SimGuruDrake explains: Why there won’t be a Gamescom Announcement this year

The Sims 4

Jovan

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July 28, 2016

SimGuruDrake explains: Why there won’t be a Gamescom Announcement this year

After announcing that there won’t be a Sims 4 announcement at Gamescom this year, SimGuruDrake wanted to clarify more about why is that the case. She explained that they don’t want to repeat the same scenario like last year where they announced The Sims 4 Get Together in August and kept most of the info a secret for a few months.

We aren’t ashamed to announce anything, I’ve actually been very excited about sharing the stuff we have shown so far and have not hidden my enthusiasm for them from any of you. We would rather do a full reveal of a product when we can continue talking about it from that moment on wards rather than say something and then disappear. An example of this is last year with EP2, there were a lot of conversations in the forums about lack of updates between Gamescom tease reveal and when we could do the full on reveal. Also, and most of this stems from the quarterly teaser reactions, but I’m having trouble understanding the want for a tease with pictures when we already have complaints about the quarterly tease not giving enough information because it is a tease.

What I’ve said above in no way means that I don’t appreciate that everyone wants to know what is coming down the pipeline as far as content, I 100% understand the passion and enthusiasm you have for the game and that it’s hard for the community to understand game development and how it works when you aren’t actually working in the studio –I know Graham has definitely tried to at least explain the process from the SP side of things. You’ve already seen this year the hard work that our engagement team has been doing with their free updates and what the SP and GP teams have been doing with their content–know that the EP team is hard at work as well.

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OPINION: EA needs to step up their The Sims 4 Expansion Pack game

The Sims 4 Guides

Jovan

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July 27, 2016

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OPINION: EA needs to step up their The Sims 4 Expansion Pack game

NOTE: This post is written by a very hopeful simmer that things will get better one day in terms of Expansion Pack releases. This is not a news post so if you are looking for real sims news, check out this category.

Almost a year since the last Expansion Pack announcement…

We’re already stepping into the 8th month of 2016 and still no announcement, teaser or even a word about The Sims 4’s 3rd Expansion Pack beside the confirmation that’s being worked on since last year. Today’s reveal that The Sims Team won’t be making an announcement next month during Gamescom pretty much crashed my hopes that we’ll get any info reveal for Expansion Pack 3 this summer season. Sure, they didn’t include anything Expansion Pack-related in their Summer quarterly teaser, but the quarterly teasers are aimed to show what will be released in that certain season, not what announcement should we expect.

By the looks of it, everything that they included in the latest teaser has already been released: Backyard Stuff Pack and a Nanny Update, leaving August empty from not only new content releases, but now also new announcements.

This isn’t the only worst thing that happened this year though: after The Sims 4 Romantic Garden Stuff Pack release in February 2016, we experienced a 2-month news drought where The Sims Team didn’t announce any payable content for the game. Sure, their first teaser released in late April, but still, many questions were left unanswered, and we still had to wait till June to get The Sims 4 Dine Out, meaning that 4 months passed without a Pack release.

The Sims 3 Expansions and their release schedule

The Sims 4 will be celebrating its second anniversary on September 2nd, and it only has 2 Expansion Packs to celebrate. Meanwhile, in just 2 years of its release, The Sims 3 managed to release 4 Expansion Packs:

The EP release pattern for the first half of The Sims 3 Series was pretty much obvious: release one Expansion Pack in Spring/Summer and the other one in Fall/Winter. The Expansion Pack production improved once they expanded their Expansion Pack team to EA Salt Lake, and since The Sims 3 Showtime, the team managed to release 3 Expansion Packs per year.

Meanwhile, the case is pretty unclear with The Sims 4. We had The Sims 4 Get to Work released in April 2015 and The Sims 4 Get Together released in December 2015, but since 2016 started, everything started going downhill…

Why 5 other packs aren’t as equal as 1 Expansion Pack

We had 4 Stuff Pack releases and 1 Game Pack release in 2016 so far:

The Packs we’ve got so far are great and totally worth their price, but to be honest, they don’t have a long-lasting appeal like Expansion Packs.

