-themed stunt show called The Bourne Stuntacular.

Billed as Florida’s tallest and fastest launch coaster, the VelociCoaster reached speeds of 70 miles per hour in 2.4 seconds and takes riders over 150 feet in the air. It also includes a 360-degree barrel roll and two different launches. Given that it’s a Jurassic World ride, it’s also loaded with dinosaurs–and cameos from the stars of the Jurassic World films.

A press release from Universal reads, “Guests will join the original cast of the films–Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing, and BD Wong as Dr. Henry Wu–as Jurassic World unveils the next evolution of its ‘carnivore expansion’: the VelociCoaster, where riders embark on a high-speed chase and feel the rush of the hunt while racing alongside a nimble Velociraptor pack.”

In addition to being the tallest and fastest launch coaster in Florida, the VelicoCoaster also includes an 80-degree drop, the steepest drop in the park, and a zero-gravity inverted stall. You can take a look at the video below to get some idea of what that will be like. Spoilers: It looks intense. So if you thought the park’s newest Harry Potter roller coaster was too much, you’re in for a surprise.

So when can you ride it? While a specific date had not been named, the Jurassic World Velocicoaster is set to open in the summer of 2021 at UniversalOrlando Resort’s Islands of Adventure. Currently, Universal is operating a modified version of its traditional Halloween Horror Nights–under the name Halloween Seasonal Experience.

National Treasure 3: Here’s Why It Never Happened

Disney’s National Treasure movies starring Nicolas Cage were huge hits at the box office, collectively making more than $800 million worldwide across two instalments. However, a third film never materialized, and now producer Jason Reed–who worked at Disney at the time but has since left–explained one of the reasons why.

He told Collider that, simply put, Disney was never able to make National Treasure a bonafide franchise by incorporating it into its parks or selling a significant amount of merchandise.

“I think part of what happened … even though the movies themselves were extremely successful, and had a really strong fanbase; it’s a movie that gets brought up all the time, particularly the first one. Unfortunately, the company was never able to capitalize on it as a franchise,” Reed said.

The National Treasure series never became a franchise, he said. Instead, the 2007 sequel Book of Secrets was seen as a sequel, and a third movie would be a sequel to that instead of the next entry in a franchise per se.

“[National Treasure 1] really operated in the market as a movie with a sequel, and National Treasure 3 would have been another sequel. They never found a way to integrate it into the Parks,” Reed said. “It never caught on … even though there were a lot of consumer products … it never really caught on as an independent franchise. And I think that makes the numbers look different. It makes it look harder to a company like Disney to focus resources on something when they can go make Toy Story or go buy a cruise ship.”

Reed also suggested that Disney didn’t ever get very excited about the prospect of making more National Treasure films in the first place.

“If the company itself had been really excited about moving forward with it and thought that they could blow it out, we would have found a way to make the deals,” he said.

Also in the interview, Reed remarked that it was very special and rare that National Treasure was able to film in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. The production team needed to get special approval from the US government for this. It all worked out in the end, Reed said, point out that attendance to the National Archives shot up by 400% after the film came out, and attendance has stayed in this elevated state ever since.

While the National Treasure series may be dormant right now, Disney is reportedly planning a new National Treasure TV show for Disney Plus. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is involved, and Reed said Bruckheimer is working on not only the TV show, but also a new movie. To sum it up, Reed said he believes National Treasure is “ripe to reinvent.”

Reed is no longer directly employed by Disney, but he continues to work with them. Most recently, Reed produced Disney’s live-action Mulan.

Wasteland 3 Devs Are Now In The Very First Stages Of Pre-Production On New Game

Wasteland 3 released on August 28, and now developer inXile Entertainment is looking to the future. Brian Fargo, the head of the studio, has been looking to the future on Twitter, and he’s revealed that something new is already in the works–although it’s still very much in pre-production.

Responding to a fan question about what the studio is up to, Fargo said that the team is working on “wonderful new RPGs,” but that they’ll take time. In a follow-up, he clarified that production has not actually started on anything new yet. “Our second RPG is in the infancy of pre-production,” he wrote.

I should probably clarify that our second RPG is in the infancy of pre production.

