Within 30 minutes of establishing my little village, we’ve had two marriages, one baby, one affair, two divorces and… you guessed it: a whole new marriage. It doesn’t take long for capital D drama to arrive in Lakeburg Legacies, a self-proclaimed social city builder that blends creating an idyllic settlement …
Read More »Palias cozy MMO sim is exactly what I wanted but didnt get from co-op Stardew Valley
Palia is a game trying to offer an entire world for cozy gamers to exist in together. Whereas most MMOs combine the more peaceful pursuits of homebuilding, farming, and fishing alongside combat or other more violent endeavors, Palia strips all that bloodthirsty stuff away to focus solely on creating a …
Read More »Disney Dreamlight Valley Early Access launches in two weeks and I am not prepared
You should start making preparations for Disney Dreamlight Valley to ruin your life. After countless years spent relatively disappointed by the quality of 3D life-sim adventures on home console platforms, I’ve learned to temper my expectations. Whether that’s because of convoluted control systems, finicky user interfaces, patchy performance standards, or …
Read More »Goat Simulator 3 hands-on: breathing new life into gamings funniest experiment
I’m playing Goat Simulator 3 at Gamescom 2022 and I can’t help but wonder how we got here. How did Coffee Stain Studios even table the original idea for this, let’s say, unorthodox series? What about taking Garry’s Mod-style ragdoll physics? Uh-huh. And throwing them into a game that’s pretty …
Read More »Lightyear Frontier is a promising alternative to Stardew Valley
Take a deep breath – you’ve earned it. Stardew Valley is owed a lot of credit for the way it quietly renovated the peaceful farming adventure beyond the confines of Harvest Moon, and Lightyear Frontier feels like a natural expansion of those core ideals. It’s you, up to three friends, …
Read More »This exclusive Lightyear Frontier gameplay is giving futuristic Stardew Valley vibes
Lightyear Frontier, the adorable, first-person farming game that delegates all that manual labour to a hulking mech, just showed off some exclusive gameplay footage during the Future Games Show at Gamescom Powered by Mana. The footage, which comes with commentary from developer Frame Break, focuses on the early stages of …
Read More »Destroy cities and find romance in this Kaiju dating sim
A new dating sim that sees giant city-destroying monsters find love has got a September release date. Upcoming indie Kaichu – The Kaiju Dating Sim launches on September 7, developer Squiddershins confirms. Like your regular dating sim, this game aims to meet eligible singles and form relationships with them. The …
Read More »Steams latest breakout hit is medieval city builder Farthest Frontier
Farthest Frontier hit Steam earlier this week, and it’s quickly broken out as one of the platform’s most popular city-building games. You’re in control of a group of settlers building a village on the, er, farthest frontier of the known world. Your villagers will have to collect raw materials to …
Read More »Two Point Campus review: “Fantastic but not without its frustrations”
There’s nothing like a case of pumpkin head to make the students at one of my Two Point Campus schools start feeling a little blue – or should that be orange? But sadness, fatigue, bad grades, meteor showers, and a missing bookcase certainly aren’t helping. I’ll admit, I’m struggling to …
Read More »The Sims 4 will start letting you pick your Sims sexual preferences this month
The Sims 4’s next update adds sexual orientation options to make the game even more inclusive, EA has announced. The folks at EA and Maxis have been charting a long road toward a more inclusive Sims experience, with May’s customizable pronoun update being the latest positive change, and the option …
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