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Despite Everything, The Sims Team Is Still Bullish on Diversity
When it comes to inclusive design, Sims character artist Jessica Hyland says there's desire "from pretty much every level to be more diverse" The post Despite Everything, The Sims Team Is Still Bullish on Diversity
Cringe '90s stoner icons Jay and Silent Bob are getting a cosy farming sim, but wait for it: you farm weed
Jay and Silent Bob: Joint Venture looks like Wario Animal Crossing.
Lego Party Rating For Switch 2 Surfaces On The ESRB
The party doesn't stop. Last September, the Mario Party style game LEGO Party arrived on the Switch with "60 hilarious minigames". If you haven't already given this multiplayer title a go, it looks like it might be making an encore on the Switch 2. A rating for this version of the game has now surfaced on the ESRB. It's 'E' for everyone and contains comic mischief, mild fantasy and violence.
Xbox Servers Were Down For 20 Hours, But Everything Should Be Working Now
Update: "Good news — the earlier Xbox issue should now be mitigated". Last week, Xbox suffered an untimely server outage preventing players from accessing Halo: Campaign Evolved Early Access on the very same day it launched. Not great from Team Green, and to make matters worse, it looks like servers are playing up once again. You're not alone, Xbox Support confirms the outage, this time preventing players from signing into accounts, games not showing up in libraries, and issues launching games.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Fans Discover Cut Zombies Content Over 15 Years After Release
Call of Duty: Black Ops fans have uncovered a new cut Zombies mode from the game, over a decade and a half after its original release.
Zach Cregger may have made the best Resident Evil movie yet, but a faction of fans aren't happy about it
The latest reboot of the Resident Evil movie series is taking some heat for not looking Resident Evil-ey enough.
Ubisoft Gives Free PC Copies to Xbox Owners of Select Games
Ubisoft is giving Xbox owners free access to some of their games on PC.
13 Ubisoft games go free on PC if you own them on Xbox
Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Skull and Bones, Rainbow Six Siege, and others are now part of Xbox's 'Console to PC' program.
After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine
Sjoerd De Jong aims to combat game development "stagnation" he says has emerged from Epic and Unity market dominance.
The Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta Proves Fans Still Really Want That Blade Movie
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is coming off a record-breaking open beta weekend, where two particular characters reigned supreme over the rest of the game’s cast.
Video Game History Foundation releases major new E3 archive collections
The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) has published new collections documenting the history of E3, the industry trade show that ran from 1995 to 2021.
Cozy farming simulation game Jay and Silent Bob’s Joint Venture announced for PC
Publisher Nitrate Games and developer Starworks Studios have announced farming simulation game Jay and Silent …
EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried
Mark Darrah doesn't think there's anyone left at BioWare who would pitch a new Dragon Age game, and he doesn't think studio executives would let anyone else do it either.
Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc
An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening didn't just cause issues for people trying to play digital games - it blocked people from playing their disc-based games, too. Xbox's status page initially reported the outage on Sunday at about 11PM ET, and it also prevented people from logging in, launching apps, or finding games on the Xbox store. This morning, the page also noted that users "may have problems" playing their digital and disc games, which posts on social media confirmed. During
Are MTG x Marvel Collector Commander Decks Worth the High Price?
MTG x Marvel Collector Commander Decks are back in stock at Amazon, but are they worth the asking price?
Cyan releases teaser for the first new Myst game in 20 years, then breaks the news that it's not actually being made
Project Anglerfish looks great, but publishers apparently aren't interested.
Physical 'Copies' of GTA 6 Will Expire 170 Days After Launch Date in Japan
If you’re buying ‘physical’ copies of GTA 6 in Japan, you’d better act fast and download that code lickety-split, else it might expire while you’re not looking.
Cyan reveals abandoned prototype for new Myst game, confirms different Myst game is in development
Cyan Worlds has confirmed a new title in the Myst franchise is now in early development.
Six Useful Tips to Survive and Thrive Above the Toxic Clouds in Forever Skies
What if Earth were no longer a place humanity could call home because of its own brazen actions? In Forever Skies, that’s the world you’ll step into. It’s a first-person sci-fi survival crafting game set hundreds of years after an ecological catastrophe transformed our planet beyond recognition. Toxic clouds blanket Earth’s surface, so to move […] The post Six Useful Tips to Survive and Thrive Above the Toxic Clouds in Forever Skies appeared first on XBOX Wire.
