> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://aftermath.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Tomb Raider, Animal Crossing Jumps & Pokemon x Pentagon Lootboxes: All The News From January 13-17 - URL: https://aftermath.site/tomb-raider-animal-crossing-pokemon-news/ - Published: 2026-01-16T15:09:15.000Z - Updated: 2026-01-20T18:20:55.000Z - Description: Also: a PlayStation shovelware crackdown and a sad goodbye to one of gaming's best posters - Author: Luke Plunkett - Tags: News, recap Welcome to Recap, our twice-weekly feature on Aftermath where we round up what’s been going on around video games, the internet and beyond. --- **Of Course**: It's 2026, so headlines like "There’s a Lootbox With Rare Pokémon Cards Sitting in the Pentagon Food Court" are no longer surprising. [There’s a Lootbox With Rare Pokémon Cards Sitting in the Pentagon Food CourtFrowned upon in video games, loot boxes are back in real life–and one’s in the Pentagon.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/favicon-3.svg)404 MediaMatthew Gault![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-15-104343-1.png)](https://www.404media.co/theres-a-lootbox-with-rare-pokemon-cards-sitting-in-the-pentagon-food-court/?ref=aftermath.site) --- **Big Brother Is Back**: The Mr. Beastification of online media continues, with Amazon announcing a new game show where real people are locked in a *Fallout* shelter, a show I would only watch if they were also locked in there with real radroaches. [Fallout Shelter Reality Show Announced For Prime VideoSharing a name with the spin-off game, the series will have contestants participating in “escalating challenges.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/touch-icon-ipad-retina-precomposed.png)GameSpotChris Compendio![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/4635759-4551422-gyoup2hxyaixkqq.jpg)](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fallout-shelter-reality-show-announced-for-prime-video/1100-6537431/?ref=aftermath.site) --- **Dead Game Theory**: In an effort to shift to a business model featuring "streamlined teams powered by AI and automation", mobile publisher Playtika is letting go of around 15% of its total workforce, which will affect an estimated 400-500 workers. [Mobile publisher Playtika cutting 15 percent of global workforceThe company, which owns development studios such as Wooga and Seriously, said it must stop investing talent and capital in titles without a clear path.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/favicon-5.ico)Game DeveloperChris Kerr![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/Playtika_Header.png)](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/playtika-cutting-15-percent-of-global-workforce-in-pursuit-of-ai-and-automation-?ref=aftermath.site) --- **Cleaning House**: PlayStation has removed "hundreds" of shovelware games from the store page of a single developer. [Sony removes hundreds of “shovelware” games from its digital storefront originating from one developerSony has reportedly removed hundreds of ThiGames games from its PlayStation Store.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-8.png)GamesIndustry.bizVikki Blake![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-18.39.39.png)](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/sony-removes-hundreds-of-shovelware-games-from-its-digital-storefront?ref=aftermath.site) --- **Another shutdown**: Amazon have said this week that *New World: Aeternum* is going offline on January 31, 2027\. [Amazon’s New World MMO is the latest game to get delistedNew World: Aeternum will go offline in 2027![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/favicon-240x240.png)Polygon.comAri Notis![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/new-world-aeternum.jpg)](https://www.polygon.com/new-world-aeternum-shutting-down-delisted-offline/?link%5Fsource=ta%5Fbluesky%5Flink&taid=6969637e3f8ca600013e339f&utm%5Fcampaign=trueanthem&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=bluesky) --- **Finally!**: You can finally jump (and strafe, and walk sideways) in *Animal Crossing: New Horizons*. [Oh My Goodness You Can Jump, Strafe, and Walk Backwards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Now - IGNAttention Everyone: Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a jump button now! You can also walk backwards, and sideways!!! Why am I freaking out over this? Look. This is almost as exciting as when we all learned New Horizons would give us the ability to sit down on the ground.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/favicon-6.ico)IGNRebekah Valentine![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/20260114160845-01kez8ffryjcravhpxj1fcgfmg-1768428644917.jpg)](https://www.ign.com/articles/oh-my-goodness-you-can-jump-strafe-and-walk-backwards-in-animal-crossing-new-horizons-now?ref=aftermath.site) --- **Thank you**: Peter Molydeux, an *extremely* long-running parody account making fun of wayward British games designer Peter Molyneux, will be signing off from the account alongside Molyneux's own retirement: [One Of Gaming’s Best Parody Accounts Logs Off For GoodThe director’s final game, Masters of Albion, releases this year![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-7.png)KotakuEthan Gach![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/30/f5/30f5b1bb-84ee-4c26-b446-fb9a5e512994/content/images/thumbnail/4a1458f61b31b075ac19b0f19aefb395-1200x675.jpg)](https://kotaku.com/peter-molyneux-molydeux-parody-masters-albion-trailer-release-date-2000659410?ref=aftermath.site) --- **A+++, no notes**: > First look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in Prime Video's Tomb Raider series > > — [Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:knj5sw5al3sukl6vhkpi7637?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=aftermath.site) [2026-01-15T14:07:31.560Z](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:knj5sw5al3sukl6vhkpi7637/post/3mchqzidljs2z?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=aftermath.site)