The Sims 5 announced during Behind The Sims Summit

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Today’s Behind The Sims Summit live stream just took place, and some interesting things happened! There was a lot of anticipation for this Summit, because of speculations that The Sims 5 was going to be announced.

So was The Sims 5 actually announced?

Did they announce The Sims 5 after all? That’s the million dollar (or Simoleon) question. The answer is most likely yes!

During the live stream, Lyndsay Pearson (VP of Franchise Creative for The Sims) talked about the future of The Sims. She shared some very interesting details about “Project Rene” (Rene stands for Renewal). Project Rene is probably the working title for The Sims 5, just like Project Olympus became The Sims 4 once it was released.

So, it definitely looks like The Sims 5 is on its way! However, Lyndsay mentioned it would take a few years to develop the next iteration even further. How many years, you may wonder? That’s still unclear.

The Sims 4 will be 10 years old in about 2 years, which is twice as long as most of the older Sims generations, so we assume that the game will be coming within 2 years.

What can we expect from The Sims 5?

So, what’s new about The Sims 5? Not much has been confirmed, but a few remarkable details were shared during the live stream.

Lyndsay Pearson emphasized that the innovations that were shown during the stream were based on “very early” developments, so it’s definitely not the final game.

This is what we already know about the fifth generation:

  • The game will definitely include multiplayer aspects, as it introduces online elements. It looks like there will also be a single-player option, so you can also play all by yourself.
  • The game can be played on several devices simultaneously. You can play it on a computer and a smartphone at the same time. It’s not confirmed which exact devices will be supported.
  • Within the game, it’s possible to decorate rooms and share items (objects and probably more things) with other players.
  • There will be a color wheel and it’s possible to select patterns when furnishing rooms or constructing houses.
  • It’s also possible to reshape objects and other items. You can, for example, make a bed wider, add pillows to a couch and rotate them.

Rewatch the Behind The Sims Summit about Project Rene

Watch the full Summit back below. The interesting part about Project Rene (The Sims 5) starts at 26:45.

Lyndsay mentioned that more details about Project Rene will be shared in the upcoming years. This will include in-progress work, explorations, sneak peeks, and behind-the-scenes content.

We’re super excited for the next generation of The Sims. We hope you are feeling the same as well!

EA’s CEO confirms next-generation Sims game; is The Sims 5 coming?

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Sims 5 confirmed by Electronic Arts' CEO Andrew Wilson

Finally some REALLY exciting news!

Our colleagues over at Sims Community recently discovered a new interview with Electronic Arts’ CEO, Andrew Wilson, who confirmed that EA is actually planning on releasing the next generation Sims game. Nothing more has been confirmed yet, but it is very likely that EA’s CEO Andrew is referring to The Sims 5!

And just to be clear: this is official information, not fake news!

During the Third Quarter of FY2020 earnings call, Andrew Wilson was asked if Maxis is planning on relaunching an online version of The Sims (comparable to The Sims Online, which was released in 2002 and was shut down in 2008). Andrew’s response to this question was rather interesting as he mentioned that “Maxis is continuously thinking about The Sims for a new generation and that features from The Sims Online will become a part of that experience ‘in the years to come’.”

Andrew also said that “although they will always stay true to creation, escape, motivations and more (hinting at some of the keywords of an offline game), that they are also about to embrace a new social experience such as social interactions and competitions (which were part of The Sims Online as well) in a Sims experience in the years to come.” This quote shows that EA and Maxis are seriously looking at adding multiplayer and single-player elements to the fifth generation.

Here is the full transcript of the interview with EA’s CEO. The video with the interview can be found below the transcript!

Question:
Any thoughts on relaunching an online version of the franchise given its large popularity? (which is a reference to The Sims Online)

Andrew Wilson (EA’s CEO):
Great question on The Sims! The Sims will be 20 next week. That Maxis team and the team that’s been a part of Maxis over the years continue to deliver unbelievably innovative and creative content for a constantly growing Sims community globally. As we think about The Sims – again, I reference the motivations of why we play the games – inspiration, escape, social interaction, creation, self-improvement, competition. Typically what The Sims has done is really focus on fulfilling the motivations and inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement and not necessarily focus as much as on social interaction and competition.

But a few things are in fact true over the years. One is that the Sims community continues to grow and with the broad of social platforms continue to connect with each other and share what they do – in and around the game they play. And we’ve seen that manifest in games like The Sims FreePlay, which was a more social experience for us. And we’re also seeing that the competition nature of The Sims is also rising and we’re seeing people compare and contrast. Not competition in an original sports sense, but how they create, and what they create, and how they use their imaginations, and what they’re able to build inside of these Sims universes.

As Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation – across platforms and a cloud-enabled world, you should imagine while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement, motivations – that this notion of social interactions and competition like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many, many years ago – that they will start to become part of ongoing Sims experience in the years to come.

We are very excited. This is a game that really doesn’t have any competition in its category for delivering and fulfilling these motivations for players, and we think of the tremendous growth opportunities for us for many, many years to come.

Are you excited about The Sims 5? We hope so! Keep an eye out on our website for more news, and don’t forget to sign up for the first-ever Sims 5 newsletter.

Poll: The Sims 5 single-player, multiplayer or both? What do you prefer?

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Poll: Sims 5 multiplayer, single-player or both?

EA’s CEO recently revealed plans for the next-generation Sims game, The Sims 5, and mentioned that they are planning on adding a multiplayer mode to the game besides the regular single-player mode (which we know from The Sims 4 and its predecessors). For many Sims fans, this news came as a big surprise. Some fans are super excited about the multiplayer mode, whereas others are not.

We’d love to know: what do you prefer? A single-player mode, multiplayer mode or perhaps both? Vote now!

The Sims 5 single-player, multiplayer or both? What do you prefer?

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