The Sims 4 did not have toddlers till they have been added in 2017, and sims’ early years will proceed to telescope when March comes round. That’s when infants will lastly be added to the game, turning infants into full sims.
The newest replace additionally supplied information on Project Rene, the eventual successor to The Sims 4. The key takeaways: it isn’t an MMO however it should have multiplayer in addition to singleplayer, and it is years away from launch.
You can watch the total stream right here, or a breakdown of the main pieces of news.
Currently, sims go from swaddled motionless child to strolling, babling toddler. The new ‘toddler’ stage, during which your progeny will crawl, cry and cr– burp, will squeeze in-between. The above stream has a trailer at 14m 32s, however stick round for the behind-the-scenes with the builders at 15m 48s. It does an excellent job of breaking down precisely how tough it’s so as to add a brand new life stage like this – a stage that has to navigate the world totally different, which will be carried by different sims, which sounds totally different, and which may’t arise on their very own on the character creator display.
The infants will arrive in an replace on March 14th.
Project Rene aka The Sims 5 is at present a lot additional out. EA Maxis are at present implementing modifications based mostly on their playtest of the mooted sequel’s constructing instruments, with plans for a lot of extra playtests to come back. Game director Grant Rodiek supplied a handful of additional particulars within the video above: it isn’t an MMO; it’s going to be cross-platform so you’ll be able to play seamlessly throughout PC and cell; and you must be capable to invite associates to your Sims home or simply play alone as earlier than.
Finally, there’s additionally a particularly temporary, five-second teaser for The Sims 4’s subsequent growth, which introduces a brand new household referred to as The Michaelsons. It’ll be revealed in full on Thursday, February 2nd.