Latest articles by Anna Koselke
The Sims and The Sims 2 are finally back on PC with all DLC included, but even at $40 these aren't full remasters
News Hoople borpna
After 11 years, The Sims 2 returns with a re-release on the EA App and Steam – and it's still as wonderfully janky as it was in 2004
Preview Preview | Don't go in expecting a remake
After survival games like Conan Exiles, Funcom says it's made "a game with its own identity" out of Dune: Awakening – and I believe it
Interview Interview | How Dune: Awakening found its feet in a world built on almost 60 years of lore and countless adaptations
Dune: Awakening is so much more than a survival game or an MMO - it's a unique sci-fi experience shaped by Frank Herbert's 60-year-old lore and all that came after it
Preview Preview | Look both ways before crossing the sand
Adult game devs in Japan can't receive revenue from Steam as Japanese banks reportedly make the "comprehensive decision" to block transfers
News Politicians say Japanese banks are "censoring free speech"
Arrowhead CEO assures Helldivers 2 fans the online shooter will stay live "as long as people play" it: "If we can keep it going for 10 years we will"
News Helldivers 2 isn't going offline anytime soon
After 4 years, Fallout: New Vegas' massive New Mexico mod is canceled: "Continuing forward simply isn't sustainable"
News The mod was first unveiled in 2021
Larian doesn't know "what's going on," but Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 has come early for PS5 players: "How's your Monday going?"
News "No, the Patch 8 stress test hasn't yet begun"
I went into Aloft expecting a Stardew Valley meets Studio Ghibli experience, but I left impressed by its whimsical take on the survival genre instead
Feature Indie Spotlight | A colorful journey, soaring through endless clouds
Doom: The Dark Ages "isn't designed to be the end" of the iconic shooter series, with director Hugo Martin saying he "wouldn't have a problem doing this for a long time"
News The new game isn't "a period on the end of a sentence"
The massive DLC nobody saw coming is an expansion for Lil Gator Game, a more adorable spin on Zelda and one of my favorite cozy indie games
News In the Dark is coming soon
Animal Crossing's "obscure references" were all "localized out completely" before its debut in the West, as Nintendo felt it needed to "change everything"
News The original Animal Crossing looked a whole lot different in Japan
Not even 3 months after releasing Dragon Age: The Veilguard, game director Corinne Busche is leaving BioWare following an 18-year career with EA
News "BioWare itself is otherwise unaffected"
Ahead of the Switch 2, fans excited about Mario Kart 9 are already prophesying the havoc of 24 players in the series' most chaotic map: "I'd just put down the controller"
News Can you imagine a 24-player Baby Park?
Custom Baldur's Gate 3 campaigns with "levels and lands comparable to the Skyrim modding community" could come "this year," says one of the RPG's experienced modders
News Modders have made "huge strides" toward custom campaigns
After 12 years, the modders merging Morrowind and Skyrim say their project would "come out faster" if "we were all working with Bethesda," but it would be "much worse"
News Over a decade on, Skywind is still in the works
PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says he's surprised by Horizon Forbidden West's success compared to Zero Dawn's own: "I was hoping that the sequel would do even better"
News The game was still "bigger and great"
Bloodborne isn't getting a remaster because FromSoftware's Miyazaki is "so busy" and "doesn't want anyone else to touch it," theorizes PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida
News Almost 10 years have passed since Bloodborne first released
Indie sci-fi shooter described as "brutal and fantastic" goes on hold as its developer reveals she's "been sentenced to prison for the next 3 years"
New "It's a long story"
Nintendo is "really mad" to "the most severe level" about the Switch 2 leaks, say former PR managers: "They are very, very, very upset"
News The "sense of surprise is so valuable" to the company
After unsuccessfully attempting to launch a Monster Hunter clone, this controversial dev is now supposedly releasing an Animal Crossing-like game on PS5
News Anime Life Sim sure looks familiar
After waking up to the first Sims 3 update from EA in 10 years, all fans can think about is the potential for more: "So it begins"
News 64-bit version, when?
"It's simply impossible": Final Fantasy 14 lead explains why the MMO's difficulty level will never be "just right" for all players
News Striking a solid balance is difficult, to say the least
