After 8 years of The Sims 4 and its expansions, fans person started to wonderment what’s adjacent for the classical beingness simulator franchise. On Tuesday, The Sims developer Maxis unveiled a precise aboriginal look astatine “Project Rene” (pronounced similar Renée), the codename for the crippled that volition yet go The Sims 5.

During the developer’s Behind the Sims Summit, Maxis’ vice president of franchise originative for The Sims, Lyndsay Pearson, shared high-level plans for upcoming Sims content. Pearson officially announced Project Rene, the adjacent mainline Sims game, which volition let for solo oregon collaborative play and cross-play crossed assorted devices.

The preview of Project Rene presented astatine the acme focused connected method systems similar gathering and customization, but didn’t amusement disconnected the existent titular Sims themselves. The preview showed a subordinate customizing a room, and it looked precise antithetic than the existent buy-and-build mode successful The Sims 4. In 1 example, the subordinate was shown taking isolated a furniture to manually set the signifier of the headboard and the texture of the blankets. In another, the subordinate was capable to decorate a sofa by picking the close propulsion pillow and past adjusting it cautiously truthful it landed conscionable right. With these features and the asymmetrical country layouts connected display, it looks similar players volition beryllium capable to make precise unsocial homes for their Sims.

Project Rene besides makes the gathering signifier of the crippled importantly much social, with the buy-and-build signifier becoming a multiplayer diagnostic for those funny successful sharing their builds. Friends tin hop successful and decorate a country unneurotic close successful Project Rene, alternatively of having to usage surface sharing to get advice. The gathering signifier is besides afloat cross-platform; during the preview, 1 subordinate was seen scrolling done the furnishings catalog connected their telephone to capable the country earlier tinkering with the details connected PC.

Pearson stressed that Maxis has ne'er shared in-progress looks astatine a Sims rubric truthful aboriginal successful the improvement cycle, and that the developer volition proceed to stock updates connected Project Rene implicit the “next fewer years.”

Maxis volition besides proceed to enactment The Sims 4 with updates and expansions arsenic it goes escaped to play connected Oct. 18. The Sims 4 volition beryllium updated successful 2023 with 2 further expansions. In 2023, The Sims 4 volition besides spot the summation of infants, which volition grow connected the babe signifier of a Sim’s life. The developer besides has plans to collaborate with mod level CurseForge, supporting the robust modding assemblage astir the franchise.