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The ships flyable during the Free Fly Event in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Is Now Free to Play For a Week as New Video Features in-Game Branding

Star Citizen is now free to play for a week thanks to the latest Free Fly event celebrating Valentine's Day and the Lunar New Year.  Players will be able to create an account on the official site …

February 9, 2024 | 05:30 EST

The photographer Jasmine against a verdant garden backdrop in the life sim Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
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Cozy Gardening Sim Garden Life Reveals Relaxing Story Mode in New Trailer

Nacon and developer stillalive have revealed a brand new trailer for upcoming gardening sim Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator, and it's spotlighting the game's story mode. Like many other life sims, …

February 7, 2024 | 10:31 EST

Key Art of Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Sold Over 1 Million Copies Despite Issues as Paradox Has 9 Games in Development

Today Paradox Interactive shared its Q4 2023 financial results on top of the overall results for the full year 2023, including a sales milestone for Cities: Skylines 2. Sales for Q4 (between October…

February 6, 2024 | 05:40 EST

Star Citizen F8C Lightning on Daymar with Crusader in the Distance
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Star Citizen Will Be Free to Play for a Limited Time Starting Later This Week

People and media say many things about Star Citizen, but as usual, the best way to judge a game is to try it for yourself. Later this week you'll be able to for free for a limited time.  Cloud…

February 6, 2024 | 04:07 EST

Key Art from The Life Sim RPG The Bustling City
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The Bustling City

The Bustling City is an upcoming Open World RPG set in ancient China and includes both RPG and life simulation elements, letting you go as small or as big as you want, from cultivating your own farm…

February 4, 2024 | 09:06 EST

Image from the the game witch of fern island
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The Witch of Fern Island

If you've ever wanted to go from fledgling magic wielder to full-fledged Witch, The Witch of Fern Island may be your speed - especially if you're into Life Simulation games! Fern Island is full of…

February 4, 2024 | 09:00 EST

A F8C Lightning in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Devs Reveal Alpha 3.23 Could Be Massive With Many New Features and Improvements

The developers of Star Citizen revealed a large spread of new features and improvements targeting the upcoming Alpha 3.23 update, and there's a lot on the menu.  The reveal was made during the…

February 3, 2024 | 11:44 EST

The Protagonist of The Witch of Fern Island, Abrill
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Open-World Life Sim The Witch of Fern Island Reveals Full Release Date

Today Polish developer Enjoy Studio announced that its upcoming cozy open-world life sim The Witch of Fern Island has an official release date. The game, published by Freedom Games, will leave early…

February 2, 2024 | 10:48 EST

Character creation in Life by You
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Early Access Release of The Sims-Like Game Life by You Delayed Again by Paradox

Today Paradox Tectonic announced a second delay for the early access release of its upcoming life simulator Life by You. The game was originally supposed to start its early access phase on Steam on …

February 2, 2024 | 02:09 EST

Zero gravity traversal in Star Citizen
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New Star Citizen Video Shows Alpha 3.23 Features, New Free to Play Event Coming This Month

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games resumed its video releases following the usual post-holiday pause, and it's all about the upcoming Alpha 3.23. Specifically, the video focuses on…

February 1, 2024 | 08:09 EST

One of the mechs in Lightyear Frontier standing in a calm meadow surrounded by butterflies
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Lightyear Frontier Release Date Revealed for March, Demo Available Now

Calming mecha farming sim Lightyear Frontier finally has an Early Access release date, and it's pretty much just around the corner. After the release date was delayed indefinitely last year, Frame…

February 1, 2024 | 09:28 EST

the Key Art of The Bustling World
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Massive Open-World Life Sim RPG The Bustling World Looks Super-Impressive

Developer FireWo Games and publisher Thermite Games announced that they have partnered for the launch of the "massive open-world life sim RPG" The Bustling World. The game was revealed at the end of…

January 31, 2024 | 07:52 EST

Battlefield 2042 and The Sims 4
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EA Bosses Discuss Present & Future of Battlefield, Sims, and More, Dodge Nintendo Switch 2 Question

