Simulation (Page 7)

A player exploring one of new planet biomes from No Man's Sky's Worlds update part one.

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Science Fact | No Man's Sky's Worlds Update part one comes with a bunch of new uber-immersive planet biomes, and a flamethrower-toting mech suit

"It feels like we’re bringing technology back from the future!"

July 17, 2024 Mark Warren

The header image for Car Wash Tycoon in Roblox.

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July 17, 2024 Amelia Zollner

Deals

Every Persona game on sale for Prime Day

No one can escape time; it delivers us all to the same end.

July 16, 2024 Max Covill

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Huge savings. | Roblox gift cards get a huge discount for Prime Day

Save 20% for a limited time.

July 16, 2024 Christian Wait

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Extra Time | Didn't get round to trying Concord out? Aren't you lucky, because Sony has extended the early access beta by a day

For those of you who prioritised watching England lose on Sunday.

July 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Driver: San Francisco key art showing a yellow car drifting, a man in the background, the San Francisco skyline superimposed over him.

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Wrong Turn | Did you forget a Driver TV show was in the works? Me too, but it doesn't matter because it's been cancelled

You can say goodbye to Binge, the gamer streaming service, too.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Skyfall From Grace | Cities: Skylines 2 still isn't faring all that well, as its console ports get indefinitely delayed

Sorry to those of you hoping to play on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S.

July 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Astarion, a fluffy haired elf, rendered in Stardew Valley's pixel art style, while wearing sunglasses, a scene of him in a rocking chair next to the portrait of him.

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Roll For Kiss | Stardew Valley's Baldur's Gate 3 mod team hopes to let you romance pixelated Astarion later this year - in a seasonal outfit, too

Last year's biggest game will potentially meet one of this decade's biggest titles at the end of the year.

July 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Key art for Pokemon Go's eigth anniversary showing all manner of Pokemon, including a giant Wartortle in the background.

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To The Dynamax | You might have hated it in Pokemon Sword and Shield, but Pokemon Go has teased a much-disliked feature for its 8th anniversary

They're going big with this one.

July 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Artwork for Genshin Impact showing four anime characters, including Klee who looks happy and is waving.

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Together At Last | How to add Epic Games titles to your HoYoPlay Launcher on PC

HoYoverse's new in-house launcher is having some trouble identifying games installed via Epic, but luckily, there is a fix.

July 3, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Artwork for Roblox game Fishing Simulator showing characters on a boat and an island in the distance.

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July 3, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

Artwork for the Roblox game Horrors RNG, showing a silhouette of a Roblox character surrounded by a sinister red glow.

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The RNG trend gets the horror treatment.

July 3, 2024 Amelia Zollner

Artwork for the Roblox game Anime Odyssey Simulator showing a group of anime-inspired Robloxified characters.

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Get free coin boosts and collect more anime heroes.

July 2, 2024 Amelia Zollner

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Better Together | Yes, Concord will require you to have a PSN account on PC because cross play and progression are an "important piece" of the game

"The goal is we want to get players together."

June 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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

Terra Nova key art; mountains, a verdant field, some deer, and a forest, all thriving.

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TERRA VISION | The most inventive, disruptive city-builder of the last few years is getting a massive expansion – and you can play it for free if you have a Netflix account

Terra Nil's Vita Nova expansion is here, and it's more of a good thing – which is great, if you know the base game.

June 24, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Open For Bloxness | Hooray, Roblox's virtual IKEA opens today, and the jobs it offered spawned "over 178,000" applications

Look, I'm not judging any of you, serving virtual meatballs is a noble occupation.

June 24, 2024 Mark Warren

Stardew Valley has a hardcore mode now thanks to a silly joke, but it's no laughing matter - you will lose your save if you use a guide

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Challenge Accepted | Stardew Valley has a hardcore mode now thanks to a silly joke, but it's no laughing matter - you will lose your save if you use a guide

For all the gamers that like to take risks.

June 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The header image of Animal Race in Roblox.

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How to redeem Animal Race Sim codes in Roblox.

June 24, 2024 Amelia Zollner

Sixth Street in Zenless Zone Zero, showing NPCs walking through an urban street environment with a coffee shop and other businesses on display.

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Urban Retrofitters | Think Zenless Zone Zero was inspired by Persona 5? Think again - one of the biggest influences was Digimon

Plus, thousands of hours in Street Fighter had an understandable impact on combat design.

June 20, 2024 Rebecca Jones

The Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo logos.

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Do You Booth-er? | Xbox will be whipping out its "biggest booth yet" at Gamescom 2024, while PlayStation and Nintendo give the show a miss

The green brand's even put out a list of games you can expect to see there.

June 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Fall and try again | You should care a great deal about Skate Story, it's one of the best indie games in development right now

There are skating games, and there is Skate Story. In with a brief hands-on I am beyond excited.

