{"id":1455985,"date":"2026-01-09T21:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/EDYxxDohUvMunLamFkVq6"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:48:24","slug":"over-half-of-the-sims-development-team-is-working-on-the-sims-4-and-the-next-evolution-so-i-guess-its-time-to-start-speculating-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/over-half-of-the-sims-development-team-is-working-on-the-sims-4-and-the-next-evolution-so-i-guess-its-time-to-start-speculating-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and &#8216;the next evolution&#8217; so I guess it&#8217;s time to start speculating again"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day because the year was 2022 when I first watched EA tease the &#8220;next generation Sims game&#8221; with the codename Project Rene. Two years later it said &#8220;actually that&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-sims\/there-wont-actually-be-a-sims-5-because-ea-is-going-to-disrupt-the-sequel-model-by-shoving-the-sims-4-project-rene-and-two-other-games-into-one-massive-sims-platform\/\">not the Sims 5<\/a> though&#8221; and spent another year being weird and silent before finally admitting today that yeah, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-sims\/its-not-the-news-we-wanted-but-its-what-we-expected-ea-has-finally-admitted-project-rene-is-a-mobile-first-game\">Project Rene is now a mobile game<\/a>. Simultaneously though, it made sure to mention that a huge portion of the team is working on &#8220;the next evolution.&#8221; Here we go again.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/the-sims\/the-sims-4\/news\/future-of-the-sims\">start of year blog post<\/a> today, EA says it is &#8220;committed to singleplayer life simulation experiences,&#8221; and reiterated that it is continuing to work on updates and improvements to The Sims 4. After that, it coyly adds:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Singleplayer PC and console experiences will always be a part of our future, with more than half of our global development team dedicated to The Sims 4 and the next evolution. More news in the coming months!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Sims 4 <em>and<\/em> &#8220;the next evolution,&#8221; apparently two different things.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1953px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.27%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"X2kx9eP3FkCatD4sq9uK6G\" name=\"sims 4 grim reaper.jpg\" alt=\"The Sims 4 - The Grim Reaper stands in a room that is on fire\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/over-half-of-the-sims-development-team-is-working-on-the-sims-4-and-the-next-evolution-so-i-guess-its-time-to-start-speculating-again.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1953\" height=\"1099\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Maxis, Electronic Arts)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-sims\/rumors-about-the-sims-4-remastered-are-probably-bunk-but-we-already-know-ea-is-quietly-cooking-up-some-unified-multi-platform-sims-hub\/\">recent rumors<\/a> point to anything from a Sims 4 code base rewrite to a full remake, though the grist for that mill was mostly unsubstantial vague-posting from unconfirmed sources. After all the hubbub about it, well-known Sims 4 modder SimMattically stepped in to put a damper on things <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SimMattically\/status\/1990939350452859262\">by posting<\/a>, &#8220;there\u2019s no Sims 4 remaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s likely not working on a remaster and likely not working on The Sims 5, but is working on a &#8220;next evolution,&#8221; and crucially one that&#8217;s singleplayer, not another attempt at taking The Sims online.<\/p>\n<p>The only other hint we have is EA&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-sims\/there-wont-actually-be-a-sims-5-because-ea-is-going-to-disrupt-the-sequel-model-by-shoving-the-sims-4-project-rene-and-two-other-games-into-one-massive-sims-platform\/\">investor presentation from 2024<\/a>, during which it announced (and has still never really explained) a platform called The Sims Hub to unify The Sims 4 with Project Rene and other Sims games. During the same presentation, EA entertainment &#038; technology president Laura Miele said that the team would be &#8220;updating the core technology foundation&#8221; of The Sims 4. The direction for Project Rene seems to have shifted in that time though, so I&#8217;d hesitate to put too much stock in any other plans EA announced over a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>This tiny acknowledgement of something else in the Sims team pipeline feels like a bone thrown to keep all us life sim dogs from snarling over the confirmation that Project Rene really is just the mobile game we don&#8217;t want. At this point though, this tired old Sims hound will take it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"20313130-ecfa-46be-9b56-2a95522e403a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Sims 4 cheats: Life hacksSims 3 cheats: Classic hacksSims 4 mods: Play your waySims 4 CC: Custom contentProject Rene: What we knowGames like The Sims: More to life Sims 4 cheats\" data-dimension48=\"Sims 4 cheats: Life hacksSims 3 cheats: Classic hacksSims 4 mods: Play your waySims 4 CC: Custom contentProject Rene: What we knowGames like The Sims: More to life Sims 4 cheats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:925px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3zwgWkHLua8YwofMAvDAhS\" name=\"sims-4-bella-goth-rich.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/over-half-of-the-sims-development-team-is-working-on-the-sims-4-and-the-next-evolution-so-i-guess-its-time-to-start-speculating-again-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"925\" height=\"925\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-sims-4-cheats-remove-death-bestow-wealth-and-make-your-sims-as-happy-as-larry\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"20313130-ecfa-46be-9b56-2a95522e403a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Sims 4 cheats: Life hacksSims 3 cheats: Classic hacksSims 4 mods: Play your waySims 4 CC: Custom contentProject Rene: What we knowGames like The Sims: More to life Sims 4 cheats\" data-dimension48=\"Sims 4 cheats: Life hacksSims 3 cheats: Classic hacksSims 4 mods: Play your waySims 4 CC: Custom contentProject Rene: What we knowGames like The Sims: More to life Sims 4 cheats\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Sims 4 cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Life hacks<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-sims\/sims-3-cheats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sims 3 cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Classic hacks<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-sims-4-mods\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sims 4 mods<\/strong><\/a>: Play your way<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sims-4-cc-maxis-match-custom-content\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sims 4 CC<\/strong><\/a>: Custom content<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sims-5-project-rene-multiplayer-gameplay-features\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Project Rene<\/strong><\/a>: What we know<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/best-games-like-the-sims\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Games like The Sims<\/strong><\/a>: More to life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-sims\/over-half-of-the-sims-development-team-is-working-on-the-sims-4-and-the-next-evolution-so-i-guess-its-time-to-start-speculating-again\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day because the year was 2022 when I first watched EA tease the &#8220;next generation Sims game&#8221; with the codename Project Rene. Two years later it said &#8220;actually that&#8217;s not the Sims 5 though&#8221; and spent another year being weird and silent before finally admitting today that yeah, Project Rene is now a mobile game. Simultaneously though, it made sure to mention that a huge portion of the team is working on &#8220;the next evolution.&#8221; Here we go again. In its start of year blog post today, EA says it is &#8220;committed to singleplayer life simulation experiences,&#8221; and reiterated that it is continuing to work on updates and improvements to The Sims 4. After that, it coyly adds:&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/over-half-of-the-sims-development-team-is-working-on-the-sims-4-and-the-next-evolution-so-i-guess-its-time-to-start-speculating-again\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1455986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,10550,1094],"class_list":["post-1455985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-life-sim","tag-the-sims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and &#039;the next evolution&#039; so I guess it&#039;s time to start speculating again | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day because the year was 2022 when I first watched EA tease the &quot;next generation Sims game&quot; 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