The Sims Team has released the official reveal trailer for The Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator – a brand new Game Pack coming June 1st on all platforms!
Check out the trailer above.
The Sims 4: Courtyard Oasis Kit Build/Buy Objects Overview
The latest kit for The Sims 4 is finally here! The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis is a bright and colourful collection of Build/Buy objects inspired by Moroccan architecture. The kit includes 29 new Build/Buy objects, each with a wide variety of swatches in different solids and patterns, plus one styled room.
You can check out the full kit contents down below!
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Styled Rooms
The Sims 4 Development Team is expanding to Maxis Europe
Say hello to another development team working on The Sims 4 – Maxis Europe!
A few days ago EA Careers website posted a job listing for a Senior Development Director for a brand new studio called Maxis Europe. The locations listed in the job opportunity includes all the Electronic Arts office spaces that are currently located in Europe, including Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Finland and many more listed below!
The role for a Senior Development Director in Maxis Europe hasn’t been very clear until another job opportunity got listed today with EA’s clear goals and intentions – to expand The Sims 4’s development team and apparently add more workforce to the game!
In the description for the Technical Lead Job Opportunity, EA states that they’re looking to establish a new distributed development team based in the EU region to complement the already existing development team in Maxis Redwood Shores, USA.
The Sims 4 is looking to expand on providing a world-class experience for our players. As part of an initiative to provide broader coverage, we are looking to establish a distributed development team based in the EU region to complement our team in Redwood Shores CA, USA. We are looking for a strong Technical Lead to oversee tech planning and implementation of features/tools and to lead a team of cross-functional engineers.
This wouldn’t be the first time that a Sims Game had two seperate development studios. After the release of The Sims 3 Pets on both Consoles and PC, EA expanded its Salt Lake Studio to work on upcoming Expansion Packs for The Sims 3 including Showtime, Supernatural, University Life and Into the Future. With two different EA studios The Sims 3 was able to push out up to 3 Expansion Packs per year!
Although the definite goal of opening up a Maxis Studio in Europe isn’t know, we can possibly expect a lot more content for The Sims 4 to be pushed out with two development studios working on the game simultaneously – both Free Updates and DLC.
At the moment there are mentions of three seperate Maxis Studios from the job opportunities that were listed over the last couple of months:
- Maxis Redwood – working on The Sims 4 and the next Generation Sims Game
- Maxis Austin – working on a brand new IP and the next Generation Sims Game
- Maxis Europe – working on The Sims 4
It might take a bit for EA to officially announce new developers and gurus joining The Sims 4 Team considering that only leading development roles have been listed. Stay tuned to Sims Community for more information as it develops further!
The Sims 4: Bunk Beds are getting huge improvements in Next Update!
During the Inside Maxis Livestream The Sims Team shared the news that Bunk Beds will be getting new features in the upcoming free update for The Sims 4!
In the Livestream GrimSuruDoi has showcased all the different possibilities and features that will be unlocked for bunk beds, including:
- Rotating a single bed underneath in a 90 degree angle.
- Placing a full sofa underneath the bunk bed.
- Placing certain dressers and wardrobes underneath the bunk beds.
- Placing an office desk, chair and computer underneath, while also having the option to rotate the full set in a 90 degree angle.
- Ability to place a full double bed underneath a bunk bed while also having full accessibility to all 3 bed slots!
In the stream The Sims Team has also shown that Sims will once again be able to scoot between different bed slots on a double bed – a feature that was quietly removed a while back.
All of these features are expected to come to The Sims 4 in the next update so stay tuned!
The Sims 4 is getting more Free Cultural Content this year!
Over the last couple of years The Sims 4 had a good streak of free content updates that are inspired by various cultures. In today’s Inside Maxis Livestream the team confirmed that they’re definitely not stopping with new free cultural content in the game.
The team showed a sneak peek of one of their Work in Progress designs that should be added in one of the upcoming patches for The Sims 4 this year. They’ve also confirmed that representation and free cultural content will be constantly added to the world of The Sims 4. Check out the preview!
I do want to share some concept art for our current Work in Progress design that we are looking to add into the game at a later patch. As you can see we are pretty inspired by Morocco right now and while we don’t have a firm date of release for this item, we are super excited to support for the representation in the Base Game this year and beyond.
