A Japanese developer has formed a new department within its studio dedicated specifically to developing hamster games after the success of its last hamster care sim. As spotted by Automaton Media (opens in new tab), Tokyo-based studio Success Corporation announced it has established a ‘hamster department’ within the company, which …
Read More »Stardew Valleys average daily sales are higher than ever
Video games typically sell best right around lunch, but six-year-old Stardew Valley is somehow selling better than it ever has before. Sole developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone is currently celebrating Stardew Valley crossing 20 million copies sold, and if it seems like that number has been growing faster and faster as …
Read More »Pokemon Home update adds support for Legends: Arceus, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl
A new Pokemon Home update will make more recent games, such as Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, compatible with the Cloud service storage app. Announced today, a new version of Pokemon Home (2.0.0) is set to be released “in the coming weeks” which will allow players to …
Read More »Ooblets is coming to Switch and leaving Early Access this summer
After two years in Early Access, Ooblets is set to get its 1.0 update on Xbox and PC and launch in full for Nintendo Switch this summer. Developer Glumberland announced the Switch release during today’s Nintendo Indie World Showcase, and confirmed the 1.0 launch for Xbox and the Epic Games …
Read More »Stardew Valley has sold over 20 million copies and we’re not even surprised
Stardew Valley has sold over 20 million copies across all platforms, with 13 million of that belonging to PC players alone. According to a recently updated press release on the Stardew Valley official website (opens in new tab), as of March 2022, the farming sim is doing incredibly well sales-wise …
Read More »Sims 4 tease turns out to be another game pack and kits, and fans aren’t too pleased
The Sims 4 Twitter account was teasing some kind of reveal yesterday, and it turns out it’s just a new game pack and two more kits – which has left some fans bitter. Following a cryptic tweet (opens in new tab) from the official Sims Twitter account yesterday, fans quickly …
Read More »TikTok creator rehomes two Nintendogs after finding a lost game cartridge
Two lost Nintendogs got a second chance recently after a TikTok creator found the ‘abandoned’ DS cartridge on a train and decided to take it home. Spotted by Nintendo Life (opens in new tab), Black Labrador Enzo and Shiba Inu Tyson were found on a Nintendogs Labrador and Friends DS …
Read More »Have you tried… making pies out of people in macabre murder sim Ravenous Devils?
Percival and Hildred are a match made in hell. The two playable characters in Ravenous Devils, he runs the tailor shop on the top floor, she cooks in the cellar kitchen, and locals flock to the cafe in between to grab delicious snacks. We rarely get to see happy couples …
Read More »The Stardew Valley grandpas bed mod saga continues – and its getting weirder
We’re pleased to report that the grandpa bed mod that is currently taking the Stardew Valley community by storm is still going strong, with even sillier creations coming to light since our last story. Yesterday, the Stardew Valley Grandpa bed mod saga very quickly got out of hand with modders …
Read More »Dreamlight Valley is a free-to-play mashup of Disney and The Sims
If you’ve ever wanted to live out your own magical Disney fantasies, you’ll soon be able to with Disney Dreamlight Valley. This new free-to-play sim adventure, born from a partnership between Disney and developer Gameloft, challenges players to restore a village to its former glory. After a strange event called …
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