{"id":641327,"date":"2026-03-29T02:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sims-4-announce-high-school-years-expansion"},"modified":"2026-03-29T02:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:40:16","slug":"the-sims-4-announces-first-expansion-pack-in-nearly-a-year-high-school-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-sims-4-announces-first-expansion-pack-in-nearly-a-year-high-school-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sims 4 announces first expansion pack in nearly a year, High School Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/the-sims-4-announces-first-expansion-pack-in-nearly-a-year-high-school-years.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>More content for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/the-sims-4\">The Sims 4<\/a> is always welcomed by fans, and the <strong>latest expansion pack, High School Years<\/strong>, is no exception. High School Years will be taking us and our sims back to school as of<strong> July 28<\/strong>, and teenage sims will finally be in receipt of a real education!<\/p>\n<p>The High School Years expansion pack follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-sims-4-werewolves-released\">Werewolves Game Pack released in June<\/a>, but is the first expansion pack to be added to The Sims 4 in nearly a year. The last expansion players could purchase is Cottage Living, which released back in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, there&#8217;s plenty to be excited about with this expansion, with players now being able to send their teenage sims off to Copperdale High to live out the real high school experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sims-4-announce-high-school-years-expansion\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/sims-4-announce-high-school-years-expansion\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More content for The Sims 4 is always welcomed by fans, and the latest expansion pack, High School Years, is no exception. High School Years will be taking us and our sims back to school as of July 28, and teenage sims will finally be in receipt of a real education! The High School Years expansion pack follows the Werewolves Game Pack released in June, but is the first expansion pack to be added to The Sims 4 in nearly a year. The last expansion players could purchase is Cottage Living, which released back in July 2021. Needless to say, there&#8217;s plenty to be excited about with this expansion, with players now being able to send their teenage sims off to Copperdale High to live&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-sims-4-announces-first-expansion-pack-in-nearly-a-year-high-school-years\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":641328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[57,1093,59,44,45,137,1095,60,4616],"class_list":["post-641327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-ea","tag-maxis","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-simulation","tag-the-sims-4","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Sims 4 announces first expansion pack in nearly a year, High School Years | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More content for The Sims 4 is always welcomed by fans, and the latest expansion pack, High School Years, is no exception. 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