June 20, 2024 Connor Makar

A goat, a capybara, and a human in Goat Simulator 3's DLC.

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More Capri-chaos | Goat Simulator 3: Multiverse of Nonsense hands-on preview - plenty of goats, some chaos, and a giant capybara

The surprisingly large DLC offers plenty more wacky hijinks, even if some gags might land better than others.

June 19, 2024 Mark Warren

Miles Edgeworth in Ace Attorney Investigations Collection.

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Objection! | Ace Attorney Investigations Collection announced at Nintendo Direct, arrives in September

Oh, hey, it's Miles Edgeworth, doing court things.

June 18, 2024 Mark Warren

Life by You screenshot of multiple people stood by a road near a beach at sunset.

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Death Of A Life Sim | Life by You has been cancelled by Paradox, just weeks after it was described as being "ready for early access"

The hotly-anticipated Sims competitor was "unable to meet expectations" after three delays.

June 18, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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Heart and Horsepower | Golden Lap is a wonderful reminder that motor racing’s about the perfect blend of terrifying thrills and mind-numbing math

You take your life in your own hands, all for a grasp at glory conveyed by tenths and hundredths.

June 15, 2024 Mark Warren

Article

Build Ordered | Battle Aces feels like a brilliant competitive RTS for the TikTok generation - and also the old, somehow

The classic genre is evolving.

June 14, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Article

PREHISTORIC CHORES | Amber Isle is exactly the Animal Crossing-like you think it is, and that's not a bad thing

Cute dinos and a cozy village are exactly what we're getting.

June 13, 2024 Fran Ruiz

A city in Cities Skylines 2 with some words over it.

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Flat-tastic News | Wahey, Cities Skylines 2 is getting rid of high rent problems by straight-up deleting all the landlords

If only this could teach us something about the real world...

June 12, 2024 Mark Warren

A man in a tuxedo screams into a podcast microphone as an oil rig explodes behind him.

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PODCAST | What the best game where everyone's mad at you even though you did nothing wrong? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 101

It's only game, why you have to be mad?

June 11, 2024 Jim Trinca

Article

X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen

Rumours of Xbox’s demise have clearly been exaggerated

June 10, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Fly Away | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is taking off this November

Hopefully it won't be a bumpy landing.

June 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A skull and the words 'Hacked by HAL' are shown in binary code on an in-game screen in The Operator

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Indict the Future | The Operator reimagines The X Files as a work-from-home saga that may or may not be about little green men

The truth is several mouse clicks away.

June 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

Zek plays guitar by a campfire at night in Closer the Distance

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Heal A Community | Life is Strange meets The Sims in deeply moving Steam Next Fest demo for Closer the Distance

Closer the Distance is an emotional simulation game that tells the tale of a beautiful town amidst a terrible tragedy.

June 8, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Outersloth | Among Us devs announce new publishing firm, Outersloth, revealing roster of indie games at Summer Game Fest

No, we’re not seeing another Among Us game, but Innersloth has opened a publishing firm to help shed light on other fresh indie games.

June 7, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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International Break | EA Sports FC 24 adds Euro 2024, so you can lead a nation to glory by two-footing geographical neighbours

Get ready to crash out in the knockout stages and have pundits say you didn't know your best 11.

June 6, 2024 Mark Warren

Guide

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Team up to defeat Zombies!

June 6, 2024 Marie Pritchard

Article

BOOTS ON THE GROUND | After over a decade of waiting I finally made it to E3 - don't believe the hype

I know the industry's in a slump right now but come on.

June 5, 2024 Connor Makar

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Just...Why? | Good news, Roblox job-seekers - a virtual IKEA is now hiring meatball servers

Just make sure you can answer the question: "If you were a pixelated IKEA furniture, which one would you be and why?"

June 4, 2024 Mark Warren

Artwork for the Roblox game Demonfall showing Robloxified characters based on the Demon Slayer anime.

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Slay it with these Roblox freebies.

June 4, 2024 Amelia Zollner

Article

Make Friends | City 20 is the dystopian survival game you've been waiting for – and it has a Steam Fest demo

City 20's demo is limited in size, but offers a glimpse of a truly deep experience.

June 3, 2024 Connor Makar

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Wishlisted - Our 10 Best Steam Next Fest Demos

Another Next Fest kicks off soon, but we've already done the digging for you.

June 3, 2024 Jim Trinca

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 Roblox character wielding a bladed hockey stick winces as a large red ball hits him on the head.

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Get free gems and other rewards in Death Ball with these codes.

May 31, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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BLAST 'EM | Concord comes out guns blazing at PlayStation State of Play with gameplay reveal

The multiplayer FPS is set to launch on PC and PS5 this August.