Electronic Arts just hosted its quarterly financial conference call, and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson and Chief Financial Officer Stuart Canfield talked about some interesting topics,…

January 30, 2024 | 09:12 EST

Two lions looking out over a zoo in Planet Zoo
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Planet Zoo Is Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in March

Frontier Developments has announced that its zoo sim Planet Zoo is heading to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S later this year. The game, which originally launched on PC via Steam all the way back…

January 30, 2024 | 09:25 EST

A truck driving along an expansive Scandinavian road in the new Euro Truck Simulator 2 Nordic Horizons DLC
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 Nordic Horizons DLC Will Take You to Beautiful Scandinavia

SCS Software has announced a new Euro Truck Simulator 2 DLC expansion pack, and it's taking you all the way to Scandinavia. Previous expansions have incorporated the landscapes of locations like the…

January 26, 2024 | 11:52 EST

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition for Nintendo Switch
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition Announced for Nintendo Switch

Bandai Namco has announced that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, one of its best games in recent years is finally making the jump to the Nintendo Switch, giving users of the console a new game in a rare…

January 17, 2024 | 11:30 EST

Prisoners lined up (in all-new 3D!) in key art for Prison Architect 2
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Prison Architect 2 Officially Announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

Double Eleven and Paradox Interactive have announced Prison Architect 2, the sequel to the much-loved prison management sim Prison Architect. The game will arrive on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox…

January 16, 2024 | 12:00 EST

Animals dancing around a fire above which a sinister black snake hovers in the Cult of the Lamb Sins of the Flesh update
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Cult of the Lamb Will Let You Indulge in the Sins of the Flesh Next Week

Massive Monster and Devolver Digital have announced a release date for the upcoming Cult of the Lamb Sins of the Flesh update. The update, which follows previous content drops like the Blood Moon…

January 8, 2024 | 11:45 EST

The titular Dave the Diver and some of his friends in key art for the game
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Dave the Diver Sales Break the 3 Million Barrier

Mintrocket has announced that Dave the Diver sales have crossed another major milestone (or perhaps that should be "depth marker", given the game's subject matter). According to a new post on Steam…

January 3, 2024 | 08:20 EST

Mark Hamill's character in Squadron 42 and Star Citizen Logo
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Star Citizen Just Achieved Its Biggest Crowdfunding Year Ever and 6 Years of Growth

Another year has passed for Star Citizen, and it's time to take a look at its crowdfunding tally to see how it has progressed in 2023.  Fans of the game have pledged just north of 117.5 million…

January 1, 2024 | 09:09 EST

A tractor beam in action in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Boasts Features and Progress Achieved in 2023

While Star Citizen's long development cycle has become a bit of a meme, it's doubtless that the game has continued to make steady progress throughout its history.  Today developer Cloud Imperium…

December 25, 2023 | 01:51 EST

Two characters gazing lovingly at each other in My Time at Sandrock
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My Time at Sandrock Update 1.2 Brings New Romantic Options, Endgame Content, and More

Pathea Games has released My Time at Sandrock update 1.2, also known as the New Year, Better Me update. Per the game's 2024 roadmap, this update adds new content linked to romances, as well as a…

December 21, 2023 | 09:01 EST

Star Citizen Alpha 3.22 and San’tok.yai and Drake Cutter Rambler
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Star Citizen Alpha 3.22 Released With New Ships, Content, and Features Aplenty

Today, Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released the newest update for the game, alpha 3.22, titled "Wrecks to Riches." The title indicates one of the major features included in the…

December 14, 2023 | 07:57 EST

Life by You key art showing some young people standing around a modern street in a sunset
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Life By You

Move over The Sims, Life by You is a new, in-depth life simulator title from Paradox Interactive that is designed to be as open and moddable as possible, meaning you have almost endless possibilities…

December 19, 2023 | 10:13 EST

Star Citizen hair screenshot by Brunnen-Gee
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Star Citizen Is Getting Really Impressive Hair Tech Soon

