The Sims 4
 

The Sims 4 web domain appears to have been registered by EA, with the game's unveiling expected on Monday (May 6).

The studio is holding a conference call tomorrow and has promised to make a major announcement related to the world-creation franchise, according to a NeoGAF forum post.

The new web domain, thesims4.com, is already active and links back to the official Sims site.

EA will continue to support The Sims 3 this year, with the Island Paradise, Dragon Valley and Movie Stuff expansion packs scheduled for release in the coming months.

Released in 2009, The Sims 3 and its add-ons continue to chart highly in the weekly PC chart.

It has been speculated that The Sims 4 could require an always-online connection like the latest Sim City sequel.

DS


No doubt it will have always on DRM, expansions for Pets, Clubs and University, and in game purchases.

sounds good. bet it will take forever to release

also cant believe that the sims 3 was released in 2009.... that's insane.

will be expecting a big step up in graphics.. always loved this game

I'm just wondering where they can go from here and what new in game features there will be, always loved The Sims.

Never played The Sims properly. Which is the best on PC?

Hated Sims 3 so unless it's anything like the 2nd one I probably wont bother with it.

omg. Well this is a shock!

IF IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ONLINE FORMAT TO IT I'M NOT PLAYING OR BUYING IT IDC.

The Sims 3 - IMO sucked balls. So if they want to expand on the franchise, it's time to take it online. It's been my dream to play The Sims online.

The Sims 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything.

Funny that i put up a facebook status about sims 4 a week or so ago
LOL with the always online thing..i suppose it could work like the sims online did yeaaaaars ago as long as its not a fail at launch like with Sim City
But this time...PLEASE think of more original expansions..got a bit crap when 2 and 3 just did the same expansions from 1 all the time

sounds good but they have not fixed lots of bugs in the Sims 3

Sims 2 had alot of ORIGINAL expansions and stuff packs - that TS1 never had, so that's why that game was so awesome. It was different and just brilliant.

The Sims 3 was lazy, they thought by making the characters look like little play-dough figures and having it set in a small town that requires a REALLY High Tech computer to even look as good as it does in the trailers, would get them alot of sales.

It failed. The Sims 3 was ridiculously ****e. And it looked so good too back in 2009 before it actually came out.

I loved Sims 2. Never bought Sims 3 but played it on friends computers - thought it was just okay.

Never played it except some PS2 version a couple of times.

You're missing out man, the console versions are a load of balls

LOL I did want it once but assumed it would slow the **** out my laptop

I'd play it if it was an ipad app.

The Sims 2 is so much better than 3! I prefer the graphics in it aswell! Sims 3 was a disaster :(

I really really really hate EA but I'll probably wind up buying this and about 4 of the other expansions :bored:

Maxis being involved from the start gives me much more hope. I'm hoping this is a step in the right directions after the disappointing Sims 3 (and them releasing expansion packs at the speed of Rihanna) and the tragic new SimCity. We'll see but I'm super excited anyway :amazed:

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/05/0...ms-4-announced

Confirmed to have single-player/offline play
Good stuff

sims 4 is trending on twitter :laugh:

Maxis weren't involved in TS3? :shocked:

They were focusing on Spore at the time, I think they joined for the later expansions but yeah the overall make of the game didn't involve them much

...So No Multiplayer? Are they actually ****ing serious?

Your house is on fire! Buy the firefighter pack for only $5.99 on The Simstore now!

I'm sure it'll have multiplayer too, just saying it wont require online at all times like Sim City

Fair dos, because let's be real - the only way this series is going to expand any further is by adding an online element.

They also need to stop being so misleading in their trailers, I know they need to market their games but no other company is as big a bullsh*tter than these guys.

they did sims online before though and it failed big time

Idc about an online mode I just want them to go back to the Sims 2 look/feel. Everything about Sims 3 was slow and obese.

>It was the start of the millenium
>Most people didn't have high speed internet
>It was quite unknown
>The series itself hadn't advanced
>Online gaming wasn't anywhere near as massive as it is today

Plenty of reasons why Sims Online failed back in the day, they ran before they could walk IMO - where as now, most games ESPECIALLY computer games, feature heavily on multiplayer. So the time is perfect for them to do it.

Look at SimCity, a game that has constant problems because of it's online servers. Thank god EA learned.

Maybe I'm just old and stubborn, but I hate when they next gen Sims. Sims 2 players lost all their extra content when the servers were wiped if they didn't hear about it in time, years of investment lost with a "sorry, too bad". I predict the same will happen with Sims 3 content shortly after 4 launches. Problem is, the base game is always crap compared to the previous and its expansions. It takes years for them to catch up to the features lost from the previous gen, and when they finally start to get close, they switch to the next gen instead.

I really wish they'd just give the game a year to play with all the extras intact.

:love:

Looks like Sims 3.

If the loading doesn't take an ice age though, I'll be interested.

It looks cool more real than sims 3

The create a sim looks amazing. I also like how it's gone back to being more cartoony and sims like.

I'm raiding my house to try and find Sims 1 lol

the new editing features for the sims look decent but the house editing looks a bit too easy and less creative now.. not sure i like the cartoony look very much either

Apparently, Sims 4 will work better on low end machines!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/n...ays-maxis.html