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Nintendo’s new surprise Direct mini came seemingly out of nowhere today, announcing some much-wanted ports and hinting at the next Smash Bros. character and some upcoming Animal Crossing events. As always, different regions got slightly different variants on the Nintendo Direct, and in Japan, one extra game was announced.

Shiren the Wanderer 5+ is coming to Switch, and it’ll be an updated port of the PS Vita game, which released in the US by the name Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. The news was picked up on by Twitter user Wario64.

The game, which started life as a Japanese exclusive Nintendo DS title before working its way to the PS Vita in 2015, is a rougelike dungeon crawler that shares a lot of similarities with the recently released Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, also developed by Spike Chunsoft.

The Shiren the Wanderer series has appeared outside of Japan several times, but there’s no word yet on whether this version will get an English language release. The Switch is, however, region-free, so there’s always the potential to import it. The PS Vita version received strong reviews, so here’s hoping.

Also announced in the Nintendo Direct Mini was a release date for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition.

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It’s super rare to find an RTX 2080 Ti equipped PC for under $2K, let alone one that’s decked out as much as this one. For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with the Intel vs AMD CPU war, AMD has been giving Intel a run for its money with its flagship processors. The Ryzen 9 3900X is AMD’s best mainsteam processor and stands toe to toe with Intel’s top-end Intel Core i9-9900K even in gaming. The RTX 2080 Ti is the best video card on the market and you won’t find it anywhere for under $1200. You also get 16GB of memory and both a 1TB SSD and a 2TB HDD for storage versatility.

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The m17 is the 17″ variant of the new generation of Alienware m-series gaming laptops. Despite the larger screen size, it still clocks in at only 5.8 pounds.

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ComiXology Free Trial Extended to 60 Days

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The 60-day extension (normally $30) has never, ever happened before. ComiXology is Amazon’s digital comic platform and is the largest digital retailer of American comics. The site hosts 20,000 digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, and more. Here’s your chance to access all of it, totally free, for 30 60 days. If you’re an avid comic reader, you might want to consider continuing on afterwards, since it’s only $5.99/month. You can even sign in with your Amazon account.

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Xbox One X (Factory Refurbished) with Bonus Witcher 3 Game for $229.98 at Dell

This is the lowest price we’ve ever seen for an Xbox One X gaming console from a reputable vendor, plus you’re getting an outstanding game. Note that this is a Microsoft refurbished item, which means that it still comes with a 90-day warranty. Note that you do not need to be a Dell member or student to get this deal; simply use guest checkout.

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Xbox One X (Factory Refurb) for $229.99 at Walmart

Walmart has matched the price on the refurbished Xbox One X, but without the game. The advantage of getting it from Walmart directly (and not a marketplace vendor) is that it’s easy to return it to your local brick and mortar store if you have any problems with the unit.

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$200 Off New 2020 Model Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20+ Smartphones (Unlocked)

The Samsung Galaxy S20 was released on March 6, 2020 and already you can score $200 off without having to sign up for a new contract. The Galaxy S20 is an outstanding phone, one of the best out there, and the first Galaxy smartphone with 5G connectivity. The differences between the S20 and S20+ are the screen (6.2″ vs 6.7″), and battery (4000mAh vs 4500mAh).

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Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled has run its last Grand Prix content release, but more characters, vehicles, and more are still being released for the game. Developer Beenox has announced a raft of new content coming to the game soon on the Activision Blog.

Coming first is the “Beenox Pack,” which is available in an update right now. It will unlock Geary and Crunch as racers in the game if you haven’t gotten them already, and you’ll also nab a Beenox-themed kart, paintjob, sticker, and set of wheels. Beenox-themed skins are available for Crash, Cortex, and Crunch, while Geary has his first ever legendary skin.

The Wumpa Challenge system is also coming, with rotating daily, weekly, and monthly challenges coming. The Ghost Hunt challenge type is coming back on Nina’s Nightmare track, as are developer time trials, which will put you against the fastest times managed by the developers at Beenox.

You can also still claim the Champion Kart, even if you didn’t take part in the Grand Prix, by completing Oxide and Velo’s time trials. Beat them all to nab the kart and special signature decals.

New pit stop content is also coming, including an extremely cursed new character, Baby Cortex (pictured below). Here’s everything you can nab:

• Three new characters including the Lab Assistant, Baby Cortex and Baby N. Tropy.
• Two new karts, both of which are customizable: the Neon Hawk airplane kart and the Nitro GT kart.
• An assortment of new Legendary Skins.
• An assortment of new color variations for existing Legendary Skins.
• An assortment of customization items for karts.