The Alpha 3.22 version of Star Citizen is currently being tested by part of the community, and the first videos and images are filtering through showing some really impressive hair technology. The…

December 6, 2023 | 11:10 EST

A screenshot of Jumplight Odyssey
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Armello Developer League of Geeks Lays off Over 50% of Staff, Puts Jumplight Odyssey on Hold

Today Australian studio League of Geeks announced that it is the latest developer that had to enact a wave of layoffs. According to a message shared on X (formerly Twitter), co-founders Trent Kustes…

December 5, 2023 | 08:12 EST

A close-up of a boar in a snowy forest in the new Planet Zoo expansion Eurasia Animal Pack
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New Planet Zoo Expansion To Bring Eight New Eurasian Animals and More Next Week

Frontier Developments has announced a brand new Planet Zoo expansion pack which will bring eight new creatures to the game. The game's Eurasia Animal Pack will, as the name suggests, add new animals…

December 5, 2023 | 09:08 EST

Star Citizen Pyro and Intergalactic Aerospace Expo
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Star Citizen Shows New Pyro System as IAE 2953 Event Breaks Records Earning Almost $24 Million

The Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2953 event just ended in Star Citizen, but Cloud Imperium Games has more content in store.  First of all, today we get a new video showcasing the part of the Pyro…

November 30, 2023 | 06:28 EST

Vampire Dynasty Key Art and Screenshot
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Vampire Dynasty Announced as New Game of Toplitz' "Dynasty" Open-World Simulation Series

Publisher Toplitz Productions and developer Mehuman Games announced Vampire Dynasty, a brand new game of the "Dynasty" series. The game will place the players in the fanged role of vampres in the…

November 29, 2023 | 04:58 EST

PlayStation Plus poster for December 2023
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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for December 2023 Announced: Powerwash Simulator and More

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the games that PlayStation Plus Subscribers will receive at no additional cost in December 2023.  The announcement has been made, as usual, on the…

November 29, 2023 | 01:45 EST

Concept art of a soldier standing in front of a World War I medical hospital in War Hospital
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War Hospital Release Date Brings WWI-Era Medical Management to PC in January

Nacon and developer Brave Lamb Studio have announced the War Hospital release date. The management sim, which will, as you've probably guessed, let you oversee your very own World War I-era medical…

November 28, 2023 | 09:38 EST

Star Citizen - RSI and Arrastra and Mark Hamill
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Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours

The crowdfunding effort for the space simulator Star Citizen continues, and the game just enjoyed its biggest day of funding ever.  According to the handy Star Citizen Funding Dashboard by CCU Game…

November 27, 2023 | 08:25 EST

Image of a city in SteamWorld Build that is well-connected with roads and has lots of different buildings
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SteamWorld Build Review - A Dig-Lightful City-Building Adventure

Since the inception of the SteamWorld universe, we’ve been treated to games across different genres, such as SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Quest. Thunderful now explores the City Building genre with…

November 27, 2023 | 09:00 EST

Concept art for Project Zomboid, which depicts a character wiping his mouth as zombies reach up to grab him
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Project Zomboid's Blacksmithing System Looks Frankly Crazy In New Dev Diary

Developer The Indie Stone has released new information about some of the systems and gameplay mechanics making their way to Project Zomboid in the future. In a new dev diary released on Steam, the…

November 24, 2023 | 10:42 EST

RSI Arrastra Front View Concept For Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Reveals RSI Arrastra Ship & Crazy Visuals and Scale in New Videos

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games just released two videos related to the growing space sim.  The first video focuses on starships. While the first part is dedicated to the Argo SRV, which…

November 23, 2023 | 05:38 EST

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - Aircraft flying in formation
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Has Sold 5 Million Copies

Today Bandai Namco announced that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has now sold over 5 million copies. The announcement was made on X (formerly Twitter) and welcomed with many celebratory comments from…

November 21, 2023 | 09:34 EST

A character in My Time at Sandrock looks out from atop a construction site with a smile on their face
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My Time At Sandrock Roadmap To Bring New Quests, Weapons, And More

