Nintendo has confirmed to IGN that Animal Crossing: New Horizons' version 2.0 update and its Happy Home Paradise paid DLC will be the final major updates to the game that has sold over 33 million copies since its launch in March 2020.

Nintendo shared the news with IGN in a presentation for today's Animal Crossing Direct, where it revealed that the version 2.0 update and Happy Home Paradise DLC will both be available on November 5, 2021. Following that date, Nintendo says it will only be supporting the game with small changes.

Considering the free Version 2.0 update brings with it Brewster and his coffee shop The Roost, other fan-favorite villagers, Gyroids, cooking, Island Ordinances, and more alongside Happy Home Paradise's promise of letting you design villager's dream homes on a new archipelago, it is leaving players a ton of new ways to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

That being said, Happy Home Paradise is the first and only major paid DLC expansion for the second-best-selling Nintendo Switch game behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's 37.08 million. Speaking of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, that game is one that Nintendo released no paid DLC for, despite the original Mario Kart 8 getting some during its Wii U days.

While Animal Crossing: New Horizons may not be getting any more big updates, that doesn't mean the game is anywhere near going away. The game will undoubtedly be played and loved for many years to come, and these new additions will be another big reason why.

The Happy Home Paradise DLC takes place in an archipelago where the company Paradise Planning calls home. Villagers will visit and ask players to help them build their dream home. They also usually have a certain theme, with some loving mushrooms, arcades, or Teddy Bears.

It's then up to you to choose the proper island, place the required furniture and items from the clients, and then continue to design and build out the interior and exterior of the home to make it something special.

New Horizons' Version 2.0 update will be free to all players and the Happy Home Paradise DLC will cost $24.99. However, it is also available as part of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is not only getting a free version 2.0 update that brings with it the arrival of Brewster and his coffee shop The Roost, Gyroids, island ordinances, and cooking, but it is also receiving a paid DLC called Happy Home Paradise that will let you design villager's dream homes on a brand new archipelago.

Announced in an Animal Crossing Direct, both of these DLCs will be available on November 5, 2021, and Happy Home Paradise! will cost $24.99 USD. However, it will be included at no extra cost for those who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Free Version 2.0 Update Adds Brewster and The Roost, Gyroids, and Other Fan-Favorite Villagers

As previously mentioned, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' version 2.0 update will see the long-awaited arrival of Brewster and his coffee shop The Roost. This new shop is part of the museum and will let players enjoy fresh-brewed coffee alone or with some friends. The villagers on your island will come to the shop as well, and you can invite specific villagers via amiibo cards or figures.

Long-time fans of Animal Crossing will be happy to know that Brewster isn't the only returning villager who is part of this update, as it will also see such others as Kapp'n, Katrina, Tortimer, Harriet, Wardell, and more make their way to New Horizons.

Kapp'n and his beautiful voice will invite you on his boat for a journey to various new and mysterious islands that only he knows of. Each could have a different season, time of day, or weather than your own island, and many will have "mysterious flora" and other surprises.

As for the other villagers, these wonderful animals will be found on Harv's Island, which is also getting a big upgrade. His island will be the home to a new plaza that features all sorts of shops waiting to be built with the right amount of Bells. Once built, familiar merchants like Sahara, Kicks, Reese, and Cyrus will open up a new place to do business alongside returning favorites like Katrina and her fortune shop, Harriet and her hair-styling shop (with new hair styles!), and Tortimer and his storage solution.

Your Island will also get some new activities like Group Stretching at the plaza. This is an activity you can do with your fellow villagers or friends, and the stretching can be done with buttons or by using motion controls.

Island Ordinances are also being added, and they will let you enact such changes to your island like keeping shops open later or increasing the number of Bells you receive when selling items. The full list of ordinances includes the Beautiful Island Ordinance, Early Bird Ordinance, Night Owl Ordinance, and Bell Boom Ordinance.

Players will also be able to change the exterior look of their home, home storage has been expanded from 2,400 to 5,000, and lighting and ceiling decor can now be added to house interiors with a new Pro Decorating License. Nine new fence options are being added, players can add two more bridges or inclines to their island, and ABDs (Animal Crossing's ATMs) and storage sheds can be placed most anywhere on an island to give easy access to Bells and your items.

Those who love cooking are in for a treat as players will be able to combine ingredients to make meals like Minestrone or Pizza to display on any table or serve at a feast. Ingredients like tomatoes, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, and carrots can also be grown to use in recipes!

