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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

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!

Oct. 31, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Some sims dressed as grim reapers and doing some spooky stuff in The Sims 4.

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…And A Funeral | The Sims 4 Life & Death has learned some important lessons from the rocky launch of My Wedding Stories

The upcoming expansion makes death more meaningful than it's ever been in the series, and hopefully you won't even have to overlook some weird guy doing push-ups in front of the casket when you give your Sims a good send-off.

Oct. 24, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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White Noiz | The best video game soundtracks to revisit in 2024

From classical symphonies and industrial noise to acid jazz and synthwave, these game soundtracks leave no stone left unturned.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

Oct. 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Pumpkill Spice | The Sims 4 is chucking out the bat signal to cottagecore psychopaths with a Halloween expansion that'll let you work as a grim reaper

Yep, get down the local Jobcentre to be handed your robe and scythe.

Oct. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

Sims of various ages and genders mingle at a bar, with varying results.

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The Simple Life | Yes, EA has finally confirmed a Sims movie is in the works, but perhaps more surprisingly, it's said there won't be a Sims 5

At least you won't have to buy all those expansion packs again.

Sept. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The Sims 2's Fortune aspiration icon, an abstract silhouette of a figure holding two bags (implicitly filled with money), above a render of several Sims as they appear in-game.

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We're Retro Now | The best Sims game turns 20 today, calling forth a wave of warm nostalgia in the face of the franchise's uncertain future

The Sims 2 was released on this day in 2004, so if you're interested in reading this, chances are you're old like me.

Sept. 14, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Two male Sims toast a couple at the head table of a rehearsal dinner.

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Ooboo Vroose Baa Doo | Today, The Sims 4 becomes the first game in the franchise to turn 10 – and it marks a massive departure for the series and EA

Spending a full decade in active development post-release is a noteworthy milestone for a Sims game, albeit a bit of a mixed blessing.

Sept. 2, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Tom's face next to a number of games consoles

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PODCAST | What's the best game on the worst console?

Console wars with a twist.

Aug. 14, 2024 Tom Orry

A shirtless male Sim wearing the bottom half of a firefighters' uniform poses seductively in a room full of romantic decor.

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Hot Date | How to set Turn Ons and Turn Offs in The Sims 4 Lovestruck

The Sims 4's new Attraction system revives the popular Chemistry mechanic that's been absent since The Sims 2.

July 25, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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Open And Honest | How to make Sims polyamorous in The Sims 4 Lovestruck

The new Romantic Boundaries system in The Sims 4 allows you to modify your Sims' feelings on monogamy in a series first.

July 25, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A romantic indoor venue at night. In the foreground, one Sim is obviously in the process of being rejected by another, while others dance in the background.

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Looking For WooHoo | By popular demand, EA is bringing not-quite-Tinder to The Sims 4

The Sims 4 Lovestruck expansion pack has been announced for next month, introducing a dating app to the long-running life sim.

June 28, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A pre-release key art render for The Sims 3 shows a lively street with such features as a ghost, a house fire, a bin diver, and warring neighbours, as a male Sim in the foreground looks into the camera with an ironic expression.

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IMITATION OF LIFE | For better or worse, The Sims 3 set the standard for modern life sims

15 years on, The Sims 3's ambition has left an impressive legacy, but so has its aggressive embracing of what it means for games to be always-online.

June 2, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A character wearing a sundress and bucket hat uses a green watering can to water their lawn. A trellis with climbing pink flowers and a blue bush make up the background.

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STAY HUMBLE | Much-anticipated Sims challenger Life by You catches another delay, just two weeks before its planned early access launch

Paradox Interactive's new deputy CEO has declined to name a revised release date this time around.

May 21, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Some sims in the LA Chargers' Sims 2 schedule release.

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RUS-SUL SUL WILSON | LA Chargers use The Sims 2 to announce their 2024 NFL schedule, and yes, there's a pool steps-based murder

I genuinely can't stop sniggering at the Broncos wishing well gag, or how well Harrison Butker's been roasted.

