The Sims fans may finally have some good news and a strong reason to look forward to the upcoming installment in the game franchise. The Vice President of Franchise Creative of The Sims, Lyndsay Pearson, recently said that they want to introduce multiplayer in the upcoming game.
The Sims franchise is one of the most popular and best-selling life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. After the fourth mainstream title, The Sims 4, in 2014, the developers have announced that they are working on the fifth installment. Meanwhile, during the years in between, the devs have released an impressive number of expansion packs and game packs to The Sims 4.
Ever since the beginning, The Sims has always been a single-player game. The only way players are able to play The Sims multi-player is through mods. However, Lyndsay’s recent comments suggest that they may officially introduce multiplayer to the game in the upcoming fifth installment.
Lyndsay’s personal experiences with gaming have shaped her career in a way that only sounds like dreams. From starting out as an avid The Sims player to becoming one of its main creative talents behind the game, she’s indeed living her dream.
Multiplayer reportedly confirmed in The Sims 5
In a recent podcast, Lyndsay discussed the unusual things that people do with their Sims, along with her personal experiences. She also shared some insightful details about their upcoming project, The Sims 5, including the highly demanded multiplayer experiences.
During the podcast, she said, “We definitely want to introduce multiplayer. And not multiplayer in the big, scary ‘jump in a world full of strangers’ kind of way. But literally, how do you and your friends want to do some play together?” She also added that there are a lot of different flavors that could add excitement, and hence, they are exploring a lot of different spaces there.
She further said, “Because playing together can look like so many different things, right? Even our chat now, we’ve talked about, like, trivia games to fighting games to racing games, playing together and social can mean so many things.”
Lyndsay also revealed that The Sims 5 developers often internally discuss the game Animal Crossing all the time. He says, “Because it is such a good example of my little space, my little island, but I can invite you over”.
She also revealed they admire how games like Among Us are offering multiplayer in clever ways. Talking about Among Us, she says, “which is this sort of mystery thing, but you have to talk about it and solve it.”
The Sims 5 is being known as Project Rene. Although the upcoming title has been officially confirmed, the release date is still unknown. Several reports suggest that the game is expected as late as sometime in 2025.