The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies expansion announcement includes a ton of cross-pack play that I'm pretty psyched for

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Par :lauren@pcgamer.com (Lauren Morton)

6 février 2025 à 20:19

Along with new commercial and residential combo lots, you can open businesses compatible with other expansions you own.

The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies - A sim focuses on spinning a pottery wheel while a child watches with excitement

Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8 is so big, it needed its own patch before it even released, and we're one step closer to a Permanent Booming Blade Economy

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Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

6 février 2025 à 20:07

Honestly I'm coming around to the idea.

An Oathbreaker Paladin restoring their Oath in Baldur's Gate 3.

The organizers of E3 announce a new event called iicon, but it's not open to the public and you probably don't want to go anyway

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Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

6 février 2025 à 19:52

The Entertainment Software Association's new thing will bring together executives from across the game industry for conferences, workshops, and "elite networking opportunities."

iicon - Interactive Innovation Conference logo

Civilization 7 influence guide: How to make friends and influence people

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 19:41

From befriending city-states to building war support, influence lets you dominate through diplomacy.

Confucius as he appears in Civilization 7.

Paradox is the new owner of Jagged Alliance 3 and Surviving Mars developer Haemimont Games

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 19:13

"Expect amazing new games from us!"

If showing off that you actually own an RTX 5090 isn't enough, why not show off that you own a golden one for double rarity points

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 18:48

Envy? What envy?

Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhabab OC Edition graphics card on a yellow and blue background

ZA/UM gets away with $165 plastic bags because its execs know hypocritical moaners are the same 'ones ordering the expensive items' anyway, says former Disco Elysium writer

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 18:25

I'd write a strapline here, but the postman's arrived with my bag.

A man in a long coat and hood carries a very expensive shopping bag up some stairs.

Eight months into the brave new world of Windows on ARM, and this is the state of play for PC gaming outside of the x86 arena

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 18:24

Qualcomm was serious in its gaming ambitions for the Snapdragon X Elite, so what does that look like half a year down the line?

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite logo on a Samsung laptop

NASA is hosting the first Twitch stream from space and I'm already picturing the chat with equal parts fear and excitement

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 18:20

The government agency is set to stream from the International Space Station.

This Steam Deck mount looks silly, but greatly reduces the risk of dropping Valve's handheld on your face while gaming in bed

PC Gamer

Par :jessica.kinghorn@futurenet.com (Jess Kinghorn)

6 février 2025 à 18:10

Bedtime gaming sees most significant upgrade since hot chocolate and a podcast.

A man wearing a GoPro harness lies on a sofa or bed, playing a Steam Deck. The handheld gaming PC is mounted to the GoPro harness via grip and mount products from Mechanism.

Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful'

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 18:08

'Seriously guys, drop it, we get it already': someone at Intel, probably.

Bill Gates speaks onstage for a special conversation during "What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates"at The Paris Theater on September 26, 2024 in New York City.

Former Dragon Age developers are not happy with EA CEO's suggestion that The Veilguard should have live service features: 'I'd probably quit'

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 18:06

Live service isn't the answer to everything.

Dragon Age character Varric looking confidently forward

This no-vidia gaming PC is a great example of how small design decisions can make it feel like you're building a PC on easy-mode

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 17:16

All thanks to a roomy case, fan controller, and incredibly simple NVMe slots.

A gaming PC build using the Be Quiet Shadow Base 800 FX chassis, an Intel Core Ultra CPU and an RX 7900 XT GPU.

EA CEO says the magic words 'Apex 2.0': It won't happen until after the next Battlefield, but 'this will not be the final incarnation of Apex'

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 16:59

Apex Harder.

Horizon and Crypto, mean and ready for action

Square Enix's Chocobo Steam Deck is cute, fluffy, and unfortunately gets in-KWEH-dibly warm

PC Gamer

Par :jessica.kinghorn@futurenet.com (Jess Kinghorn)

6 février 2025 à 16:41

What's better than winning one Chocobo Steam Deck? Raising money for charity, obviously.

Two hands are seen playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on a custom Steam Deck. The handheld gaming PC is designed to look like the RPG series' fantastical giant birds, called Chocobos. The handheld gaming PC is covered in yellow fur, and has a crest of yellow feathers plus an orange beak either horizontal side of its screen.

I've already spent 25 hours with this idle game where an adorable grass-cutting frog keeps me company on my desktop, and it's safe to say I'm obsessed

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 16:20

Ropuka's Idle Island's simplicity is its biggest comfort.

Ropuka cutting grass with a blue-roofed house and red television.

Why pay more? This 27-inch 1440p gaming monitor is perfectly priced at just $153

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 15:55

IPS panel, high refresh rate, VRR support. It's all there.

An image of a Lenovo gaming monitor against a teal background with a white border

Seems like Sony just accidentally announced when Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is coming out

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 15:53

Excellent, Sony, age may in fact have slowed you down one bit.

Marvel Rivals' destructible environment was apparently the 'first major technical challenge' the devs had to overcome

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 14:47

Don't take all that rubble for granted.

Marvel Rivals promo image - Captain America fighting the Winter Soldier

Where the AF are all the graphics cards?! It's not just the new RTX 50-series that's impossible to buy, finding any decent GPU in stock at the major US retailers right now is like staring into an abyss of nothing

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 14:25

It's like the pandemic's back for another round of GPU misery.

