It will not be necessary to pay to play The Sims 5, the new installment of the Maxis franchise, still known under the codename Project Rene. Electronic Arts confirmed this in a video in which it ...

Electronic Arts has confirmed that The Sims 5 (Project Rene) will be free-to-play. The publisher prefers the term “free-to-download,” and has said that it will co-exist with The Sims 4. Developer ...

Something to look forward to: Maxis just revealed a few new tidbits about Project Rene, which some have referred to as The Sims 5. It confirmed rumors about the game being free-to-play, hinted at the ...

In brief: As it turns out, EA's decision to convert The Sims 4 into a free-to-play game last year indicated where the company intends to take the entire franchise. A leaked job listing details EA's ...

Though The Sims 4 is still thriving 10 years after it was originally released, developer Maxis and publisher Electronic Arts are in active development on Project Rene, the codename for what will ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Though June’s Behind The Sims stream might have been focused on the ...

Electronic Arts hasn’t officially called it The Sims 5, but it’s pretty obvious at this point that another Sims game is on the way, and it seems it will have some very EA monetization behind it.