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Dead Dead | Just in case you had any hope the horror series wasn't dead, EA said no to a Dead Space 4 pitch from the original co-creator

Remember when EA managed to fool us into thinking that maybe it's ready to really bring back Dead Space? Well, that was fun while it lasted.

Dec. 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

A multigeneration Sim family sit down to a festive meal together.

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Holidays Are Coming | The Sims 4 Cozy Celebrations event guide: How to take part and claim all rewards

Key dates and more for The Sims 4's 2024 Christmas event!

Dec. 20, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A female Sim in a love-themed bedroom looks at a variety of Sims' profiles (represented by floating bisexually-lit thought bubbles) on a dating app.

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Hot 'N' Heavy | The Sims 4 Lovestruck cheats

A comprehensive list of every new trait, career, and skill cheat introduced in The Sims 4 Lovestruck.

Dec. 20, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Ghosts and their living loved ones throw a wild party in a graveyard.

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The Big Sleep | The Sims 4 Life & Death cheats

A comprehensive list of every new trait, career, and skill cheat introduced in The Sims 4 Life & Death, as well as cheats for the brand-new gameplay mechanics of grief, ghost mastery, and the bucket list.

Dec. 20, 2024 Rebecca Jones

The Grim Reaper stands in his library and raises a hand to lower his hood.

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Don't Panic | How to fix the blank UI bug in The Sims 4 limited-time events

No tasks showing for the latest in-game event in The Sims 4? Here's some things you can do to fix that.

Dec. 19, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A group of Sims pose in front of boxart for The Sims 1 and The SIms 4.

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Sul Sul, My Lovely | Love, death, and innovative storytelling: Game design, broadening perspectives, and the future of The Sims 4 with Anna Huerta

2024 has been a strong year for The Sims – we spoke to TS4's Senior Creative Director about the philosophy behind (re-)designing the life sim.

Dec. 18, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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MassConaughey | Remember Exodus? Here's its first gameplay, featuring a not quite Commander Shepard sci-fi slapping up a space bear

The game also has Matthew McConaughey in it, doing video games for the first time.

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Several of the new signature Sims from The Sims 4's refresh, with portraits displayed in blue-green geometric frames.

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Life Hacks | The Sims 4 cheats: An updated list of cheat codes and debug options for every occasion

How to use The Sims 4 cheats and debug unlocks on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Dec. 11, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Two groups of Sims from the different mobile iterations of the game: on the left, a doctor, pregnant woman and barista from The Sims Freeplay; on the right, a group of young friends from The Sims Mobile.

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Simling Rivalry | The Sims Freeplay vs The Sims Mobile: Which should you play in 2025?

Which of EA's official Sims mobile apps offers the best experience right now?

Dec. 9, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A female Sim with arms crossed looks confidently into the camera against a backdrop of a large Spanish-style mansion.

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The Daily Grind | How to make money fast in The Sims Mobile

There are no money cheats in TSM, unfortunately, so here's every way you can fast-track your way to wealth while playing The Sims on mobile devices.

Dec. 9, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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A Polite Prod | If you want a Need for Speed: Most Wanted remake, it seems all you need to do is keep asking for it, as one actor from the series says that "anything is on the table" at EA

What about everything?

Dec. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Decisions, Decisions | Yes, your choices in past Dragon Age games don't matter as much as they could in The Veilguard, but BioWare wants you to know "that doesn't mean they're gone"

"The big thing for us is we wanted to make this story, every single choice you make, feel relevant to it."

Dec. 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Eternal Strands screenshot showing the player character controlling blue strands of light magic while facing off against a dragon-like creature.

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Stranding Around | Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans that were left wanting should be excited that the series' original designer's next game just got a release date

Eternal Strands might just have what you were looking for.

Dec. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Solas and Ghilan'nain in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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A Fresh Start? | "We've been doing elven gods and elves and the blight for four games now" Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs discuss where the series could go story-wise in the future

"Everything has changed, and what does that change look like?"

Dec. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Dec. 1, 2024 James Billcliffe

We're probably never getting another Command & Conquer game, but at least EA has revived this obscure 12-year-old curio for some reason

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Browse from the Past | We're probably never getting another Command & Conquer game, but at least EA has revived this obscure 12-year-old curio for some reason

I'm willing to guess you didn't think you'd be reading about Command & Conquer when you woke up this morning, much less this particular C&C game.

