It’s my first day running an animal hospital in The Sims 4 expansion Cats & Dogs. Visiting dogs proceed to roll around in the mess as I greet my first patient, a dog named Ragtime who appears to have radioactive feet. And it’s probably best to not let radioactive dogs breed, that’s how you wind up with monsters. The point is, the dog’s feet are cured and not buried in a glowing radioactive pit. I’ll sit down at the computer to create a Missing Cat flier, right after I play a few games.

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files isn’t going to change much about that last point: it is, after all, a condensed version of the original game collecting seven missions (or case files) best suited to VR. The reason The VR Case Files is amazing is because of the people. Of course, The VR Case Files is a game, and like most VR games it can’t hope to maintain this illusion of reality. Movement is great as far as VR games go, but overall, movement isn’t great in any VR game. And by leveraging tech desig

Focus on a specific goal or activityThe wave you’re on dictates the ease at which you can accomplish tasks, such as unlocking a new area or exploring for secrets. You can certainly beeline to the final boss battle regardless of what wave you’re on, so figure out with your group what your intended round experience will be. Remember to stay aware of the zombies’ increased health per wave, as it’ll take one extra hit per wave to down an enemy. You’ll need at least a shotgun or SMG by then, and you’

In the Indie GIF Showcase, we dig up the best-looking new and upcoming indie games and explore what makes them special. We’ve already covered Mineko’s Night Market—once when our own Kimberley Ballard gave it a look in July, and a second time when we had the chance to meet the developers, Brent and Brandi Kobayashi of studio Meowza Games Inc., at PAX West in September. The beauty and splendor of this Animal Crossing-inspired game is well-documented, and many have been drooling over it for months.

EA has been a great partner over the years with Titanfall and Titanfall 2, and we’re excited to combine our strengths. This is a great next step for Respawn, EA, and our players,” Respawn CEO Vince Zampella said. But it appears to have bounced back from its slow start, and EA’s announcement confirms that Respawn is working on “a new title in the Titanfall universe.” The announcement also confirms that Respawn is still working on its Star Wars game, which was announced in May 2016. This news come

An extraordinary collection of indie games is currently discounted on Steam as part of developer Klei Entertainment’s weekend sale. The star of the sale is easily the Best of Klei Bundle. But if you’ve got a hankering for Don’t Starve in particular, check out the $13 Don’t Starve Mega Pack. Of the 500-plus games discounted in this week’s Steam sale, violent indie darlings Hotline Miami and They Bleed Pixels are clear standouts. There’s also publisher Degica’s Steam sale, which includes RPG Maker

“The Forge is the first of a series of limited time events that we have created for Don’t Starve Together,” Klei said in a blog post. “The purpose of these events is to add fun new content to the world of Don’t Starve Together without altering core DST gameplay. “We hope that with this mechanism, we can both continue creating great free content while also supporting the development team. Klei also announced Hamlet, a new single-player DLC for Don’t Starve. Check out the trailer below:If you don’

Obsidian Entertainment has made a lot of games since it was founded in 2003, Kotor 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Pillars of Eternity among them. In fact, thanks to a recent, helpful post from Obsidian itself, you can get the full list on Twitter. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith LordsNeverwinter Nights 2Alpha ProtocolFallout: New VegasDungeon Siege IIISouth Park: The Stick of TruthPillars of EternityArmored WarfarePathfinder AdventuresTyrannyPillars of Eternity II: De

Blizzard has good news for anyone who wants to play Overwatch for free next weekend: You can. From November 17-20 you’ll be able to download the Overwatch client at no charge, and then dive in and play with the full roster of 26 heroes and 16 maps, in Quick Play, Custom Games, and the Arcade. You’ll need Battle.net to take part, available at battle.net if you don’t already have it, and as with previous weekend Overfreebies, any progress you make, including levels and loot boxes earned, will carr

Brendan Greene, the “PlayerUnknown” who gives PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds its catchy, easy-off-the-tongue title, has shared a fresh batch of work-in-progress images of the new desert map revealed back in July. The team at our office in Madison have been working hard on our new desert map, and today I am excited to share some new WIP screenshots of this new terrain… pic.twitter.com/J2Dm21715pNovember 9, 2017The new images showcase a landscape that’s quite a bit more built-up than what we’ve s

