1.60 Update: Expanded Rest Mechanic
Today, we are happy to give you a glimpse at the upcoming 1.60 update for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator with the Expanded Rest Mechanic feature, which will change how the fatigue system in our games works, so let's take a look! We are implementing the Expanded Rest Mechanic into our games after a lot of requests from our #BestCommunityEver for this feature. This new feature gives players greater control over their rest periods by allowing them to choose how long they
📅 30/05/2026
Paralives is home to the kind of architectural creative freedom I haven't felt from a life sim since The Sims 2
An amateur architect's dream.
📅 30/05/2026
La Poussière du Bund, un jeu de parkour et d’infiltration étudiant, se dévoile
Dévoilé durant l’AG French Direct Showcase, le projet étudiant La Poussière du Bund se présente comme un jeu de parkour et d’infiltration se déroulant dans un Shanghai fictif des années 20. Vous y incarnerez Ying Zhu, une jeune ouvrière capable de contrôler la poussière lui offrant une agilité surhumaine et lui permettant de se dissimuler […]
📅 30/05/2026
7 Reasons Why the AC Black Flag Remake Could be Amazing (and 3 Concerns)
If there was ever a consensus on Assassin’s Creed it’s this: Black Flag is the best one. It just is. Who doesn’t love swashing their buckle as a Caribbean pirate? This specific setting is key to the game’s mass appeal, one that allowed it to break containment from franchise fans and win over legions of filthy casuals determined to enjoy it as a straight up piracy simulator while begrudgingly sitting through all that dreary Templars and Assassins stuff. The ingrates. Checkers pieces on the table
📅 30/05/2026
Paralives fans can make all the NSFW mods they like "so long as it follows Steam's guidelines" – and with how popular The Sims 4's WickedWhims is, I think they might
Adult content also needs to be "properly tagged," of course
📅 29/05/2026
Cozy cleaning sim Moldwasher is perfect for fans of PowerWash Simulator, or any life-long haters of the fungi Stachybotrys Chartarum
If Stachybotrys Chartarum has no haters, I'm dead.
📅 29/05/2026
« Il n’y a aucun problème » Paralives fait une annonce qui va plaire à beaucoup, mais qui risque vite de déraper
Le nouveau concurrent des Sims 4, Paralives, compte bien faire tout son possible pour satisfaire sa communauté, et confirme à ce titre une très bonne nouvelle pour les moddeurs.
📅 29/05/2026
First Patch After Launch Is Live
First Patch After Launch Is Live First of all: thank you. The launch of Starminer has been incredible for our small team, and we’ve been carefully reading your feedback, bug reports, suggestions, and performance data since release. Today we are rolling out our first official post-launch patch to stabilize the experience. Starminer 0.33.1.0: ADDITIONS ------------------------------------------ - Added station resource balancing button for quickly balancing resources distribution in storages
📅 28/05/2026
Now that we have Paralives, Inzoi, and The Sims 4, life simmers finally have the variety we've been begging for
With Paralives joining the party, I finally feel like there's a real buffet of choice for life sim players.
📅 28/05/2026
Unlike The Sims, early access hit Paralives will "never" have paid DLC and will stick to free updates, devs say
Though we'd known about it for quite some time, breezy life simulator Paralives has managed to become one of this month's surprise hits. With over 250k copies sold in less than eight hours, it was off to a great start on Steam earlier this week, and now the developers are promising no paid DLC will be released. Read more
📅 28/05/2026
Planet Zoo 2 officialisé avec une sortie en 2026 et des nouveautés très attendues
Planet Zoo 2 est désormais officiel. Comme teasé par Frontier Developments ces dernières heures, la célèbre licence de gestion animalière fera son retour avec un nouvel épisode plus ambitieux. Une première bande-annonce a été dévoilée et met déjà en avant... L’article Planet Zoo 2 officialisé avec une sortie en 2026 et des nouveautés très attendues est apparu en premier sur Xboxygen.
📅 28/05/2026
The Sims rival Paralives won't have paid DLC, even after early access: "The sales we made so far will sustain us for many years"
"We are happy to be able to offer free-only updates"
📅 28/05/2026
Steam Deck? - Runs smoothly on our end!
