Fanbyte Morning News April 10, 2020

Here’s a roundup of the morning’s news! You can download this episode directly right here. Otherwise, check out the player above, or head to iTunes and Spotify. While you’re there, consider rating us...

Animal Crossing's Bunny Day Begins to Die its Slow Death After Patch

If you’ve somehow managed to stay off the internet for the past week and are unaware, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is in the middle of an event called “Bunny Day,” which is basically a secul...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a Mean Simulator, Actually

You won’t trick me. I see y’all. I see you calling Animal Crossing: New Horizons a Nice and Peaceful and Relaxing Simulator when, in fact, it’s truly a Mean Simulator. I have the evidence to...

Gearbox CEO Reportedly Tells Financially-Slighted Devs They Can Quit if They're Unhappy

Kotaku is reporting that developers over at Gearbox Software won’t be receiving royalty bonuses equivalent to what they were promised for the development of Borderlands 3.

For Some Reason, People Are Obsessed With This Animal Crossing Cat

It’s easy for Animal Crossing staple characters like Isabelle and Tom Nook to gain massive fandoms (or hatedoms in Tom Nook’s divisive case). It’s much harder for one of the many regular vill...

Fanbyte Evening News March 27, 2020

Here’s your audio roundup for this evening’s news! Direct link here or use the embed below. You can find our Morning, Evening, and Sunday edition short podcasts on the Fanbyte FM feed of your favorite...

PSA: Here's All the Bugs Leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons Soon

“As with fish, so too with bugs.” We all remember this famous line from Shakespeare’s “Out of the Silent Planet,” and it has never been more true than it is right now, thanks to Animal Crossing: N...

PSA: Here's All the Fish Leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons Soon

With Animal Crossing: New Horizons quickly becoming most people’s preferred instance of reality, scores of new island dwellers are doing their absolute best to touch every peace of blessed co...

For Some Reason, People Are Obsessed With This Animal Crossing Penguin

In anticipation of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I’ve obsessively kept up with every new update, piece of footage, and the community itself. But I’ve been 1) a fan of this series, and 2) Ext...

Join Me on the Strange Journey of an Animal Crossing Water Bottle

Alright y’all. We need to talk. See this Animal Crossing water bottle? I better not hear of any of you buying this monstrosity. “Why,” you ask? “It’s so cute,” you say. “Look at the tiny...

First Animal Crossing Billionaire Starts Fundraiser for Nashville Animals

If only all real billionaires were this generous, the world would be a much better place.

NHK Poll Reveals the Most Popular Final Fantasy Games Among Women

NHK, Japan’s national broadcasting organization, has closed out its official Final Fantasy poll with nearly 470,000 votes. The poll surveyed for four categories: the top titles, characters, b...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time Brings Series Writer and Ex-Ninja Gaiden Devs Together

Adult Swim Games and Soleil Games, a studio comprised of veterans from the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, have announced a Samurai Jack game set...

Microsoft Announces Smart Delivery, a Cross-Buy Equivalent for First Party Xbox Games

Microsoft has already confirmed that the Xbox Series X (technically just called Xbox but specificity is required when we’re about to be talking about multiple Xbox systems for the next few hundred wor...

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Capitalism Wins Again as Spike Chunsoft Appears to Be Hiring For the Next Danganronpa

It looks like, despite creating an entire game that used a meta-driven commentary on fandom, capitalism, and the desire to not run a series into the ground, Spike Chunsoft might be in the process of d...

Sony Cancelled Sly Cooper DLC and Won't Greenlight a Fifth Game To Spite Me Specifically

It’s been six years since Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time came to PlayStation 3 and Vita, reviving the dormant Sony franchise after its eight year hiatus. While the original trilogy of games...

Rainbow Six Siege Represents Games for Impact Winner Gris with SMG

Because reading the room can be a pretty challenging thing sometimes, Rainbow Six Siege now has a gun based on Gris, as celebration of the game’s taking home the “Games for Impa...

Animal Crossing New Horizons Ad Doubles as Reaction to the State of Things

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Late-Stage GOTY Contender Frog Detective 2 Arrives Dec. 9

The sequel to last year’s indisputable (I will fight you) Game of the Year is coming to Steam next Monday, December 9. The announcement was made last night on Twitter — or “today” on Twitter...