Thinking about picking up Codemasters’ latest racing game, F1 2015? Probably wait. The PC version is suffering from numerous issues, from frame rate drops and crashes to busted menus and controller problems. Codemasters acknowledged the issues and released a patch, but there’s still more work to be done.

A Few Extra Features Just Made The Sims 4 A Lot Better

The Sims is a very additive game. It never really stops or “ends” the way many single-player games do; it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. This week, a handful of small but much-needed new tools dropped into The Sims 4. First there’s the two official additions that EA dropped into the game this week:…

Worth Reading: The Story Behind Dragon Age Inquisition‘s Best Character

Look, it’s Friday. The day is starting to wind down. That means it’s time for Worth Reading, our weekly collection of the best games writing from the past week. Hey, You Should Read This “Open world games are becoming too bloated to be fun” by Fraser Brown Boy, do I share this sentiment. With most…

Crypt of the Necrodancer is an amazing game, and it’s coming to both PlayStation 4 and Vita, the developers announced today! There’s no release date for the rhythm action game just yet, but it’s the perfect handheld game. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Podcast: Why Her Story Worked But Sunset Didn’t

On the most recent episode of Shall We Play a Game?, my podcast with former NPR producer and correspondent JJ Sutherland, we review Sam Barlow’s Her Story as well as Sunset, a game from Tale of Tales about being a housekeeper during a South American revolution. You can listen to it here. Spoiler: JJ really…

Shrek 5, anyone?

1979 Revolution is a game that’s caused Iran to brand one of its creators a spy and made another one hide his identity. The long-brewing game set in the Iranian Revolution—is up now on Steam Greenlight. Spearheaded by former Rockstar Games developer Navid Khonsari, the episodic game is expected to be out this fall, with…

It’s Not Clear Who’s Publishing Devil’s Third Right Now

Nintendo was supposed to publish the long-in-development Devil’s Third from Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki, but various reports suggest that’s no longer happening. Itagaki has been working on Devil’s Third for a long time, and it seems to have been a troubled development. He left Tecmo back in 2009, forming Valhalla Game Studios the…

Did you know Resident Evil 0 was originally for the N64 DD, the disk drive add-on that never left Japan? Capcom has released a video showing off the differences between the original N64 prototype and the versions that followed, including the upcoming HD remaster. Contact the author at [email protected]