The rumors are false; Leif's arrival in Animal Crossing: New Horizons won't crash your game

There's a bit of a rumor going around that the latest update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons is causing the game to crash. We're here to tell you that the rumor is 100% false.

We're not quite sure of the original intent from those spreading this rumor, but the end result has been people who are afraid to update their game, or play it at all. There's one camp that's saying the original rumor of game crashes was a riff on a series of tweets about fake crashes in Team Fortress 2, and another camp saying the people who spread this rumor were just out to scare players and ruin their fun.

Again, the reasoning behind the rumor doesn't matter one bit. You can play Animal Crossing: New Horizons with the latest update and there will be no issues. Go enjoy some time on your island!