GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Sims Online is the online version of the best-selling PC game in history, so you might expect it to be a guaranteed success. And while it does ...

The last time Will Wright had a bright idea for a computer game, he had to develop it in secret, behind the backs of doubtful coworkers and executives. This time, the whole world is paying attention ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Sims has seen so much popularity since it first shipped two years ago that Maxis has released three different expansion packs for the game and is ...

The Sims Online was one of the odder entrants into the MMO genre this past decade, an online iteration of an immensely popular game franchise that promised deeper social interaction. With EA at its ...

Thought Sims Online is no dead and buried—not to be forgotten anytime soon by avid Sims lovers—the series could see some online functionality return in next-generation entries. According to the latest ...

The next generation of The Sims games may incorporate online social features originally seen in EA's doomed MMO The Sims Online, according to EA head Andrew Wilson. During a recent earnings call (via ...

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The next entry in The Sims series, codenamed Project Rene, has been leaked online, revealing features like cross-platform play and new game engine. The pre-release version of The Sims 5 includes PC ...

On February 4 in the year 2000, legendary sim developer Maxis released its unique life sim The Sims, the first game in what would become an incredibly popular franchise. 22 years later and The Sims ...

To crib from Sinead O’Connor, nothing compares to The Sims. It’s the bestselling PC gaming series ever. It’s also kind of a paradox. You don’t shoot guns. You’re not fending off an alien invasion. The ...