With Stuff Packs, you get some new items and gameplay objects that are worth only for upgrading your current The Sims 4 experience, not creating a new one. With Game Packs, you get new features and plenty of new objects that are focused on one theme in particular. For example, with Dine Out that focuses on restaurants, you get new to go to restaurants as a customer or run your own restaurant with plenty of customization options and objects. Still, even Game Packs start to wear off real soon if you’re not into that one particular theme that they bring.

What The Sims 4 really needs is a better, more frequent release schedule of Expansion Packs. Even if it means moving some people away from Stuff Pack and Game Pack production teams into the Expansion Pack Team, I’m pretty sure we’d all appreciate that sacrifice. The 5 packs we got in 2016 so far still aren’t enough as, lets say, Get Together, and if I had to choose between buying these 5 Packs or buying Get Together, I’ll go with Get Together without a doubt.

Why The Sims 4 needs Expansion Packs

Even though what we have in The Sims 4 so far is great, you can’t deny that Pets, Seasons, University and many other Expansion Pack themes are definitely a must for this game. Not only because it’s basically been a tradition for the last decade, but also because more diverse content will allow better stories and gameplay.

I have to admit that The Sims 4 is starting to feel really small in terms of Worlds. Get Together is the only Pack that brought a proper, full-sized world, but we still deserve more worlds and a bigger variety rather than just lush green areas and a populated desert.

What do other Simmers think

If you’ve ever visited the official Facebook page for The Sims, you’ll know that a majority of people who liked the page are basically begging The Sims Team in the comment section of almost each post to throw their $40 at them, which is the cost of an Expansion Pack.

Almost the same thing is happening in the Twitter simming community and The Sims Forum. Simmers are really eager to spend their $40 on an Expansion Pack, but rather they get offered a $10 Stuff Pack which doesn’t have a long-lasting appear.

Here’s a scenario that’s been going on for weeks: The Sims Team responds to a small group of comments that are related to the Stuff Pack they’re posting about, while the majority of other comments related to Expansion Packs are bumped all the way down because the team didn’t respond to those comments.

Conclusion

The Sims Team really needs some serious re-organization: they should either move some of the producers from the Stuff Pack and Game Pack teams into the Expansion Pack team or just simply hire more people to make Expansion Packs, just like The Sims 3 did once they started releasing 3 Expansion Packs a year.

I don’t know how The Sims Team entirely functions because I don’t work there, but anyone can understand that it’s only logical to increase the amount of people working on Expansion Packs if there’s a high demand for them.

The Sims 4: Objects that didn’t make the cut

The Sims 4

Jovan

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July 27, 2016

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The Sims Forum member husseinandali found, among some other concept art that we covered before, thumbnails of objects that didn’t make the cut to The Sims 4.

Is that a small telescope I see? 😉

The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Now Available on Amazon!

Backyard Stuff

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July 27, 2016

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Click below to purchase The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff on Amazon!

The Sims 4: No Announcements at this year’s Gamescom

The Sims 4

Jovan

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July 27, 2016

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The Sims 4: No Announcements at this year’s Gamescom

Almost every year, The Sims Team prepares for Gamescom, an annual event that’s held in Germany to celebrate video games. Before, The Sims Team used to announce or release new info during EA’s Press Conference, such as The Sims 4 reveal, The Sims 3 Pets, Supernatural & Seasons info reveal and so on.

For this year, SimGuruDrake confirmed that there won’t be a Sims 4 announcement during Gamescom that’ll be happening next month.

The Sims 4: SimGuruLyndsay Clarifies Console Rumors

The Sims 4

Jovan

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July 27, 2016

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The Sims 4: SimGuruLyndsay Clarifies Console Rumors

Don’t trust the rumors that keep popping up on your google search for The Sims 4-related things as SimGuruLyndsay has finally set the records straight.

Lyndsay Pearson, Senior Producer for The Sims 4, confirmed that a console version for The Sims 4 won’t see the light of day anytime in the near future.

I want to clarify that we have no plans for a console version of The Sims 4 anytime in the near future. Ignore the rumors.

— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) July 26, 2016

It’s still unclear if The Sims 4 will ever get made for consoles like previous Sims games, but if not, we fully support The Sims Team for focusing on the PC version on the game.

The Sims 4: New Update! (July 26th, 2016)

Jovan

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July 27, 2016

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The Sims 4: New Update! (July 26th, 2016)

The Sims Team has released a brand new Update for The Sims 4, fixing the nanny bug that prevented Sims from aging and g.

