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I've Been Playing The Sims For 20 Years, And The Sims 4's Next Expansion Pack Feels Like An Answered Prayer

There's always been one Expansion Pack I've wanted for The Sims, but after 20 years, it seemed impossible. Now, my dreams ...

Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and 'the next evolution' so I guess it's time to start speculating again

So it's likely not working on a remaster and likely not working on The Sims 5, but is working on a "next evolution," and ...

Life sims are in a slump and the only way out is becoming strategy games again

Even with new competition in the mix, the life sim genre feels so afraid of being difficult, but that's what made the ...

A decade after launch, I finally figured out how to make The Sims 4 fun

The Sims 4 's expansion pack Enchanted By Nature launched in July 2025 and added fairy-Sims, magical ailments, and charming ...

The Sims 4 Free Update Adds Luxury Brand Collab with New Create-a-Sim Items, Household, & More

The first big free Sims 4 update of 2026 has arrived, and it's bringing a surprise Coach collab lineup to the base game.
The New York Times

Life Got Hard. The Sims Got Easy.

As the daily grind becomes “gamified,” players are nostalgic for older, more chaotic versions of the life simulation game By Kim Hew-Low While playing The Sims 4 — the latest iteration of the wildly ...
Pocket Tactics

The next Sims mobile game looks like Roblox, and I hate it already

With more and more mobile-based and multiplayer games popping up, is this the future of The Sims? I sure hope not.
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inZOI is getting multiplayer, and the Sims 4 competitor's director says it's all thanks to South Korea's president: "He suggested I make inZOI a multiplayer game"

inZOI has been out in early access now since March, when PUBG developer Krafton let the ultra-realistic Sims 4 competitor loose on Steam – and since then, it's had quite the journey, with dwindling ...