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Simulation

Playstation Vita Pets – Spiral House (PS Vita)
Playstation Blog announcement for Vita Pets
TBA 2014

What is it?
It’s a pet game for the Vita allowing players to do things like dress your pet, shower them, show them tricks, and eventually taking them out on an adventure. There’s an entire island in the game to poke around in, including a giant castle. So, if you wished that your Vita could have a version of Nintendogs all to itself with a pet you could take out as a miniature Nathan Drake and who can actually talk, this is probably the game for you.

Project Godus – 22 Cans (Android, iOS, OS X, Windows)
Homepage
TBA 2014

What is it?
It’s been delayed from its initial release in early 2013, but Godus is now in Early Access on Steam as it closes in on a potential release sometime in 2014. As for what it is, that hasn’t changed – it’s Peter Molyneux’s latest project, a sort of reinvention of Populous which he had also created spurring the god-game genre over two decades ago where players play gods in an effort to push their followers across the world, shape it to their whims, and deal with any upstarts in their way.

The Sims 4 – Maxis (OS X, Windows)
Homepage
Fall 2014

What is it?
The next installment in the popular Sims franchise from EA. The game will boast features such as Create-A-Sim allowing players to build their Sims from scratch along with an emphasis on emotional feedback between each. Unlike Maxis’ previous effort, SimCity, The Sims 4 won’t require an online connection to play aside from an initial connection to Origin for setup and installation.