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Maxis confirms The Sims 5 is in the works

Good news, bad news: It's been eight years since The Sims 4 hit consoles and PCs – the most prolonged hiatus between games in the franchise's history. The good news is Maxis just revealed Project Rene, the next iteration in the series. The bad news is that it is in very early development, and we're not going to see a finished game for several more years.

Cities: Skylines Review: A modern take on the city building sim genre

There's a surprising amount of expectation for Colossal's attempt at fixing SimCity's mistakes. The good news first: If you play city-building games to, well, build cities, this is the best you can get. Never before have I felt like I could just walk up to an enormous tract of land, open up some tools and just... build whatever I wanted, however I wanted. Cities: Skylines is a gorgeous video game.

SimCity Review: Real or Simulated Disaster?

To many fans of the original city building simulation series, the idea of an online multiplayer game that required even solo players to be connected to the internet at all times seemed like a recipe for disaster.

Maxis' latest creation is easily the most compelling SimCity I've played since the 1989 original. It's also a disaster.