Nov. 27, 2024 Sherif Saed

Two people stand on a balcony looking out over a floating sci-fi city.

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Hard Times | Not even the director of Mass Effect can survive the games industry right now, as his own studio and "all-new" sci-fi game get shut down

2024 continues to look a bit bleak.

Nov. 26, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Need To Evolve | As Need For Speed turns 30, the devs currently running the series say the biggest challenge new entries face is "literally the age of the franchise"

"The trajectory has been bumpy, actually, in some cases."

Nov. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Lucanis, looking like he doesn't want to be sexily chucked across a room, opposite Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel.

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Chk Yourself | Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders have added in Baldur's Gate 3's tattoos, so you can slap a reminder that its companions don't chuck you across a room as sexily as Lae'zel on your mug

There's also a fresh patch for the former, as BioWare dishes out more tweaks.

Nov. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sleepers or Junkers? | "Need For Speed is always too ahead of its time" Veteran NFS developers on the series' habit of polarising releases that end up beloved

"I was shocked how highly rated some of the fans made that game. Because I had thought that’s a bit of a lump of coal in my resume."

Nov. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Fast and Future-ous | As it fires up Need For Speed's first ever motorbike, Unbound's current goal isn't to do "everything" the series ever has, but to "build up this real core of Need For Speed" for the future

"We are very carefully cherry-picking and selecting stuff."

Nov. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

Solas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard wearing clown makeup and covered in kisses.

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Kiss From A Rook-se | Yep, Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders are definitely cooking now: they've covered Solas' bald bonce in big wet sloppy kisses and clown makeup

They've also slapped his face on The Inquisitor's pyjamas, because why not?

Nov. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

Harding smiles in DA Veilguard, over the top of a faded version of the hub area.

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Veiled Threats | Everyone in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is too nice, and I can’t stand it

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is as sickly-sweet as they come - and that's a problem.

Nov. 18, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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The Grim Reaper checks his phone while surrounded by images of his event rewards (a bicycle, a coffin bed, spooky contact lenses, and a gramophone).

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Don't Fear Him | The Sims 4 Reaper's Rewards Event Guide: What it is, how can you take part, and what are the rewards?

All of your Reaper's Rewards FAQs answered, including how to take part, the event duration, quest list and rewards!

Nov. 18, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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Modding On | Dragon Age: The Veilguard modding finally looks to be moving beyond purple deletion and ridiculously attractive Rooks, thanks to some experimental new tools

It's still early days though, so you might want to make sure you know hat you're doing if you're after more than just a facelift.

Nov. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Half-Life 2 key art of Gordon Freeman attacking alien appendages with a crowbar.

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Doing Numbers | Despite being a 20 year old single-player game, Half-Life 2 just hit an all-time high concurrent player count thanks to that anniversary update

Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Nov. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Dragon Age: Inquisition key art showing a knight with a burning sword reaching out towards demonic looking creatures.

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Keepin' On | Not ready for Dragon Age: The Veilguard but struggling to import your world save states from the Keep into Inquisition? You're not the only one, and BioWare is trying to fix it

To be fair, it was only last month that The Veilguard came out, BioWare's probably a bit busy right now.

Nov. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A male Malkavian, Jeanette Voerman, and the Gargoyle face the viewer from separate panels.

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In The Blood | Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines at 20: A masterpiece of RPG storytelling which might just have a blighted bloodline of its own

Seriously vamily, we probably shouldn't have made all those jokes about cursed legacies.

Nov. 16, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Fancy a look at Half-Life 2: Episode 3? For Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary, Valve shares a jam-packed documentary showing some of the infamous episode that never was

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Get A Life | Fancy a look at Half-Life 2: Episode 3? For Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary, Valve shares a jam-packed documentary showing some of the infamous episode that never was

Oh, and the game is free for the next couple of days!

Nov. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The stamp of GOG's preservation program in front of some classic games.

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Good For Old Games | GOG is launching a new preservation program, and it looks like good news for PC folks who love playing classics without having to mess around

"We continue our mission to make games live forever."

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bad Call | Battlefield: Bad Company's original lead is happy to bring his ideas for a third game to life, but he knows EA won't do it

We're not likely to get a third Battlefield: Bad Company game, and it has nothing to do with the originals' creator's willingness to return to the series.

Nov. 12, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Touching Down Soon | It's In The Game: Madden NFL is about to give EA's American football series the documentary treatment, and here's hoping it does a deep-dive on that Greg Jennings touchdown

Sure, he was putting the team on his back, but there has to be more to it than that.

