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Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 1.1.1 patch notes

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The latest update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now available to download. Here's what you can expect from the update 1.1.1 patch notes. Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ first free event is coming up soon, and as players continue to explore and build up their islands, they continue to discover new things. Chief among these was an exploit that allowed players to duplicate any item quite simply. Today, Nintendo releases the official update 1.1.1 patch notes, giving users a glimpse at what has changed with the latest update to New

Evening Reading – March 25, 2020

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Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially kick off our day of posting. Please take a look. High Quality Internet Video Content This guy has just won the internet. pic.twitter.com/wQWvKw4jco — Teeta (@anitamassey86) March 25, 2020 Good job on that video, Internet. Wow! Look at these bird pictures I'm usually bopping around the nature trails, but when the trails have become too busy, I've been bailing to other parts of the park. I usually don't see much off the trails, so it was quite the happy surprise to

First Post! March 25, 2020

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Hey Shacknews, it's time for First Post! Let's officially kick off our day of posting. Please take a look. LOOP DADDY 2020 Dude, we raised over $30,000 for Coronavirus relief with these quaranstreams!! Y’all are fucking amazing. Once I get the funds I’ll post a receipt with our donation ❤️ pic.twitter.com/lQzvmb2xBa — Marc Rebillet (@marcrebillet) March 25, 2020 Great work, Marc! Latinx in Gaming Directo announced! On April 11th at 10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST the Latinx in Gaming team is bringing you the LATINX Directo!We'll be talking

A math teacher used Half-Life: Alyx to write and record lessons

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Players are having quite a bit of fun with the advanced VR physics of Half-Life: Alyx, but at least one player used its markers to draw out a lesson for math class. Half-Life: Alyx is, by many accounts, an amazing achievement for both the Half-Life franchise and VR in general. The game has incredible physics and interactivity throughout and many are discovering fun ways to use it beyond just playing through Half-Life: Alyx. One such player was a teacher who used Half-Life: Alyx’s marker drawing feature to draw out an

Animal Crossing: New Horizons — How To Add Friends

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is all about friendship, but it can be confusing to figure out how exactly to play with your friends. You can't just rely on your Nintendo Switch friends list for everything; New Horizons also has its own friends list, and your Switch friends aren't automatically included. Here's a rundown of what you need to do to start playing with friends and make sure you've added them as friends in New Horizons.The first thing you need to do is wait a day after you've started your game.

Sony Slowing PS4 Download Speeds In Europe To Help Internet Reliability

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With internet usage growing due to social distancing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Sony has announced plans intended to help mitigate the impact of the PlayStation Network on internet reliability in Europe. Specifically, Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan has announced the company is "working with internet service providers in Europe to manage download traffic to help preserve access for the entire internet community."While PS4 wasn't specifically cited, it's undoubtedly PS4 users that represent the bulk of SIE's network traffic. (Recent weeks have seen some massive updates and game download

Netflix Is Downgrading Video Quality In Australia To Help Keep Networks From Overloading

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Time Stamp: March 24, 2020 12:40 AM - Modified On: March 24, 2020 - Published By:
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As is already the case across Europe, Netflix is downgrading the video quality of movies and TV in Australia as part of an effort to mitigate problems related to internet overload as more people stay home amid concerns around COVID-19.The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Netflix will begin compressing the bit rates of content from this evening (24 March) to help the National Broadband Network (NBN) continue to operate normally.Netflix vice president Ken Florence told SMH that the reduced bit rates will be in place for the next 30 days.

Fortnite Schedules Downtime For v12.21 Update

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Time Stamp: March 23, 2020 11:24 PM - Modified On: March 23, 2020 - Published By:
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Scheduled maintenance will result in Fortnite downtime, barely a week after the v12.20 update dropped. The downtime will begin at 2 AM ET, and while no end time has been announced it will likely only take a couple of hours if previous updates are anything to go by.While patch notes haven’t been released for the v12.21 update, it’s most likely to be fixing performance issues related to new features added in v12.20--particularly the Choppa. The update may also look at the FPS issues that have been on Epic’s radar since

Shack Chat: What is your earliest, or fondest, memory of Doom?

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Shacknews editors gather 'round to wax nostalgic and bloody about our earliest, and/or fondest memories of id Software's Doom franchise. Shacknews started as Quakeholio, a Quake fansite (obviously). That means our roots in FPS games go deep, far deeper than one shooter from id Software. Doom is Quake's antecedent, so, naturally, we hold that franchise near and dear to our hearts as well. This week, we reflect on our earliest memory of Doom, or our fondest. What's yours? Let us know in the Chatty thread below. What is your earliest,