Almost six years after its release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is receiving two big updates: the 3.0 update, and a Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade that also comes with additional content exclusive to the ...

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It’s January 2026. A little under six years ago, Animal Crossing: New Horizons released. As a video games news editor that has been working regularly in the time since, I have seen much of the game ...

In honor of its Animal Crossing series' 25th anniversary, Nintendo has a special treat for fans checking into Animal Crossing: New Horizons: a commemorative leaf ornament. To grab it, update to the ...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has received a surprise patch today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the life sim series. The update, version 3.0.2, is available across the Switch and Switch 2 ...

For a number of very obvious reasons, we don't want to roll back the clock to early 2020. No thank you. But if there was a feel-good lockdown story, it was the perfectly timed arrival of Animal ...

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