Neighborhood Stories Free Update Added To The Sims 4

Maxis has once again released a free update to The Sims 4 for all players to enjoy. While updates to the game are often focused on bug fixes and the occasional Create-a-Sim or Build-and-Buy items, the new Neighborhood Stories feature promises to be a game-changer to the way Simmers enjoy their worlds. Neighborhood Stories allows players to have a more well-rounded and autonomous community who make their own decisions. Unplayed households in the world can complete actions without the control of the player, such as adopting children, getting divorced, moving, and even dying from things other than old age....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · Delma Coy

Neil Druckmann Finds Interesting Uncharted Movie S Story Exploring Young Nathan Drake

Last week, we reported a quote from Neil Druckmann that saw him quite disappointed at the idea of “direct adaptions” of Naughty Dog games into movies. However, this doesn’t seem the case with Uncharted. Based on what we know, the movie is starring Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming) and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) and is set to explore the stories of a young Nathan Drake. So it’s something we’ve not seen in video games, except a short part in A Thief’s End....

January 16, 2023 · 1 min · 207 words · Laurie Howerton

New Quests And Items Available In Roblox S Wonder Woman Game

If you’ve been waiting for some new things to be added to Roblox’s Wonder Woman: The Themyscira Experience then you can rejoice! There’s new items available for purchase with coins in the store, as well as some new quests to complete to earn those coins! If you’d like to find the new items, you’ll have to travel around the map a bit. There’s shops in multiple places, so to find Wonder Woman’s Hair, you’ll need to go to the shop that’s located within the portal located near Philippus that goes to the Oracle’s Temple....

January 16, 2023 · 3 min · 488 words · Crystal Hoskins

New Report Grills Elden Ring Developer Fromsoftware About Crunch Culture

Elden Ring’s success can’t be denied: the latest FromSofware adventure became one of America’s best-selling games after only four months on the market, and it was just as big of a hit in the rest of the world. For as celebrated as the game is, the studio behind it has also come under scrutiny in regard to crunch culture. Continually working unreasonably long hours is unhealthy no matter what you do for a living, but it’s become a particular problem in the world of game development....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 336 words · Michael Head

New This Week In Video Games Starcraft Ii Hots

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – PC, Mac – The Queen of Blades is gone. On the hellish planet Char, Jim Raynor harnessed the power of an ancient Xel’Naga artifact in a desperate bid to stop the zerg Swarm from overrunning the Koprulu sector, and the artifact restored Sarah Kerrigan to her human form. Without their queen to guide and unify them, the Swarm has fractured into several broods scattered throughout the Koprulu sector....

January 16, 2023 · 4 min · 786 words · Robert Morrison

New World How To Beat Alastor The Vigilant The Nerd Stash

PvE combat is a significant part of New World‘s questline system, with many dangerous mobs and formidable bosses to battle. Alastor the Vigilant is one such boss whom you must defeat during the main storyline quest, “The Ritual.” While fighting him definitely isn’t a walk in the park, many players find getting him to spawn is even more difficult. If Alastor isn’t defeated, the quest cannot progress. This New World guide offers some tips on how to beat Alastor and some advice on what to do if he doesn’t spawn....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 304 words · Cynthia Arroyo

Niantic Releases Lightship Platform To Build Metaverse Apps

Niantic, the company behind the uber-popular AR-based game Pokemon Go, is preparing to release a new platform to build “real-world metaverse” apps. Dubbed as Lightship, the platform will help developers build apps/ games that will link the digital world and the real world in the future, enabling users to interact with virtual objects. The company recently held a global launch event to announce the Lightship platform. Furthermore, the Niantic CEO says that the company is already planning to release a major update for Lightship next year....

January 16, 2023 · 1 min · 203 words · Melanie Huckabaa

Nickelodeon All Star Brawl Character Tier List

It’s true, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl doesn’t have the vast array of playable characters like most rival fighting games. In fact, with only 22 in total, two being bundled in with individual add-ons. Fortunately, more and more franchises from the Nickelodeon network are forever seeking new ways to enroll in the booming video game market. Before the roster evolves, however, these are the starting 22 playable characters, stacked according to style, skill, and usefulness out on the battlefield....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 386 words · Clyde Spicer

Nintendo Direct No Man S Sky Coming To Switch

18 Quintillion Planets in the Palm of Your Hands. In addition to blockbuster announcements for some of Nintendo’s heaviest-hitting IPs, the Nintendo Direct Livestreams typically show at least one port of a popular game to add to the Switch roster. The February 2022 installment was no exception, adding the 2016 Space Exploration/Survival game No Man’s Sky. While the title earned an initially lukewarm reception, with particularly negative reactions from the players themselves to a poor graphical experience on PC and general issues on the PS4, the game has since gained its footing and even a following....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 379 words · Victor Carr

Nintendo S First Direct Of 2019 Launches Tomorrow

Nintendo’s first Direct of 2019 will begin tomorrow from Feb. 13 at 5pm ET/10pm GMT. The event will be full of upcoming Nintendo Switch games. Nintendo specifically teased news of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, which will be the first title from the series to land on the Nintendo Switch. We’re also expected to hear news of Animal Crossing, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and the next generation of Pokemon. There may also be a gameplay reveal for Joker in Super Smash Bros....

