Pokemon Sword/Shield introduced a new mythical Pokemon, Zarude, earlier this year, with distribution set to commence this month in Europe. Now, you can easily claim Zarude through GameStop Germany for free–regardless of your region.
PokeJungle has noted that Zarude is now being distributed through the store’s website, and getting a code is straightforward. We’ve tested it in Australia with a local digital copy of Pokemon Shield, and now have a Zarude in our box.
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All you need to do is head to this link, enter your email address, and tick the top two boxes. Within moments, an email will arrive with a code. Once you have a code, go to “Mystery Gift” in the game menu, then select “Get A Mystery Gift” and “Get with Code/Password”. Enter the code there to claim the Pokemon.
Sonic the Hedgehog launched in cinemas back in February 2020–before the COVID-19 pandemic shut screens around the world–and became the highest-grossing game adaptation ever in the US, overtaking Detective Pikachu. Now, a new movie is in the works, and production dates have been revealed.
Gamesindustry.biz has pointed towards a listing on Creative BC, showing a film with the codename “Emerald Hill” in production. This is the first zone from the Sonic 2 game, and Jeff Fowler–director of the first movie–is listed as this film’s director, too. There’s no question that this listing is for the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie.
According to the listing, the movie is due to begin filming in British Columbia, Canada, on March 15, 2021. Filming is set to end on May 10, 2021.
It should not come as a big surprise, but Fortnite‘s latest Marvel event was a huge success in terms of player activity and viewership. According to numbers released by developer Epic Games, some 15.3 million people were logged into the game at the same time to watch the devourer of worlds himself, Galactus, descend upon Fortnite.
That’s a new record for concurrent players, Epic said. For comparison, the Travis Scott concert inside Fortnite reached 12.3 million concurrent players.
We defeated him! A record 15.3 million concurrent players joined forces in our biggest event ever to fight back Galactus in today’s in-game event, while more than 3.4 million cheered and watched on @YouTubeGaming and @Twitch! pic.twitter.com/IAcNpcPKEw
The farming/life-sim genre is an increasingly crowded field these days. There is no shortage of games that offer the experience of building a small farm, raising crops and livestock, and making friends and relationships along the way. But every so often, a game in this genre comes along that really turns things on their head, taking well-worn tropes and expectations and making them feel fresh and new. Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin is such a game. It combines an in-depth rice-farming simulation with excellent 2D platforming action and a wonderful atmosphere to make a delightful, fulfilling experience.
Sakuna is a haughty, bratty harvest goddess of the old-timey Japan-inspired world of Yanato. She lives comfortably with her divine peers in the Lofty Realm away from the suffering of mortals below. When a group of hungry mortals stumble into the Lofty Realm looking for food on her watch, she discovers to her horror that they’ve destroyed the offering to the great deity Lady Kamuhitsuki. As punishment, she and the mortals are banished to the Isle of Demons, where she is tasked with cleansing the land of evil forces while eking out a meager subsistence living with her newfound companions. Now, the goddess Sakuna needs to get her hands dirty–and bond with the humans that have lived beneath her–in order to survive.
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The base gameplay of Sakuna is split into two parts: exploration and simulation. The exploration sections have you traversing 2D environments to hunt enemies, collect materials needed for combat and survival, and discover new areas for gathering. The simulation sections task Sakuna with managing the day-to-day labor involved in harvesting a rice crop needed to sustain a family. Engaging in both of these activities is necessary for progress, but you need to decide how to best invest your time. A day-and-night cycle means there’s a constant march onwards through the quite truncated seasons, which affect many things, such as when collected materials spoil, enemies’ strength, which materials can be gathered, what farmwork can be done, and so on. The need to balance activities and manage both item and time resources makes for a gameplay loop that’s interesting and challenging without being too punishing. It also allows for the gradual introduction of new elements as you progress, like additional farming tools and more exploration abilities.
December is officially here, which means we’re quickly coming up on the end of 2020. That doesn’t mean there are no new games to look forward to before the year wraps up, however. Although this month is fairly light in terms of new releases, there are still some notable games coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Switch, and last-gen consoles over the next few weeks.
Undoubtedly the biggest release is CD Projekt Red’s highly anticipated (and long-delayed) Cyberpunk 2077, but it’s not the only notable game coming out this month. Life Is Strange developer Dontnod is releasing its surreal thriller Twin Mirror at the start of the month, while Ubisoft’s Breath of the Wild-inspired epic Immortals Fenyx Rising arrives on December 3.
There are also some exciting retro releases out this month. Nintendo is officially localizing the very first Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, for Switch on December 4, and Square Enix is bringing the first three Final Fantasy Legend games to the hybrid console later this month in Collection of SaGa.
