The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack has been out for more than a week now and modders / CC creators have been extra busy to deliver gameplay improvements and new objects for the pack!
Down below we’ve listed some of our favorite creations for the pack:
Do you think that the Tiny Home tiers that The Sims Team has set are a bit too extreme? This mod changes the tier requirements, switching things for Tier 1 (100 tiles), Tier 2 (200 tiles) and Tier 3 (500 tiles). With this mod you’ll be able to build much bigger homes and enjoy all of the perks of a Tiny Home!
Not necessarily a Tiny Living mod because it doesn’t require the pack but still very useful when decorating your interior! This mod updates all of the sinks from the Base Game + previously released packs, adding slots on the sides that allow you to clutter up your sink however you want!
The all-in-one entertainment station from Tiny Living is neat, but doesn’t come with liberated objects that are inside of it. This CC is an object liberation of the TV used in the Media Marathoner object.
The small table beneath the new Tiny Living lamp would’ve been great if you could place down clutter and small objects onto it. This mod makes all those wishes come true!
Toilet / Sink Combo Object
With this object your Sims will be able to both fulfill their bladder and hygiene need. Yeah, it’s a little gross if you think about it but it saves a lot of space in your bathroom!
There are 2 variations of this object that you can download:
The Tiny Living tiny plants are very cute, but they come attached to the new bookend. This CC liberates those plants and gives them 20 unique color presets!
EA’s Andrew Wilson confirms the next generation Sims Game – The Sims 5!
First we wrote about career listings that hinted about the production of the next Sims game. Then we had some more clues adding up that the game is in development. And now, we have official confirmation from EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson that the Sims 5 will have multiplayer! Read on to see what he included about the next generation Sims Game – The Sims 5!
Will The Sims 5 have Multiplayer?
In the Third Quarter of FY2020 earnings call, Andrew Wilson was asked a question if Maxis has any plans of relaunching an online version of The Sims. Similar to The Sims Online that was present from 2002 to 2008. Andrew Wilson gave an interesting answer, saying that Maxis is continuously thinking about The Sims for a new generation. And, that features from The Sims Online will become a part of that experience “in the years to come”.
Throughout his answer Andrew shared that, although they will always stay true to creation, escape, motivations and more (hinting at some of the keywords of an offline game). They will also start to embrace a new social experience such as social interactions and competitions (as they were present in The Sims Online years ago) in a Sims experience in the years to come with sims 5 multiplayer included.
Andrew Wilson – Full Earnings Release Transcript
Check out our full transcript from the Earnings Release, including real questions and answers by Andrew Wilson. The audio recording from the earnings release is at the bottom!
Question: Any thoughts on relaunching an online version of the franchise given its large popularity? (referring to The Sims Online that was present up until 2008)
Andrew Wilson (EA CEO): Great question on The Sims! The Sims will be 20 next week. That Maxis team and the team that’s been a part of Maxis over the years continue to deliver unbelieavably innovative and creative content for a constantly growing Sims community globally. As we think about The Sims – again, I reference the motivations of why we play the games – inspiration, escape, social interaction, creation, self improvement, competition. Typically what The Sims has done is really focus on fulfilling the motivations and inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement and not necessarily focus as much as on social interaction and competition.
But a few things are in fact true over the years. One is that the Sims community continues to grow and with the broad of social platforms continue to connect with each other and share what they do – in and around the game they play. And we’ve seen that manifest in The Sims Online which was a more social experience for us. And we’re also seeing that the competition nature of The Sims is also rising and we’re seeing people compare and contrast. Not competition in an original sport sense but how they create and what they create and how they use their imaginations and what they’re able to build inside of these Sims universes.
As Maxis continues to think about The Sims for a new generation – cross-platforms and a cloud of a neighborhood world, you should imagine while we will always stay true to our inspiration, escape, creation, self-improvement, motivations – that this notion of social interactions and competition like the kind of things that were actually present in The Sims Online many many years ago – that they will start to become a part of The Sims experience in the years to come.
We are very excited. This is a game that really doesn’t have any competition in its category for delivering and fulfilling these motivations for players and we think of the tremendous growth opportunities for us for many many years to come.
So, what are your thoughts on the next generation Sims game and what should be included? Let us know in the comments!
For all the latest news and developments on the next gen Sims – stay tuned to Sims Community!
EA has just released their Q3 2020 Financial Report, sharing some details about the progress and sales of their games during the last 4 months.
During these 4 months The Sims 4 was able to hit a new milestone – over 20 million unique players!
Digital net bookings* for the trailing twelve months was $4.128 billion, up 15% year-over-year and now represents 77% of total net bookings.
During the quarter, EA launched Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™, Need for Speed™ Heat and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™.