In a first tariff-induced hit against the PC gaming sector, ASRock is talking about increasing costs and moving its graphics card manufacturing away from China

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 14:24

10% can cause ripples.

A photo of MSI Shenzhen motherboard production facility

Civilization 7 is off to a rocky start as it receives 'Mixed' Steam reviews from its premium backers: 'Comparing this unfinished mess to the Civ 6 release is night and day'

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 14:18

Age ratings.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 dev says it deliberately avoids the 'instant gratification' of modern games, channelling the best of Bethesda like Morrowind and Oblivion

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 14:08

All my keywords.

The Dry Devil from Kingdom Come 2 wields a torch and grins. Overlaid next to him is a picture of the Adoring Fan from Oblivion, holding a torch and smiling.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review

PC Gamer

Par :robin.valentine@futurenet.com (Robin Valentine)

6 février 2025 à 13:54

A flawed port of a flawed sequel.

Spider-Man (Miles Morales) crouching on a ledge at the Raft super-prison in Spider-Man 2.

Arm won't keep chasing after Qualcomm on the grounds of licensing shenanigans—but the legal jostling isn't over

PC Gamer

Par :jessica.kinghorn@futurenet.com (Jess Kinghorn)

6 février 2025 à 13:48

Don't start the 10-count just yet.

Promotional image of a generic Snapdragon X Plus chip in a stylized circuit board

'No lotteries, and no onerous upkeep': World of Warcraft takes a cheeky potshot at Final Fantasy 14's egregious housing system as it readies up to unleash its own

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 12:37

Well played, Blizzard.

A mug that reads home sweet home sitting on a wooden table in front of a fireplace in World of Warcraft

7 Monster Hunter Wilds tips to help you get started in the beta

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 09:07

Become a practiced hunter before Wilds releases later this month.

A hunter sits atop their Seikret mount, their palico seated behind them.

Disco Elysium game director Robert Kurvitz praises the first Fallout: 'It makes other post-apocalyptic worldbuilding seem like an amusement park'

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 05:08

Though it wouldn't be Marx's favorite.

Close up of Fallout Power Armor helmet on orange background

Today's Wordle answer for Thursday, February 6

PC Gamer

6 février 2025 à 05:00

Help with today's Wordle if you need it.

The best Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mods at launch: unlimited quicksaves, increased carry weight, instant herb-pickin'

PC Gamer

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

6 février 2025 à 01:35

How to make your Bohemian adventure much easier, or way harder.

Godwin, Hans, and Henry stand side by side. Godwin is saying something to them while hunched over slightly.

Rooster Teeth returns from the dead, under the ownership of one of its original founders

PC Gamer

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

6 février 2025 à 00:24

Warner Bros. pulled the plug on Rooster Teeth in 2024, after 21 years of operation.

Less than 4 months after revealing his studio's new game, Michael Condrey has reportedly been given the boot by 2K Games

PC Gamer

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

5 février 2025 à 23:17

Project Ethos didn't make much of an early impression, and now Condrey is "transitioning his role" to an advisory position.

Everything that happens in a Civilization 7 age transition

PC Gamer

5 février 2025 à 23:07

A lot changes when you enter a new age in Civilization 7, and it's easy to miss the details. Here's what you need to know.

The Sims 2 has the most unhinged drama in the entire series that finally seduced me away from my beloved Build Mode

PC Gamer

Par :lauren@pcgamer.com (Lauren Morton)

5 février 2025 à 22:58

Now that I can finally play the whole series back-to-back, The Sims 2 has won me over.

The Sims 2 - Mortimer Goth looks down at a woman in bed with extremely wide eyes and an open mouth

Civilization 7 early access unlock time and release date

PC Gamer

5 février 2025 à 22:18

Here's when you can enter the new age of making history.

Digital Ben Franklin looking very perturbed on dark background

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 honors Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her in touching Easter egg

PC Gamer

Par :morgan.park@futurenet.com (Morgan Park)

5 février 2025 à 22:16

Elden Ring's folk hero lives on in 15th-century Bohemia.

Iron Galaxy lays off 66 employees in a 'last resort' effort to 'enable our long term survival'

PC Gamer

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

5 février 2025 à 22:12

The studio says that after doing all it could to keep its team intact, it has "run out of room to maneuver."

Civilization 7 live launch coverage: reviews, tips, and the latest news

PC Gamer

Par :tyler@pcgamer.com (Tyler Wilde)

5 février 2025 à 21:58

Keep tabs on everything Civilization 7 as the first new Firaxis grand strategy game in nearly a decade makes its entrance.

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. isn't just a PC port of a 19-year-old game: it's the reason a diehard fighting game community can 'finally reach out and play with each other across the world'

PC Gamer

5 février 2025 à 21:40

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O's arrival on PC marks the start a new era for the series that pioneered 3D fighting games.

Psychologist says 'there's a real sense of effort' to The Sims 4's emotional realism, from Maslow's Hierarchy to personal pep talks

PC Gamer

Par :lauren@pcgamer.com (Lauren Morton)

5 février 2025 à 19:47

Psychologist Dr. Audrey Tang took a look at how The Sims 4 mimics real world emotions and came away impressed.

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