Quick Links While carefully looking after your Sims' every needs and having them accomplish their personal and career ambitions is the most common approach to playingThe Sims 4, there’s an undeniable thrill in turning up the chaos dial and watching it all burn - quite literally. RELATED:The Sims 4: How To Enter Free Cam Mode While starting a raging inferno can add a spark of mayhem to your Sims' lives, you may wonder how to begin your descent into becoming a virtual arsonist....

Quick Links Like any modern game,Remnant 2offers a bunch of Xbox achievements, Steam achievements, and PlayStation trophies for you to earn. It isn’t the hardest collection gaming has ever seen, but it does take some time to unlock them all. RELATED:Remnant 2: How To Respec The procedurally generated aspect of the game makes it particularly different, as there are achievements and trophies for defeating story bosses, and you won’t face all of them in a single playthrough....

I wasn’t sure if I’d like theSteam Deck. Handheld gaming means a smaller screen and annoying controls.My hands are big,okay? The Nintendo Switch feels like playing with a toy iPhone. Luckily, I like the Deck—it’s a huge brick that’s way bigger than it needs to be, which is perfect. It got me back into PC gaming, meaning that my library of 600 games and counting isn’t going to waste. I also get to do all this from the comfort of my sofa instead of the desk I work at eight hours a day....

Like its title,Immortals of Aveumis forgettable and full of jargon. The new first-person shooter from EA and Ascendant Studios, puts you in the shoes of Jak as he goes from stealing to scrape by to a high-ranking soldiering sorcerer. The floppy haired teen is a street kid from Seren, a city that hovers just over the Wound, a massive magical void in the middle of the game’s sci-fi fantasy world. When you meet Jak, he’s with his best friend Luna on a balcony in a theater, fishing a coin purse from the pocket of a wealthy man watching the show beneath them....

A series or a fandom really knows it’s made it when it starts to get its ownLegosets.Transformersachieved that milestone in 2022 as Optimus Prime was immortalized in Lego brick form. Based on the leader of the Autobots' original design, and made of more than 1,500 pieces, the set is currently available for less onAmazon. Lego’s Optimus Prime set is not only elaborate because of how many pieces it takes to build it, but also because, when complete, it actually transforms....

Summary If you must know one thing about TheGamer, it’s that weloveYakuza. New games incite lively chatter across our work channels, and when debating the best doors in gaming, the infamousYakuza kicknaturally made the cut. I expressed that I wasn’t familiar with the series, and one of my colleagues pitched the games to me as, “Kiryu got confused during career day at school and has spent the rest of his life bending reality to his iron will....

Even though there are special edition versions of thePS5andXbox Series Xavailable, both console creators have gone in a slightly different direction when it comes to jazzing up your systems this generation. The PS5 has covers that can be removed and replaced, allowing owners to completely change the looks of their console, andXboxhas started to roll out wraps,kicking things off with a very nice-looking Starfield design. There are also third-party options for both consoles, and Mighty has a number of skins available on Amazon right now....

Gaming headsetsare a dime a dozen. RGB this, Bluetooth that, FNATIC-branded Gamer Elite Claw X Streamer Edition whatever, there’s a whole mountain of absolute tat out there. It’s usually easier to pick a brand you know and trust, like Razer, Corsair, or Logitech, and just stick with it, lest you end up disappointed. With that in mind, Nacon’s RIG 600 PRO HX might feel like a gamble. But this headset is shockingly good for its $100 budget....

Liverpool has a long history of game development. The days of Sony’s Studio Liverpool pumping out Hacienda-inspired racing classics likeWipEoutmight be long gone, and the development scene in the city seemed to struggle after the iconic PlayStation studio closed down. But more games than you think are being made in the city to this day. TheGamer visited Ripstone studio a few months ago to check out development on its Queen’s Gambit mobile game, and at last week’s GameChangers launch I met with devs coming together from across the city’s various studios, from those working on VR titles of NDA-ed IP, to Lawn Mowing Simulator....

Series co-creator Ed Boon hints that some main characters will skipMortal Kombat 1, as the devs hope to “surprise” players. Speaking atGamescom, Boon says thatNetherRealmwants “some characters to have a break” in the upcoming game, suggesting that some series mainstays won’t make the roster this time around. This comes asfans beg for Jade and Sonya to make the starting roster, disappointed to see two leading ladies skip this first game in a new timeline....

Sonic Frontiersrecently received its Final Horizon update. As the name implies, it’s probably the last significant update the newest 3DSonicgame will get, and also the first one that adds to the game’s story. I know the reviews for Frontiers were mixed, but I loved it, and the additional story content, not to mention the ability to play as other characters, has solidified its position as one of my favorite Sonic games ever....

Summary Games should be fun. I know that seems a debatable opinion in gaming these days, but to me, you could have the most advanced graphics, a star-studded cast, and a budget bursting through the roof, but if it’s not an enjoyable experience, I’m not interested. That’s why I’m not sure how it took me so long to appreciateSonic. RELATED:New Sonic Superstars Trailer Reveals Release Date I recently had a chance to go hands-on with the Blue Blur’s latest offering at Sega’s Summer Showcase in New York....

I was wary of Sonic Superstars releasing so close to Super Mario Bros. WonderbeforeSonic’s release date was even revealed. Rather than speeding off to the end of the year,Segastood its ground, releasing three days beforeWonder. I admired the confidence in a series I’ve loved for almost as long as I can remember, but now having playedSuperstarsand Wonder, I can’t help but feel Sega bravely standing its ground was a mistake....