January 16, 2023 · 1 min · 177 words · Josiah Langer

Nintendo Switch Online Simplifies Adding Friends The Nerd Stash

Nintendo always had a problem with letting users add friends. You don’t face any issues on the console, but the mobile application has a few missing features. Adding friends wasn’t possible on Nintendo’s mobile app, Switch Online, until the latest update. Finally, developers created a Steam-like feature to find your friends and let them see you. The feature is easy to use, but there’s a little pre-requirement to use the feature....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 312 words · Wilfredo Kelley

No Man S Sky 3 82 Update Patch Notes

No Man’s Sky 3.82 update lands on PC and consoles today. We’ve gathered all the changes and fixes heading to Hello Games’ space-faring sim in the latest No Man’s Sky update right here on this page. No Man’s Sky 3.82 follows on from last week’s 3.81 update and similarly aims to polish up the newly-launched No Man’s Sky Sentinel update. No Man’s Sky 3.82 addresses a slew of bugs relating to everything from item duplication to mission dialog by way of crashes....

January 16, 2023 · 3 min · 514 words · James Risch

No Man S Sky Frontiers Patch 3 67 Patch Notes Bug Fixes

Another hotfix from the folks at Hello Games to remedy some lingering issues with No Man’s Sky Frontiers rolled out today. Nothing major by the space-faring sim‘s standards with No Man’s Sky Patch 3.67 only addressing a score of bugs and issues from crashes to building glitches. You can read the full No Man’s Sky Patch 3.67 patch notes just below. For more on the No Man’s Sky Frontiers update, head here....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 335 words · Victoria Whalen

Npd Monster Hunter World Fulfills Its Global Dominance In North America

Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World was the top selling game in North America in January, according to the information revealed by the NPD Group. This way the PS4/Xbox One release has now dominated the charts in all major territories, including the United Kingdom and Japan. This entry represents the long-desired jump of the franchise from a more specialized audience to attracting a level of sales comparable to any other global brand. In fact, earlier this week we discussed how essential this success felt for the future of Capcom, after the Japanese developer had seen how most of its major franchises had disappointing sales this generation....

January 16, 2023 · 3 min · 560 words · Norma Himes

Nvidia Geforce Rtx 3060 Ti Announced Starts At Rs 35 900 In India

While Nvidia is currently struggling to meet the demand for the recently announced RTX 3070, 3080, and 3090 graphics cards, the company is making a new addition to the portfolio today. The long-rumored GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card has gone official today with the new Ampere architecture and second-gen NVIDIA RTX. The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti looks pretty much like the RTX 3070 graphics card. It will offer gamers the trifecta of Nvidia’s technologies, including DLSS, Reflex, and Nvidia Broadcast....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 242 words · Dawn Bylsma

Oculus Quest 2 Revealed Facebook To Retire Rift Series Of Headsets

You can still connect a Quest to your PC at least. Today during their Facebook VR Event, the social media giant announced their new Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, which will launch this October. The base model with 64GB of storage comes in at an attractive $299 MSRP, though there is a 256GB version dropping at $399. The headset will feature an improved pair of screens at an increased resolution of 1832 x 1920 per eye, a better Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 CPU, 6GB of RAM, and slightly better battery life....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 410 words · Hobert Antonio

One Year On And The Ps4 Is Still Going Strong

In celebration of the one year anniversary of the PS4 console, Sony has released an infographic marking all of the achievements they have made in the past 12 months. The infographic shows many milestones that the PS4 achieved. The console first graced North America on November 15th, 2013 and has had one of the best starts ever for a home console. Upon its release, many stores were selling out as demand was higher than the supply....

January 16, 2023 · 2 min · 286 words · Robert Summers

Move Over Switch Lite The Original Nintendo Switch Gets A New Upgrade

The Switch Lite isn’t the only Nintendo product hitting shelves this Fall, the original Switch gets a revised model to keep fans gaming for longer. Nintendo will be releasing a Switch with increased battery life this coming August in Japan. This new Switch news comes off of their official Japan site. This model is going to be identical to the current version, carrying the same specs outside the battery. The new version of the Switch is reported to last four and a half to nine hours on a single charge....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 273 words · Matthew Flores

Msi S New Gaming Pc Looks Like An Xbox One S The Nerd Stash

Known for gaming computers with very unusual designs, MSI has finally announced a small-sized computer. MSI introduces the MAG Trident S 5M; a desktop PC specialized for cloud gaming in a compact console format. Trident S 5M is actually a desktop computer, but its design and pre-installed applications make it possible to play games in the living room. MAG Trident S 5M is developed to look and act like a game console....

January 15, 2023 · 2 min · 421 words · James Saxman

Multiversus How To Change Your Age The Nerd Stash

Want to know how to change your age in MultiVersus? MultiVersus is a dynamic and fun platform fighting game where you can choose from unique characters and customize them to suit your play style. In addition to character settings, you must set up your account, and in addition to your nickname, login, and password, you must specify your age. It might seem like a minor tweak, but depending on your age, you may not get access to the online game mode....

January 15, 2023 · 3 min · 479 words · Sharon Deboer