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XCOM: Chimera Squad is set to launch on April 24. In the lead up to release, developer Firaxis has been releasing a number of trailers focusing on the team members that will make up the Chimera Squad.

Initially, Firaxis released only four character trailers, previewing some of the squad members you can choose. The new trailers show off another four members: Claymore, Shelter, Patchwork, and Cherub.

Once again, these characters seem to each have a designated role and new abilities. Each of the eight characters we’ve seen so far has their own backstory and motivation for joining the Chimera Squad. It’s still unclear how much of a role these story elements will play in the game.

XCOM: Chimera Squad is scheduled to release for PC on April 24.

Telling Lies, designer Sam Barlow’s follow-up to his 2015 masterpiece Her Story, is arriving on consoles soon. The game, which released for PC and mobile in August 2019, will release for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch on April 28, publisher Annapurna has announced.

The game has players piecing together four interviews delivered through full-motion video (FMV) of to solve a mystery. It features four actors, including Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade) and Kerry Bishe (Halt and Catch Fire), to deliver its story. It also uses a diegetic computer-screen interface that players explore in-game, so it’ll be an interesting fit for consoles.

The trailer, below, will give you some idea of what to expect.

Telling Lies earned a 7/10 in GameSpot’s review. “The production values and performances in particular make Telling Lies feel true and immediate, elevating the game’s conceit that you’re taking part in something forbidden and possibly sinister, even as you work as a digital detective,” reviewer Phil Hornshaw wrote.

Infinity Ward has provided an update on what the studio is doing to help stamp out cheaters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the battle royale game, Warzone.

Beginning now, Modern Warfare and Warzone players who report potential cheaters will receive an in-game notification to let them know the offending player was banned. Additionally, Infinity Ward has released “additional dedicated security updates” to both games, while matchmaking has been updated to place suspected cheaters into matches with one another. Additionally, Infinity Ward is deploying more resources to its enforcement teams, among others, to help rid the games of cheaters.

Looking further out, the promised in-game “report-a-player” feature is coming soon, Infinity Ward said. This will be available from within the killcam and spectate modes.

Players have loudly voiced their concerns about the state of Modern Warfare and Warzone as it relates to cheating, though it’s too soon to say if these new measures will be effective.

One further issue is that Modern Warfare and Warzone feature cross-play support between console and PC. Historically, PC tends to be where most of the cheating takes place due to the nature of the platform being more open than consoles. Some players on console have elected to turn off cross-play to help with the issues, and you can easily do this from the in-game settings.

Infinity Ward has already banned more than 70,000 cheaters from Warzone, and this figure does not include any bans for the standard Modern Warfare. “We are watching. We have zero tolerance for cheaters,” Infinity Ward said.

The full Warzone security and enforcement policy document lays out everything you need to know about offenses that can get you banned, or worse.

Activision’s latest numbers show that Warzone has attracted some 50 million players, so it makes sense statistically that there would be some bad eggs. For comparison in the battle royale space, Apex Legends developer Respawn announced in March 2019 that it had banned more than 350,000 players, a number that has surely grown since then.

Gulliver is one of many special visitors that will randomly come to your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Unlike many of the other visitors, Gulliver doesn’t buy or sell anything; he’s a castaway, and he needs your help repairing his communicator so his shipmates can find him again. He asks you to find five communicator parts along the beach, and if you do that, he’ll send you a rare item in the mail the next day. But how do you actually find them? And what do rusted parts have to do with all this?

Make sure to check out our Animal Crossing special visitors guide for a complete list of the random merchants and other friends who can show up on your island throughout the week.

When And Where Does Gulliver Show Up?

Gulliver is one of the random visitors in New Horizons, meaning he can show up on any given day so long as there isn’t another visitor or event going on (like the Fishing Tourney). There are no special prerequisites you need to meet before he’ll visit.

If Gulliver is visiting, he’ll be passed out somewhere along the beach; just talk to him a bunch (by pressing A near him) until he wakes up, at which point he’ll ask for your help.

How To Find Communicator Parts

There are five communicator parts in total you need to find and then deliver to Gulliver. All you need to do is walk along the beach with your shovel out and look for small holes that open up and spray water. These holes normally signal the presence of a manila clam, which you can use to craft fish bait, but after you’ve agreed to help Gulliver, you’ll also be able to find communicator parts by digging where the holes appear.

Once you’ve found all five communicator parts, return to Gulliver. He’ll take the parts to fix his communication device and then send you a rare item in the mail. All of Gulliver’s rewards are cultural items from around the world; see the complete list below.

