Minions Paradise takes Despicable Me’s Minions and treats them like The Sims

Electronic Arts’ mobile division is unveiling its Minions Paradise, a new mobile game based on the lovable characters from the first two Despicable Me films. Those movies have generated more than $1.5 billion in box office revenues since 2010. A third film is in the works, and the Minions’ own movie debuts on July 10.

At a preview event, we got a hands-on look at the new Minions Paradise game from Mike Rasmussen, the general manager of a new EA Mobile studio in Salt Lake City. The title looks a lot like The Sims, viewed in third person from above as you look down on the cute yellow Minions on a tropical island. The title will ship on July 7, just before the Minions movie.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.