The The Sims 4 contest is still going on this week, with the winner to be announced in Episode 471. The crew gets back to discussing news, but as is usual, it’s a light week in July.
This week’s news items include:
- Starcraft Remastered is coming in August in 4K
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot boxes spark pay-to-win fears
- Only main player will progress in Far Cry 5 story
- Destiny 2’s getting rid of random perk rolls for loot and the response is divided
- Nintendo Switch Virtual Console will be the only way you can play certain Super Mario games
Again, The Sims 4 Contest is only eligible for US entrants.

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Now that Blizzard feels their engine is solid, it’s time to move on to creating content for the full game. Jay Wilson, Diablo 3‘s lead designer, says the game engine is in an advance stage of completion and much of the art team has moved onto Act 2. Don’t read into that, he said game engine.
I want me some Sims 4 swag!