2026
How to become a noble in The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy
In The Sims 4: Royalty & Legacy, there’s a new active career: becoming a noble and leading a (somewhat) life of leisure. Your sim will work their way up to eventually ruling a kingdom, whilst navigating scandals, earning “favor,” and spending a lot of time on the throne. But, joining the noble career doesn’t take…
How to complete Anansi’s Trials in The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy
In The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy expansion, there’s now a whole new world of exploring your social standing, noble ranking, dynasty prowess, and focusing on your rise to the top (and stepping on people’s heads to get there). Amongst all the scandal and bravado, there are new mysterious events to uncover called Power Shifts….
A public peeing scandal couldn’t stop my rise to power for long in The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy
For a Live mode fanatic, The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy expansion is a regal delight. Not only can your sim become the ruler of the entire kingdom or the head of a dynasty, but the path you take to get there can be embroiled in scandal with lashings of explosive drama. The Royalty &…
Geoff Keighley shouldn’t be blamed for Highguard’s failure, Larian publishing boss says: ‘There are genuine villains in this industry but I just don’t see them here’
It’s been a hell of a ride for Highguard, in all the wrong ways, and it crossed an ugly milestone last night when developer Wildlight Entertainment laid off “most of the staff” just 16 days after the game’s release. Doubtless, there are plenty of reasons for Highguard’s failure to catch fire: Morgan Park probably nailed…
Assassin’s Creed Has “Overperformed” This Quarter, Says Ubisoft
Firm cites Switch 2 release of Shadows as a contributing factor. Ubisoft has released its financial report for Q3 2026, and despite expectations, it’s actually not all doom and gloom. In fact, the firm states that the Assassin’s Creed franchise has “overperformed” this quarter, noting that year-on-year growth in active users is in “double-digits”. The…
How High On Life 2’s Skateboarding Kickflips the Shooter Genre on Its Head
Category: Games How High On Life 2’s Skateboarding Kickflips the Shooter Genre on Its Head Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published February 12, 2026 Summary Chief Design Officer Erich Meyr shares with us how the High On Life 2 team brought skateboarding to their hilarious first-person shooter. The team cites their experience working on games…
Let’s settle this: Should Arc Raiders add a PvE mode?
Despite what all the friendly matches would have you believe, Arc Raiders is a PvP-first extraction shooter. The Arc machines are simple, well-designed hazards that are basically just there to encourage PvP altercations or large-scale team-ups for loot that’ll eventually trickle down into even more PvP. I’ll admit though, having such unique interactions with other…
We all knew the RTX 5090 ran hot but not like this: Chinese gamer records the moment their GPU catches alight
It’s every PC tinkerer’s worst nightmare: an electrical fire. One unlucky Chinese gamer recorded the moment they first powered on their rig with a freshly plugged-in Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, only to capture the card sparking and igniting. The terrifying clip was first uploaded to BiliBili earlier this week and has since earned almost 100,000…