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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe was released for consoles back in 2018, and the expanded version of the metatextual, odd comedy game was expected to arrive for PC and consoles this year. It’s now been delayed into 2021, and publisher Crows Crows Crows announced this in a way that sent games news writers around the world scrambling to double-check something.

The game’s delay was announced across three tweets, two of which were just delay notices from other recent games with some details changed. The first tweet below is from the announcement of Halo Infinite’s delay, while the second is from Deathloop, which was recently pushed back to 2021.

The third tweet is designed–until you stop and read the text–to look like an edited release announcing the delay of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. That game has, in fact, not been delayed and is still releasing in 2020. Phew.

It’s that third tweet that probably contains the most actual insight into why the game was delayed–and as with many games delayed in 2020, COVID-19 and work-from-home arrangements are responsible.

The Stanley Parable received a 9/10 in GameSpot’s 2013 review. “The Stanley Parable is both a richly stimulating commentary on the nature of choice in games (and in other systems, too, like our workplaces and our families) and a game that offers some of the most enjoyable, surprising, and rewarding choices I’ve ever been confronted with in a game,” wrote reviewer Carolyn Petit. “Going the wrong way has never felt so right.”

With the release of PGA Tour 2K21 coming up very soon, 2K Sports has released a new commercial for the game featuring a lot of celebrity talent, including Christopher McDonald, the actor who played the evil golfer Shooter McGavin in the Adam Sandler movie Happy Gilmore.

Cover star Justin Thomas is also featured in the ad, alongside wrestler The Miz and hip-hop artist Schoolboy Q. They are all competing in a round of golf, and, you guessed it, McDonald has the worst time and ends up throwing a fit like his Happy Gilmore character. Check out the spot:

PGA Tour 2K21 launches on August 21 for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The game greatly expands on its predecessor, The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour, by adding more real-world courses and 12 PGA Tour golfers, though one of the character models doesn’t look right.

GameSpot recently played a few hours of PGA Tour 2K21, and you can watch our gameplay video here to see us shoot 59 at TPC Summerlin.

A new kind of Tomogunchi is now available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It’s called Tomogunchi Turbo and it features a bigger, full-color screen and unlockable charms.

Tomogunchis are wristwatch-like companions that feed off your in-game kills. Similar to a Tamagotchi, a handheld digital pet released in the late ’90s, Tomogunchis are needy little pets that require constant attention or they die.

The Tomogunchi Turbo takes the virtual pet to the next level with a bigger screen on the watch face, vivid colors to display your little companion’s various moods, “better buttons,” and more. Much like the previous Tomogunchi, Turbo requires kills to help the pet grow and destruction to help it evolve. The official Call of Duty Twitter account shared a video showing off the Tomogunchi Turbo, which you can check out below.

There are also charms you can unlock for your Tomogunchi Turbo. Once your virtual pet evolves, you unlock the charm of whatever creature is on the watch face. This includes a bear, fox, mantis, and more. Curiously, the pets–and the evolutions themselves–don’t seem to transform in any sort of linear fashion. This means your skunk could become an octopus or an evolution equally as bizarre.

In other Call of Duty news, a new update for Modern Warefare and Warzone is available now and it’s massive on Xbox One, weighing in at about 66 GB. The update itself is a texture fix addressing graphical issues with weapons.

Note: This post contains some light spoilers for a secret in Mortal Shell. If you’d rather find it on your own, you might want to stop reading here and check out our Mortal Shell beginner’s guide to help you survive.

Mortal Shell‘s world is a deep and mysterious one. The land of Fallgrim is populated by bandits, monsters, religious fanatics, and warrior scholars, whose motivations are unknown. Even your role is a hazy one; as a creature known as The Foundling, your nature and origin is unclear, and your goals are even murkier.

Most of the story of Mortal Shell has you working for a being known as the Old Prisoner, who gives you gifts and upgrades in return for Sacred Glands plundered from the depths of Fallgrim’s three temples. Finding all three of the glands and helping out the Prisoner advances the story toward its conclusion, but there are a lot of strange secret depths to plumb in Mortal Shell as well–including an alternate path that can give you a different, secret ending to the game much earlier than if you complete it the normal way.

Mortal Shell’s alternate ending is a lot like the ones found in of Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 5. It requires some specific work to find it, and it’s more of a joke than an actual conclusion of the tale. But it’s worth tracking down for a fun moment, and the good news is, even if you trigger the rolling credits for a gag, you’ll be returned to the game right where you left off–so there are no consequences for catching this cutscene.

Here’s where to find Mortal Shell’s secret ending and how to access it.

Mortal Shell Secret Ending

Find Baghead In Fallgrim

The secret conclusion to Mortal Shell isn’t in one of the challenging temples full of enemies, but in the overworld-like section called Fallgrim. Here, you’ll encounter a bunch of club-wielding enemies known as brigands, who are always keen to attack an interloper such as yourself. There’s one member of their ranks who doesn’t hate you just for existing, though: a fellow called Baghead.

You’ll have to seek Baghead out to talk with him, which isn’t especially easy thanks to the fact that it’s easy to get lost in the samey-looking Fallgrim. You’ll find him sitting under a huge tree next to a small fire and a frog-shaped stone treasure chest. You’ll know the location by the huge, frightening-looking bats hanging from the massive tree’s branches.

