Fortnite never had a serious tone, but the game's battle royale modes will be a lot sillier during a 24-hour April Fools' Day update.

The game's v40.10 patch temporarily adds a suite of madcap modifications to unranked battle royale and Blitz matches, giving every player an enlarged head and the ability to ride teammates' shoulders. Llamas are also rideable, and players can literally turn their fingers into guns. As an added comedic effect, fall damage has been disabled, and landing will produce a cartoony splat sound effect.

All of these are also in effect in Unranked Reload, except for the big heads.

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Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is working on a new Divinity game currently, and now the company's CEO has provided an update on how it's progressing.

Swen Vincke said on social media that a recent development at the office helped him feel like Divinity was "coming alive."

"I realized I was having a good dev day when Adam--our writing director--started discussing the game with me," Vincke said. "He just spent a week running through various permutations of one particular situation, tweaking the words, and had plenty of ideas. The things he said made sense but it wasn't that which struck me. He often has good ideas. Instead, it was the energy level he was at."

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Pokemon Go's Memories in Motion season continues in April with a new slew of events and activities to look forward to over the next few weeks. Kicking things off is a Fashion Raid Day, which will give players another chance to catch some fancy costume-wearing Pokemon, while Riolu is returning for an encore Hatch Day on April 18.

This month also sees the arrival of a few new Pokemon, including Silicobra and shiny Toedscool, both of which are set to debut during this year's Sustainability Week. The Paldean Pokemon Tinkatink is also stepping into the spotlight during April's Community Day, and some fan-favorite legendaries and Mega Pokemon are returning to Raids.

There are plenty of other activities lined up for this month. You can read more about all of April's biggest Pokemon Go events below.

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hits theaters this week, and by current estimates, it's going to be another blockbuster. One of its biggest surprises, the appearance of StarFox's Fox McCloud, was revealed last week, and it looks like that might be the tip of the cameo iceberg (which we're not going to spoil here). Currently, fans are wondering if McCloud's appearance is teeing up an eventual Avengers-style Smash Bros. crossover movie for the big screen. Nintendo's answer? It's not that simple.

In a new interview, Nintendo and film producer Illumination explained that they're tackling one movie at a time, and that there aren't any plans for a shared cinematic universe…yet.

"I don't think you'll have a situation [where] all Nintendo characters would be joining [together in one film]," Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said to Polygon. Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri added that the collaboration between Nintendo resulted in several discussions, including "fun" ways to drop characters from other game franchises in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

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Speed Racer (4K Blu-ray)

$31 | Releases May 19

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Almost two decades after it first raced into theaters, the live-action adaptation of Speed Racer is finally getting a 4K Blu-ray release. Directed by The Matrix creators Lana and Lilly Wachowski, preorders are now open at Amazon and Walmart, and priced at $31 ahead of its release on May 19.

Speed Racer (4K Blu-ray)

$31 | Releases May 19

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Pokemon Pokopia includes a Mystery Gift feature, and this allows you to get free items to use in-game. These secret gifts are often only available for a limited time, but this guide will provide you with all of the current codes available to redeem in Pokemon Pokopia, so be sure to bookmark it and check back regularly. We'll be actively updating this page as more codes are added.

Make sure to check out our complete Pokopia guides hub including how to time travel, build all habitats, and more.

All Pokopia Mystery Gifts and rewards

All Mystery Gift items are redeemed at a Pokemon Center PC by either entering a code or obtaining via the internet. Here are all of the currently active Pokopia Mystery Gift codes and their rewards:

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Fortnite OG Season 8 begins on Wednesday, April 1, ushering in a pirate invasion on the throwback island, and bringing back the fan-favorite Avengers: Endgame limited-time mode that hasn't been available in seven years--this is not an April. Fools' joke. And, of course, we've also got a new OG pass that includes three new remix skins based on old exclusive skins from the Season 8 battle pass.

The Season 8 OG pass includes remixes of the lizard ninja Hybrid, the cursed pirate Blackheart, and the regular human being Luxe. Unlocking the pass for 1,000 V-Bucks or through Fortnite Crew instantly unlocks Synthesis, the new version of Hybrid--we haven't yet seen if this one has a lizard style as well, but it's a safe bet that it does. If this pass works like the previous OG passes, it should include two main styles for each of the skins, as well as a full suite of matching cosmetics.

Avengers: Endgame returns to Fortnite

In the Endgame limited-time mode, which starts up on April 3, players are sorted into two teams of 16 players each, with one team representing the Avengers, and the other being Thanos' Chitauri. The Chitauri must scour the island for all six Infinity Stones, each of which powers up whichever player is Thanos, and the Avengers have to stop them. The Chitauri, as a team, are able to respawn 150 times, and the Avengers have unlimited respawns until the Chitauri get all the stones. It's essentially a themed version of the defunct core Fortnite mode Team Rumble.

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