May 16, 2024 Mark Warren

A group of neighbours socialise together in an apartment building courtyard.

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SIDE-EYE EMOJI | Recently departed Project Rene (a.k.a. The Sims 5) director is teaming up with former XCOM devs on another new rival life sim

Sims veteran Grant Rodiek has been recruited by newly-founded studio Midsummer Games.

May 15, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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SIMLISH TIME | Following Barbie, Margot Robbie is producing the live-action The Sims movie you've been hearing about forever

Whippna choba dog!

March 21, 2024 Fran Ruiz

The Sims 4 - explore a moonlit garden with crystal growths and oddly glowing trees shining bright colors.

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LUNAR POWERED | The Sims 4 Crystal Creations: How to charge crystals, and all crystal effects

Are your Sims pretty sure they're connected to the moon? Well, now they can prove it by donning some stylish jewellery infused with moonlight powers.

March 6, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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CRYSTAL POWER | The Sims 4 Crystal Creations Stuff Pack will allow your Sim to unleash their inner jeweler and mystic

Craft, charge, and charm with dazzling crystals.

Feb. 22, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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SHINE ON | The Sims 4's next DLC will be a jewellery-crafting stuff pack, out on Leap Day

Dress your Sims head-to-toe in sparkly things or commune with the power of crystals in the moonlight.

Feb. 20, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A domestic scene from the original The Sims base game. In a kitchen/dining room stocked with middle-tier items, an adult male Sim gives a backrub to an adult female Sim, while a female child stands looking at a baby in a bassinet.

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QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS | 24 years later, no-one can quite agree on when exactly The Sims actually came out

One year short of the franchise's big quarter-century anniversary, we set out to trace it back to its exact calendar roots.

Feb. 4, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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MEDIEVAL TIMES | The Sims 4 leak gives us our first look at the Castle Estate Kit

You wanted it, you're getting it.

Jan. 12, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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FUN WITH NUMBERS | EA has released some interesting player stats for EA Sports FC, The Sims 4, Apex Legends, more

It was an interesting 2023 for players.

Dec. 14, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

A landlady and her young male tenant argue about rent and housing conditions in the well-appointed lobby of an apartment building. In the background, another tenant retrieves her mail from the mailboxes, while a sinister gnome crouches at her feet.

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WELCOME HOME | The 8 best new things to do in The Sims 4 For Rent expansion pack

From becoming a neighbourhood despot to improving your kitchen layout, there's a good amount of new stuff to do in the latest DLC.

Dec. 7, 2023 Rebecca Jones

Some people wearing official Sims merch.

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SUM SUM (OF CASH) | The Sims just got official merch and it's about as pricy as the average expansion pack

I don’t need the Sul Sul Bubble Tee. I don’t need the Su-(pulls out credit card).

Nov. 22, 2023 Mark Warren

Several adult Sims hanging around at a poolside party in The Sims 4. All are in swimwear and many sport floatation devices.

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NEW HORIZONS | The Sims 5 might feature some Animal Crossing inspired multiplayer

Still no word on when to expect the sequel, though.

Nov. 19, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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LANDGRAAB | The Sims 4 For Rent will make you a landlord in a Southeast Asian inspired city… overrun with zombies?

Multi-unit dwellings are coming to The Sims 4 at last, but who could have foreseen this…?

Nov. 2, 2023 Rebecca Jones

A group of Sims enjoy some food outside a food stall in The Sims 4

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KITCHEN NIGHTMARES? | The Sims 4’s latest update turns your Sims into chefs

The Sims 4 Home Chef Hustle Stuff Pack is on its way, alongside bug fixes and other updates.

Sept. 27, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

A Sim attends a stall in an outdoor park area that showcases their home-baked goods for sale.