Rilla Roo has also been “fixed,” so if you don’t like his character design in Nitro Fueled, you might be happier now. You can also, amusingly, unlock the Iron Checkpoint Crate as a playable character by finding and collecting every Beenox crate in each track.

New paint jobs and a soundtrack option are coming, as is a leaderboard wipe, starting everyone afresh and wiping out some bugged times that had risen to the top.

Crash Team Racing: Nitro Re-Fueled received an 8/10 in GameSpot’s review. Oscar Dayus praised the game as an excellent remaster: “Nitro-Fueled maintains the spirit and rock-solid foundations of a childhood favorite while building on it and modernizing it where necessary–even if the handling might take a bit of getting used to.”

The game (along with the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy and Spyro Reignited), has done well enough that Activision is planning more remasters in the near future. Meanwhile, some fans believe Sony has been hinting at a new Crash Bandicoot game.

In the wake of this morning’s Nintendo Direct Mini, four new games were surprise-launched–here’s everything else slated to release this week.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger fans will be excited for the release of the HD remaster on March 31, while the HD remaster was first released on Steam in 2016, it is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch after a long four years. The port of this GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox 3D platforming game is sure to bring back some of that early 2000s nostalgia for many of us, with countless hours of our childhoods devoted to finding those elusive thunder eggs.

One of the titles announced in this morning’s Direct was Bravely Default 2, with a demo available for download now on the Nintendo Eshop. Arms is free to play for a limited time for Nintendo Switch Online members too–jump in before April 6 to celebrate an Arms character being introduced to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in June.

Here is a full list of every Nintendo Switch game releasing this week on the Eshop:

March 27

• Giganotosaurus The Game
• Children of Zodiarcs
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
• Saints Row IV: Re-elected
• Repressed
• CopperBell
• Duck Souls+

March 30

• What The Box?

March 31

• The Complex
• Bubble Bobble 4 Friends
• Zombie Army Trilogy
• Operencia: The Stolen Sun
• Treachery in Beatdown City
• Chapeau
• TY the Tasmanian Tiger HD
• Stones of the Revenant

April 1

• Totally Reliable Delivery Service
• Wurroom

April 2

• MetaChampions
• Rascal Fight
• Pocket Harvest
• Junk Jack
• Horror Bundle Vol. 1
• Snakeybus
• MazM: Jekyll and Hyde
• Curious Expedition
• Lost Artifacts
• The Otterman Empire

Capcom is also running a sale on some of their biggest hits for the Nintendo Switch and 3DS this week, with big deals on major titles up for grabs.

• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen – $19.99
• OKAMI HD – $11.99
• Resident Evil 4 – $19.99
• Mega Man 11 – $14.99
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS) – $8.99
• Resident Evil Revelations (3DS) – $7.99

These deals will expire at 11:59 PM PT on March 30, so get these deals while you still can.

After a last-minute delay, the next big update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone is finally coming–and very soon.

Developer Infinity Ward announced on Twitter that the next update–which includes a new Operator and map for Modern Warfare and big changes for the Warzone battle royale mode–is coming at 11 PM PT on March 26.

In terms of what’s new, the update adds a new Modern Warfare multiplayer Operator, Talon, who has a very good boy to accompany him. There is also a new map, Khandor Hideout, which will get its own 24/7 playlist at launch so people can play it endlessly.

Also new with the update is the NVG Infected mode, which is essentially Infected, but with the lights off. The “Survivors” team have thermal sights, but the Infected team can see in the dark. The Plunder mode for Warzone, meanwhile, adds a new variant in the form of “Blood Money.” This special game mode gives guaranteed cash drops for all kills, while completing bounty contracts and finishing moves pays out extra money as a bonus incentive.

The standard Warzone battle royale mode introduces four new weapons with the update: 725 Shotgun, MK2 Carbine, EBR-14, and the .50 GS. In terms of changes, Infinity Ward has nerfed shotgun damage from close range so a single shot will no longer down an enemy who has full armor. However, players who are using Stopping Power ammo can still down an enemy with a shotgun blast from close range with a single shot.

Warzone also now supports different controller button layouts, which is a good news for one reason in particular. You can now choose to use the Bumper Ping and Bumper Ping Flipped layouts to use the “Ping” feature by pressing the controller’s bumper instead of the D-pad. This is wonderful news, as fans remarked that the D-pad configuration was awkward. This change brings Warzone more in line with Apex Legends, which also uses bumpers for pings.

Another notable change for Warzone is that the price of Loadout Drops from the Buy Station has been increased to $8,500, which is up from $6,000. The Loadout Drops have been one of Warzone’s most controversial new features because they allow you to spawn with any loadout you want from the main Modern Warfare mode, thus giving players the opportunity to wield high-power Legendary weapons early in matches.