FIFA Ultimate Team™ matches were up nearly 40% year-over-year from launch through Q3.
During the quarter, The Sims™ 4 surpassed 20 million unique players worldwide life-to-date.
To put some things in perspective, according to the Wikipedia’s List of best selling PC-Games, here’s how the previous Sims games performed:
The Sims 1 – 11 million copies
The Sims 2 – 6 million copies
The Sims 3 – 7 million copies
There are also a few things to note regarding on why The Sims 4 is doing so well. First of all, the game was free for 7 days back in May 2019. Also, the exact same version of the base game was made available for two consoles – Xbox One and PS4.
We’ll keep you updated with more information on our website after the earnings call!
The Sims Mobile developers seem to have been teasing the upcoming update for The Sims Mobile!
It all started with the tweet by SimGuruIlya who posted this a picture of weather in Melbourne, putting an emphasis on “Hard to tell what time of day it is”. This originally wouldn’t be considered a hint if there weren’t for other tweets…
All of these hints generally revolve around lights, darkness and time of day. If we put all of this together then the team is probably hinting at either the Day / Night cycle coming to the game…or just more lights being added to Build Mode.
Stay tuned to our Sims Mobile News Category and we’ll keep you updated with whathever the next update is all about!
PlayStation has just revealed the February PlayStation Plus games line up and it will include The Sims 4 Base Game. You will need to have an active PS Plus Membership to acquire the game.
PS Plus Members will be able to download The Sims 4 Base Game for free from the 4th February 2020 through to the 2nd March 2020.
Your PS Plus February games:
🌊Bioshock: The Collection
(That’s Bioshock 1, 2, Infinite + all DLC!)
This is the perfect opportunity to check out The Sims 4 on PlayStation 4! Don’t forget that The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack also releases on 4th February 2020!
Voting has now begun for the third round of the new Community Voted Stuff Pack! This round of voting is all about choosing your favourite Create A Sim concepts based around the DIY Delight theme.
Not sure what the Community Stuff Pack is all about? You can find out more here.
Be quick as voting for this round won’t be open for long!
As you may know, the upcoming vote for the next Community Stuff Pack (themed Arts & Crafts) will revolve around the clothing style in the pack:
Clothing Style Vote (Late January 2020): Review concept art of families wearing different styles of clothing and decide on your favorite clothing style. This will influence the look of the clothing in the pack.
As you can see in the picture below we have a sneak peek of the hats that we’ll be able to vote on. There are of course going to be other clothing options for us to vote on when the poll starts this Monday!
A few days after the release of The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack on Origin, the Origin platform has finally made bundling available with this Stuff Pack!
This means that you are now able to choose an Expansion Pack and a Game Pack of your choice and bundle it up with Tiny Living for a discount of 35% of the total price.
To bundle The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff you’ll need to have at least one Expansion Pack and one Game Pack missing from your Sims 4 collection.
For more information about the Build Your Bundle feature on Origin – CLICK HERE!
A few months ago we reported on two job listings that have surfaced on Maxis’ Careers Website. The catch – the listings were for a Maxis studio located in Austin, Texas. These two listings revealed that the new studio is set to work on a whole new franchise:
You will lead, foster and mentor an experienced team of developers working on a new IP, crafting the vision and leading the execution of a compelling, innovative and immersive experience. Your strong mix of creative and leadership experience in PC products, mobile titles and live service allows you to inspire the team, provide and communicate vision, drive innovation and create incredible experiences for our players.
Maxis’ home base is in Redwood Shores, San Francisco where they’re currently developing The Sims 4 and the next Sims game. However, according to the official job listings that have surfaced, Maxis now has a second studio located in Austin Texas where they’re working on a whole new IP / possible franchise!
The latest job listing has surfaced just a few days ago – making the name Maxis Texas the official name of the second Maxis studio.
Art Director | Maxis Texas
Maxis Texas, EA’s newest Maxis studio, is looking for a visionary Art Director to lead our art team in the creation of a new, unannounced title. We’re looking for candidates with a unique vision and the ability to promote that vision, providing stunning visuals at the highest levels of execution.
At Maxis we’re pushing the boundaries on every front, so you’ll get a chance to stretch beyond your comfort zone and learn while you contribute. Our team culture is collaborative and we expect everyone to think like game makers and approach development with a Player First perspective.
It’s still not known which new game is Maxis Texas working on, but considering that the whole nature of Maxis is to develop sandbox & simulation games (such as Spore, SimCity, The Sims) – we could be looking at another creative game coming in the future!
The Sims franchise is shortly turning twenty years old and to kick off the celebrations, Origin has a sale on selected The Sims 4 content.