Gyroids are another big addition in version 2.0 and can now be found on player's islands. Players will be able to find Gyroid fragments underground and, when planted and watered, they will turn into a Gyroid overnight. There are many types of Gyroids and many come with a unique look, sound, and animation. They can also be customized.

Other updates include an update to the Pro Camera App that lets players take photos from eye-level view, 11 new reactions, 12 more songs from K.K. Slider, new permanent ladder kits to place around the island, the ability to navigate tight spaces in your home, the apparent addition of Froggy Chair (!), and much more.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' version 2.0 update will be the final major free update for the game that was released in March 2020.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise Paid DLC Lets You Build Villager's Dream Homes

Alongside Animal Crossing: New Horizon's version 2.0 update, November 5 will also see the release of the paid Happy Home Paradise DLC for players who wish to spend $24.99 USD or who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

Happy Home Paradise can be accessed by flying from the island's airport to a new archipelago that is the home to Paradise Planning. This company's mission is to build the dream vacation homes for villagers around the world and they need your help.

There will be characters on the island that will have various requests, including one who loves mushrooms, another who loves arcades, and yet another who loves teddy bears. Once you accept a request, you will be able to pick an island that suits their style, and can pick the weather, time of day, and season to also help fit the mood.

There will be designated furniture and items that need to be used, but an ever-expanding catalog of items will also be available to help complete the home's interior and exterior. The homes can be moved around, trees, fencing, and paths can be added to the yard, lighting and accent walls can be added, and much more.

As you complete more and more requests, you will unlock more techniques that will let you improve your designs. These include different colored lighting, the ability to modify a home's width of length, the use of partition walls, the option to add pillars that support the ceiling and counters with different heights, soundscapes, and furniture polishing. Polishing will add certain effects to furniture like sparkling stars or flying butterflies.

As you learn these new techniques, you will be able to revisit old homes you've worked on to remodel them and utilize any skills you've unlocked.

You will also be compensated for your work in Happy Home Paradise with Poki. This currency can be traded in for rare items that can only be found on this archipelago but can be brought home with you. Speaking of home, all the techniques you've learned – except for expanding the size of houses or rooms – can be used on your own home. Furthermore, the ability to remodel your neighbors' houses can also be unlocked. If you wish, you can even design a dream home for one of your favorite neighbors on the archipelago.

amiibo figures and cards can be used to invite clients of your choosing to Paradise Planning so you can build their dream homes as well. This means you can design homes for Isabelle, Timmy and Tommy, and many more. Speaking of amiibo cards, Animal Crossing Series 5 amiibo cards will also be launching on November 5 with 48 characters total.

That's not all, however, as the island Paradise Planning is located on has various facilities that are just waiting to be designed. This means you can also design your own school, hospital, restaurant, and more.

Everything you design will be recorded in the new Happy Home Network App on your NookPhone. From there, you can keep track of what you've done, share your work with others, or follow other creators for inspiration.

If you aren't ready to purchase Happy Home Paradise, friends are able to gift items acquired on the new archipelago to those who don't have the DLC. Also, many of the new techniques that are featured in Happy Home Paradise, including adding ceiling decor, lighting, accent walls, and using patterns for flooring and wallpaper are available to all as part of the Version 2.0 update.

The Beginning of the End for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

While Animal Crossing: New Horizons will continue to live on for many years to come with its seasonal events and the ever-evolving lives of the player and the villagers who call the island home, Nintendo has no more plans to add anything major to the game following the version 2.0 update and the Happy Home Paradise paid DLC.

Happy Home Paradise! will be the first and only paid DLC expansion for the game and will hopefully add countless hours of enjoyment for the latest entry in the long-running franchise that has sold over 33 million units since its launch in 2020.

Since then, Animal Crossing fans have participated in the infamous Bunny Day event, have seen the addition of ocean swimming, Dream Islands, fireworks, Mario-themed items, and so much more.

It will also forever be remembered as a game that helped many through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic by giving them an opportunity to hang out with friends and loved ones while quarantined from the actual world.

If all of these updates sound like something you'd like to try and you have or are planning on purchasing the Nintendo Switch – OLED Model, be sure to check out our guide so you can safely transfer your Island and all its data to your new system.

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Oscar Issac has praised his experience on Marvel’s Moon Knight, even though he admits that the workload made it one of the "most challenging" projects of his career.

