Project Rene & "Other Exciting New Projects" Are The Future Focus For The Sims, Not Sims 5

Project Rene & "Other Exciting New Projects" Are The Future Focus For The Sims, Not Sims 5

From Screen Rant (Written by Yuliya Geikhman) on | OpenCritic

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A PR representative for The Sims 4 has reached out to Screen Rant to clarify the following: " While there is no game currently in development titled ‘The Sims 5', Project Rene is continuing its development alongside other exciting new projects within The Sims franchise. Project Rene is a standalone experience focused on building ways for friends to meet, connect, and share while playing together in an all-new world. " Original story as follows.

Electronic Arts has officially confirmed that it has no plans for The Sims 5. Instead, the company will be focused entirely on adding updates and expansions to the current game, The Sims 4. The company has scrapped the idea of creating a new Sims game instead of focusing on the game's current iteration for the foreseeable future.

EA vice president Kate Gorman told Variety that the decision was made with fans in mind. Sims 4 has been running for over 10 years, and creating a new installment in the franchise would mean its dedicated fans would have to start over from scratch. To prevent this, the company will focus all its current and future efforts on expanding The Sims 4: "We are not going to...

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