EA has stressed to its community that "the values of The Sims are unchanged" as we head into 2026.

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The alleged last expansion pack for The Sims 4 has leaked thanks to the ever-reliable South Korean ratings board. The pack is titled Royalty & Legacy, and the brief description states that “The 21st expansion pack for The Sims 4 allows players to become nobles and build a long-lasting dynasty.”

The pack is rumoured to launch in February 2026 and may well be the last ever expansion for The Sims 4 as EA focus on their new Sims game, The Sims Project X.

The Sims Project X is said to be a standalone game but EA are also working on The Sims Project Rene, a multiplayer instalment.

The Sims 4 has been a long-running hit for EA and developer Maxis, launching in September 2014 on PC and subsequently ported to mobile, Mac, and consoles. The game went free-to-play in October 2022 and has gained over 85 million players in its lifetime, with over 30 million of those added since it went free-to-play.

The most recent pack, Adventure Awaits, introduced the Getaway Planner, a system that lets Sims schedule and customise trips and holidays, and also expanded the childhood gameplay.

The Sims are also headed to the cinema with Electronic Arts partnering with LuckyChap – the production company of Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr – and Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment to make it happen.

Kate Herron, who’s best known for directing season one of Loki, is set to tackle the transformation from computer to big screen, and she will be co-writing the screenplay with Briony Redman.

What’s pretty likely is that The Sims will end up following a similar template to Barbie and The Lego Movie that went before, bending the game/toy world in a self-referential way and snapping it out into the real world.

Expect there to be references to the aforementioned “woo-hoo!”, perhaps some kind of reverence to or fourth wall breaking surrounding the iconic green control jewel that hovers over a person’s head, and the inevitable incident where someone gets stuck in a swimming pool because the ladder suddenly disappears or wets themselves because the toilet was deleted.

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Last year, EA was acquired by a consortium for $55 billion, giving Saudi Arabia's PIF, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, almost sole ownership over the company. Concerns were immediately raised by players that some of EA's most inclusive and diverse games, such as Dragon Age and The Sims, would have their messaging stifled, and while CEO Andrew Wilson stressed that the acquisition would not imapct its values, veteran BioWare writer Trick Weekes (who was unfortunately laid off in 2025) and former executive Mark Darrah were among the many who cast doubt on this promise.

What does 2026 hold for The Sims 4 and long-teased spinoff Project Rene? Developer Maxis and publisher EA are seemingly cooking up some big plans for the coming months and years, and there's probably some good and bad news depending on what brings you to the series. Personally, confirmation that Project Rene has now "evolved" into a social-focused, mobile-first game gets away from what I'm after. But the team says it's "committed to single-player life simulation experiences," and that's where we'll see the "next evolution" of The Sims.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: The Sims Project Rene just dropped down my wanted list, but EA's "next evolution" promises to take its place

I think as long as you make a new year's update post before the incredibly arbitrary date of January 13th, you're still able to do so without me thinking "come on, it's almost February", which is exactly what EA did with their new years Sims update post. Perhaps reassuringly, after word came last year of EA's concerning acquisition, the post opens by doubling down on what the team has previously said regarding staying committed to their values (those values including inclusivity is welcome though I wish they'd be more explicit about who is being included). But the post also, sort of, goes into what's next for the series.

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The Sims 4 has been steadily rotating in fresh events every few months or so, all of which are packed with exclusive free prizes you can claim by participating. To close out 2025, the Deck the Palms event is taking over.

Free items don’t come around very often in The Sims 4, so when they do, it’s always worth grabbing them. All event prizes are also exclusive, which means there’s no way to get them ever again once the event is over. If you’re trying to decide whether or not you want to tackle this one, here are all of the free rewards you can claim throughout the Deck the Palms event in The Sims 4.

More information has been revealed about the remake or remaster of the popular The Sims 4 with the base game being known internally as Project X and is planned for release in late 2026 on a number of platforms. The game is set to include Open Neighborhoods, larger crowd density and improved visual clarity over… Read More »EA’s The Sims 4 remake titled Project X and rumoured for a late 2026 release

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