Beat-based dungeon crawlers, card-battling soccer sims and other new indie games worth checking out

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As ever, we've got some new games for you to dive into this weekend, and a glimpse at some upcoming titles. But, first, a look ...
IGN

The Sims 4 Will Open an Official Marketplace to Let Content Creators Sell Mods for a Share of 'Moola'

The Sims 4 will introduce a brand new "Maker" program, allowing content creators to publish and sell custom mod packs on an official marketplace. This new was announced today by Maxis, which unveiled ...
Game Rant

Sims 4 Challenge Will Make You Want a Brand-New Mermaid Character ASAP

Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...
Polygon

Your Sims might finally stop doing random nonsense all the time

Bugs and The Sims 4 are almost synonymous with each other at this point — it's par for the course for a game that's been around over a decade and received countless updates and DLC. A new EA ...
FedScoop

Energy Department identifies 26 Genesis Mission challenges

The Department of Energy has identified 26 challenges that it’s looking to tackle in order to advance the Genesis Mission, representing broad problems such as “bridging the gap between scientific ...
Polygon

It's time for The Sims 4 to be less stingy with event rewards

In recent months, The Sims 4 has been ramping up its login reward events and limited-time challenges. Login rewards are what they sound like: Hop into the game for a certain number of days, and unlock ...
IGN

Cleaning house.

The Sims developer Maxis is kicking off the new year with an update on what its whole deal is, after plenty of rumors and concerns about the future of the franchise. Ans as a part of that, it seems to ...
PC Gamer

Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and 'the next evolution' so I guess it's time to start speculating again

Here we are again trying to divine the future of The Sims from an announcement about the future of The Sims. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
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Best Sims 4 challenges

While life simulation games like The Sims 4can be fun for the first few hours, playing aimlessly can result in boredom. Adhering to goals and player-defined scenarios is both creative and fun, and it ...
The New York Times

Life Got Hard. The Sims Got Easy.

As the daily grind becomes “gamified,” players are nostalgic for older, more chaotic versions of the life simulation game By Kim Hew-Low While playing The Sims 4 — the latest iteration of the wildly ...
vg247

The Sims 4: Adventure Awaits expansion pack revealed, promising an old-school vacation with new woodland and beachside destinations

Apart from balance patches, The Sims 4 developers have been a little quiet recently. The team has certainly been cooking, though, because we just had our first look at the game’s next big moment. The ...
Variety

‘The Challenge’ Producers Look Back on 40 Seasons, From When the Format Changed to When Reality Stars Became Athletes

What began as pitting “The Real World” roommates against “Road Rules’” competitors in 1998, MTV’s “The Challenge” has expanded into one of the largest franchises on television. Season 40 was the ...