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• The Sims 5 could take inspiration from shuttered MMO The Sims Online, says EA CEO

  The next generation of The Sims games may incorporate online social features originally seen in EA’s doomed MMO The Sims Online, according to EA head Andrew Wilson.

  5 months ago

• The Sims 4: Tiny Living content lets you build a Tiny House

  Soon, you will be able to build your own Tiny House in The Sims 4.

  6 months ago

• The Sims 4 players can now dabble in wizardry with the Realm of Magic DLC

  The Sims 4 players can now dabble in magic.

  10 months ago

• Maxis boss now heads up BioWare as some teams consolidated into EA Worldwide Studios

  EA has reorganized its studios to bring many under one roof, including BioWare.

  4 years ago

• The Sims 4: Maxis drops gender restrictions from Create A Sim

  Have all the moustaches and flowing hairstyles your heart and shining personal style demand.

  4 years ago

• The Sims 4: Get Together expansion delayed into December

  The Sims 4: Get Together won’t be here in time for Thanksgiving parties.

  5 years ago

• The Sims 4 to expand with new neighbourhood, Newcrest

  The Sims 4 isn’t big enough for the hopes and dreams of many of its players, but a free update will address that very issue.

  5 years ago

• SimCity developer: "EA is actually a great place to work these days"

  The Sims 4 developer Maxis may have been shuttered, but at least one former employee doesn’t have beef with EA and its decision.

  5 years ago

• The Sims, SimCity developer closed down

  The Sims 4 developer Maxis has been shuttered, EA has confirmed.

  5 years ago

• The Sims 4 Get to Work puts your detective to the task, too

  The Sims 4’s new DLC pack, Get to Work, will shows us what our sims actually do all day. Apparently this includes gumshoe-ing.

  5 years ago

• The Sims 4 Get To Work expansion has you actually going to work

  The Sims 4 is going to make you go to work and do your actual job. Ugh.

  5 years ago

• The Sims 4 free for 48 hours with Origin Game Time

  The Sims 4 is the latest game to be offered free through Origin’s Game Time promotion.

  5 years ago

• The Sims 4 goes outdoors in first DLC, according to data-miners

  The Sims 4’s first major DLC pack will be called “Outdoor Retreat”, apparently.

  6 years ago

• Huge new The Sims 4 update adds loads of free content

  The Sims 4 continues its habit of quietly pushing out new content for free in patches with the latest whopping update.

  6 years ago

• Check out Friends and Seinfeld recreated in The Sims 4

  The Sims 4 offers plenty of scope to create unique characters, but if you’re feeling a bit low on inspiration, why not grab these pre-made TV series sets?

  6 years ago

• Turns out you can have bigger maps in SimCity after all

  SimCity sets strict boundaries on the size of your cities, something longterm series fans found very disappointing. Maxis said it was a technical limitation. Modders say it’s not.

  6 years ago

• The Sims 4 sure has a lot of feelings

  The Sims 4 puts you in charge of your virtual people’s emotions for the first time. All the feelings!

  6 years ago

• This 20 minute demo for The Sims 4 reveals more than we bargained for

  The Sims 4 is going to have some sort of “premium membership” scheme granting early access to extra content, apparently.

  6 years ago

• Actually, The Sims was not intended to include same-sex relationships

  The Sims has been held up as a shining example of long-term support of equal representation of same-sex relationships, but according to one of the original programmers, the inclusion was something of an accident.

  6 years ago