Rumor: The Sims 5 May Be Announced Next Month
One of the most popular PC gaming franchises of all time, The Sims, may be announcing a new mainline title in the series before the end of October, according to industry insider and leaker Jeff Grubb. With The Sims 4 getting long in the tooth in 2022, Electronic Arts is almost certain to be looking at ways to move the franchise forward, and a few other key events suggest as much as well.
Namely, the last time The Sims received a new mainline game was in 2014, and even though The Sims 4 has been receiving expansion packs ever since, it's rather outdated so many years after its inception. With that in mind, Grubb's latest Game Mess Mornings stream suggested that EA may be getting ready to finally announce The Sims 5, with the reveal potentially taking place this October.
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On its own, Grubb's insight isn't necessarily groundbreaking, but there's been a fair bit of hubbub surrounding The Sims as of late, potentially corroborating his claims. Firstly, it has already been announced that The Sims 4 is going free-to-play, albeit only the base game with none of the DLCs attached. Secondly, Electronic Arts and Maxis have already announced that there's a big Sims livestream coming up on October 18, making it a potential platform for the rumored reveal of The Sims 5. With a major announcement coming up, the previous game in the franchise going free-to-play, and leakers claiming that the next entry is on the docket, it certainly seems possible that something big is afoot.
Though potentially unrelated, there's also the fact that Maxis is hiring a multiplayer game designer to work on one of its projects. The developer is likely working on multiple games at the same time, as is usual in the
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