Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Toy Day Is Here

It is officially Toy Day in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Thanks to a recent update filled with holiday content, players should be able to participate in Toy Day, within the video game. There's been festive content leading up to this moment, but now is the time to go out and meet Jingle the reindeer and generally be merry within the popular title.

When you first boot up Animal Crossing: New Horizons today, Isabelle should notify you about it being Toy Day. As such, Jingle the reindeer is waiting for you on your island. For me, they were milling about the town square in front of Resident Services. They initially ask you to create and hand over some festive wrapping paper -- for which Jingle has the DIY plans, which require some ornaments which can be shaken down from festive trees around the island.

Once you've made and handed over the wrapping paper, Jingle tasks you with delivering gifts to all the residents with the help of a little magic bag. All you need to do is keep it equipped and talk to the various island residents and offer them a Toy Day gift from it. Once you've given one to all of the villagers -- only the ones with houses seem to count -- head back to Jingle.

Turning over the magic bag once you're done, Jingle has a special gift and another DIY recipe for you. Additionally, once you've finished with Jingle, you can go about and exchange gifts with all of the villagers. You'll need some wrapping paper to make sure a gift is properly, well, a gift, but Zucker made sure I had some when I tried to exchange gifts without a wrapped present first. So far, the stuff I've received lines up with the toys that have been available in the shop this month. And that seems to do it for Toy Day!

New Resident Evil Portal Service Launching in 2021

Capcom is launching a new service in 2021 called “Resident Evil Portal” that’ll serve as a one-stop place for Resident Evil fans’ needs. It’ll encompass a number of different individual Resident Evil services that’ll be integrated under the Resident Evil Portal soon, but perhaps most important for the casual and hardcore Resident Evil followers alike, it’ll be “the go-to source for the latest info” on the series, Capcom said. No exact release date has been announced yet, but this service will be available at some point in 2021.

The plans to consolidate different Resident Evil services into the Resident Evil Portal were announced on Thursday with a new page on Capcom’s site giving an overview of what’s to come. Players will be able to connect with other Resident Evil fans just as they can now through other services and will be able to keep up with Resident Evil news.

“Resident Evil Portal will be the go-to source for the latest info on the Resident Evil series; it's a place for players to share their stats with others around the world, an overflowing item box of content for series veterans and rookies,” Capcom said.

After looking at the many Resident Evil sites Capcom has up, the idea to integrate them under one umbrella makes sense. A version of the Resident Evil Portal exists already and serves as a landing page for individual sites for games like Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Village. That site is different from Resident Evil.net which keeps players up to date on different events and things like stats and media. Add to those the Resident Evil Ambassador Program and the Japanese sites for the series and you have a lot of Resident Evil news that’s spread out all over the place which hopefully won’t be a problem once the new portal launches.

Pokemon: Secret of the Jungle Will Reveal New Info on Ash’s Father

Pokemon: Secret of the Jungle, aka Pokemon Coco, is set to be released in Japan later this week, with a North American release set to hit next year, and the film has released some new info that is sure to blow fans' minds as Ash Ketchum's father is slated to be further examined in the twenty-third film of the series. With Ash and Pikachu experiencing a brand new adventure in the depths of a jungle, coming into contact with a Tarzan-like character in "Coco", the characters will be introduced to a new legendary Pokemon known as Zarude!

Pokemon fans have never had the opportunity to see Ash's father in the long-running anime franchise, but it has been alluded to that Ketchum's father and grandfather are currently exploring the world on journeys of their own to become the greatest trainers in the world. The director of the film, Tetsuo Yajima, went into detail in a recent interview regarding how Ash will be reminded of his father when he looks at the relationship between Coco and Zarude, with the large primate seemingly protecting the young boy who spends his time traveling the jungle by swinging from vines and living with the pocket monsters residing in the green environment.

With Ash Ketchum recently having won a Pokemon Tournament to cap off his adventures within the Alola Region, the protagonist of the anime franchise, his Pikachu, and his new friend Goh has been exploring the world in a bid to capture even more powerful Pokemon. With the Galar Region having a large factor in the newest season of Pokemon Journeys, Ash and Goh have been butting heads with some of the trainers from the popular Nintendo Switch game of Pokemon Sword and Shield, with the current champion of Galar, Leon, acting as their biggest hurdle to overcome.

Like so many other anime shows and movies, Pokemon: Secret of the Jungle was pushed back as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as it was originally scheduled to be released into theaters in Japan earlier this summer. Though we don't know when exactly the twenty-third film in the series will be released in North America, we would imagine that this news about Ash's father being mentioned in the movie will get plenty of Pokemon fans buzzing!

