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Free Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Coming July 29th

Animal Crossing fans, prepare for new content coming soon to your favorite animal themed life simulator.

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A bunch of vilalgers celebrating fireworks in the plaza (animal crossing new horizons screenshot)

Rejoice, villagers!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch is getting a free content update on July 29th. Exciting news for fans of the popular social simulator game.

Read on for more details regarding this new Animal Crossing: New Horizons update!


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The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update

Animal Crossing: New Horizons new update is coming in mere days.

On July 29th, players will be able to access new content on their islands.

Update to the latest version to enjoy

  • Weekly Fireworks shows
  • New Seasonal Items

Is The Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Update Free?

Yes! The new content update set to release on July 29th, 2021 will be free for all players.

All you have to do is update your game to its newest version to access the new events and items.


Are More Animal Crossing: New Horizons Updates Coming?

Nintendo also announced that more Animal Crossing: New Horizons updates will be come later in the year (Tweets below).

Information on what will be included in those future updates remain a mystery, but rest easy knowing great new content will be coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizon for the rest of 2021.


The Animal Crossing Tweet

Nintendo’s official Twitter account tweeted about Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ new update on July 27th, 2021.

Check out the tweets here.

TWEET TEXT:

A free update for #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons arrives on July 29. Please ensure you have updated to the latest version to enjoy the upcoming weekly Fireworks shows and new seasonal items.
 

TWEET TEXT:
 
In addition to these updates, more free content for #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons is currently in development for later this year. More information will be shared in the future, so please stay tuned. Thank you for your support and patience.
 

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