Nov. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

A very annoyed-looking Solas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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Bloody Sea | BioWare rounds off the end of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first week by kindly telling you all what's killing you the most

As well as some other, less morbid facts.

Nov. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A Rook wearing Mass Effect-inspired gear in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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The Neck-t Chapter | Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first patch isn't just about dressing up like someone who bangs, ok, it's saved us all from unexpected NPC neck growth

Forget Elven gods, this was clearly the biggest threat facing Thedas.

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

Garrus in Mass Effect Legendary Edition next to Dominic Toretto in F9.

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2Massive2Effective | Mass Effect is officially getting an Amazon TV series, penned by the writer of that Fast & Furious film where Vin Diesel and John Cena have a big fight about family

N7 Day might have been "quieter" this year, but it certainly wasn't silent.

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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Tony Soprano stands with his hands folded, over The Sims 4 Life & Death expansion.

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Gabaghoul | Sure, The Sims 4's new Life and Death expansion is pretty spooky, but its hidden strength is hardcore Tony Soprano roleplay

It’s all fun and games until people start getting whacked, and then a guy in a robe who struggles to relate to others shows up.

Nov. 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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Massively Effective | No Man's Sky brings back Mass Effect's Nomandy as a special N7 Day treat, alongside some handy cross-save support

To be fair, Commander Shepard's got experience with fish, so NMS' last big update should be up their alley.

Nov. 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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BioWare's Mass Effect tease from last year's N7 day next to Garrus Vakarian on Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

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No Mass Hysteria | Mass Effect 5 might be BioWare's main focus now, but don't expect this year's "quieter" N7 Day to totally blow your socks off

The studio's been a bit busy with that whole Dragon Age game it just put out, so you'll have to make do with just a little bit of fun, alien shaggers.

Nov. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

A character in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, alongside a room in The Lighthouse.

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Pepe Solas-via | Grab your tinfoil hat, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a hidden easter egg that's making players go full conspiracy meme

A meta nod to David Gaider's uber-plot doc, or just BioWare suggesting someone in-game has been doing some thinking? Who knows?

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

The player character in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Purple Drain | Dragon Age: The Veilguard beat its launch day concurrent Steam player peak, while its modders have been busy declaring war on the colour purple

After becoming BioWare's best ever performer on the platform right out of the gate, the game's done well over the weekend.

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

Sorry Steam Deck Apex Legends players, those Linux cheaters means the battle royale won't be officially supported on the handheld anymore

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What A Pain | Sorry Steam Deck Apex Legends players, those Linux cheaters means the battle royale won't be officially supported on the handheld anymore

You can still technically play on your Steam Deck, but you'll need to install Windows to do so.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Give And Take | Sorry, Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans, BioWare still has no plans for DLC, but it turns out that's actually great news for Mass Effect fans

You still shouldn't expect Mass Effect 5 any time soon, though.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Rook and Varric in Dragon Age: The Veilguard next to Dragon Age: Inquisition's cover art.

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Eclipsed Dreams | Dragon Age: The Veilguard's release got you desperate for a DA legendary collection? BioWare says it'd be tougher to do than Mass Effect, but "never say never"

"It’s something that’s not going to be as easy Mass Effect, but we do love the original games."

Nov. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

Some characters who may or may not have genitals in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Vagi-No Way | Dragon Age: The Veilguard becomes BioWare's biggest ever Steam release right out of the gate, thanks to loads of beautiful rooks, and a few with vaguely NSFW foreheads

Don't worry, it seems that all it takes to get rid of your Palpatine zone is a bit of extra playing around with eyebrows and noses.

Nov. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

Multiple horror game characters are shown. From left to right, there is: Fatal Frame Project Zero's Ose Kurosawa, Alien Isolation's Xenomorph, Resident Evil 7's Jack Baker, the chef from Little Nightmares, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2

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DOUBLE JUMP SCARES | The best horror games to play in 2024

From founding fathers of horror to underrated gems, here are some of the best horror games to sink your teeth into.

Nov. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Rook standing in front of the giant treasure chest in the Waterfront Glades area of Dragon Age: Veilguard.

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How to open the Waterfront Glades chest in DA: Veilguard

Between the Forest Mire and Waterfront Glades areas in Dragon Age: Veilguard, Rook finds a tempting giant treasure chest!