May 30, 2024 Connor Makar

News

LONELY REALITY | No Man's Sky is about to live up to its namesake with the Adrift update

Have you ever wondered what No Man's Sky would feel like without a single other soul?

May 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

Gumshoe, Edgeworth, and Maggey Byrde stand in a plushly decorated hallway.

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PLEASE, CAPCOM | I am once again asking Capcom to remaster Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (and its sequel) for modern platforms

AAI1 turns 15 today, so let's party like it's 2009 with one of the fandom's most popular talking points.

May 28, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN | Everybody loves Yakuza now, but its creator says Sega "flat out rejected" initial pitches for the series

"There was no way for it to be approved without resistance."

May 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Guide

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How to redeem codes in Jujutsu Legends: Phantom Siege

May 24, 2024 Amelia Zollner

Science Fact | No Man's Sky's Worlds Update part one comes with a bunch of new uber-immersive planet biomes, and a flamethrower-toting mech suit

Huge savings. | Roblox gift cards get a huge discount for Prime Day

Extra Time | Didn't get round to trying Concord out? Aren't you lucky, because Sony has extended the early access beta by a day

Wrong Turn | Did you forget a Driver TV show was in the works? Me too, but it doesn't matter because it's been cancelled

Skyfall From Grace | Cities: Skylines 2 still isn't faring all that well, as its console ports get indefinitely delayed

Roll For Kiss | Stardew Valley's Baldur's Gate 3 mod team hopes to let you romance pixelated Astarion later this year - in a seasonal outfit, too

To The Dynamax | You might have hated it in Pokemon Sword and Shield, but Pokemon Go has teased a much-disliked feature for its 8th anniversary

Together At Last | How to add Epic Games titles to your HoYoPlay Launcher on PC

Better Together | Yes, Concord will require you to have a PSN account on PC because cross play and progression are an "important piece" of the game

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

TERRA VISION | The most inventive, disruptive city-builder of the last few years is getting a massive expansion – and you can play it for free if you have a Netflix account

Open For Bloxness | Hooray, Roblox's virtual IKEA opens today, and the jobs it offered spawned "over 178,000" applications

Challenge Accepted | Stardew Valley has a hardcore mode now thanks to a silly joke, but it's no laughing matter - you will lose your save if you use a guide

Urban Retrofitters | Think Zenless Zone Zero was inspired by Persona 5? Think again - one of the biggest influences was Digimon

Do You Booth-er? | Xbox will be whipping out its "biggest booth yet" at Gamescom 2024, while PlayStation and Nintendo give the show a miss

Fall and try again | You should care a great deal about Skate Story, it's one of the best indie games in development right now

More Capri-chaos | Goat Simulator 3: Multiverse of Nonsense hands-on preview - plenty of goats, some chaos, and a giant capybara

Objection! | Ace Attorney Investigations Collection announced at Nintendo Direct, arrives in September

Death Of A Life Sim | Life by You has been cancelled by Paradox, just weeks after it was described as being "ready for early access"

Heart and Horsepower | Golden Lap is a wonderful reminder that motor racing’s about the perfect blend of terrifying thrills and mind-numbing math

Build Ordered | Battle Aces feels like a brilliant competitive RTS for the TikTok generation - and also the old, somehow

PREHISTORIC CHORES | Amber Isle is exactly the Animal Crossing-like you think it is, and that's not a bad thing

Flat-tastic News | Wahey, Cities Skylines 2 is getting rid of high rent problems by straight-up deleting all the landlords

PODCAST | What the best game where everyone's mad at you even though you did nothing wrong? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 101

X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen

Fly Away | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is taking off this November

Indict the Future | The Operator reimagines The X Files as a work-from-home saga that may or may not be about little green men

Heal A Community | Life is Strange meets The Sims in deeply moving Steam Next Fest demo for Closer the Distance

Outersloth | Among Us devs announce new publishing firm, Outersloth, revealing roster of indie games at Summer Game Fest

More Video Games | Watch Summer Game Fest 2024 here

International Break | EA Sports FC 24 adds Euro 2024, so you can lead a nation to glory by two-footing geographical neighbours

BOOTS ON THE GROUND | After over a decade of waiting I finally made it to E3 - don't believe the hype

Just...Why? | Good news, Roblox job-seekers - a virtual IKEA is now hiring meatball servers

Make Friends | City 20 is the dystopian survival game you've been waiting for – and it has a Steam Fest demo

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

BLAST 'EM | Concord comes out guns blazing at PlayStation State of Play with gameplay reveal

LONELY REALITY | No Man's Sky is about to live up to its namesake with the Adrift update

PLEASE, CAPCOM | I am once again asking Capcom to remaster Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (and its sequel) for modern platforms

TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN | Everybody loves Yakuza now, but its creator says Sega "flat out rejected" initial pitches for the series