Project Rene, which may end up being called The Sims 5, has started some small playtests. A new video series, Behind The Sims, will continue to show off upcoming features in the Sims franchise. This video discusses Project Rene, as well as several new features coming to The Sims 4 and the franchise's mobile titles.
In the video, Sims Team member Mersea interviewed Project Rene's game director Grant Rodiek. He describes the playtests as "just the start of an incredibly long journey." This...
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Ahead of Hogwarts Legacy's launch next week, Fanatical has kicked off a promotion that runs until February 17. If you purchase a Steam key via Fanatical, you'll receive a free mystery gift that can be opened immediately. The mystery gift will either be a free game or a coupon that can be used on your next order at Fanatical.
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In addition to the mystery gift, you'll get a discount on the game as long as you buy a copy prior to launch (February 10). The standard edition...
It's Tuesday, January 31, and we're back with another edition of our Wordle guides. It's the last day of January, so players will want to ensure they end this month on the right note. Luckily, today's answer isn't too difficult, but it does feature a tricky spelling that might trip players up in their first few guesses.
If you haven't started the January 31 Wordle yet, you can check out our list of recommended starting words to give yourself an advantage before you've begun. However, if...
If you were intrigued by The Callisto Protocol when it launched last month but didn't want to shell out $70 for it, now's your chance to get the survival horror game for a great price. The Callisto Protocol is on sale for only $40 at Walmart for PS5. It's the lowest price yet for the PS5 version. Sadly, Xbox Series X owners can't take advantage of this deal. It's worth noting that both the PS4 and Xbox One editions are discounted to $40, too.
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The Callisto Protocol is the...
Ahead of the game's full reveal, the cover star for MLB The Show 23 has been announced, and it's 24-year-old Jazz Chisholm of the Miami Marlins. As many have observed following the announcement, Chisholm was an unexpected choice.
He is an exciting upcoming player but doesn't have the star power of, say, Shohei Ohtani, who was MLB The Show 22's cover star. In a PlayStation Blog post, San Diego Studio's Ramone Russell said, "Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s electric personality, play, and love for all...
Nintendo is at it again with another collaboration. This time it's with Freiberger Lebensmittel GmbH, a German frozen food brand, to create Mario-themed frozen pizzas. And at long last, Waluigi is going to be a star.
According to a Nintendo Wire report, the Mario pizzas will come in two boxes with different toppings. The first one will have Mario and Luigi on the box and will come with chorizo, salami, and spicy calabrese salami cubes. The other one will feature their evil counterparts...
You'll finally be able to throw down against your friends in Marvel Snap very soon. Developer Second Dinner announced that the new feature, called Battle Mode, is coming Tuesday, January 31. A teaser image accompanying the announcement shows Squirrel Girl facing off against Arnim Zola, both of which are popular cards in the meta.
As previously detailed, Battle Mode will let you play against your friends (or frenemies) by sharing a code to start matches. Each player starts with 10 bars of...
Call of Duty: Warzone 2 is set to get a brand-new map for Season 2, and Activision has released the first teaser clip for the upcoming Resurgence map.
A tweet from the official Call of Duty Twitter account says, "Enjoy a moment of zen before battle." The video showcases a marble rolling through the sand with Japanese text that translates to Sea Lion. A second tweet from Call of Duty names the new location as Ashika Island, and players can expect a map reveal on January 31.
In addition to...
During the 30th anniversary NIS stream, the company announced two new titles. First, Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless, which adds samurai and catgirls with laser guns to its hellish SRPG formula. Second, Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles, which brings two classic JRPGs to North America and Europe for the first time.
Disgaea 7 is set in the netherworld Hinomoto, inspired by historical Japan. The game follows the demon warrior Fuji and his companion Pirilika, a catgirl with a gun. Among the...
Not long after celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, the tangled nest of rights issues surrounding GoldenEye 007 was untangled just enough for the classic first-person shooter to be ported to modern platforms. Xbox Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, as well as digital owners of Rare Replay, now have access to Rare's seminal FPS.
