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After 11 years, The Sims 2 returns with a re-release on the EA App and Steam – and it's still as wonderfully janky as it was in 2004
By Anna Koselke published
Preview Preview | Don't go in expecting a remake
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When will Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders go live? Everything you need to know ahead of April
By Tabitha Baker last updated
Nintendo Switch 2 Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders could kick off this April - here's everything you need to know before then.
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Wilmot Works It Out might be the perfect puzzle game if you hate Jigsaws as much as I do
By Will Sawyer published
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Wilmot Works It Out features perhaps the worst puzzle club ever, but that's what makes it such a great puzzle game
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Toilet humor, open-worlds, and "billions" of weapons: Borderlands 4 is pushing the looter-shooter series further than ever before
By Ali Jones published
Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Borderlands 4 is bigger and bolder than ever, but Gearbox is still wrestling with exactly what that means
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If Nintendo wants Switch 2 to beat Switch 1, all it needs to do is stop pretending the Wii U wasn't its best console and bring back its most defining feature
By Jordan Gerblick published
Features Opinion | Zombi U on Wii U was peak horror gaming, and the failed console's second-screen gimmick held so much more potential
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Wuchang Fallen Feathers wants to pick up where Dark Souls left off: "If skilled players still rely on the HUD... the combat system has a significant problem"
By Justin Towell published
Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Here's how Wuchang: Fallen Feathers creates an authentic world worth exploring
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After survival games like Conan Exiles, Funcom says it's made "a game with its own identity" out of Dune: Awakening – and I believe it
By Anna Koselke published
Interview Interview | How Dune: Awakening found its feet in a world built on almost 60 years of lore and countless adaptations
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10 Games like Civilization for every master strategist
By Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Best List From Age of Wonders to Total War, here are the best games like Civilization to conquer next
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