The Sims developer Maxis has clarified that though the subsequent Sims title will function multiplayer, it’s not a massively multiplayer on-line (MMO) sport.
Again in January, Maxis confirmed that the subsequent Sims sport – code-named Undertaking Rene – may have multiplayer performance. Whereas the studio is but to share a lot on what the multiplayer will contain, sport director Grant Rodiek appeared on the newest Behind The Sims video to make clear the way it will work.
“Undertaking Rene could be each [single-player and multiplayer],” shared Rodiek. “We all know that our gamers wish to have that intimate private expertise the place they’re exploring tales and concepts in single-player, however there are additionally actually cool issues you possibly can do with others, the place you possibly can share and create with your folks – the folks that you really want [to play with].”
Rodiek added that “Undertaking Rene is just not an MMO”, specifying that the sport’s single-player and multiplayer choices shall be stored separate.
“It isn’t this public shared house the place the whole lot you do is all the time with different folks,” defined Rodiek, who added that “You might play by yourself, in your phrases, after which once more while you need, you may invite others to come back and play with you. That’s the construction that we’re pursuing and we predict that’s actually cool and excellent for The Sims.”
At the moment, Rodiek says Undertaking Rene is within the early playtesting stage. When it comes to a launch date, the director stated that it was nonetheless “years out” from being launched on cell and PC platforms.
Undertaking Rene was introduced again in October 2022 and to mark the event, Maxis made The Sims 4 completely free-to-play.
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