MrBeast Launching $100,000 Finger On The App Game

MrBeast, one of the most popular YouTube creators, is launching an updated version of the "Finger on the App" game which will multiply the cash prize of its past efforts by four times over. MrBeast has earned a reputation for giving away wild prizes to friends, strangers, and game contestants in his online videos and now he is making his big cash prizes available to everyone who wants to play through the app. With thee latest Finger on the App game, MrBeast is going to be giving away $100,000. All you have to do to win is keep your finger on the app longer than everyone else who plays.

Finger on the App launched back on June 30 with a $25,000 prize. 1.1 million devices downloaded the game. 400,000 people were still playing the game when it reached its three-hour mark. After 70 hours, MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) ended the game and awarded $20,000 to the four contestants who were still remaining. The new app is called Finger on the App 2 and will kick off its next contest on Friday, December 29 at 7pm ET/4pm PT. There is no word on how long te contest is expected to last or if MrBeast will wrap the game early and award multiple prizes but it's a safe bet the winner(s) will have their finger on the app through the clock striking midnight on New Year's Eve.

As a means to ensure players are not cheating, the participants will be required to follow an object within the app without removing their finger from it. This is to prevent any contestants from putting an object on the app which could otherwise be registered as a finger.

MrBeast has given away a $1 million prize in the past but the overall value of everything he has given away on his YouTube channel would take hours to calculate. He has opened a free car dealership, taken his friends and their families on shopping sprees, and hosted games of hide and seek where the winner takes home a fat cash prize. He has also hosted games of endurance like this Finger on the App 2 endeavor, having friends sit in a Tesla or keep their hand on a house in order to win the object which they are unable to be distanced from. He has also made strong efforts to help people who have been financially impacted by 2020's coronavirus pandemic.

Genshin Impact Leak Reveals Some of Update 1.3

A new Genshin Impact leak has surfaced online, previewing some of the content supposedly coming to the free-to-play action RPG on PS4, PS5, PC, and mobile devices with the next update. Just this month, developer miHoYo pushed the game's new 1.2 update, which added Dragonspine, a brand new snowy and cold region, alongside new characters and a slab of content, fixes, and adjustments. That said, while the update added a ton for players to do, many have already made their way through this content and are now looking ahead towards the game's next update, 1.3.

At the moment of publishing, official details on this update, including when it will release, are quite scarce, and it's unclear when that will change. In the meantime, players are just going to have to settle for leaks. And like the many leaks of the past few months, the newest comes the way of prominent Genshin Impact leaker "NEP NEP."

Taking to Twitter, the leaker previewed a slither of the content players can look forward to when update 1.3 hits:

"Leaks all weapons from 1.3 and Inazuma: (Bows)

Bakufu - Kunwu - Moonfall - Monstad Wildsith

Leaked Catalysts from 1.3 and Inazuma: Bakufu - Kaliedo - Narukami - Wildsith

Leaked Catalysts from 1.3 and Inazuma: Jade

Leaked Swords from 1.3 and Inazuma: Bakufu - Boreas -Kunwu - Morax

Leaked Swords from 1.3 and Inazuma: Narukami - Transcendent - Wildsith

Leaked Claymores and Polearm from 1.3 and Inazuma: Appease - Morax - Widsith - Regicide"

As noted, take everything here with a grain of salt given that nothing here is official and that everything in video game development is subject to change. At the moment of publishing, developer miHoYo has not commented on this leak in any capacity, and it's unlikely this will change, but if it does, we will be sure to update the story with whatever is provided.

Puma Reunites With Neymar Jr. for FUTURE Z 1.1

Neymar Jr. has unveiled his second collaboration with PUMA, following on from his PUMA KING Platinum football boot-centred capsule earlier this year. The latest release focuses on the FUTURE Z 1.1, to be worn exclusively by the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil player, which will release alongside the Neymar Jr. Future apparel collection. The FUTURE Z 1.1 football boot has been designed with Neymar Jr.’s playing style in mind, with technical functions chosen to maximize ball control and multidirectional movement.

 

With a white base layer, the boot is finished with eye-catching details including a bright yellow FUZIOFIT+ compression band, the word “FUTURE” on the medial side and an all-over arrow pattern. For the accompanying Neymar Jr. Future collection, PUMA has incorporated a number of the player’s signature graphics including his number 10 logo and NJR badge. The color palette and graphics used on the jersey, shorts, training accessories and off-pitch apparel are all inspired by the graffiti found on the streets of Sāo Paolo. Both the FUTURE Z 1.1 and accompanying apparel collection are available now from the PUMA web store.