Of course, your platform of choice may have a significant impact on the experience, with the Switch version being the only one to support...
One of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's worst DPS specializations, Retribution Paladin, will see a significant talent tree rework in the game's upcoming patch 10.0.7, Blizzard has announced.
In a lengthy forum post, Blizzard explained all the reasons it is currently unhappy with the state of the specialization: button bloat, too many stacking modifiers, a lack of survivability, poor maneuverability, and missing group utility.
"Retribution Paladins currently have one of the highest death...
Pokemon Go Tour: Hoenn goes live globally at the end of February, but Niantic has now announced Primal Rumblings, which is a short preview event that ends the day before Go Tour begins.
The Pokemon Go Primal Rumblings event begins February 22 at 10 AM local time, and it will run until February 24 at 10 AM local time. Multiple Pokemon from the Hoenn region of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire will appear in the wild, while the legendary Pokemon Rayquaza, Mega Latias, and Mega Latios will return to...
A new update arrived to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 on January 30, addressing several bugs and crashing issues across multiplayer, battle royale, and DMZ. The full patch notes can be seen below, but one of the main focuses was to increase stability and deliver crash fixes across all platforms.
According to the patch notes, this update contains several fixes to reduce the number of known crashes across both games. One specific stability issue mentioned to be fixed was a bug...
A fix for Dead Space's VRS issues is coming, though no exact release window for the patch has been shared yet. The game's implementation of VRS can cause a surprising lack of detail in some textures.
VRS, variable rate shading, is a process which allocates a graphic card's processing across multiple parts of an image. This allows the GPU to use more processing power on complex parts of a render and less on simpler parts. The Dead Space remake usage of VRS has caused some visual issues...
Microsoft has announced the lineup for Xbox Games With Gold for February: For the King and Guts N Goals. The two titles will be available next month for Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
For the King will become downloadable first from February 1-28, per Xbox Wire. Usually retailing for $25, the strategy game features roguelike elements and even has online co-op. It sees adventurers attempting to restore peace to a kingdom where the king was murdered. IronOak Games developed the...
Microsoft recently laid off 10,000 people, and the cuts included people working on Xbox. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer commented on and defended the cuts in a new interview with IGN.
He told the site that, as the leader of the Xbox division, he has a responsibility to "create a safe place where people can do their best work." With these latest layoffs, which impacted 343, Bethesda, The Coalition, and other Xbox teams, Spencer admitted, "I haven't succeeded at that."
Spencer went on to...
Actress Annie Wersching, the actress best-known for her roles in popular television shows like TV and Bosch, has lost her long battle with cancer. According to Deadline, she passed away on January 29.
Her husband Stephen Full issued a statement. It reads in part: "There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go...
Following the massive crossover event from last summer--and running concurrently with the current massive anime crossover feature My Hero Academia--Fortnite and Dragon Ball Super will be joining forces again on January 31.
Official Fortnite social media accounts posted a single image of a purple spaceship with a familiar symbol flying over the Fortnite island, with the logos of both franchises positioned underneath. No other information is given regarding skins or other cosmetics, but more...
Hi-Fi Rush seemingly came out of nowhere last week when Microsoft not only announced the game, but also released it immediately. But that sort of strategy isn't universal, according to Xbox global product marketing manager Kelly Lombardi.
On Twitter, Lombardi addressed the newfound discussion over why maybe more games need to surprise-launch like Hi-Fi Rush. "Some of y'all have switched from 'marketing needs to be detailed, I need info on every stage of development' to 'shadow drop every...
In what has become a monthly tradition, the next batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers has leaked courtesy of billbil-kun. February's PS Plus Essential lineup includes OlliOlli World, Evil Dead: The Game, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and Destiny 2: Beyond Light. An official announcement from PlayStation is expected soon, and all of the freebies should be available to claim starting February 7.
The leak also noted that Mafia: Definitive Edition might not be available in all...