Most games, when they launch, experience an initial rush of sales that quickly tapers off to a steady tricky over time. If you're a live service game, you're lucky if you can keep your returning and new player numbers steady long-term. But The Sims 4 is currently dealing with the exact opposite of that trend: ten years after launch, it just brought in over 15 million new players in a year.This comes from EA's Q2 earnings, which released today. The 15 million figure is fairly shocking for a ten-year-old game, even given that the base game has been free-to-play since 2022. For some perspective, it took The Sims 4 four years after launch to reach 20 million unique players (this was back when it was a premium game). When it first went free-to-play, it gained a whopping 31 millio…

HBO scrapped a Braavos set Game of Thrones spin-off but A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin wants to write it proper once upcoming novel The Winds of Winter is finished.Martin wrote a blog post discussing how Braavos, a city in Game of Thrones fans will know as the home of the Iron Bank and Faceless Men, was inspired by Amsterdam and other European locations. He then teased plans for another spin-off story akin to Fire and Blood and Tales of Dunk and Egg."One of these days I need to write that story about Braavos we were developing for HBO," Martin said. "They shelved that one a couple of years back, alas, but that does not mean I won’t go back to it… After Winds of Winter is done, of course. Maybe then I will have enough free time to visit Amsterdam again.&…

Prime's Like a Dragon: Yakuza series is out now, and while it's certainly an interesting adaptation of the infamous Like a Dragon series, we weren't totally keen on it for a number of reasons.Among its many glaring omissions is most of the silly, recreational goofiness that Kiryu and his buddies get up to in the games. But fortunately, Prime Video tried to rectify that just a little bit by posting a clip of Kiryu at karaoke, singing one of the series' most iconic songs:And now, a song. #LikeADragon @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/8npKGvYFcC— RGG Studio | Like a Dragon & Yakuza Series (@RGGStudio) October 26, 2024 That is, of course Baka Mitai, or I've Been a Fool, Kiryu's signature song from the games that he's been able to sing at just about every poss…

Roblox is implementing some major changes to the control it gives parents over their children's accounts following damning reports that its platform was rife with child exploitation and abuse.In an email sent to parents who manage children accounts on Roblox, which IGN has obtained and which Bloomberg first reported, the company details that it's finally introducing Roblox accounts with parental privileges. Prior to this, Roblox parental controls allowed parents to essentially set a PIN on a child's account that only the parent would know. This unlocks the ability to change settings like what type of content the child can access and set spending limits.Now, PINs are going away. Instead, parents must create their own separate Roblox accounts and link them to the child account…

Marvel Comics has revealed its latest ongoing Star Wars series, one set in the immediate aftermath of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Dubbed Star Wars: Legacy of Vader, this new series traces Kylo Ren's journey as he becomes Supreme Leader of the First Order and tries to reconnect with the ghost of his grandfather, Darth Vader.As revealed by StarWars.com, Legacy of Vader is written by a veteran of both Kylo Ren and Darth Vader comics. Charles Soule previously penned Marvel's 2017 Star Wars: Darth Vader series and 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren, a limited series that explores Ben Solo's ascent in the First Order and the Knights of Ren. The book is illustrated by fellow Star Wars veteran Luke Ross.Check out the slideshow gallery below for an early preview of Star Wars: …

The Day Before developer Fntastic has cancelled its failing Kickstarter for one game and announced another in the same breath.Fntastic, who released the utterly disastrous The Day Before in December 2023 before pretending to shut down, resurfaced in September asking for money for a new game: the physics based multiplayer game Escape Factory.It has now cancelled this project, however, after it reached just 15.73% of its Kickstarter goal with $3,146 raised of a $20,000 goal. "Our campaign on Kickstarter is unlikely to reach our goal," Fntastic said in a statement published to X/Twitter announcing another game."After careful analysis and discussion with the team, we have decided that our Escape Factory project has not generated enough interest," it said. The Kickstarter re…

NCSoft, the South Korean MMO specialist behind the likes of Throne and Liberty, Guild Wars 2, and Lineage, has confirmed a significant restructure of the company amid a sweeping round of layoffs.South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on comments from NCSoft co-CEOs Taek-Jin Kim and Byung-Moo Park, who blamed the incoming layoffs and reorganization on the company’s ongoing financial troubles. “We feel a deep sense of responsibility and offer an apology to all employees,” they said.The co-CEOs added that "as a result of operating in a way that most of the manpower and functions are concentrated at the headquarters, financial performance has continued to deteriorate and we are at risk of becoming a chronically loss-making company," and that this situation "is seriously …

Bloober Team has released the first major update for the Silent Hill 2 remake in Patch 1.04, addressing myriad gameplay issues as well as improving the survival horror game's technical performance.The patch notes were released on Steam and outline dozens of changes made to Silent Hill 2. Some address funnier bugs like protagonist James teleporting through a peephole and getting stuck in a window near Neely's Bar.On the technical front, Bloober Team has reduced visual glitches when using the latest version of Nvidia DLSS, added an option to enable DLSS frame generation in the menu when using DLSS for supersampling, and added support for AMD FSR 3.1.1. The full patch notes are available below.

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Creature Commandos received a brand-new trailer at NYCC, and it reveals an extended preview of the show that will officially kick off the DCU. Oh, and it gave us our first look at Clayface and Circe in the series! The footage begins with Amanda Waller talking to Rick Flagg Sr., saying he finds himself in the middle of an "international incident." We are then introduced to some of the big players in the animated series – who are not human prisoners since the US congress said they could not use them – and they include The Bride, Doctor Phosphorus, The Weasel, Nina Mazursky, and G.I. Robot.As previously mentioned, we also get a look at some of the big bads our team will be facing off against like Clayface and Circe. You wanted monsters? You got motherf*ckin’ monsters. From James G…