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The Sims 4 to introduce a free polyamory update alongside Lovestruck expansion

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Attention The Sims 4 fans! A polyamorous romance feature is finally headed to the longstanding game. On 27 June, EA unveiled a thrilling new expansion pack for The Sims 4, titled Lovestruck. Launching on 25 July, the new pack will transport players to the romantic world of Ciudad Enamorada and its three enchanting neighbourhoods, Vista Hermosa, Plaza Mariposa, and Nuevo Corazón. Amid the gorgeous new backdrop, users can hone in on their Sims love lives by creating dating profiles on the Cupid Corner app, which will help them navigate the…

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This video game explores just how messy queer breakups can be

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‘Thirsty Suitors’ is a queer South Asian take on a Scott Pilgrim story, featuring skateboarding gameplay and a bear-based cult WORDS BY ELI CUGINI Overloop Games’ debut, Thirsty Suitors, is so fresh, fun and smart that its writing feels like it’s skipped an evolutionary stage: how did we go from barely having any queer game protagonists a decade ago to this? It’s one of the most exciting queer releases in years, from the mostly-fulfilled ambition of its premise – a queer South Asian take on a Scott Pilgrim story, featuring…

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The best – and queerest – video games of 2023

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The festive period means more time on your hands. Why not celebrate with the best LGBTQIA+ video games of the year? WORDS ELI CUGINI IMAGE YOSEF PHELAN Queer games won big at the 2023 Game Awards, with Baldur’s Gate 3 – Lanian’s long-awaited D&D-based CRPG – clinching Game of the Year. Baldur’s Gate 3, alongside being one of the most critically acclaimed RPGs ever released, is a veritable wonderland for queer players: there’s a plethora of gay romance options, alongside canon gay content and a nonbinary gender option. (The gays can’t…

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The bittersweet queer history of game development

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Queerness in games didn’t just show up in the 2010s. It was always there, or it was kept out. WORDS BY ELI CUGINI HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER In 1990, Capcom was in talks to port its Super Famicom game Final Fight – a beat-‘em-up side-scroller adapted from a planned Street Fighter game – to Nintendo’s Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo heavily censored the port, including objecting to female enemies Roxy and Poison, on the grounds that it had a policy against depicting violence against women; the Japanese developers responded…

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