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Capcom is warning Resident Evil fans to be aware of any “Early access invitations” to play Resident Evil: Village as these are fake messages designed as scams.

In an email that Capcom has sent out, the company advises anyone who has received an “Early Access” invitation to play the upcoming Resident Evil game should not accept as these appear to be phishing attempts from a third-party. This is not long after Capcom itself was a victim of a data breach that appears to have impacted employees.

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Capcom says the sender address is displayed as “no-reply(at)capcom(dot)com”

Here’s Capcom’s full email warning below:

Hello,

We hope you’re very well.

We’re sending this message as we’ve been made aware that there are currently emails circulating that pretend to contain “Early Access invitations” to Resident Evil Village. The sender address is being displayed as “no-reply(at)capcom(dot)com”.

We want to inform you that these messages are NOT from Capcom and appear to be phishing attempts by an unauthorized third party. If you have received such a message, please DO NOT download any files or reply, and delete the message immediately.
If you are unsure of the authenticity of correspondence from Capcom, please contact us directly to verify.

Resident Evil Village will be released on May 7, 2021, and given how the release date is fast approaching these scammers appear to be taking advantage of fans’ anticipation. So if you see an email from Capcom that looks too good to be true, it is. Not to mention there already appear to be Resident Evil leaks online.

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Meanwhile, you can check out IGN’s full, genuine Resident Evil Village coverage, including our interview with the developers on the design of the popular Lady Dimitrescu.

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Matt T.M. Kim is News Editor at IGN.

A PSA for Tall Vampire Lady enthusiasts: Beware of a phishing scam going around in email inboxes claiming to offer early access to Resident Evil Village.

Capcom issued a statement to GameSpot warning players of the scam: “We’re sending this message as we’ve been made aware that there are currently emails circulating that pretend to contain ‘Early Access invitations’ to Resident Evil Village. The sender address is being displayed as ‘no-reply(at)capcom(dot)com’.”

“We want to inform you that these messages are NOT from Capcom and appear to be phishing attempts by an unauthorized third party. If you have received such a message, please DO NOT download any files or reply, and delete the message immediately,” Capcom concludes.

Capcom has had its fair share of data breaches recently. In November 2020, a hacking group called Ragnar Locker accessed Capcom’s internal networks and possibly compromised personal information of employees and customers. Snippets of alleged RE Village spoilers have also been floating on the web, though it is unknown if the leaked info came from the November breach.

A RE Village demo is currently available to play, but only on PS5 consoles. Dubbed the Maiden demo, the snippet doesn’t feature protagonist Ethan Winters nor any combat. It’s a teaser with the aim of giving players a “real feel for the visuals and audio,” according to producer Pete Fabiano. You can check out our spoiler-free RE Village Maiden demo walkthrough.

A second demo should be available in the Spring and will not be PS5-exclusive.

Resident Evil Village releases on May 7, 2021 and will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. For more info, check out our RE Village preorder guide.

Warning: this article contains some spoilers for the final episode of WandaVision!

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Now that WandaVision has completed its nine-episode run on Disney+, the toy and collectible floodgates have opened. That includes Hot Toys, who have just unveiled a pair of incredible new figures inspired by the Marvel series.

Both Wanda and Vision are getting the full 1:6 scale treatment from Hot Toys again. Vision will once again sport his familiar green MCU costume, albeit it with a vastly upgraded body compared to the previous Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War figures. As for Wanda, Hot Toys is tackling her new comic book-inspired Scarlet Witch costume that debuted in the series finale. Check out the slideshow gallery below for a closer look at both figures:

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The Scarlet Witch not only features a detailed recreation of Wanda’s new MCU costume, it also includes a brand new head sculpt featuring Elizabeth Olsen’s likeness. This is the first Hot Toys Wanda figure to feature sculpted hair rather than rooted hair. The figure also includes multiple hands (including some that are translucent pink), a posable, removable cape and a display base.

The Vision figure also includes interchangeable hands and a matching display base, but he has a neat accessory of his own. The figure includes a backdrop depicting the magical energy field of the Hex.

Both figures are available to preorder through Sideshow Collectibles and other retailers, with a projected release window between July and September of 2022. Scarlet Witch is priced at $275 and Vision is priced at $250.

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For more on WandaVision, see IGN’s breakdown of every Marvel and sitcom Easter egg in the series and learn how the series finale sets up Doctor Strange 2. Then find out why head writer Jac Schaeffer didn’t want the series to have a main villain like Mephisto.

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Valorant pro esports player Jay “Sinatra” Won has been suspended from the competitive game and his team, the Sentinels, following an investigation into sexual assault allegations.

Cleo Hernandez posted a 10-page document about her and Won’s nine-month relationship. In the lengthy statement, Hernandez detailed a relationship filled with “months of up and down fighting,” instances of Won gaslighting and laughing at her, and other forms of physical and emotional abuse. Hernandez went in-depth about specifics and explicits in her statement, sharing text exchanges between her and Won, screenshots of DMs, and harrowing memories.

“I have avoided talking about any aspects of me and Jay’s relationship for over a year,” Hernandez wrote at the top of the post. “I never spoke about it mostly because this is horrifying and also because I’ve seen the way women in our community are treated when they try to talk about being hurt by prominent figures. I know he will use his platform and his fame to try and take me down and say this isn’t true because that’s who he is.”

As a result of these allegations, both Valorant developer Riot Games and the Sentinels have suspended Sinatra while an internal investigation is underway. Furthermore, Sinatra will no longer compete in the Valorant Champions Tour slated to take place this weekend.