– GrimSuruDoi
The Sims Team officially addresses Pronouns for The Sims 4
It’s no secret that the simming community has been very passionate about wanting to add pronouns options to The Sims 4. After several weeks, petitions, comments and more from the community The Sims Team finally addressed the possibility of adding Pronouns to The Sims 4 in their latest Inside Maxis Livestream.
Although they cannot for certain say that Pronouns will be added to The Sims 4, they did confirm that the team has been evaluating new ways of adding gender neutral language and pronoun options in the game while also having the game fully accessible for all 18 supported languages.
You can check out the full transcript from GrimSuruDoi’s statement from Inside Maxis down below:
This is a question that’s certainly been on the minds of the community. I think to start off as an entire team I’d say that when it comes to representation – it’s not a destination. It’s a journey that we’re all continuously working towards across the board. We’ve seen and read your comments regarding pronouns and their availabilty in the game and we hear you.
At this time we can’t confirm anything in regards to timing. What we can say that for a long time our time has been evaluating ways to add gender neutral language while considering how complex it would be to do so. Currently we’ve been investigating changes needed considering not only the size of our game but the possibilities of all 18 supported languages to make sure that we do this work in the best way possible.
This is super important to all of us which means we want to make sure that when we do it – we do it right.
I want to thank you for your continuous support for a truly representative environment in game. We are hopeful for the future. We look forward to sharing progress when we are able to as well as on our future plans for this aspect, and others across the game as well.
The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit is Now Available!
The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit has just been fully released on all platforms – including PC and Consoles!
You can get this Kit on the official stores for select platforms that we’ve marked down below. The Kit is priced at a regular $4.99 price tag.
The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit: New Preview
SimGuruNinja shared a brand new screenshot in anticipation of the upcoming Courtyard Oasis Kit for The Sims 4 – which is out today!
Check out the screen below:
The Sims 4: Expansion Pack 11 to be revealed this July!
The full lineup of Summer of the Sims 2021 has been announced – and at the end of the lineup is a mention of a brand new 11th Expansion Pack for The Sims 4!
The upcoming Expansion Pack has been described with the following: “Bond with nature in this charming new Expansion Pack”.
Although the description is very vague, many simmers are assuming that the next Expansion Pack has to do something with Farming and Animals, considering that this theme has been highly requested for a longer period of time!
Still, we will all have to wait and see until July for the Expansion Pack to be fully revealed. Maybe sometimes around July 22nd during the EA Play Live event?
The Sims 4: “Creative New” Game Pack 10 Coming Soon!
The Sims Team has announced their official lineup for Summer 2021, including a brand new Game Pack!
Although they haven’t shared the exact theme of the upcoming Game Pack for The Sims 4 they did describe it with “Snag a Cool New Career with a Creative New Game Pack!”. What is the pack all about? We’ll have to wait just a little bit to find out considering that it’s next in line – right after tomorrow’s release of The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit.
The release date hasn’t been specified and is still subject to change, but we can expect the Game Pack either late this May or in June!
OFFICIAL LIVESTREAM: New Inside Maxis Livestream Announced (18th May, 2021)
The Sims Team will be hosting a new Inside Maxis livestream tomorrow, 18th May 2021 at 11AM PT / 8PM CET / 7PM BT.
While exact details about what will be discussed during the stream is yet to be revealed, we’ll make sure to keep you updated on all the latest info from the stream right here on Sims Community!
You can watch the stream below:
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The Summer of Sims Is Coming!
The Sims Team has revealed the Summer of Sims with a new roadmap image that covers the remainder of May and runs through June and July.
With The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit kicking off the Summer of Sims tomorrow, we can’t wait to see what new adventures we will go on with our Sims this Summer!
Stay tuned to our social media accounts and our website for everything you need to know about the Summer of Sims!
Countdown to the release of The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit
The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit is coming out very soon – more precisely tomorrow, May 18th!
This is the first ever Kit that’s been announced before the actual release. Because smaller DLC for The Sims 4 has a set release time at 10AM Pacific Time, we can expect the same release for Courtyard Oasis Kit as well.
Down below we’ve included a full countdown for the Kit’s release. As soon as the counter turns to zero you’ll be able to get The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit on Origin, Microsoft Store and Playstation Store.
The Kit is priced at a regular retail price of Kits at $4.99, or an equivalent to your location’s currency.
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The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit: Official Assets
The Sims Team provided us with the official assets for The Sims 4 Courtyard Oasis Kit.
Down below you can check out the full promotional renders, logo and screens of the Kit.
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