EA and Maxis have officially confirmed that The Sims 4 is in development, and is currently set to release on PC and Mac in 2014.
“The Sims 4 encourages players to personalize their world with new and intuitive tools while offering them the ability to effortlessly share their creativity with friends and fans,” reads an announcement on EA’s official blog. “The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and soul of the Sims themselves, giving players a deeper connection with the most expressive, surprising and charming Sims ever in this single-player offline experience.”
Why is that part of the quote in bold? Because EA/Maxis recently launched SimCity with an always-online feature that lead to disastrous consequences for the paying customers upon launch, and still to this day. ‘Hackers’ soon found out the retail code could be easily manipulated to remove this function, that Maxis insisted was necessary and difficult to remove. It wasn’t.
Fortunately, it seems that Maxis and EA are not using this system of DRM as The Sims 4 will feature an offline single player mode. Oh, there’s also a hashtag for the announcement: #TheSims4. Go spread the word and be merry with other Sim fans.
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