It's not the information we wished but it surely's what we anticipated: EA has lastly admitted Challenge Rene is a 'mobile-first' sport
I will maintain your hand after I say this: Challenge Rene is a cellular sport. When EA first teased the following Sims sport, we understandably thought the gorgeous new lighting engine photographs it confirmed off meant we had been The Sims 5. After a pair agonizing years of leaks, silence, rumors, and hypothesis, EA has lastly simply admitted what we might all discovered: Challenge Rene is a “social multiplayer” cellular sport.
EA shared a information replace about the way forward for The Sims collection right this moment, setting expectations for the brand new 12 months. After spending a bit extra time attempting to calm followers down concerning the EA buyout we’re understandably very cautious of, it goes on to be, if not what I would name clear, then at the very least extra clear than ever earlier than concerning the relationship between The Sims 4 and Challenge Rene.
Each time leaked pictures from these playtests make the rounds, followers are fairly bummed. Most of us do not actually need a small cellular Sims sport. Including insult to harm, EA has ignored each leak to this point and refused to provide gamers any readability on what we’re seeing. So at the very least in that division, right this moment is a reduction.
What I discover most attention-grabbing is that EA says “Challenge Rene has advanced” into this present state. It is virtually an acknowledgement that we weren’t out of line to imagine that at one level this was The Sims 5 and bought internally rebooted throughout improvement.
Whereas Challenge Rene will not be what most of us wished from a brand new Sims sport, EA does additionally remind us that it is nonetheless “constructing a household of recent Sims experiences throughout PC, console, and cellular,” and that it is “dedicated to singleplayer life simulation experiences.” The identical weblog put up reveals that over half of the total Sims staff is engaged on “The Sims 4 and the following evolution,” although any transparency about what meaning is coming months down the road, it says.
“In 2026 you’ll be able to anticipate to listen to extra from us as we proceed playtesting new concepts and experiences,” it additionally says. Do not maintain your breath although. It might be fairly in character if that is the one clear communication we get about The Sims collection future for the remainder of this 12 months.