It’s summer and love is in the air for fans of The Sims 4. In an official blog post earlier today, EA officially announced the latest addition to the long-running life simulator game, called The Sims 4 Lovestruck Expansion Pack. With it comes a feature that players have been wanting …
Read More »'Supervive' Aims to Reinvent 'League of Legends' for a New Generation
If you’ve been playing video games on a PC at all over the last 20 years, you’re likely to be at least somewhat familiar with MOBAs. Short for “Multiplayer Online Battle Arena”, the subgenre of strategy games has long been a staple in online gaming, LAN parties, and the esports …
Read More »How Hidetaka Miyazaki Made 'Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree,' His Biggest Expansion Yet
Elden Ring was undoubtedly 2022’s Game of the Year, winning numerous awards across different shows and publications. With its dark fantasy atmosphere, punishing combat, and challenging difficulty, players keep coming back for more. It was also developer FromSoftware’s first open-world game, so it needed to have more content than any …
Read More »'Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree' Is an Excellent, Uneven Expansion to the Decade's Biggest RPG
A dismal rain poured on me as I first set foot in the Land of Shadow, the setting of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, an inauspicious moment that heralded an equally uninspiring opening hour. Linear exploration with clear signposting, an abundance of ambush encounters, and a lack of …
Read More »Everyone Is Pissed Off About the New Season of 'Fortnite'
The latest season of Fortnite is here, and with it comes a slew of new content including an updated Battle Royale map, new weapons and gameplay mechanics, and even character skins and accessories based on the game Fallout, whose popularity has exploded following the success of the recent Prime Video …
Read More »Why Cozy Gaming Went From Pandemic Stress Release to Thriving Online Community
When Kennedy R. was a child, there was one fix that could cure almost any stressful situation: video games. She can remember spending hours after hard days at school playing Harvest Moon, a Japanese farm simulator built for the blocky Super Nintendo console. Through the thick of grad school, games …
Read More »Roblox Users Can Earn More Working for Ikea Than Some Real-Life Employees
Later this month, a select number of people will know what it feels like to earn a higher salary working a retail job on Roblox than some people actually make in person. Starting on June 24, Ikea is opening a store on the gaming platform and is looking to employ …
Read More »Meet Astro, Your New Favorite Video Game Mascot
On Thursday, Sony’s State of Play livestream teased out all the company’s gaming plans for the rest of 2024. It was mostly a letdown. Outside of a few updates on remakes like Silent Hill 2, remasters like Until Dawn, and a PC port of God of War: Ragnarök, there were …
Read More »RS Recommends: The Best Nintendo Switch Games We're Playing in 2024
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. At a Glance:The Best Nintendo Switch Games EDITORS’ PICK: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom BEST RACING: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe BEST COZY: Endless Ocean Luminous …
Read More »New 'Call of Duty' Trailer Teases a Conspiracy Between Saddam Hussein and George H.W. Bush
Call of Duty is going full Gulf War. In a reveal trailer released Tuesday, Microsoft has officially confirmed that the latest iteration of its annual military shooter, Black Ops 6, will at least partially take place during the geopolitical conflict of the early Nineties, and feature political figures from the …
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