The Sims 4

The Sims 4 is the next installment of The Sims franchise. On Monday, May 6th 2013, Maxis confirmed that it will be released on Mac and PC in early 2014. The original announcement reads: 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.

The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and soul of the Sims themselves, giving players a deeper connection with the most expressive, surprising and charming Sims ever in this single-player offline experience. The Sims 4 encourages players to personalize their world with new and intuitive tools while offering them the ability to effortlessly share their creativity with friends and fans. They say that the eyes are the window into the soul, let’s just say that these eyes are a window into our future. We can’t wait to show you more.

Teasers
After the July 23 live broadcast, in which some The Sims 4 teasers were shared by The Sims Team, the official Sims Facebook page updated with more teasers and details on The Sims 4 game features and the big reveal at Gamescom.

So far, these features have been teased (this does not, however, prove that these features will actually be in the game; this is only speculation of what the images represent):
 * Open restaurants ;
 * Multitasking, such as drinking and talking at the same time ;
 * Expressive Sims with different opinions that vary on personality ;
 * Punching bags and new objects ;
 * More body shaping options, such as hip sliders and perhaps height sliders ;
 * Molding and sculpting the faces and bodies of Sims in Create a Sim ;
 * Advanced options when choosing clothes and outfits ;
 * Different accessories 'work' with any outfit and hairstyle ;
 * Tiki-styled objects in the base game.
 * Advanced Party options and possibly more 'alive' parties ;

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