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NEED TO KNOW What is it? A cozy life sim set in a the small Hobbit town of BywaterExpect to pay: $34.99/£29.99Developer: Wētā WorkshopPublisher: Private DivisionReviewed on: Intel i7 9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink: Official site Bilbo Baggins’ trip to Lonely Mountain (and back again) in The Hobbit was roughly 2,000 miles. In … Read more

When it comes to winning races and completing careers, knowing the best Umamusume: Pretty Derby builds for each horse girl is vital to victory. If you’re all willy-nilly with your training or dumping everything into a single stat, you’re more than likely going to struggle to see the finish line. When it comes to Umamusume, … Read more

It’s quite the month for crafting and sim games as Grounded 2’s early access release joins the launch of Abiotic Factor’s big 1.0 update and Tales of the Shire’s cozy decorating. The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-inspired adventure was only recently announced at the Xbox Game Showcase back in June, and is the follow-up to … Read more

Use our hint for today’s Wordle to get Tuesday’s game off to the best possible start, filling your opening line with a supercharged selection of green and yellow letters. Or if not that, at the very least giving you a great idea of where to head next. And don’t even think about worrying if that … Read more

Before it was used to subject us to an endless churn of ads and targeted misinformation, technology could feel magical. It’s hard to remember, but 15 years ago, you could see someone tinkering on something cool online and it usually didn’t involve a con, a surveillance apparatus, or a military contract. Perhaps we’ve just become … Read more

Mortals will have their first chance to play Hollow Knight Silksong in less than a month from now. The sequel will appear at Microsoft’s Gamescom booth on August 20 and 21, and will be playable on both PC and the forthcoming ROG Xbox Ally, which will also make its hands-on debut at the convention. Gamescom, … Read more

“Fireball! Freeze! Magic Missile!” I yelled about 47 times yesterday playing Mage Arena, the voice-powered wizardry game currently shooting up the Steam charts. I convinced some friends to pick up the $3, early access arena shooter based on the strength of the “say spells to cast them” pitch alone, and the verdict is in—Mage Arena … Read more

Something curious happened in mid-2024: everyone went crazy over a little game called Supermarket Simulator. There’s never a shortage of quirky little games about doing real-life jobs, but for some reason this particular retail sim about stocking shelves and waiting on customers blew up big—and that didn’t just draw the attention of players, but other … Read more

After a long career in videogames that took him from Ren and Stimpy and Rocky and Bullwinkle to Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol (seriously, check his credits), Glen Schofield might have finally reached the end of the line. In a message posted to LinkedIn (via VGC), Schofield said he’d been working on a new … Read more

Apparently Sony had the same reaction as the rest of us when Tencent announced a game that looks shockingly similar to Horizon Zero Dawn. It’s suing the Chinese tech company over the open world game, which like Horizon is set in a lush post-apocalypse and stars a woman with a bow who fights and tames … Read more