To download the latest version of The Sims 4, simply open your Origin program and if the game doesn’t update automatically, right click on The Sims 4 and select ”Update”.

In case you have Mods or Custom Content, the game will automatically disable them for you after first launching The Sims 4 after the update. To re-enable all your Mods and Custom Content, select the Settings option in the Menu and select Settings. Under the”Other” section you’ll find the ”Enable Custom Content and Mods” option. Check it and restart your game in order for it to take effect!

Patch Notes

Update: 07/26/2016, PC Version 1.21.40.1020/ Mac Version 1.21.40.1220

General

The Nanny can no longer grant immortality.

Backyard Stuff

The Lawn Slide wormhole has been fixed for Intel HD graphics adapters.

The Sims FreePlay: Movie Star Update Now Available

The Sims FreePlay

Jovan

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July 26, 2016

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The Sims FreePlay: Movie Star Update Now Available

The Sims FreePlay team released a brand new Movie Star Update for Android and iOS devices.

Wonder what’s new? Check out the release notes:

What’s New in Version 5.23.1

Lights, camera, action! Roll out the red carpet with the Professions gameplay mode in our latest update. You can now:

Call the shots with the new Movie Star profession and help your Sims during their shifts at the Sim Town Movie Studio

Make everyone starry-eyed as an A-List Actor, or be a big boss Movie Director

Set the stage for your career and start out as a Crew Member – cruise in your golf cart or keep an eye out for nosey paparazzi from the security booth

Glam up your Movie Studio as you earn more resources – add a Costume Department, Stunt Set, Audition Room, and a Celebrity Trailer!

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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff Gallery Spotlight: Houses

Jovan

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July 25, 2016

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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff Gallery Spotlight: Houses

In this Spotlight, we’re featuring homes that come with beautiful backyards and outdoor spaces built using The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff items.

Hover over the pulsing plumbobs to see screenshots of marked areas. Pulsing plumbob that’s on the left bottom corner contains all the info (and download link) of the lot.

To see more of our previous Gallery Spotlights, CLICK HERE!

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Family House (+ Backyard) (Download Here)

by U-Pflasterbahn

Value: §233,736
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The Morrison’s Dream Home (Download Here)

by HatsyYT

Value: §88,801
Size: 30×20
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Sunny Side Up (Download Here)

by Dratani

Value: §73,465
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Willow Way (Download Here)

by sakuraleon

Value: §169,972
Size: 30×20
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The Sims FreePlay: Movie Star Update Trailer

The Sims FreePlay

Jovan

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July 24, 2016

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The Sims FreePlay: Movie Star Update Trailer

The Sims FreePlay Team released a Trailer for the upcoming Update – Movie Star!

This Update is expected to release next week according to previous update release patterns.

Lights, camera, action! Roll out the red carpet, and call the shots with the new Movie Star profession at the Sim Town Movie Studio!

The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Beta Fix for Waterslide Animation

Backyard Stuff

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July 24, 2016

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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Beta Fix for Waterslide Animation

Some simmers are experiencing a waterslide glitch where their Sim’s animation freezes in the middle of the slide and continues once the slide is over.

SimGuruModSquad released a Beta fix for this issue for those who can’t wait for it to be fixed in the next update. Make sure you have Mods and CC enabled in your game!

Click on the image below to download this fix!

The Sims FreePlay: July 2016 Update Teasers

The Sims FreePlay

Jovan

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July 22, 2016

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The Sims FreePlay: July 2016 Update Teasers

UPDATE: A new GIF for the upcoming update has surfaced!

The Sims FreePlay shared an interesting GIF teaser of what seems to be the upcoming update for The Sims FreePlay.

What do you think, what’s the the theme of the upcoming update?

The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Official Lot and Households

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July 20, 2016

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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Official Lot and Households

The Sims Team has shared an official lot and households that you’ve probably seen in promotional material (screens and videos) for The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff Pack.

To download these creations, click on headings above each creation.

Like Father Like Bro

Chill Out with Friends

Bird Lady

Slider Built Backyard

The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff Review

Jovan

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July 19, 2016

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Backyard Stuff is the eighth Stuff Pack for The Sims 4. It’s main focus is to bring a Summer vibe to the game with new CAS items, build items and gameplay, but does it succeed in doing so?

