Digital Arts right this moment introduced new updates for the way forward for the Sims franchise. Along with updates in regards to the video games, it additionally teased a transmedia challenge: The Sims is getting a movie adaptation.
LuckyChap and Vertigo Leisure are producing the challenge, and at current we solely know a number of particulars about what it’s going to appear to be. EA additionally revealed a number of particulars about upcoming additions to the video games (although The Sims 5 was not amongst them).
Kate Herron is directing the movie and co-writing with Briony Redman. At current, not one of the corporations concerned have revealed any particulars in regards to the movie’s characters or story, however Katy Gorman, EA’s GM of The Sims franchise, advised Selection, “You will see a lot of ‘The Sims’ universe come to life and you will see a lot of the classic experiences that our players have in the games come to life in the movie… I’m sure a pool without a ladder is somewhere in there, but we haven’t finalized any of those details. But that’s the idea, is to say that it lives within this space. It’s a nod to all of the amazing play and creation and fun that people have had over the last 25 years within The Sims.”
EA additionally revealed different particulars about the place it’s taking its life sim franchise, together with future methods for gamers to socialize and benefit from the sport. It revealed that Mission Rene, its mysterious next-generation challenge, could have an invite-only playtest in fall, the place gamers can check out a multiplayer element and expertise enjoying collectively at a shared location.
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The Sims 4 and different near-future tasks
Laura Miele, president of EA Leisure, mentioned within the firm’s Investor Day presentation that they’re disrupting its conventional sequel mannequin by creating an enormous Sims platform, fairly than restarting with a brand new sport. Along with Mission Rene, an “entirely new Sims experience,” it plans to modernize and replace The Sim 4 as the muse of its new mannequin. It’s additionally reinvigorating the comfy spinoff MySims with a bundled Change launch referred to as My Sims: Cozy Bundle.
The Sims 4’s large new characteristic revealed right this moment is Creator Kits, collections of content material created by members of the group. It is a first for the sequence, regardless of its giant and engaged creator group. Miele additionally revealed the corporate is engaged on a cellular title referred to as The Sims: Mission Tales, a platform for creating and sharing tales created in The Sims universe. EA plans to attach all of those experiences with a shared social community.
Miele mentioned that the franchise has longstanding emotional connections with its viewers, and it has invested in its group. “We know the potential of The Sims is uncapped, because it sits at the intersection of gaming, creation, the human experience and social engagement. And our ambition it to build the world’s largest online gaming community for creators at the speed of pop culture.”
