Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0 Is Live Now, A Day Early
Game Informer • • technology
Key Points:
- Nintendo has released the highly anticipated Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update early, making it available now ahead of the scheduled January 15 launch.
- The free content update includes major additions such as the hotel on Kapp'n's pier, the Slumber Islands, and new crossover furniture lines, offering substantial new gameplay experiences.
- The Switch 2 version upgrade, priced at $4.99 and featuring performance improvements and new features like mouse controls and GameChat, is not yet available but will launch as planned tomorrow.
- Players can manually trigger the 3.0 update download via the Switch home screen's software update menu if it does not start automatically.
- The early release of the 3.0 update