Sinatra has yet to publicly comment on these allegations or the investigation.

Sinatra was a household name in the Overwatch League, leading the San Francisco Shock to the 2019 grand finals–and winning the entire thing. He also won the MVP award in the same year. He transitioned from Overwatch to Valorant in April 2020, saying he “lost [his] passion.”

Shamrock Day seasonal items have arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. From now until March 17, you’ll be able to grab clothing and other items celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. As usual, most of these items will be sold through Nook Shopping, but they’ll rotate each day, so you’ll need to check the catalog daily to grab them all.

In addition to the new Shamrock items, the Able Sisters’ shop is selling Shamrock-themed clothing and accessories. You’ll be able to purchase a Shamrock suit, Shamrock hat, Shamrock sunglasses, and Shamrock shoes from the tailors until March 17. Unlike the Nook Shopping items, these don’t rotate out daily, so you can grab the entire ensemble in one go.

Finally, you can also get a recipe for a Shamrock wand from balloons. You can see the full list of Shamrock items, along with their price and how to obtain them, below.

Item	Price	How To Get
Shamrock soda	1,000 bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock doorplate	1,200 bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock rug	1,500 bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock suit	3,000 bells	Able Sisters’ shop
Shamrock hat	1,320 bells	Able Sisters’ shop
Shamrock sunglasses	1,100 bells	Able Sisters’ shop
Shamrock shoes	1,680 bells	Able Sisters’ shop
Shamrock wand	N/A	Balloon

Those aren’t the only seasonal items available now in New Horizons. You still have a few more days to grab a special pie for Pi Day. That item can be ordered from Nook Shopping until March 14 and costs 314 bells.

The March seasonal items were added as part of New Horizons’ 1.8.0 update, which also introduced a line of Super Mario furniture and clothing to the game. Following the update, Nintendo gave its official Animal Crossing Dream Island a Mario makeover. If you visit the island between March 9-24, you’ll complete a My Nintendo Mario mission.

In other Animal Crossing news, New Horizons’ next update is slated to arrive around March 18 and will add Sanrio-themed content to the game, including new furniture, clothing, and even villagers that you can invite to live on your island. An Animal Crossing Build-a-Bear collection is also coming soon.

Valheim players are combating the frustration of losing everything after death by establishing and dispatching a Body Recovery Squad that ventures out to retrieve all lost items.

The Body Recovery Squad was recently set up through a dedicated Discord server. Their goal is for community members (or operators) to aid players in recollecting everything they lost after dying. This is done by players joining the server, entering a channel called #assistance-application, and pressing the “SOS” button. Once the message has been received, an operator will get in touch with that player in question to organize and execute the item recovery effort.

There are no stipulations for the assistance and it doesn’t matter where a player’s tombstone is located. The Body Recovery Squad, once mobilized, will complete the mission at all costs. Players aren’t required to compensate the Body Recovery Squad; the group does it all for free.

The Body Recovery Squad founder Lucas (aka Rim Jaynor) detailed the rationale behind the group in a brief interview with Eurogamer. After nearly encountering a similar fate–losing everything when battling a deathsquito–but being lucky enough to have “a portal close by,” Lucas thought of the other players who might not escape death and are forced to start over. This thought caused him to establish the Body Recovery Squad as a way to help other players.

“That singular moment, losing everything, can be so detrimental to players and has caused some to quit playing the game entirely,” Lucas said. “I thought to myself, what if it didn’t have to be that way? What if there was a lifeline out there that helped players keep going?”

The Body Recovery Squad currently has 15 operators willing to assist players less fortunate. That number is likely to grow, as Lucas said he received over 50 new operator applications last week. Through the Body Recovery Squad, Lucas is hoping to “foster a great community.”

“We aren’t doing this to make money, we aren’t doing this because we want some reward–we are doing this to help foster a great community,” Lucas said. “It has been such a pleasure so far being able to help other players and give them a lifeline when they get into trouble.”

Any Valheim player can sign up to become an operator through a Google form, though the Body Recovery Squad currently is no longer accepting applications at this time.

Call of Duty: Warzone was released one year ago this week, and to celebrate, Activision created a new stat-tracking tool that lets you see your stats over the first year.

You can get your own “Warzone Report” by replying to the Call of Duty Twitter account with your gamertag/handle and the hashtag #WarzoneReport. Do that and it will spit out a personalized breakdown of your kills, deaths, kill/death ratio, hours played, games played, and wins over the past year. All of this information is already available in the game itself, but the Twitter system provides a graphic that shows all of the key information in one place that you can share.

Also be aware that your results will be posted publicly, in case that matters to you.

Activision also released a celebratory blog post that runs down the key moments and events from Warzone’s first year. There is an interesting line at the end about Warzone’s latest update that brought Zombies to the Vodianoy ship off the coast of the island.

The blog post said:

“It seems that after a year of smooth sailing, Warzone may have to prepare for a threat never before seen in Verdansk, and any Operators who wish to survive might need to save the celebration for another time and get back in the fight before it’s too late.”

Also in the blog post, Activision said it is eager to share more details on what’s to come in the future. However, the company said, “It’ll be better for you to experience it for yourself.”

This sounds like it could be a tease for the rumored nuke event in Warzone that is reported to destroy the map before it gets re-launched with a Black Ops theme. This is supposed to happen in March or April, so hopefully we learn more soon.