EA has officially announced a film adaptation of The Sims is in the works and aims for it to have an impact like the Barbie film. The film will be produced by Barbie actress Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap, with Loki director Kate Herron at the helm. In an interview with Variety, EA’s vice president … Read more
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has been rated by the ESRB, listing PC and PlayStation 5 as its platforms. A remaster of Guerrilla’s first Horizon game was rumoured back in 2022, but is yet to be officially announced by Sony. This rating brings fresh credibility to the remaster’s existence, though no indication of a release date … Read more
If I had to pin this impossible, improbable thing down, I would tell you that UFO 50 is a game about memory. Or it’s a game collection about memory, anyway, as it contains 50 of the things. It’s about the memories of what games used to be like in the 8-bit era when a lot … Read more
Behaviour Interactive has cancelled its Dead by Daylight four-player co-op spin-off, known only as Project T, after early player testing “yielded unsatisfactory overall results”. Project T, developed by Midwinter Entertainment, was an attempt to create a PvE experience set in the Dead by Daylight universe. It would see four players – cast as trespassers in … Read more
Netflix‘s new Doug-Cockle-starring animated Witcher movie, Sirens of the Deep, has had its release pushed back from “late” this year to 11th February 2025. But to tide everyone over until then, the streaming service has shared a two-minute clip featuring some familiar faces. Sirens of the Deep – Netflix’s second animated Witcher movie, following 2021’s … Read more
We already knew another Star Wars Jedi game was in the works at developer Respawn Entertainment, but EA has now confirmed it’ll be the “final chapter” in Cal Kestis’ saga. Not-quite-official word of a third Star Wars Jedi game first surfaced last October when Cal Kestis actor Cameron Monaghan told fans, “We’re in the process … Read more
EA has announced plans to move “beyond linear, sequential Sims releases” that’ll see it forego a direct Sims 4 “replacement” – that is, a The Sims 5 – in favour of a new approach enabling players to keep their progress between titles and “really [have] an ongoing experience”. EA’s initially discussed its new strategy for … Read more
Logitech has announced a raft of new products from its annual Logi Play showcase in Paris, including new esports-grade peripherals that adopt controversial new features, an expanded range of sim racing gear not destined for the UK and a more affordable Astro A50 headset that ditches the premiere feature of the A50 X. There’s also … Read more
Four years after announcing a new Skate game – and two years after eliciting collective groans with the news it would be free-to-play – EA has revealed the latest instalment in its long-running skateboarding series will launch into early access next year. When developer Full Circle first began sharing details of its new Skate project … Read more
An ingenious puzzle-platformer that takes players from a children’s book and out into the wider world around it. It’s probably strange to accuse a game like The Plucky Squire of realism. This is a game in which a heroic character from a children’s fantasy book can leap from the pages and rove around the bedroom … Read more