🎮 Airport Baggage Simulator on the Steam Deck A question that has reached us more often in the past few days: Does Airport Baggage Simulator run on the Steam Deck? Valve's official assessment is still pending — as soon as the Steam Deck Compatibility Review is through, we'll of course pass the result on to you. In the meantime, here's a short personal hands-on report from my side, after several hours of testing on my own Steam Deck: 🛠️ My Impression Overall, my impression is positive. The con
📅 28/05/2026
Paralives received 'over 100,000 big reports' in less than a week, as its creator reminds us that life sims are really hard to make
Life sims are basically giant machines with a gazillion tiny moving parts.
📅 28/05/2026
Man-in-the-Loop: Guidance Mode for Munitions with TV and IR Seekers
Today we’re talking about new retargeting mechanics for some munitions with TV and IR homing heads! In the second half of the 20th century, technological advances led to the development of munitions with TV and infrared homing heads operating on the “fire and forget” principle. This reduced the time the carrier spent in the air defense zone and also enabled the simultaneous engagement of multiple targets. While this is a positive development, the growing capabilities of anti-aircraft weapons
📅 28/05/2026
Developer of Steam Hit Life Sim Paralives Explains How It Can Manage Without Selling Paid DLC
The development team behind The Sims-like Paralives has answered various community questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA), revealing more about its priority fixes, expanding the team, and why there will never be paid DLC. Paralives released on May 25 as an early access title on Steam, and has seen an impressive response. concurrent player numbers peaked at 78,603, and it has over 5,200+ user reviews already, with 88% positive. To celebrate the release, lead developer and founder, Alex Ma
📅 28/05/2026
Les Sims 4 accueille enfin une nouvelle fonctionnalité très attendue, mais pas pour tout le monde
Après des mois de rumeurs et de leaks, une nouvelle fonctionnalité tant attendue sur Les Sims 4 est enfin dispo, mais pas pour tout le monde, ou du moins dans une version précoce.
📅 28/05/2026
Paralives Early Access Review
If you’re a fan of life simulators, you’ve no doubt heard critics, developers, influencers, and all manner of social media-savvy people wax lyrical about the complexity of creating a compelling social simulation. As I said in my own inZoi review last year, curating a world that’s both representative of the murky mess that is being human and enjoyable to play is a seemingly impossible undertaking that few have managed. And yet, after spending 35 hours in Paralives crafting families, building home
📅 27/05/2026
More John Deere: Download Free Content Update #6 + Patch 1.19 for FS25
Free Content Update #6 for Farming Simulator 25 is out now: including Patch 1.19! Get three new John Deere machines alongside various improvements, like terrain rendering, texture streaming, and the prevention of mod-related crashes. Read the changelog below for more news. Please Note! The patch is being rolled out across platforms. It can take some time until the update becomes available on your system. Crossplay services may be affected in the meantime. John Deere 6M Series The John Deere 6M
📅 27/05/2026
Bientôt la fin pour Les Sims 4 ? Paralives fait un énorme carton avec 10 millions de dollars gagnés en quelques heures
Les Sims 4 a vraiment du souci à se faire. Paralives, ce concurrent tant attendu, devient un phénomène dès sa sortie. Les chiffres de ventes sont impressionnants.
📅 27/05/2026
Paralives Walkthrough Hub
Paralives is a life simulation game with a lot of depth to its gameplay. You... The post Paralives Walkthrough Hub appeared first on Into Indie Games.
📅 27/05/2026
New Steam Sims Competitor is Already a Big Hit
Paralives, the new Steam game competing against EA's massive The Sims 4, is seeing major success on the platform already. Though Paralives still has a lot of room left to grow, as the title is in early access, its success so far shows that fans of the life sim genre are excited for more.
📅 26/05/2026
Paralives’ Camera Is A Mess, But A Well-Known Sims Modder Is Here To Save The Day
The latest attempt to dethrone The Sims from its lofty perch as the unquestioned monarch of life sim games is Paralives, an indie game looking to provide much more depth of personality than we see from The Sims or InZoi. Things seem to be going well so far, with the Early Access title selling hundreds of thousands of copies and earning Very Positive reviews on Steam since it launched on May 25. But there's one thing pretty much everyone playing so far dislikes about it: that jerky and inconsiste
📅 26/05/2026
The Sims 4's colorful new competitor Paralives celebrates 250,000 sales and "Very Positive" reviews, with fans saying they'll "probably never go back" to EA's own life sim
"We've all needed a proper Sims competitor for a long time"
📅 26/05/2026