How To Get Rusted Parts

Rusted parts are an ultra-rare crafting material connected to Gulliver’s visits. So far, there seems to be only one DIY recipe that requires rusted parts: the Robot Hero, a large Gundam-inspired furniture item. You can purchase the Robot Hero recipe for 5,000 Nook Miles once Resident Services has upgraded to a full building.

There are two ways to get rusted parts. First, you should be able to find a rusted part in the recycling bin at Resident Services the day after Gulliver visits. Because Gulliver will visit around once a week on average, you’ll slowly build up a collection of rusted parts.

However, because you need 30 rusted parts to craft the Robot Hero, you might be looking for a quicker way to collect them. The second method is to collect all five communicator parts on a day Gulliver is visiting and keep them rather than giving them to Gulliver–just avoid talking to him for the rest of the day. The next day, the communicator parts will become rusted parts. But be warned: You’ll miss out on getting a reward from Gulliver!

Gulliver Rewards List

Below are all the potential rewards that Gulliver can give you. Those with multiple color options are marked with an asterisk (*). We are crossrefercing items we’ve gotten with the full list found on Nook Plaza.

Furniture

• Moai statue
• Pagoda*
• Pyramid
• South Pole
• Sphinx
• Statue of Liberty
• Stonehenge
• Tower of Pisa
• Dala horse*
• Hula doll*
• Katana*
• Lucky cat*
• Nutcracker*

Headwear and Accessories

• Alpinist hat*
• Ancient administrator hat
• Candy-skull mask*
• Coin headpiece
• Elder mask
• Geisha wig*
• Kaffiyeh*
• Milkmaid hat
• Pigtail
• Samurai wig
• Silk hat*
• Sombrero*
• Tam-o’-shanter*
• Tubeteika*
• Turban*
• Veil*

GameStop has announced business updates and its plans to reopen stores and cut executives salaries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After originally keeping some store’s open in defiance of certain state government’s orders that shut down all non-essential businesses, GameStop’s retail locations eventually transitioned to a curbside pick-up only model to keep its employees and customers safe from coronavirus.

GameStop CEO George Sherman stated that “since we closed stores to the public on March 22, through omni-channel fulfillment, we have retained over 90% of our planned sales volumes in the two-thirds of our stores that are conducting curbside operations.”

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In its latest move, Sherman announced “salary reductions for our senior management team and board of directors, as well as wage rate reductions for some other corporate and field support staff.” GameStop is also offering certain employees the option to work under a half-time/half-pay structure or temporary furlough program.

Sherman is taking a temporary base salary reduction of 50%, while CFO Jim Bell and the rest of the executive leadership team will be taking a temporary 30% cut. The Board of Directors has also reduced cash compensation to directors by 50%. Certain other employees will see their pay temporarily reduced by 10%-30%.

GameStop, as previously mentioned, shut down one-third of its stores, with the others adopting the curbside pick-up model. The company has now begun the process of opening stores in Italy, Germany, and Austria, while South Carolina and Georgia are preparing to potentially re-open “in the coming weeks.”

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Australia, on the other hand, has had none of its stores closed and it has seen “strong results continuing with approximately 24% comparable store sales for the nine weeks ended April 4, 2020.”

The company as a whole, in the nine-week period ended April 4, 2020, has seen its sales decline approximately 23% year-over-year.

GameStop currently operates around 5,500 stores across 14 countries and, as of April 4, has $772 million in total cash and liquidity. In March 2020, it announced its plan to close 300 of those stores.

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GameStop has had a tumultuous recent history, and we recently spoke to many its workers on what its like to work for the 36-year old video game retail company.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot‘s much-anticipated first DLC, which will introduce elements from the anime follow-up Dragon Ball Super, will be available very soon. A New Power Awakens – Part 1 will release on April 28, and it’ll let both Goku and Vegeta achieve Super Saiyan God transformations.

The DLC, which can be accessed at any time, involves fighting Beerus and achieving this new form. Beerus will be a level 250 opponent, and players won’t have access to all their items in the fight, so expect it to be tough. The game’s producer, Hara Ryousuke, outlined exactly how difficult the fight is in a quote included with the press release: “Beerus is so strong, my clear rate for this battle is 1 out of 10!”

A New Power Awakens – Part 1 is available through the Season Pass, but you’ll also be able to purchase it separately. Whichever way you buy it, you’ll also receive Part 2 later this year, although the date and content of that pack has not been announced.

A second DLC pack is also included in the Season Pass, so it’s very likely that Goku and Vegeta will eventually be able to achieve Super Saiyan Blue in the game–although what we’re really hoping for is an eventual game adaptation of the Tournament of Power and Goku’s Ultra Instinct form, which is coming soon to Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot scored a 7/10 in the GameSpot review. Heidi Kemps said that the game’s “modern, semi-open approach to telling the saga of DBZ–despite some minor issues–is a good one.”