Game Review Standards

This review is based on 10+ hours of gameplay. Even though I was given an early review copy to test the game, I am not by any means paid or bribed to state positive (or negative) opinions about this stuff pack. I will give my honest opinion of the stuff pack; its content and what it brings to the game.

Create A Sim

Backyard Stuff comes with around 40 new CAS items for all ages! There’s new items in a few sections of CAS, including Hairstyles, Tops, Bottoms, Shoes, Outfits and Styled Looks.

There’s nothing particularly new or revolutionary with the new CAS items, except that this pack comes with 3 new ombre hairstyles, one of them being exclusive for children! Yup, this is the first ombre hairstyle made for children.

Build Items

The 8th Stuff Pack continues with a fair amount of new items. It seems that Kids Room Stuff set a new standard, because Backyard Stuff as well has around 40 new Build Items.

Sure, some of them are wall decals and floor rugs that are nothing but 2D decor, but this pack still comes with enough objects to fill your backyard. The picket fence is what most of us have been waiting for so long, and backyard stuff finally delivered it.

New Gameplay

The biggest WOW of this pack is that it comes with 6 NEW Gameplay Items. Those include:

Wind Chimes
Flower Power Outdoor Light
Large Umbrella Table
Bird Feeder
Summer Drink Tray
Water Slides

Compared to the wind chimes we got in The Sims 3 Store, these wind chimes have a lot more to offer. You can customize the pitch of the chimes and there are 3 types of chimes you can choose from. Plus, they’re not too annoying and won’t produce sound effects often.

The flower power outdoor light is a small object that doesn’t actually do much except spin it’s flower petals and light up the surroundings during night. However, Sims can unlock 2 different moodlets by viewing this object!

Although the large umbrella table isn’t actually groundbreaking or new, it does allow 6 Sims to be seated at the same round table – simultaneously!

The bird feeder is the first object in The Sims 4 that can summon animals. Once you fill in the bird feeder with bird seed, birds will come to eat it. It doesn’t really add nothing much except to the ambiance of your backyard, but it’s still a great object.

The summer drink tray offers 3 new drinks that you can mix up: lemonade, iced tea and citrus swig. Given the fact that it’s a small object, it still plays a significant role in living up your backyard.

And last but not least, Backyard Stuff comes with two huge water slides! These water slides can be used by Sims of all ages (babies excluded of course) and you’ll see new tricks performed by your Sims almost every time they slide. Emotions will also effect how your Sims perform on the slide, as angry sims have a higher chance of flopping on their belly. You can even mix it up by adding soap onto the water slide, which will leave soap bubbles on the Sim who slides down on it for two hours. I don’t see myself placing this object in every household, but the households that will get the water slide treatment are usually large families.

All of these objects add up to The Sims 4’s family play experience and not only do they just look nice, but they also live up the atmosphere on your lot.

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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Gameplay & Features

Jovan

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July 19, 2016

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The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff: Gameplay & Features

The Sims 4 Backyard Stuff comes with plenty of new objects that bring new features and interactions.

There are 6 objects that we’ll talk about in this article that bring in some ‘premium’ gameplay. Let’s begin!

The Wind Chimes

There are 6 wind chime objects with this pack: 3 can hang from the ceiling and 3 can hang from the wall. You can choose from 3 types of wind chimes:

Aluminum
Ceramic
Bamboo

As expected, each wind chime type produces a different sound effect that’ll be triggered ever so often.

Having a wind chime near your Sim will give him/her a happy moodlet:

There are 2 interactions that you can use on a wind chime: you can turn it off completely or change the pitch to low, medium or high, which will affect the sound effect of the wind chime.

From left to right: low pitch, medium pitch and high pitch wind chime.

TIP: Hot-headed Sims are not huge fans of the wind chimes…

Flower Power Outdoor Light

This decor piece not only lights up the outdoors at night, but also spins its petals!

Some Sims who decide to view it may get a playful moodlet, while some will get a dazed moodlet.

Large Umbrella Table

Backyard Stuff brings the biggest round table to The Sims 4 – offering 6 seats to Sims.

This table can be good for either 2 Sims enjoying a romantic night or a household enjoying the outdoor grill. All 6 Sims can use it at the same time and place their food and drinks!