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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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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.”

Following its Guns, Love, and Tentacles campaign expansion, Borderlands 3 is getting another seasonal event. Revenge of the Cartels is free, providing a limited-time opportunity to earn loot and rewards. The event begins April 23, launching alongside Mayhem Mode 2.0, and will continue until June 4.

As detailed in a Gearbox blog post, Revenge of the Cartels adds a brand-new area to Borderlands 3 called Villa Ultraviolet. The new locale will introduce never-before-seen enemy types, limited-time challenges, and new legendary loot. However, you won’t be able to immediately visit Villa Ultraviolet on April 23–you’ll need to complete a few side missions first.

Come April 23, Maurice will add a new, repeatable quest to his job board on Sanctuary III. The quest will send you out to fight Cartel Operatives across multiple planets–defeat them and you’ll earn Hideout Coordinates. Collect enough and you’ll be able to travel to Villa Ultraviolet, the home of crime boss Joey Ultraviolet.

Like past seasonal events, Revenge of the Cartels adds limited-time in-game challenges to Borderlands 3. There are 18 in total, and completing them will net you exclusive rewards. These rewards are listed below.

Borderlands 3 Revenge Of The Cartels Challenge Rewards

• 3 Challenges: VECH-tor Graphics ECHO Device Skin
• 6 Challenges: Retro Outrunner Weapon Trinket
• 10 Challenges: Framed Firewall Room Decoration
• 14 Challenges: Hotline Pandora Vault Hunter Head
• 18 Challenges: Death by Filigrees Vault Hunter Skin

A newly released trailer for Animal Crossing: New Horizons shows off a number of events and other new features coming to the game over the next few months. This includes two new special visitors, Leif and Jolly (formerly Crazy) Redd, who were confirmed, but there’s actually a third returning character teased in the trailer: Rover, a friendly cat whose role in previous games was to help you name your character and town.

Rover can be seen briefly toward the end of the trailer during the May Day section. The May Day event, which is scheduled for May 1 through 7, has you visiting a special island separate from the regular Mystery Tour deserted islands you can visit with Nook Miles. Nintendo teases, “A special visitor who looks familiar might also be there…”, and judging by the back of him, that visitor appears to be Rover. You can see a screenshot below.

In past Animal Crossing games, you would encounter Rover on the train at the very beginning of the game. There, he would ask you questions to determine your character’s name and gender, the time and date, and your town name. In New Horizons, that role is partially taken over by Timmy and Tommy, and you name your island after you’ve arrived.

In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Rover does have a more event-oriented role. He hosts the Garden Safari event, which tasks you with planting seasonal flowers and catching special butterflies; as a reward, he gives you Rover-style furniture.

The first of the recently announced events, Nature Day, is scheduled to come in a free update on April 23 and will run through May 1. That update also introduces the confirmed new visitors, Leif and Jolly Redd, as well as an expansion to Blathers’ museum.

Ubisoft has released the latest patch for Rainbow Six Siege. Previously only on the PC test server, Patch Y5S1.2 is now live on official PC servers and scheduled to come to Xbox One and PS4 sometime this week.

The patch is primarily geared towards balancing certain Operators and weapons, namely Ying. A previous update replaced Ying’s frag grenades with a claymore, but now Ubisoft is replacing her claymore with smoke grenades in hopes it will “increase the level of synergy she deploys when spearheading,” specifically when it comes to the attackers trying to counter Mira or Goyo. She’s also getting more Candelas and the damage rate of her T-95 LSW is getting a nice buff.

Patch Y5S1.2 also implements several bug fixes, with the most notable one addressing the barricade replication glitch. In the patch notes, Ubisoft also says that the quick match map pool won’t change for the rest of the season, only rotating to new maps in Year 5, Season 2. The full patch notes are listed below.

Rainbow Six Siege Y5S1.2 Patch Notes

Update

• Update–the quick match map pool will remain the same throughout Y5S1 and will rotate again in Y5S2.

Balancing

• Buck
• Frag Grenades replaced with Claymores.
• Increased Skeleton Key Magazine Capacity:
  • Skeleton Key magazine capacity increased to 5 + 1
  • Skeleton Key max ammo count is now 25+1
• Goyo
  • Reduced number of Volcán shields to 2 (down from 3).
• Jager
  • Now a 2-speed/2-armor operator.
• Mozzie
  • Removed Super Shorty secondary.
• Ying
  • Increased number of Candelas to 4 (up from 3).
  • Replaced Claymores with Smoke Grenades.
  • Increased T-95 LSW damage to 46 (up from 43).
• M12 (Caveira)
  • Added a Razor Holographic Sight option to her M12.
• TCSG12 (Kaid, Goyo)
  • Added an additional magazine to the TCSG12.
  • Reduced TCSG12 damage to 57 (down from 84).

Bug Fixes

• FIXED – Barricade replication issues where the barricade is not destroyed for all players in game except the shooter.
• FIXED – The Dynamic Play button does not update properly when last match was on an Event/Discovery playlist.
• FIXED – Players can clip inside the excavator in EXT Construction Site of Oregon.
• FIXED – Game boots with DX11 when players manually select the Vulkan executable in the steam installation folder.
• FIXED – Minor menu/shop visual and cosmetic fixes.
• FIXED – Lighting issue on Consulate map for consoles (hotfixed on PC on March 30).

Developer GungHo Online Entertainment has announced that you can pre-load Ninjala from the Nintendo Switch eshop before its open beta goes live later this week.

Ninjala’s open beta is scheduled during a 17-hour period from April 28-29, with three different time slots spanning those two days. The first one takes place from 12-12:59 PM PT / 3-3:59 PM ET / 7-7:59 PM GMT.

Players can check out the eight-player battle royale and training modes, as well as experiment with the game’s four available weapons: Ippon Katana, Drill Beat, SK8 Hammer, and Trick Ball. Check below for a breakdown of Ninjala’s open beta schedule.

GungHo Online recently shared a second developer diary in which the studio went over the flow of in-game battles and some of Ninjala’s mechanics. Sometime after launch, GungHo said Ninjala will receive a season pass, which the studio will discuss in its next developer diary.

Ninjala is a free-to-play online multiplayer game that shares DNA with Bleeding Edge and resembles the aesthetics of Splatoon. The game is slated to launch on May 27 for Nintendo Switch and will not require an active Nintendo Switch Online membership to play.