— Brian Fargo (@BrianFargo) September 26, 2020

Fargo has previously said that he intended to retire after releasing Wasteland 3. However, these tweets indicate that he now intends to keep working on new RPGs. We don’t know anything about these new projects, and we’ll likely have to wait some time to learn anything definitive.

inXile Entertainment is now owned by Microsoft, and the company reportedly helped a great deal with the development of Wasteland 3. Microsoft has been buying up more studios recently, too, including all of Bethesda.

Earlier this year, GameSpot spoke to Fargo about offering meaningful choices in Wasteland 3.

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Call Of Duty Warzone Season 6: Everything You Need To Know In Under 3 Minutes

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NHL 21 Ratings Revealed For Highest-Skill Deking Players

Ahead of NHL 21‘s release in October, EA Sports has now released even more player ratings for the professional ice hockey game, headlined by the highest-rated skill players.

This is especially noteworthy this year, as NHL 21 introduces a series of new skill moves and dekes, such as The Michigan/lacrosse goal and a number of chip/slip dekes.

Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks has the highest deking rating in NHL 21 with a 97 OVR. Connor McDavid (96 OVR), Artemi Panarin (96 OVR), Johnny Gaudreau (95), and Evgeny Kuznetsov (95 OVR) round out the top five for deke ratings. You can see the full top 10 list below.

EA also released the player ratings for a series of high-profile players, including Patrice Bergeron (91 OVR) and Brad Marchand (91 OVR) of the Boston Bruins; Carey Price (90 OVR) and Shea Weber (88 OVR) of the Montreal Canadiens; Jonathan Toews (87 OVR) of the Chicago Blackhawks; and Sidney Crosby (93 OVR) and Evgeni Malkin (91 OVR) of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Following a delay related to COVID-19, NHL 21 launches on October 16 for PS4 and Xbox One. However, EA Play subscribers can begin their limited-time trial of the full game beginning October 9.

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Hades Patch On Switch Addresses A Game-Breaking Bug

Hades released on Switch and PC earlier this month, but a bug reared its head for some Switch players and put a stop to their attempts at escape. The bug was a game-breaker, but thankfully it’s now been addressed in a patch.

In threads on Reddit, several players reported being unable to load their save files on Switch after several hours of play. The issue seemed to depend on which stats players had focused on in their mirror upgrades, but quite a few players reported seeing an issue.

Supergiant has addressed the bug in the past, saying that they were confident that they would be able to isolate and address it so that players could continue their journeys, and that has now happened. In a tweet, Supergiant announced that a new patch is available on Switch, and it fixes this issue while also containing “several other minor fixes and improvements.”

We just deployed a patch for Hades for Nintendo Switch that addresses a rare issue reported by some players where save data was not loading properly, plus several other minor fixes and improvements. Thank you very much for playing, and for your feedback and support.

— Supergiant Games 🔥 HADES v1.0 is Out!! (@SupergiantGames) September 28, 2020

In a follow-up tweet, responding to a question about cross save between the PC and Switch versions, which was delayed ahead of launch, Supergiant Games said that they expect to release it in October.

Hades scored a 9/10 in GameSpot’s review. “I’m sure there’s a point where, after running through hell enough times, I’ll have seen all Hades has to offer, both in its clever and endless fights and its many alluring characters, intimate moments, and rewarding quests,” wrote reviewer Suriel Vazquez. “But what matters so much more are all the moments between the start and end of a story, and the people who help us see those climactic moments but also stick with us between them. They’re the reason we keep trying, and the reason we keep coming back.”

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Lovecraft Country Episode 7: Easter Eggs And References In “I Am”

Lovecraft Country Episode 7: Easter Eggs And References In “I Am” – GameSpot

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The seventh episode of Lovecraft Country tackles Afrofuturism.

Well that was trippy.

Lovecraft Country Episode 7 doesn’t qualify as horror, per se. Think of it as a sort of reflect-and-regroup, before the final three episodes tie everything together. Our main characters spend “I Am” doing a lot of soul searching. Tic learns about the roots of his abusive childhood, while Montrose’s secret life is now out in the open. Leti is suffering from morning sickness, or something that seems a heck of a lot like morning sickness.

But the bulk of the episode focuses on Hippolyta, who goes on a fantastical journey through space and time to find her identity. She discovers that she has spent too much of her life “shrinking” and reshaping herself to other people’s expectations–even to the people she loves. It eventually leads her back home, so she can pass on what she’s learned to her daughter.

