Categories Posted inin Business On The Sims’ 15th anniversary, one fan reflects on how it changed his life Posted byby GamesBeat February 4, 2015 5 min Bill Schloss says The Sims helped him decide whether to tell the Navy about his life as a gay man. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Sims 4: Beautiful, smooth, and ultimately hollow (review) Posted byby GamesBeat September 5, 2014 9 min The new installment in the everyday-life-simulation game offers new core features, but removes items and options from previous games. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Sims 4 will offer much better 3D graphics and emotional storytelling Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 9, 2014 2 min The Sims 4 aims for a motion emotional connection with players. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sims 4 producer’s view on designing a diverse game studio (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2014 6 min You can encourage diversity, but you can't force women to go into game design either. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Linden Lab loses its star CEO, Rod Humble Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 25, 2014 1 min The man who managed EA's The Sims business has left Linden Lab. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Sims 4 brings more detailed Create-a-Sim tool and rocket-ride innuendos Posted byby GamesBeat August 20, 2013 1 min The game that makes it fun to torture virtual people is returning with The Sims 4. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA exec Frank Gibeau: Betting on next-gen consoles, mobile, and doing right by consumers (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2013 16 min EA had a good E3, and Frank Gibeau is one reason why that happened. Here's our interview with EA's studio boss. Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game Horizon’s Q&A with Will Wright on the future of games Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 11, 2013 12 min The creator of SimCity and The Sims talks about the state of the game industry and the art of game design. Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sims creator Will Wright: Next consoles can become ‘connective tissue’ between games & entertainment Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 8, 2013 2 min Wright says he loves playing World of Tanks, which is like a "first person shooter for old people." Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Jade Raymond’s growing empire at Ubisoft (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 31, 2013 10 min The well-known game designer started at Electronic Arts, working on The Sims. Now, she's running a Ubisoft studio with 300 employees. Continue Reading 10 min