Overthrow the Kaiser in Red Echoes: Berlin, a Weimar-era turn-based strategy game in the style of Suzerain
Red Echoes: Berlin is a narrative-driven turn-based strategy game in which you join the German "November Revolution" across 1918 and 1919, during the final days of World War 1. Over the course of three chapters, you'll play as three budding agitators from different walks of life, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. You'll move your subversives around a beautiful Berlin map inspired by "classic Weimar-era graphic design", deploying their special abilities again
Talking Point: How Much Has The Xbox Outage Affected You?
Can you play anything yet? Xbox servers have been down for most of the day (July 27), impacting thousands of players, myself included, and leaving me unable to play most of my games. Sifting through social media platforms for the general reaction whilst keeping an eye on the Xbox Status page for a miracle, continues to paint a bleak picture for a digital-only future. My thoughts are already with the Xbox Series S owners, who don't even have the option of turning to their physical library. Not li
Final Fantasy 14 Will Be The Biggest Game on Nintendo Switch 2 by Install Size, and Take Up Almost Half of the Console's Entire Memory
Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy 14 will land on Switch 2 with an almighty thud next month, as its honking install size will take up almost half of the console's 256GB memory.
GTA 6 Region Locks Raise More Questions About PSN's Flaky Infrastructure
Not ideal. Officially, PSN is only supported in a handful of countries. This is an issue that dates all the way back to the origins of Sony’s online network, and it’s generally been accepted that the “workaround” is to create an account in another nearby country, spoofing the address. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Gears of War: E-Day Gameplay Reveal Deep Dive | Official XBOX Podcast
On this episode of the Official XBOX Podcast, we’re at The Coalition in Vancouver with the team behind Gears of War: E-Day. Grab your Lancer and get ready, because they’re walking us through the gameplay demo they just released at XBOX Games Showcase. We’re getting a deep dive into all of the details you need […] The post Gears of War: E-Day Gameplay Reveal Deep Dive | Official XBOX Podcast appeared first on XBOX Wire.
The Pokémon Company announces it will reopen mega store, adds facial recognition to all national stores
The post The Pokémon Company announces it will reopen mega store, adds facial recognition to all national stores appeared first on GamesHub.
That evil Car Park Capital tycoon game is only getting more evil with MicroProse as publisher, but it still looks gorgeous
Car Park Capital is a triumphantly unwholesome tycoon game in which you try to make an entire society utterly dependent on cars. You start with a relatively green-ish map, and do your best to tarmac it all over. A strange and unlikely prospect, I know! When we first covered this motorist management sim last year, the options included putting up billboards to brainwash obstinate pedestrians, and selling people banana-mobiles. Since then, developer Hilko Janssen of Hilkojj Interactive has found a
Fable PS5 Has Run 'Uncomfortably Beyond Budget', Sources Claim
God of War Laufey invades RPG's "dedicated moment". Microsoft first announced its new Fable game, a reboot of the satirical RPG series by Forza maker Playground Games, back at E3 2020. Seven years later, the title will finally launch on PS5. That’s a long ass time. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
The Retroid Pocket Nova Starts Shipping Tomorrow, & A Price Increase Could Already Be On The Way
"We're pushing hard to keep Pocket Nova's price stable". Retroid has given an update on its latest Android-based handheld, the Retroid Pocket Nova, and it seems there's some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Retroid Pocket Nova will start shipping tomorrow, meaning that if you have already ordered one of the 4:3 devices, you probably won't have to wait long now before you get your hands on it. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Blood Dungeon adds Switch 2 and Switch versions, launches August 25
2D platforming survival game Blood Dungeon will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, …
CodeDev launches optimisation division The Performance Guys
UK co-development house CodeDev, also known as The Unreal Guys, has launched a specialist optimisation division called The Performance Guys, built explicitly to tackle project-critical optimisation work. It contains exclusively engineers and technical artists and is actively seeking senior engineers.
