The next generation of The Sims is currently in development

Players will be able to go solo or collaborate

Electronic Arts and Maxis are working on the next generation of聽The Sims. Currently dubbed “Project Rene”, the next entry in聽The Sims聽f鈾妑anchise is confirmed to be in early development.

As shown during today’s Behind The Sims聽Summit , Maxis is currently in “very early” stages of creating the next聽Sims聽game. The project title, Rene, was chosen to represent the team’s “renewed commitment” for a bright聽Sims聽future.

We see some experimentation the team has been working on with its creative tools, for building and decorating specifically. There’s the ability to change patterns, colors, and shapes as players decorate and build in-game.

Collaboration seems to be a big focal point for this new聽Sims. Players will be able to play solo or collabora馃尃te with each other,戋� and will be able to play across supported supported devices.

No more information was given, as it sounds like Project Rene is still a ways out. it will continue to share more information on development as it goes alon鈾揼.

A new world of聽Sims

As for currently available聽Sims聽products, today marks the launch of聽The Sims 4聽base game as a free-to-play title. Players ca喙妌 now jump in on PC, 馃帀Mac, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.

More is in store, too. Maxis says it’s still adding new content, in the forms of packs, kits, free updates, and Sims聽Delivery Express drops, for the forseeable future. Some early expansion content was also teased in today’s stream, and the team confirms that infants will be arriving in early 2023.

The Sims聽is also partnering with Overwolf for an official mod destination in CurseForge. Modders will not be required to move over to or use CurseForge, but it’s meant to provide a “supplementary experience” to existing avenues for modding. It also provides a moderated mod platform.