At $6,000, the Loadout Drops were already the most expensive item you could purchase from the Buy Station. The new price increase should help level things out, though undoubtedly Loadout Drops will remain controversial.

You can see the full March 26 patch notes for Modern Warfare and Warzone below.

Modern Warfare And Warzone Patch Notes March 26

WHAT’S NEW:

• New Coalition Operator, Talon!
• Khandor Hideout 24/7 Playlist in Modern Warfare Multiplayer!
• NVG Infected Multiplayer Mode – Infected in the Dark. Survivors have a thermal sight and limited NVG battery, but the Infected can see in Dark. Realism damage, so make those headshots count!
• Plunder: Blood Money – Guaranteed cash drops on all kills. Bounty Contracts and Finishing Moves pay extra cash!

GENERAL FIXES:

• When using a Tactical Insertion in the crawl space near the oil derrick on Rust, the player will spawn elsewhere on the map instead of where the Tac Insert was placed. This has been fixed
• When using KBM, the navigation arrows used to change which Season you’re viewing go in the wrong direction. This has been fixed
• Fixed a bug where the killcam showed the player they were killed by Thermite rather than underbarrel thermite
• In some cases, Xbox players might experience in-game stuttering after the console has been in Rest Mode and the “Instant On” setting is enabled. This has been fixed
• Fix for a bug where players could see Daily Challenges rewarding duplicate rewards instead of XP
• We now show weapon and equipment counts in the killcam. If a player was using Stopping Power, then the ammo count will be orange to denote this. We also show whether a player was using Dead Silence in the killcam as well

Weapons:

• Increased the max travel time for Crossbow bolts from 3 seconds to 6 seconds for longer distance shots
• Bolt action rechamber will no longer be retriggered if interrupted after the round has been ejected (this fixes an issue with redundant bolt action rechambers after weapon switches)
• Removing inaccurate attachment description from Solozero NVG Enhanced Scope: “Optic glint visible to enemies”

Perks:

• Amped: Increased Amped reload speeds for the Strela-P, PILA, and JOKR
• E.O.D: Damage resistance fixes and tuning:
  • Fixed an issue where Thermite equipment was not showing the damage resistance icon even though damage resistance was being applied
  • Stuck Thermite and Thermite bolts no longer have their damage reduced

Field Upgrades:

• Field Upgrade Pro: Stopped cases where failed Field Upgrade placements would cause equipment to be used
• Tactical Insert: Added broken Tactical Insert icon that is shown when the Tac Insert is destroyed
• Deployable Cover:
  • Shotguns now destroy Deployable Cover with 3 melee hits
  • Added damage stats for vehicle and thermite damage
  • Fixed a bug where placing Deployable Cover on a door two times would allow the door to be moved
• EMP Drone: Allow the EMP Drone to be used at the start of a new round in multi-round game modes
• Stopping Power: We’ve doubled the amount of Stopping Power ammo given to Akimbo weapons

PC:

• Stun Grenades are now less intense
• Several fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability

Campaign:

• While on Embassy, at the Green Beam checkpoint, players would not be able to progress in the mission after using the drone strike. This has been fixed.

Special Operations:

• Operation Strongbox: Fix for the vault location/crypto key objective markers not displaying on the Tac-Map
• Operation Strongbox: Fixed a bug that prevented guided rockets from locking onto the enemy helicopter
• Operation Brimstone: Fixed a bug where objective icons were not appearing on the Tac-Map
• Operation Crosswind: Fix for sometimes jumping out of the plane into an out of bounds area
• Operation Crosswind: Fix for enemies not spawning in the plane if one player is outside of the plane during the regroup
• Operation Headhunter: Fix for Cruise Missile marking teammates as enemy targets
• Operation Just Reward: Fix for stealth being automatically broken when retrying the Operation
• Operation Just Reward: Enemy sentries will no longer shoot players parachuting in
• Rebalanced explosive damage against Juggernauts
• Fix for a bug where the Double Time Perk was not awarding the correct speed bonuses
• Fixed a camera bug that could sometimes drift off the while in the pickup truck
• Fix for icons not appearing correctly when using UAV
• Fix for exploit involving molotovs and munitions crates
• Fix for High Alert not triggering on suicide bombers or juggernauts
• Fix for throwing knife not killing enemies in 1 hit
• Fix for players respawning with empty ammo clips/magazines
• Fix for enemy melee attacks ignoring player armor
• Fix for Restock perk not showing grenades recharging
• Fix for Suicide Bombers playing their VO too frequently