Isaac appeared on a recent episode of Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast where he reflected on some of the most recent and upcoming entries in his acting portfolio, including Moon Knight. He spoke about his time on set and admitted that it was a pretty gruelling schedule but one that he loved turning up for because he was very much involved in the creative process.

"Speaking with Kevin [Feige], I told him I'm going to come in with these big ideas, and if you don't like them, that's fair," Isaac said. "And immediately, we saw it all. I found so much room to do things that I've never done before and had been curious about and wanting to do. I could not wait to get to set, and it was the biggest workload I've ever had in my career and most challenging; by the sheer amount of stuff we had to do in eight months, and even yet, I couldn't wait to get to set and work."

Issac was cast in the lead role in the Disney+ series, playing Marc Spector, a former soldier of fortune, whose encounter with an Egyptian god of vengeance and moon deity, Khonshu, inspires his transformation into a costumed vigilante who is suffering from dissociative identity disorder, meaning he will present as several different personalities.

Ethan Hawke is also starring in the series and is reportedly playing the villain to Isaac's Moon Knight. Hawke has notoriously stayed away from comic book movies and mainstream Hollywood franchises, however, Issac managed to get him on board for the MCU miniseries by simply asking him if he wanted to join in on the action.

Moon Knight was first announced at D23 in August 2019 and is now set to stream exclusively on Disney+ in 2022. The series will consist of six episodes altogether, with some being helmed by Egyptian writer-director Mohamed Diab and others directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Jeremy Slater is overseeing and leading the show's writer's room.

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After months of waiting, Microsoft has finally unveiled new information on its highly anticipated Xbox Series X mini fridge, which will launch in December 2021.

As noted in the latest Xbox Wire blog post, Microsoft will be releasing the first wave of Series X-shaped mini fridge will retail for $99.99/£89.99. The blog post also notes that preorders will begin on October 19 with multiple retailers selling the product globally in December. For US users, the Xbox Series X mini fridge will be sold exclusively at Target to ensure as many fans as possible can purchase the mini fridge. Microsoft also promised to expand regional availability in 2022.

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In the UK, preorders are also going up on October 19, and will be available from GAME, costing £89.99 and also shipping in December 2021.

The Xbox Series X mini fridge has been an ongoing meme that Microsoft has played along with since the Xbox Series X console was first announced in 2019, where people compared the box-shaped design to that of a refrigerator. Last November, the company gave away a full-sized Xbox Series X-shaped fridge.

Last April, Xbox's Aaron Greenberg announced that it would indeed be making a Series X mini fridge after the company won a #BestOfTweets Branch Bracket Championship. While news on the mini fridge itself has been slim, at the end of Microsoft's E3 2021 showcase, the company confirmed that the Series X mini fridge would release sometime during the 2021 holiday season.

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Warning: Full spoilers follow for Halloween Kills. If you’re wondering whether or not the film has a post-credits scene, we’ll tell you right here. Halloween Kills does not have any post-credits scenes.

Halloween Kills is finally here. The middle chapter in David Gordon Green's slasher trilogy adds a lot to the mythology around Michael Myers, even expanding the fight against him by having the entire town of Haddonfield, Illinois, join in a manhunt to kill The Shape once and for all.

As the movie, which is out in theaters and streaming on Peacock, builds to a huge cliffhanger that will be resolved in the upcoming Halloween Ends, there are multiple reveals and surprises that may leave you scratching your head after the credits roll. That includes a nod to the sixth film in the series, The Curse of Michael Myers, that has the potential to be a huge game-changer for the franchise going forward.

We spoke to Gordon Green about the ending of the film, what we can expect from Halloween Ends, and more!

Halloween Kills: Is Michael Myers Supernatural?

Most of the movie deals with Anthony Michael Hall’s Tommy Doyle gathering the people of Haddonfield as a mob to hunt Michael down and kill evil once and for all. But just as soon as they find him, we hear Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode back at the hospital talking about The Shape and why he’s still alive after he should have burned to death at the end of the previous film.

"I always thought Michael Myers was flesh and blood just like you and me,” Laurie says. “But a mortal man could not have survived what he's lived through. The more he kills, the more he transcends into something else, impossible to defeat. Fear. People are afraid. That is the true curse of Michael."

This heavily implies that the film no longer treats Michael as just a man in a spooky mask who kills babysitters, but is instead going beyond Dr. Loomis' theory on Michael being evil incarnate and into The Curse of Michael Myers' territory. The sixth film in the series reveals Michael was a victim of the Curse of Thorn, a druid curse that possesses a child, forcing them to kill their entire family on Halloween night. It also grants the child superhuman strength and immortality. As in that film, Laurie's explanation does offer a reason why Michael is able to survive getting shot in the head and stabbed multiple times.

