Latest articles by Anna Koselke
The Sims 4 legend behind piracy tool rendering nearly $1,500 of DLC totally free quits town and takes his loot with 'em, players pay tribute as copycats immediately try to charge for alternatives
News "Guess I'm never playing The Sims again"
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' winter update isn't here yet, but this cozy Disney Dreamlight Valley DLC adds even more Stardew Valley flair to tide me over until Nintendo's release
News Wishblossom Ranch is a wholesome delight
As Dune: Awakening grapples with "Mixed" reviews and a dip in players, Funcom offers a free trial for the survival MMO alongside "the highest discount we've had yet"
News You have until November 27 to give the game a go
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins 7 titles at Golden Joystick Awards, tying with Baldur's Gate 3 – and Larian boss Swen Vincke approves: "Definitely deserved"
News It's the era of the turn-based RPG, eh?
World of Warcraft lead assures worried MMO raiders that Blizzard removing add-ons is "to set ourselves up for being able to build content that will better serve all of our players"
News "Our goal here is to level the playing field"
inZOI is getting multiplayer, and the Sims 4 competitor's director says it's all thanks to South Korea's president: "He suggested I make inZOI a multiplayer game"
News Krafton is "indeed developing a multiplayer aspect" for the life sim
Krafton CEO confirms he "actually searched on ChatGPT" for "faster answers" amid legal battle with former Subnautica 2 leads, after the publisher dubbed accusations of chatbot use "a last-ditch effort"
News "...just like everyone else..."
After 8 years of positive reviews, Fallout 4 drops back down to a "Mostly Negative" Steam rating – and it's all thanks to Bethesda's disastrous Anniversary Edition launch
News "Why, Bethesda?!"
The Sims 4 fans left baffled as rumors suggest EA's latest life sim entry could be getting a remaster, despite ongoing support: "What will they be remastering exactly?"
News "Sims 3, I could understand"
"The Bungie team is fantastic": Academy Award-winning artist behind Marathon cinematic says the shooter's stolen art "was genuinely a mistake," and "blown out of proportion"
News The designs were "accidentally" used, apparently
Final Fantasy 14 actor speaks out after backlash for her Dawntrail role, says MMO director Yoshi-P apologized on behalf of Square Enix: "He was very kind"
News Sena Bryer played DLC protagonist Wuk Lamat
Fresh from bringing his canceled Minecraft competitor back from the dead, Hytale boss shares new gameplay footage as "a taste of things to come" – but there's still "a lot of work" to be done
News The sandbox game is "incomplete and buggy, but still beautiful and fun"
PUBG creator says he's "really heartened to see the community revolt against AI," but his studio is still using the tech in new games: "We're using it in the right way"
News He's "not super worried" about backlash
Minecraft was nearly sold to Activision Blizzard for $1.5 billion before Microsoft secured Mojang, says former CEO Bobby Kotick: "I almost bought it"
News Microsoft offered Notch $2.5 billion, however
Roblox set "to require facial age checks to access chat" much like Discord, mere months after the CEO told concerned parents to just not "let your kids be on Roblox"
News "...establishing what we believe will become a new industry standard"
After launching Assassin's Creed Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft dubs the market "more volatile" now amid rise of free-to-play titles and subscriptions: "Many new games are struggling"
News "Consumers are playing fewer games…"
Baldur's Gate 3 boss says Game Awards 2025 nominees like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are "proof" the industry still recognizes "passion," regardless of the "budget or who is making it"
News "Brings things back to the core"
After a rough launch, PlayStation-published Final Fantasy 15-style action RPG Lost Soul Aside woos players with "biggest free update yet," polishing combat and adding a 100-wave gauntlet
News Surge of Voidrax sounds absolutely wild
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 follows GTA 6 in controversies reaching government officials: amid gen AI backlash, US Congress rep argues real artists should "have a say"
News And "share in the profits," too
Concord fans bring Sony's infamous hero shooter flop back a year after it went offline, only for the PlayStation maker to smite the project down within days
News Sony is already cracking down with "worrying legal action"
Final Fantasy 14 lead Yoshi-P reportedly teases another "rebirth" for the MMO as Dawntrail continues to suffer "Mostly Negative" Steam reviews over 1 year on
News A Realm Reborn 2.0, anyone?
GTA 6 studio Rockstar Games' firing of "at least 30 employees" reaches the UK Parliament as MP questions "what steps can be taken" to support the former devs
News The politician hopes to "stop this from happening again"
Fallout co-creator and RPG mastermind Leonard Boyarsky could smack his former self "upside the head" for past comments on AI – and no, Obsidian isn't "using it at all"
News Oh, how times have changed