Ground War

• Fix for a bug that resulted in a player falling through the map upon spawning on a tank as it became full

Warzone:

• New weapons can be found on the ground and in Supply Boxes: 725 Shotgun, MK2 Carbine (Marksman Rifle), EBR-14 (Marksman Rifle) and the .50 GS (Handgun)
• Players who disconnect in Last Stand will now drop their items when leaving the game
• Fix for a bug where the animation for the player equipping a gas mask will interrupt and block players from deploying their parachute
• Tuned close up shotgun damage to prevent a single shotgun blast from downing a fully armored player. Stopping power can still make this happen
• Added Warzone specific controller button layouts. The Bumper Ping and Bumper Ping Flipped layouts will allow those playing Warzone with a controller to use the Ping feature more efficiently

Plunder:

• Players can no longer stack self-revive kits
• Players that are spectating still get plunder payouts from contracts but at only 40% of the value paid to living players
• Fixes to help prevent hitching when interacting with Cash Deposit Helicopters and Recon Contracts

Battle Royale:

• Fix for a rare bug that allowed players to equip two riot shields if they had two different camos, but only one would appear on the player

• Made it easier to see which item is selected while using a Buy Station
• Updated button layout for equipment while using gamepad
• Fixed a bug for players are not receiving a banner on the top right of the screen for allies or enemies initiating kill streaks
• Prevent bullets that hit the riot-shield from depleting player armor
• If a player flies the Recon Drone out of bounds, the player will hear the out of bounds countdown timer but will not see the countdown splash on their screen. This has been fixed
• Fix for various and potential exploits
• Field Upgrades: Fixed a bug where some Field Upgrades were not ending at the end of the pre-match
• Players will now get a kill when someone that you’ve downed, disconnects from the game
• Reduced the amount of cash given for averting a bounty
• Increased price of Loadout Drop within the Buy Station to $8,500

The Twitch Prime rewards for Destiny 2 in April have been revealed. This is the third of six monthly bundles available to Twitch Prime subscribers, and it’ll be available until the end of April. Each month members will be able to claim a new set of four exotic and legendary items, which include a mix of weapons, ornaments, ships, Ghosts, Sparrows, and emotes.

This month, the gear includes a Prometheus Lens Exotic trace rifle, an Eye of Osiris Exotic ornament, Tyrant Ghost Shell, and Fleet Ska IX ship. Except for the Fleet Ska XI ship, these are all exotic level loot, the highest tier of loot in the game. Unlike other exotic loot in Destiny 2, these items don’t require a long quest line to receive, instead upgrading your fire power without hours of grinding.

To claim your loot, head over to the Destiny 2 Twitch Prime page. Upon linking your Bungie account and Twitch Prime account, the limited time gear will be available for pick up in-game from Amanda Holliday, the Shipwright in the Tower. There is no time limit on collecting these items in-game, so feel free to collect them in your own time after visiting the Destiny 2 Twitch Prime page.

Any item earned through Twitch Prime membership in Destiny 2 will be at your character’s current power level, so their power will be dependent on your own strength. That being said, sometimes items these items can increase your power level, it just depends on what level they come through as.

These in-game rewards are available now for players with active Twitch Prime memberships until the end of April. Players who sign up for Twitch Prime, or use their free trial period, will also be able to earn these rewards on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Stadia.

Twitch Prime members can also get benefits in GTA Online, Apex Legends, Red Dead Online, and more each month.

The Final Fantasy VII Remake is getting exclusive PlayStation 4 Slim and PlayStation 4 Pro bundles in Japan, Sony and Square Enix have announced.

The PS4 Slim 500GB (CUH-2200 series) and PS4 Pro 1TB (CUH-72000) will be the same price as the standalone consoles, with both bundles including a physical copy of the Final Fantasy VII Remake and code for a PS4 theme featuring Strife Cloud standing in front of the Shinra HQ. Both the PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro bundles will be released on April 10 in Japan.

Both consoles will include the following:

• PS4 Slim/PS4 Pro console in Jet Black

• DualShock 4 Jet Black Wireless Controller

• Physical copy of Final Fantasy VII Remake

• Product code for Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 Dynamic Theme “Cloud”

• Free 1-month PlayStation Plus membership

• Mono headset

• Power cable

• HDMI cable

• USB cable

• User guide

It is unlikely this bundle will make it out of Japan for sale, but we can always hope. In the meantime, make sure to get the Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 theme before the game releases.

Final Fantasy VII Remake is out on April 10 on PS4, with the game having a one year exclusive release with Sony. The remake won’t be available for any other platform for at least one year. A free demo of the game is available to download on the PlayStation Store now.