Tencent Games has announced a major update for PUBG Mobile. The content drop is set for May 7 and will kick off the thirteenth season of the game, introducing a variety of new features and updates. The main highlight of this will be Mad Miramar, which will add two sections to the pre-existing map, including an oasis in the north, and ruins in the north-west. There will also be more resources spawning throughout the map.

The crowning glory of the update, however, is the new rust-punk style race track which runs through the entire area, as well as a new vehicle to race on it. The golden mirado, a one-of-a-kind golden convertible, will spawn on the map, and only be available to whoever grabs it first.

Some other quality of life changes include the addition of vending machines, which will dispense painkillers and energy drinks, with the possibility of you collecting eight at a time. The other main map update is the cheer park, an area where you and your friends can kick back and relax after a match, with shooting ranges, and an outdoor BBQ.

Full update notes haven’t been released yet, but should appear in the next few days before it rolls out on May 7. You can find more details in the trailer:

There are changes to the results screen too, which now lets you see stats such as revives, assists, distance traveled, and time survived. This, as well as a variety of weapon-based information, will be a great tool for perfecting your game.

Guns are also getting some love, with the P90 submachine gun’s  inclusion in arena mode, a new 2.7x scope for the Win97 carbine, and a new canted site for classic mode, giving you three modes of weapon fire to switch between.

All in all the changes should be a great increase to the game’s quality of life. If you want to find out more about upcoming PUBG content, check out the PUBG mobile website.

By Mike Peterson
Monday, May 04, 2020, 01:52 pm PT (04:52 pm ET)

Free access to Epix through Apple TV Channels has expired, but users of the Apple TV app will be able to stream Moonbug Kids through the month of May.

Epix granted free access to its service through Apple TV Channels until Friday, May 2, a date that has since passed. Now, Apple is making the Moonbug Kids channel free to stream, without a subscription, until June 2 on the Apple TV app.

In addition to Moonbug Kids, a number of other premium streaming services are offering extended free trials through the Apple TV app, including Smithsonian Channel Plus, PBS Living and Showtime.

The Apple TV app is available on iOS, iPadOS and tvOS, as well as on a variety of third-party smart TVs and set-top boxes.

As people entered coronavirus quarantines in April, Apple also made select titles from its Apple TV+ streaming service available free to anyone with access to the Apple TV app.

AppleInsider has curated a list of free, at-home activities for those still under lockdown, ranging from educational classes to exercise apps and games.

With April all done and dusted, we somehow find ourselves a whole third of the way through the year. Where on Earth does the time go? As such, it’s time to once again visit our tried and trusted Nintendo Life eShop Select awards!

These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo’s digital store, giving some love and attention to the games that could so easily be missed in the Switch’s ever-growing library.

So, let’s get started! Here are the best Switch eShop games of April 2020!

Honourable Mentions:

While these titles didn’t quite make our top three this month, they’re still certainly worth checking out.

Publisher: Armor Games Studios / Developer: Glass Revolver

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2020 (USA) / 22nd Apr 2020 (UK/EU)

Taking third place this month is ITTA, a bullet hell shooter full of confident storytelling and very challenging bosses. We awarded the game an 8/10 in our review, praising its beautifully-designed pixel art world and its pleasing mix of exploration and boss fights. It might not be ideal for those new to the genre thanks to a wildly fluctuating difficulty curve, but those who love nothing more than jumping right into some bullet hell action should find plenty to enjoy here.

Publisher: Team 17 / Developer: Ghost Town Games

Release Date: 7th Aug 2018 (USA) / 7th Aug 2018 (UK/EU)

In second place comes Overcooked 2: Gourmet Edition, a new Overcooked release which bundles together the base Overcooked 2 game and all of its DLC. If you’ve played any Overcooked before, you won’t need us to tell you that the largest ever bundle of Overcooked content is absolutely worth owning.

The base campaign serves up all of the crazily good co-op madness that the series is known for, and adding several tasty new ideas in the form of the included DLC is the cherry on the top. If you don’t already own Overcooked 2, you should definitely check this out.

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Publisher: DotEmu / Developer: DotEmu

Release Date: 30th Apr 2020 (USA) / 30th Apr 2020 (UK/EU)

If you’ve been regularly visiting the site for the past few weeks, you probably won’t be surprised to see that this month’s number one spot is going to Streets of Rage 4. The classic beat em’ up is finally back after far too many years away, and almost the entire Nintendo Life team has been taking about little else all week (well, apart from Animal Crossing, obviously).

We gave the game a 9/10 in our review, going as far as to say that this is the very best the series has ever been. If you’re keen on your fighting games, what are you doing reading this? Go and grab this one immediately.

< Nintendo Life eShop Selects – March 2020

How we decide our eShop Selects top three: As we reach the end of every month, the Nintendo Life staff vote on their favourite titles from a list of games selected by the editorial team. To qualify for this list, these games must have been released primarily as a digital Nintendo Switch eShop title in that particular month, and must have been reviewed on Nintendo Life; we select the qualifying games based on their review scores.

Staff are then asked to vote for three games that they think deserve to sit right at the very top of that list; first choice gets 3 points, second choice gets 2 points, and third choice gets 1 point. These votes are then tallied to create a top three list, with the overall winner taking that month’s top prize.

We’ve seen recreations of EarthBound towns and entire Zelda maps in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and now a player who goes by the name assaultepic on Reddit has shared their creation of the fourth generation Pokémon region, Sinnoh.

This particular region was first introduced in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl on the Nintendo DS in 2006.

It was apparently as simple as searching for an image of the map on Google, importing it into the Happy Island Designer web app, and then following the grid lines in-game.

The creator says the Pokémon theme has also been expanded upon:

I made some custom hoodies with the starters and put them in Able Sisters so that the villagers can “pick their starter”. Not seen any do so yet though

I’ve also been trying to make the villagers look like gym leaders by giving them clothes. So far I’ve got Volkner Ricky and a few others.

Although the map looks good from above, admittedly it’s “not at all” practical to live on:

To be honest, it’s rather cramp, especially because I used cliffs to fill in the middle part. I haven’t done much with the island itself besides making the map, I wasn’t sure what to do next!

What do you think of this recreation? How does it compare to your own island? Leave a comment down below.

Publisher Coffee Stain and developer Easy Trigger have announced the “hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter” Huntdown will be arriving on the Switch eShop on 12th May. Believe it or not, but this game was actually confirmed for the Nintendo Switch way back in 2017.

When it does finally arrive in a few weeks, you can expect 16-bit pixel art graphics and 60fps gameplay backed by a synthesized soundtrack, and set in a neon-soaked, graffiti-strewn 80s inspired cityscape.

The game itself takes place in a future where criminal gangs rule and cops cower in fear. Only three bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt list of felony and lay waste to the criminal underworld. If you don’t like enforcing justice alone, you’ll be able team up with a second player in co-op.

Below are some screenshots of the game from Nintendo’s website:

Do you like the look of this upcoming eShop release? Leave a comment down below.