But that said, Gordon Green seemingly shuts down this theory.

"The suggestion that he is more than a man is a theory that Laurie has,” the director tells IGN. “My own personal concept for Michael, which will carry forward as long as I'm involved, is that he's capable of spectacular things but not impossible [things]. So I don't personally see him as supernatural, but I see the element of fear that he's generated and exacerbated is transcending the immediate character and moved on to an entire community."

So even if Michael is not supernatural, the idea that he is will spread among the people of Haddonfield. Michael appears to die not once but twice in the film, and both times he's gotten right back up and started killing again, almost as if he's reinvigorated by the shock in people's faces. He cuts down the townsfolk that surround him, killing everyone including Tommy Doyle. Even if Michael is just incredibly resilient, but not immortal, the acts of sheer savagery from Halloween Kills are enough to turn him into the literal boogeyman in the eyes of the townspeople. This changes the dynamic going into the third film as there are probably very few who would dare stand up to him now.

Does Michael Even Care About Laurie Strode?

Ever since 1981’s Halloween II, Michael Myers' mission in almost every Halloween film has been intrinsically connected to Laurie Strode. But if there's one thing Halloween, ahem, kills in this movie, it's the idea that Laurie is at the center of The Shape's life. Much like The Last Jedi, the film democratizes the story to make it about the entire town rather than a personal vendetta against one person.

"It's not about you," Frank says to Laurie, explaining that Michael's actions in the previous film were not driven by a desire for revenge against her, but the result of manipulation by Dr. Sartain in the 2018 Halloween movie to chase her. As Frank says, "He's just a six-year-old boy with the strength of a man, and the mind of an animal." If this film makes one thing very clear, it’s that Michael's one and only motivation is to go home, with the window from his sister's room acting as a place of nearly mystical importance to the slasher.

“He’s not personally motivated to kill a person, but he does have a beacon to go home,” says Gordon Green. “If you even think of the tagline from the original film: ‘The night He came home.’ It's about a homecoming. There's that stunted growth of a six-year-old boy who was taken from his home and institutionalized. And there’s something that draws him back home. There's a significance to this place."

Indeed, if Michael killing everyone in his path is detached and unemotional, then him killing the couple that moved into the Myers house is as passionate a moment as we've ever seen from The Shape.

Does Michael Myers Die in Halloween Kills?

For a second there, as the town people are beating him, it sure seems like he’s about to expire. But then… well, it is Michael Myers of course. He’s still going by the end of Kills, apparently killing Laurie’s daughter Karen in the final moments of the film, before staring out of his sister’s window, with Laurie on the other side of town seemingly staring back at him out of her hospital window.

There is a very dark tone to Halloween Kills, with the villain killing almost every returning character by the end of the film. Just as the movie expands the struggle against The Shape by bringing in the entire town, the ending opens the door for Laurie to be at her loneliest and most vulnerable going into Halloween Ends.

We asked Gordon Green about which characters from the original films could return for the final chapter in his trilogy.

"Our middle chapter is about that community and that expansion of the legacy,” says the director. “Some return for Ends. But Ends has a little less novelty and a little bit more specificity in the emotion of a Laurie/Michael connection."

The 2018 Halloween focused on the idea that Laurie was isolated from the community following her survival of Michael's attack 40 years earlier, with even her own daughter Karen cut off from her in a sense. Then Halloween Kills rebutted that claim by showing that the entire town of Haddonfield was behind Laurie Strode and ready to join in the fight. Now that the mob was killed, it's hard to imagine anyone would want to face the boogeyman if and when he appears again.

As for Laurie herself and how Karen's apparent death will impact her, Gordon Green will only say that it’s going to involve a time jump.

"Well, we're going to take a four-year leap in time, and then we'll figure that out," he demures.

But we know this much: Laurie is still committed to taking Michael down. “It needs to die,” she says in the film. “And I’m the one who needs to kill it.”

Is There a Post Credits Scene in Halloween Kills?

This one is easy: No, there is not a post credits or mid credits scene in Halloween Kills. Sorry!

For more on Halloween, why not weigh in on whether or not Michael Myers is the greatest movie slasher of all time. Read our Halloween Kills review as well, and then be sure to check out how to watch the Halloween movies in order, a.k.a. Halloween Is a Multiverse and Michael Myers Is Just Living in It!