Here are all of the Easter Eggs and references we found in “I Am,” the seventh episode of HBO’s Lovecraft Country. You can read all of our episode reference guides below:

Episode 1: “Sundown”

Episode 2: “Whitey’s on the Moon”

Episode 3: “Holy Ghost”

Episode 4: “A History of Violence”

Episode 5: “Strange Case”

Episode 6: “Meet Me In Daegu”

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1. When Does Bobo Come Back?

The Emmett Till storyline happening in the background of the show is like a slow motion trainwreck; we can see it barreling toward us, and we’re utterly powerless to stop it. But it won’t be long now; you hear Dee and her friends asking about when “Bobo” will be coming back from his trip. He’s probably not going to make it back; Bobo was the nickname of the real-life Emmett Till, who was 13 years old when two white men lynched him for allegedly hitting on a white woman, while he was on a trip down South to visit family. Like Till, the in-show Bobo is a Chicago native. He previously appeared in Episode 3 as one of Dee’s friends, playing with the ouija board. He appeared again in Episode 4, when Dee asked Hippolyta for permission to hang out with him.

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2. Hi Bessie!

While Hippolyta is driving, a woman driving a motorcycle passes by her. This is Bessie Stringfield, the first black woman to ride a motorcycle across the United States, solo. During her many trips she encountered a great deal of discrimination, especially across the segregated South. Notably, she rode as a dispatch rider for the United States Armed Forces during World War II, and was known in her later years as the Motorcycle Queen of Miami.

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3. What Is Afrofuturism?

When you read interviews and analyses about this show, the phrase Afrofuturism is going to come up a lot. The term refers to a genre of science fiction where people of African descent are central to the narrative. Typically, the genre asks big “what if” questions: What if slavery never happened? What if Africa wasn’t colonized? It then envisions the outcome in technologically fantastical ways. It’s both a celebration of Black potential, and a mourning for what could have been.

The most mainstream portrayal of Afrofuturism is the nation of Wakanda in Black Panther; the main characters wrestle with the responsibility of Wakanda towards other people of color, who did not have the privilege of uninterrupted advancement and prosperity.

Afrofuturism can also refer to a general mindset or approach to life–of someone who tries to escape or free themselves from systemic oppression. Legendary funk band Parliament, for example, incorporated a lot of spaceship and sci-fi imagery into its shows and encouraged black unity and uplifting through music.

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4. Beyond C’est

The alien with the massive afro is named in the end credits as Beyond C’est. Beyoncé. Beyond C’est. Get it?

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5. Josephine Baker

Hippolyta jokingly asks to dance with Josephine Baker in Paris, and then suddenly, she is. Josephine Baker was a real-life American who renounced her American citizenship and moved to France at a young age. In Paris, she found notoriety as an entertainer, dancer, and civil rights activist, and worked as a spy for the French Resistance during World War II and a main attraction revue dancer at the Folies Bergère. Her teasing performance, wearing nothing but a skirt made of bananas, made her a sex symbol during the Roaring Twenties. She later spoke at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s March on Washington in 1963.

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6. Mother’s Finest

The song that plays over the African warrior fight scene is “Fire,” by Mother’s Finest. Appropriate to the scene, the ’70s funk band is fronted by a black female singer.

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7. Space Is The Place

When Hippolyta and George are exploring the alien planet, we hear a monologue by jazz artist Sun-Ra from the cult classic 1974 film “Space is the Place.” A prominent proponent of Afrofuturism, Sun-Ra claimed to be an alien from Saturn. The most famous part of his speech is as follows:

“I’m not real. I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society. If you did, your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights. You’re not real. If you were, you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we’re both myths. I do not come to you as a reality; I come to you as the myth, because that’s what black people are. Myths. I came from a dream that the black man dreamed a long time ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.”

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8. The Little Book

Lastly, in case you missed it: When Tic travels back to present day Earth after being sucked into the portal, he’s holding a small book. Its title is Lovecraft Country, and its author is his uncle, George Freeman. Putting aside that the real-life writer of the novel is Matt Ruff, this is a delightful in-story meta-twist. Has this story been the artistic work of George Freeman, who’s alive in a different continuity or dimension? How, exactly, do the different worlds of this multiverse affect one another? Will we get to see Tic’s portal adventures next week, as a counterpart to Hippolyta’s adventures this week? We’ll have to wait and see.

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