You may not know AM General, but you know what it does: It makes the Humvee, the iconic vehicle that replaced US military jeeps back in the ’80s. Everywhere the US Army goes, it rides in Humvees: In movies, on the television, and of course in videogames, including the Call of Duty series. According to a recently-filed lawsuit, however, Activision never actually had permission to use it. It just hasn’t happened with Call of Duty for some reason. The suit notes that the Humvee has been used extens

This past weekend, the top eight teams in the 2017 Overwatch World Cup battled for national bragging rights at BlizzCon. Through all this, the community persevered and brought us the Overwatch World Cup. After being appointed by a national committee to represent France in the 2017 Overwatch World Cup, things started looking up once again. Emotions running high, they would march into the Overwatch World Cup finals to show everyone what they were made of one last time. The other team to qualify wo

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have always provided tech lovers and shoppers an opportunity to save hundreds of dollars on amazing “doorbuster” deals. To ensure you don’t fall for any Black Friday trickery, take advantage of the many free price checker tools available online. Check our our guide on how to sell your stuff for the most amount of cash before Black Friday comes. Unless you’re one of the eager campers that skipped out on Thanksgiving Dinner to get a spot in line, chances are you won’t

External graphics enclosures can give your laptop a major bump in graphics performance, but most of them are bulky. That is not the case with Sonnet’s new eGFX Breakaway Puck. But with the Breakaway Puck, you can take the added graphics performance with you. The Breakaway Puck measures 6 inches wide by 5.1 inches deep, and is just 2 inches tall. One is equipped with a Radeon RX 560 GPU (GPU-RX560-TB3) and costs $449, and other has a Radeon RX 570 GPU (GPU-RX570-TB3), priced at $599.

Cooler Master’s Hyper 212 line of air coolers are popular for delivering good cooling performance at a reasonable price. Well, the bang-for-buck just got even better—the company’s Hyper 212 LED with PWM is on sale at Newegg for $15. That is half of what this cooler normally sells for, and a steal if you’re in the market for a decent air cooler. It comes with a single 120mm PWM fan with red LED lighting, and a quick-snap fan mounting bracket. Newegg doesn’t clarify what the asterisk is for, thoug

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth promises to reignite the conflict between the Alliance and Horde in exciting new ways. Once you play through that story to the point of entering the events of Battle for Azeroth, you’ll see the results of that battle play out in the world. But after the almost world-ending events of Legion, won’t the back-to-basics conflict of Battle for Azeroth feel less dramatic? But now for Battle for Azeroth, everyone can play the way they want to play. That still leaves

Some of the gaming chairs out there are pretty pricey, like Vertagear’s SL5000, a $350 seat that is currently our top choice among racing-themed options. OFL, a furniture manufacturing in North Carolina, is trying to buck that trend with a new line of ergonomic gaming chairs starting at $140. There are eight models that comprise the new Respawn line, each one with graphics splashed onto the fabric for a racing-themed aesthetic. OFL says they’re designed to fit a range of gamers with varying adju

Week 1 (Spring 1-7)My arrival in the city of Portia was inauspicious. Week 2 (Spring 8-14)A fat, pink cat appropriately named Pinky walks by my house every morning, rain or shine. Week 3 (Spring 15-21)Mayor Gale announced his plan to bring a bus system to Portia. Having struck out on my revenge romance plan with Higgins, I decided to woo Paulie, the strongest man in Portia. Week 8 (Summer 22-28)In the last week of Summer, I continued to wallow in mediocrity.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 won’t be out for another week—November 17—but the Play First trial on Origin Access is available right now. We’re about to jump in, but thanks to the good people at Eurogamer, we can now see for certain how the game’s loot box system works, and more to the point, what they cost. “We’re absolutely mopping people up,” he says in the video. We’ll be taking a look at the Star Wars Battlefront 2 trial ourselves in short order, and will share a proper analysis with you as soon

Take a CPU cycle, for example, and say it takes 0.3 nanoseconds for each one. The CPU cycle is a lot faster, but to more easily grasp the speed difference, it can be useful to start with a different baseline. It’s saying that, if 1 CPU cycle is 0.3 ns in length, here are relative values for other operations on the left hand side. ‘let’s assume 1 CPU cycle was 1 second long, instead of 0.3 ns long, here’s how long those other operations would take in comparison,” the user explains. For example, c