Pathea Games has revealed the My Time at Sandrock roadmap up until early 2024, and there's lots of new content on the way soon. In a post on the game's subreddit, Pathea outlines what's coming to…

November 21, 2023 | 09:15 EST

The key artwork of Spirittea
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Spirittea Boasts Successful Launch With $1 Million in Sales and Promises Updates and Free Content

  Indie developer Cheesemaster Games and publisher No More Robots announced that the pixel art life sim Spirittea has enjoyed a successful launch. The game achieved 150,000 players in its first…

November 20, 2023 | 11:49 EST

Star Citizen Video - Garman Humble Sitting on a Cyclone Buggy
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Star Citizen Videos Featuring "Garman Humble" Leave the Community Confused and Amused

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released two funny narrative videos featuring "Garman Humble, Security Professional," leaving the community wondering.   The videos star a rough and…

November 18, 2023 | 10:25 EST

Two characters in Dinkum smiling and waving at the camera
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Cozy Aussie Farming Sim Dinkum Gets Summer Update With New Adventures And More

A new Dinkum update has been released, bringing scorching summer vibes to the cozy Aussie farming sim. Hey, it's almost summer in Australia! Dinkum developer James Bendon has spoken about his desire…

November 17, 2023 | 08:39 EST

Star Citizen Gatak Syulen and Crusader Spirit C1
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Star Citizen Reveals New Ships Ahead of Tomorrow's Free-to-Play Event

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is gearing up for the next free-to-play event that will start tomorrow with the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2953. To kick off the celebrations, we get an…

November 16, 2023 | 07:22 EST

On Your Tail preview header with key art showing Diana arriving to Borgo Marina on a scooter.
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On Your Tail Preview - A Charming and Nostalgic Cozy Life Sim with a Mystery Twist

During the latest Nintendo Indie World, Memorable Games and Humble Games announced its story-driven life simulator On Your Tail, and it's actually a secret I had to keep for a while, having played a…

November 15, 2023 | 11:00 EST

Spirittea Review Key Art Showing a red clad character praying at a shrine in the woods while the game logo fills the top right corner.jpg
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Spirittea Review - Once More, With Spirit!

Cozy games have been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, and our Spirittea Review should make it pretty clear that they’re here to stay. If you haven’t heard already, Spirittea is a cozy life…

November 13, 2023 | 02:47 EST

Ace Combat 7 Stonehenge
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Ace Combat Devs Launch Video Series in Which Real Military Experts Discuss the Series' Superweapons

Project Aces, developers of the popular Ace Combat series, just launched the first of a series of extensive videos focusing on the franchise's lore.  The series, titled "Ace Combat Superweapon…

November 12, 2023 | 09:17 EST

A character in a steampunk-style top hat looking towards the camera in shock in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Delayed Until Next Year

Level-5 has announced that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has been delayed until next year. In a post on the game's official website, Level-5 says that in order to deliver the game "in…

November 10, 2023 | 03:30 EST

Standing inside a fully upgraded cafe in Cuisineer.
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Cuisineer Storage Guide

Our Cuisineer Storage Guide will go over how to increase the amount of items you can carry. This includes both upgrades to your backpack and cafe storage. Storage in Cuisineer is extremely limited…

November 9, 2023 | 01:03 EST

Key art for the Weappy game Hollywood Animal, which depicts a number of movers and shakers in the fictional film industry
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Hollywood Animal Is A Movie Management Sim From This Is The Police Dev Weappy

This Is the Police and Rebel Cops developer Weappy has announced Hollywood Animal, a game that's all about managing your very own Hollywood movie studio. The game is due to arrive on PC sometime…

November 8, 2023 | 09:52 EST

Spirittea Drinking Minigame Guide - Cover Image Pouring Soju Into a Shot Glass in a Beer Mug
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Make Friends With the Spirittea Drinking Minigame (A Guide)

Our Spirittea Drinking Minigame guide will teach you when and where you can get involved with the aforementioned mini-game, as well as who will willingly participate with you, and what you need to do…

November 16, 2023 | 02:15 EST