Paradox Interactive has delayed Life By You – the new Sims-like from its Paradox Tectonic studio – yet again saying “additional development time is needed” and that it doesn’t want to commit to a new release date it “cannot be certain to meet”.
This marks the third delay for Life By You, which was announced last March amid promises of a fully open-world with no loading screens, “real language conversation”, digital humans that could optionally be directly controlled by players, and plenty of customisation.
It initially also featured a rather bland art style that immediately drew criticism, leading to the game’s first delay. Rather than release into PC early access last September, as had originally been the plan, Paradox announced it would be delaying Life by You into March this year so it could spruce up its visuals, its UI, and other elements.