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TASTY NEWS | The Sims 4 to receive a new stuff pack after a nearly three-year hiatus

Last night's Behind the Sims livestream also teased some Project Rene news

Sept. 13, 2023 Rebecca Jones

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SUMMER'S END | The Sims 4 celebrates its 9th anniversary with two new kits and a long-awaited Gallery overhaul

Thus ends the "Take The Reins" summer content programme… at least in terms of paid DLC

Sept. 6, 2023 Rebecca Jones

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TAKE THE REINS | Saddle up and explore the horsey life when The Sims 4 Horse Ranch Expansion Pack gallops in July 20

Get on your horses and ride.

July 6, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Less Than A Coffee | The Sims 5 job listing seems to imply it will be free-to-play with user generated content

The game is a ways out though, so take it with a grain of salt.

July 2, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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YAY OR NEIGH? | The Sims 4 will be letting Simmers horse around with neigh-bors in new Horse Ranch DLC

Farewell Willow Creek, and welcome Chestnut Ridge.

June 23, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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SMELLS LIKE SIMS 4 | Grunge Revival hits The Sims 4: Embrace the rebellious vibes in the latest kit

Looking California and feeling Minnesota.

May 31, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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KIT YOUR SIMS | Medieval, Goth, or Modern? Vote now for the next two Kit expansions to The Sims 4

Dark or colorful; middle-ages or industrial.

May 13, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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EXPAND YOUR STYLE | The Sims 4 Daring Lifestyle Bundle goes free on Epic Games Store next week

Unleash your daring side.

May 6, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

Artwork from The Sims 4 Greenhouse Haven kit, showing a Sim inside a greenhouse full of plants

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SIMS SOARS | The Sims 4 has reportedly reached 70 million players, announces new kits

Say hello to Greenhouse Haven and Basement Treasures.

April 20, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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TONY BLEURGH | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.46: The best game that features a 90s star

It was the best decade between the 80s and the 2000s.

April 7, 2023 Jim Trinca

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FAKING IT | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.44: The best game where you'd swap places with the main character

Surviving most video games would be hell, but some of them let you just chill out on a beach.

March 24, 2023 Jim Trinca

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GET TO THE POINT | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.43: The best game that takes ten or more hours to get good

A sewage pipe that leads to an ocean.

March 17, 2023 Jim Trinca

Multiple Sims stand on and around a treehouse in The Sims 4

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REAL | The Sims 4’s next free update expands on customisation options with scars and birthmarks

Just in time for the Growing Together expansion.

March 1, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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SUL SUL | The Sims 4 will add a new life stage, Infants, in March

Alongside new family, The Michaelsons.

Feb. 1, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

An asset showing four Sims in lingerie and loungewear in The Sims 4 Simtimates Collection Kit

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OOH BE GAH | The Sims 4 reveals two new kits for your Sims bathrooms and bedrooms

Putting the woo in woohoo.

Jan. 18, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

Asset from The Sims 4's Modern Menswear DLC Kit showing three sims talking to each other

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IT'S ALL RELATIVE! | Latest The Sims 4 leak shows off new paid kit full of underwear

Yes, you heard that right. The Simtimates collection could be on its way.

Jan. 16, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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HOKEY COMPUTER | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.33: The best game that could have been made by an AI

Humans have wondered for decades if artificial intelligence will lead to their doom, but could it have invented DOOM?

Jan. 6, 2023 A Potentially Nefarious AI

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NO SWEARING SIMS | The Sims 4 latest update eradicates all “wholly unacceptable content” from its gallery

The ‘Gallery Profanity Filter Update’.

Nov. 25, 2022 Kelsey Raynor

Artwork for the reveal of The Sims' Project Rene

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WICKED WHIMS | The Sims 5 Project Rene screenshots have leaked, showing off interiors, streets, and UI

Is nothing sacred?

Nov. 14, 2022 Kelsey Raynor

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SIMS IN THE BIG CITY | The Urbz at 18: EA’s most bizarre spin-off experiment may be one of its best

The Sims' lesson in sociology? Say no more.

Nov. 9, 2022 Kelsey Raynor

Three couples are dancing at Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years.

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Poor Show | EA apologises for first Behind The Sims Summit, "did not fairly represent players"

A number of fans were unhappy at the looks of black simmers feature in the presentation.

Oct. 24, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke