Ready to feel old? EA and Maxis are celebrating The Sims’ 25th anniversary with a special episode of Behind the Sims, airing Jan. 14, 2025 at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern.
Ahead of the event, the team shared some stats from The Sims 4 players in 2024: over 1.2 billion hours played, 640+ million Sims made, and more than 65 million babies, oh my.
Will we see a tease for The Sims 5, or will the 10-year old Sims 4 continue its success as an ongoing, live service game with dozens of expansions? Definitely the latter!
Look for details about beta testing with Sims Labs, The Sims Creator Program, the multiplayer experience of Project Rene, while The Sims 4 continue to get updates and expansions.
The Sims will move beyond linear, sequential Sims releases and offer more options for players than ever before. We’re focused on creating a variety of games and experiences that will touch different categories across the simulated life genre including cozy games, social and collaborative based gameplay, mobile narrative games and continued depth, improvements, and modernization of The Sims 4, which will continue to be a foundational Sims experience.
We’re creating new and innovative experiences that connect with players on their terms, wherever they are and however they choose to play. These explorations are being tested via The Sims Labs including individual features from Project Rene, a story driven mobile test, enhancements to The Sims 4 with discovery and search tools, creator tools, and more.
Oh and in case you missed, it, we’re getting a full-length feature film based on the franchise, called The Sims. It’s being directed by Kate Herron (Loki) in partnership with Amazon MGM Studios.
The Sims 4 is available on PC, mac, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and rated T for Teen.
