Review: 'Sims 4' Aspires to Greatness and Fails

“The Sims 4.” — The virtual dollhouse series gets a new version with more emotionally driven Sims characters, more in-game options to download and share user-generated items and a more powerful Create-A-Sim toolset. Rated T for Teen. $60-$80 for  The Sims 4 suffers from a number of bugs on its launch day, ranging from character … Read more

Review: 'Sims 4' Aspires to Greatness and Fails

“The Sims 4.” — The virtual dollhouse series gets a new version with more emotionally driven Sims characters, more in-game options to download and share user-generated items and a more powerful Create-A-Sim toolset. Rated T for Teen. $60-$80 for  EA did not provide early review code for The Sims 4, so we are currently playing … Read more

Review: 'Sims 4' Aspires to Greatness and Fails

From the Joystiq House confessional:SIMS 4 JESS CONDITT: Alexander is a mostly good roommate. He's really clean and he cooks well, but I wish he'd stop. I knew I'd have issues with "The Sims 4" the moment I realized it wasn't possible to buy a dishwasher for the fabulous couple I'd created to live their … Read more

What's new, what's missing and what's bizarre in The Sims 4

The Sims 4 has received a Day One Patch in a bid to address issues ranging from minor bugs to a couple of crashes. The full list of patch notes explains issues when you try to "go on dates with the Reaper" should now be fixed, along with problems to do The latest installment of … Read more

What's new, what's missing and what's bizarre in The Sims 4

Kim Wallace and I are the biggest Sims fans in the office, and she walks me through the opening moments – including character creation and house purchasing. We also talk about some of the things in The Sims 4 that are  It might be a PC exclusive to start, but The Sims 4 has an … Read more