How to make Ambrosia in The Sims 4

AsThe Sims 4goes on, it seems like more dishes for your Sims to cook up are added all the time. Delicious desserts, yummy soups, and more are at your disposal to keep your Sims fed and happy. One dish, though, is special. Not only does it look delicious, but this meal can bring any deceased Sim back to life. If you need help making it, we’re here to show you all the ingredients to whip it up....

August 6, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · David Smith

How to use all Perk-a-Colas in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Perk-a-Colas are drinks inCall of Duty: Black Ops 6that give you special abilities to survive the wild in the Zombies mode. You can find multiple Perk-a-Colas inBlack Ops 6and here’s how to use them. Call of Dutybrings back the beloved Perk-a-Colas inBlack Ops 6and you’re able to find them from several vending machines spread throughout the map. TheZombies mode is bigger than everand this time around, you need that extra kick to defeat the hordes of the walking dead....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Michael Nichols

Impostor Factory, from the maker of To the Moon, is out today on Steam

Time loops are so in right now If you’ve played and inevitably still think aboutTo the Moonfrom time to time, then you’ll want to check outImpostor Factory, which justlaunched today on Steam. Impostor Factoryis the third title in a line of story-focused games from Kan Gao and Freebird Games following 2011’s (has it really been that long?)To the Moonand 2017’sFinding Paradise. While all three are connected, as the director puts it: this one “can be played independently, just like the games before it....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Katherine Edwards

It turns out you can sneak into Stardew Valley’s Secret Woods early using a chair

Another neat little Stardew discovery I love when people stumble on tips, tricks, and skips in games I’ve spent hundreds of hours playing, even if the discovery is more for entertainment value than anything else. I think you’ll be able to appreciate this one even if you don’t care aboutStardew Valley. As it turns out, in the latest version of the game, it’s possible to sneak into the Secret Woods early using nothing more than a well-placed chair and the ability to sit....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Adam Mendez

It would take you 4,000 years to see repetition in No Man’s Sky

An FU to the ‘guy in the comments’ At a gamescom presentation today, Sean Murray from Hello Games wanted to give his comeback to a “guy in the comments” that goes against his claim that the universe of upcoming gameNo Man’s Skyis infinite. The comments guy insists that nothing on a computer is infinite. Murray says that he hates this guy. But he’s right. The universe inNo Man’s Skyis not infinite....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Jose Cameron

Just listening to this data-mined P.T. audio is unnerving

Look behind you On the opposite end of the spectrum from thatabsurdly funnyfan-madeMetal Gear Solid Vanimation that swapped in Norman Reedus’ character and Lisa fromP.T., here we have another great find dug up by data miners: all the spooky scary voiced lines, some of which you’ve likely never heard. This video by YouTube user AestheticGamer compiles all of the unsettling vocal audio fromP.T.in one place, “not including all the baby sounds (as… Well, they’re baby sounds) or the son speeches (since those are in video files apparently and not in-game audio), but everything else....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Jermaine Roberts

Kao the Kangaroo looks promising in this very early footage

Kosmic Kanga Tate Multimedia has recently a short gameplay clip from its upcoming reboot of forgotten 00’s gaming starKao the Kangaroo.The team began development on a new title after a #BringBackKao fan campaign trended on social media earlier this year. The short, 13-second clip shows Kao as he makes a few simple leaps through his all-new jungle environment. In all honesty, it actually doesn’t look that bad at this early stage, clearly taking strong influence from Activision’s recentCrash Bandicootreleases....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · David Reynolds

Kena: Bridge of Spirits update 1.11 shows items on the map and adds three hidden hats

Which is a godsend for completionists I’m feeling good about whereKena: Bridge of Spiritsis at, especially now that I know it’s been doing well for developer Ember Lab — to the point whereanother gameis on the cards for this new studio. With a few more updates to check off wishlist items, it’s easy to imagine the action-adventure title cementing itself long-term. On that front, the developer released update 1.11 forKenatoday with a feature for completionists....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Tammy Wall

LittleBigPlanet Karting officially dated: November 6

The unique union of user creation and kart racing comes together officially on November, the newly revealed launch date forLittleBigPlanet Karting(in North America). Get ready to create your own Sackboyandhis kart and race it around the crazy 2D-turned-3D world. Admittedly, I’m more excited about the creation side of the game than anything else.I was on boardas soon I saw“breakfast boy,” a Sackboy that has hash browns for a body, bacon for a mustache and beard, and an egg shell as a hat....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Jessica Haynes

Minecraft’s ‘Better Together’ updates launches today, gets delayed for Switch

Better late than Sony The big day forMinecraftunification is at hand. Mojang and Microsoft have finally launched the “Better Together” update for nearly every version of the block building game, save for a last minute delay with the Switch port. This new update allows players on any platform to play and share together, making for a massively appealing way for friends to screw around after school or even during school....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Nicholas Cooper

Mommy’s Best Games unearth “lost” arcade game Bumpy Grumpy on PC

Game “Preservation” Mommy’s Best Games has acquired the IPs of “legendary” arcade developerOccidental Designand is wringing them for every last drop of latent cash by releasing the long-lostBumpy Grumpyon PC. Occidental Design was the horrifically disfigured lovechild of Baer Sternmidden and William S. Fushnell, who were behind such controversial classics asRip ‘n’ Tear,Xordian Knot, andHellbombers.Bumpy Grumpyhad a regional test back in 1983, but never saw the light of day beyond that....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Joseph Torres

NESMaker shows off version 5, is getting renamed, and announces SNES tools

The New 8-Bit Heroesheld a streamto make some announcements about theirNESMaker development platform. They covered (among other things) details about the upcoming version 5 update, announced that it will soon be retitled to Retro Game Forge, and revealed that support for SNES game development is on the way. What interested me, personally, was the demonstration of the platform’s version 5 update. It has been resting at version 4.5.9 since 2020. At its current version, it’s still a capable program thatallows you to craft gamesfor the Nintendo Entertainment System using modular code and a variety of tools that simplify the process....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Sean Wood

New video series investigates real-life Yakuza game locations

‘I guess this town never changes’ YouTube content creator Noah Ezrin is taking the time to show us just how faithful theYakuzaseries is with its recreations of Japanese locales with a new video series. Filmed in 2016 but just released this week, the “Yakuza Location Tour” kicks off with part one below, highlighting the real life Kabukicho district and how it compares to the fictional zone of Kamurocho — the franchise’s most iconic area....

August 6, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Danielle Phillips