The Sims 4 wedding pack delayed, but will come to Russia after all

polygon.com:

The Sims 4 publisher Electronic Arts will release its My Wedding Stories content, which prominently features a lesbian couple, in Russia after backlash from Russian Sims players. The new content, centered around love and marriage, will be delayed until Feb. 23, Electronic Arts said, to ensure a “global release” for the DLC.

My Wedding Stories was initially slated for release on Thursday.

Electronic Arts announced last week that it would not sell My Wedding Stories in Russia due to Russian laws that require content it deems “gay propaganda” to be labeled as mature content, available only to people 18 and over. “We have made the decision to forgo the release of ‘My Wedding Stories’ where our storytelling would be subject to changes because of federal laws,” The Sims team said in a blog post last week.

Now, Electronic Arts will release the game pack “unaltered and unchanged” in Russia, citing that it has “reassessed” its options.

A portion of the statement, published on Wednesday, is copied below:

With this in mind, we’ve reassessed our options and realized we can do more than we initially believed and we will now releaseThe Sims4 “My Wedding Stories” Game Pack to our community in Russia,unaltered and unchanged, featuring Dom and Cam.

We want the entire Sims community to be able to celebrate together, so we’re pushing the global release of “My Wedding Stories” to February 23 — including in Russia.

Love is love, andThe Sims community will continue to be a safe space for those who want to see a world where that is true for everyone. We are thankful for the support of our team and our values even when it is hard. Thank you for being a part of The Sims.

An Electronic Arts spokesperson declined to comment further.

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