The Sims™ 4 News

Two New Kits – Pastel Pop and Everyday Clutter!

Available now! Buy two new kits and get ready to decorate. Design a soft, playful bedroom that’s perfect for daydreaming with The Sims™ 4 Pastel Pop Kit*. With The Sims™ 4 Everyday Clutter Kit*, you’ll craft spaces that look loved and lived-in with scattered items related to your Sims’ hobbies and daily lives.

The avant basic style of the Pastel Pop Kit blends simple and psychedelic with quirky pastel prints, irregular shapes, and vintage vibes. Create an understated, contemporary space that draws inspiration from times gone by.

The Everyday Clutter Kit will help you tell the stories of your Sims’ personalities through coffee cups, stacked magazines, and beauty supplies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932742/The_Sims_4_Pastel_Pop_Kit/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932743/The_Sims_4_Everyday_Clutter_Kit/

*Requires The Sims 4 & all game updates. See minimum system requirements for the pack.

The Sims 4 will let you clutter your house with junk next week, just like your real one

The Sims 4 is getting two new pieces of DLC next week on November 10th. The Pastel Pop Kit includes colourful '60s-inspired home decor, while the Everyday Clutter Kit will let you pepper your Sims house with the kind of junk that litters your real one.

Transform your Sims and their homes for Halloween with The Sims™ 4 Werewolves Game Pack, The Sims™ 4 Vampires Game Pack, and The Sims™ 4 Spooky Stuff Pack. This bundle will be available to purchase for a limited time from Oct 27 through 31, 2022*.

*Limited time purchase available October 27 (10:00 am PDT) to October 31, 2022 (11:59 pm PDT ). Time and availability subject to change. Requires The Sims 4 & all game updates. See minimum system requirements for the pack.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28013/The_Sims_4__Halloween_Bundle/

EA promise to "do better" after their first Sims Summit "did not fairly represent" players

EA held their first Behind The Sims Summit last week, revealing plenty of Sims updates, including a very early look at the next game in the series, Project Rene. Despite this big news, discussion around the event has focused on EA’s lack of community representation, as they only included one “black simmer” onscreen during a stream full of other content creators. Black content creators have been a significant part of The Sims' online presence for years, creating custom content, mods and more.

EA recently held its first Nintendo Direct-like event Behind The Sims Summit, and has issued an apology after only featuring one "black simmer."

Last week EA shared a few announcements related to its life-sim series, including a very early look at the next game, currently titled Project Rene. The Sims is known for having quite a big and proactive community, with Sims content creators often actually brought in for consulting work, and frequently featured in events like these. Except as pointed out by streamer Ebonix, there was only a single black simmer featured in the presentation.

In turn, the official Sims Twitter account quoted Ebonix's tweet providing a statement in which it said, "Our creator segments during the Behind The Sims Summit did not fairly represent our vast community of players. Black Simmers deserve to feel seen in all that we do at The Sims, so we're holding ourselves accountable to this mistake and will do better moving forward."