When you locate Baghead, have a conversation with him. He’s a bit of a layabout, and when you show up, he’ll take the opportunity to ask you for things.

Bring Baghead A Tasty Rat

After meeting Baghead, he’ll ask you for a Boiled Rat to snack on–he’ll even mention smelling one on you. You can share one with him right away if you have it, and if not, you’re likely to come across one by fighting through the brigands situated at small campfires around the area.

Talk to Baghead again and he’ll ask for something else: Superior Moonshine.

Bring Baghead Superior Moonshine

Moonshine is also located around Fallgrim, although it’s a little tougher to come by. You’ll find it in two varieties: Inferior and Superior. Both come from the enemies you’ll find scattered around Fallgrim, but the Superior Moonshine is in tighter supply and will likely require more work to locate. You can also find it in the three temples that drive your goals in Mortal Shell–the tougher, more sophisticated enemies who hang out in the temples sometimes also have more sophisticated intoxicants. But in general, this seems like a bit of a random find.

Bring the Superior Moonshine back to Baghead to advance his conversation a little more. By now, he’ll be pretty friendly.

Become Baghead’s BFF

As you talk to Baghead a third time, he’ll be pretty appreciative of you. After all, you’re a person who just happened by and talked to a person who was, very likely, an enemy. It seems like the only reason Baghead didn’t attack you was that he’s a generally pretty lazy guy. But then you showed him kindness by sharing your food and spirits, not once but twice–and that Superior Moonshine is pretty impressive stuff. Now Baghead is your ride-or-die bro.

In your final conversation, Baghead will ask if you want to become best friends forever. He suggests you wile away the hours just hanging out by the fire together, being lazy, drinking booze, and enjoying life, instead of constantly toiling at murdering or worshiping the Revered and their Sacred Nektar.

To trigger the secret ending, agree to Baghead’s suggestion.

Fallgrim Falls

Once you become Baghead’s loafy best bud, you’ll be treated to a cutscene that suggests this was maybe not the best decision. As you hang out around the fire, playing your lute, you’ll get treated to shots of the surrounding area where other brigands are hanging out, enjoying meals, lute-playing, and campfires of their own. Within a few moments, however, you’ll see that just chilling out in Fallgrim and drinking moonshine is maybe not in the cards.

Creeping up on the nearby campers are those frightening vampiric enemies that show up in a few key locations throughout Mortal Shell. You’ll sometimes find them in deep caves and temples, but most notably, they invade the forests of Fallgrim every time you manage to locate a Sacred Gland in the game. Defeating a boss and taking a gland from one of the temples causes some thick fog to roll into Fallgrim, and when it does, the vampires come with it–setting ambushes to try to kill you and ripping through the brigands, often snacking on their bodies as you approach.

So it seems that giving up your quest, whatever it is, doesn’t bode too well for the people who live in this world. Still, at least the drinks are good.

We’ve got more Mortal Shell coverage for you to enjoy as you work your way through the game. Check out our beginner’s tips to help you survive in Fallgrim and beyond, a guide to the items you can find and their Familiarity bonuses, and don’t forget to read our Mortal Shell review.

I don’t know about you, but for my money it doesn’t get much better than Venom and Deadpool when it comes to Marvel universe characters. Granted, they’re both technically outside the sphere of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in spite of their own movies, but that makes them cool outcasts. It’s true to their intended forms, and I appreciate that.

Speaking of forms, the two outcasts come together in one great figure in the alternate-universe mash-up Venompool, the Earth-90211 combo of the Venom symbiote and Deadpool. This figure doesn’t come cheap, however. Like many Marvel Legends figures before, you can only get this one by collecting the rest of the figures in the set. The good news is the Marvel Legends Series Venom line-up is awesome. There’s really no two ways about it. Just look at them.

Marvel Legends Series Venom Preorders

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The figures come out November 1, as well as the new Marvel Legends Series Venom figure itself. Is it worth the money? I can’t make that call for you, but I’m going to anyway: yes. That is one cool figure.

At twenty bucks a pop, and with November 1 being many weeks away, you should have enough time to tuck away a little money for the day they all ship (which is when Amazon will charge your account). I say go for it.

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Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Instagram at sethgmacy

Pokemon Go developer Niantic is holding another makeup event in the game later this week. Due to technical issues that affected the recent Dragon Week Ultra Unlock event, Niantic is making the Dragon Week Timed Research rewards available again from August 21-26.

During that time, players will be able to complete a new series of Timed Research tasks. Although the activities will be different from those that were available during Dragon Week, the rewards will be the same, so players will have another opportunity to catch two Deino if they can complete the tasks.

Niantic notes that the makeup event will only revolve around Timed Research, so no other aspects of Dragon Week will be brought back. You can read more details about the makeup event on the official Pokemon Go website.

In the meantime, the third Ultra Unlock event, Unova Week, is currently underway. Until August 21, Gen 5 Pokemon like Cottonee, Emolga, and others will appear in the game more frequently than usual, while the Mythical Pokemon Genesect will be available in standard five-star Raids.

Niantic is also holding a poll this weekend to determine the next two Community Day Pokemon. On August 22, players will have a chance to vote for one of four Pokemon: Caterpie, Charmander, Grimer, or Porygon. The pocket monster that receives the most votes will be selected as the featured Pokemon for September’s Community Day, while the runner-up will be October’s. You can read more details about the voting process here.