NewImageEA has announced in a blog post that its Maxis studio will release The Sims 4 for the Mac and PC in 2014.

The company released no other details about the game, but said more information would be forthcoming.

Today we are revealing to our top fans the fact that The Sims™ 4 is coming to PC and Mac in 2014.

The Sims franchise is fueled by the passion and creativity of its millions of fans around the world. Their continued devotion to the franchise ignites the fire of creativity of the team at The Sims Studio, driving them to continually improve and innovate on one of the world’s most successful simulation game that has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.

On another note, the new Sim City will arrive on the Mac June 11th.

Top Rated Comments

T'hain Esh Kelch Avatar
164 months ago
"A spokesman from EA told Macrumors that the game will be released in 2014 and be playable in 2015."
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
lilianeloirinha Avatar
164 months ago
They can keep their DRM-ridden game to themselves.

Besides, to own the entire series (expansions, "stuff packs", and whatnot) one must spend hundreds of pounds (dollars, whatever you use).

One must be insane to keep investing in EA Games after what they demonstrated with SimCity, they just do not care about the gamer, they care about their money.

Yes, EA is a business and they need money, but they could at least be fair and decent. Their games are not worth it anymore. They are the only company that thinks it's normal to ship broken products by design. If you buy a carton of milk and it turns out that it was sour, the vendor won't say "no refunds" to you, yet EA ships broken games and doesn't do refunds as fair as their TOS goes. What aggravates it more is how they are selling something intangible, they could create a free demo with no financial loss to them and let users try it before they buy, unlike the milk, which you couldn't try without opening the package first. Goes to show that this company should stop being trusted.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Codyak Avatar
164 months ago
Fool me once...
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MsQueen Avatar
164 months ago
Pfft

No one wants your Stay-Online-To-Play crap, EA.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Simplicated Avatar
164 months ago
Probably this game will be crippled by yet another always-on DRM. Brace yourself for another launch disaster.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Simplicated Avatar
164 months ago
EA is horrible, I mean... they're a company that's actually making games for the Mac.

We shouldn't support this sort of thing at all.

Let's prove that the normal PC, and maybe Linux, is where gaming truly belongs... by being whiners.

:rolleyes: Your argument is so flawed. People are whining NOT because they're porting the games to the Mac. People are whining because EA is the worst company on Earth because all they care about is money.

Just wait and see the 247,311,249 expansion packs and item sets, and 318,022,112,381 DLC items that they'll release after Sims 4's release.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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