Note: US/CA save up to 85%. International save up to 75%. Pricing & availability will vary depending on your location.
Base Game – 75% Off
Standard Edition – $9.99
Digital Deluxe Edition – $12.49
Expansion Packs – 50% Off
Discover University
Island Living
Get Famous
Seasons
Cats & Dogs
City Living
Get Together
Get to Work
Expansion Packs are priced at $19.99 while on sale.
Game Packs – 25% Off
Realm of Magic
StrangerVille
Jungle Adventure
Parenthood
Vampires
Dine Out
Spa Day
Outdoor Retreat
Game Packs are priced at $14.99 while on sale.
Stuff Pack – 50% Off
The only stuff pack included in this sale is Movie Hangout Stuff which is priced at £4.99.
Bundles – 10% Off
The Sims 4 City Living, Dine Out & Bowling Night Stuff
The Sims 4 Get Together, Spa Day & Movie Hangout Stuff
The Sims 4 Get to Work, Outdoor Retreat & Luxury Party Stuff
Bundles are priced at $44.99 while on sale.
Now is the perfect time to grab those packs that your collection has been missing. You’ll need to be quick though, this sale is only on until February 6th 2020!
Not all heros wear capes. Or maybe they do in the comfort of their own home and we just don’t know about it. Either way, the hero today is Reddit user Intern_Waffle as they’ve created an invisible item that will fill surface slots.
WHY is this such a great CC item? Although the Red Shelf Mod helps immensely for cluttering aficionados, sometimes you just want something a bit less time consuming. At a basic level, this Invisible Slot Filler means you don’t have to place, let’s say, 15 sets of books on top of a table just so you can finally raise one set up (using alt+9/alt+0) and place it in your desired clutter spot. Instead, you can place the invisible item in all the slots available on whatever surface you’re using, and then you can place whatever item you want.
Intern_Waffle’s item description reads, “Use this to fill slots on tables, allowing you to free-place items near them without having to worry about objects snapping to slots. You can try to remove them afterward if you want sims to be able to place objects (like on a counter)!
They also mentioned in their post, that this is a great item to use if you don’t want your sims to place an item somewhere!
[EDIT]* – This item can be downloaded from Intern Waffle’s Tumblr HERE.
See the little how-to video in Intern_Waffle’s original post below:
A few tutorials, including the one by simply-victoriax and Tamlo31 have been making rounds in the simming community lately teaching folks on how to create duplicates of worlds in The Sims 4. Although the tutorials are very handy, they require a lot of work, tools and effort to make this work.
Basically, with this tutorial you’re able to create an exact duplicate of the world that you’ve chosen, but edit it by your liking and have it inhabited by different Sims and lots that you decide to place down. With this you’re able to literally have as many Sims and lots as you possibly could image (or as much as your PC and The Sims 4’s engine can allow).
Now, Zerbu has come up with a unique mod that can easily duplicate a world of your liking:
With the mod installed, open the cheat console while in the world you want to copy (either in Build Mode or Live Mode), enter worlds.copy, type the name of the new world, click OK, then save*, return to the main menu and reload. That’s it, you now have a new world in your game!
The mod can easily be installed by extracting the zipped content to Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods folder.
NOTE: Considering that this is an experimental mod after all, make sure you backup your save game entirely before playing with this mod to ensure all your saves and progress don’t get corrupted!
The Sims 4’s January 2020 Community Survey has come to an end! With some big features and improvements in question that were included in the survey I thought I’d share my input and how I voted. Check it all out in the video above!
The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff has came out just a few hours ago and modders are already getting creative!
icemunmun, a modder and Custom Content creator has came up with a solution to prevent your Sims from getting randomly killed by the Murphy Bed. Even though that you can apply some upgrades that will reduce the chances of your Sim getting killed, the chances are still slim and might occur.
With this mod you can ensure that your Sims will never have an accident when pulling down the Murphy Bed.
You can get the mod HERE! Simply place down the .package file in your Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods folder and make sure you’ve enabled CC / Mods in your game options.
The Sims Team has been busy creating homes to help promote The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack!
The lots that you’ve seen in the official trailer and some of the official screenshots have all been uploaded to The Gallery. There are 9 lots in total that you can download under the Maxis EA Account ID, including:
Five Floor Tiny Home
Tiny Home Getaway
Oasis Tiny Home
Big Living Tiny Home
Tiered Tower Tiny Home
Itty Bitty Red Tiny Home
Poolside Tiny Home
Yellow Triangle Tiny Home
Little Red Tiny Home
All of the lots can be downloaded now on The Gallery for PC / Mac. These lots have also been listed on the Console Gallery but you won’t be able to get your hands on them until the console pack’s release on February 4th!
