Pearson believes The Sims “could not be what it is today” if it wasn’t for EA and Maxis “constantly striving” to broaden their perspectives as a team.

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Lyndsay Pearson is a creative boss at the company behind the Sims and thinks one reason for the game's popularity is that it allows people to be a better version of themselves.

Whatever Maxis has up its sleeve, it sounds like the project is aiming to be the definitive place to play The Sims, with Pearson saying: "We've shared a few of those differences that we're already ...

For nearly four years, Lyndsay Pearson has led The Sims franchise as the creative franchise vice president at Maxis. But her legacy at the studio, owned by Electronic Arts, spans more than 20 ...

The outlook initially worsened after Electronic Arts acquired Maxis in 1997. Some managers wanted the game to be less realistic; others wanted to prevent it from being released at all.

At the Behind The Sims Summit two years ago, Lyndsay Pearson, VP of Franchise Creative, introduced the core of Project Rene, including bringing back the color wheels and material selection options ...

During The Sims Summit on October 18, 2022, Lyndsay Pearson announced Project Rene, the working title for what is being described as "the next generation Sims game and platform." ...

During the October 2022 stream, EA and Maxis shared some early concepts for The Sims 5 that showed off greater customisation when it comes to builds. Individual items can be customised.

The other question regarding mods is whether Maxis has listened to the mod community over the past eight years, with existing mods giving the developers an idea of what players want from the game.

Elsewhere, 568 million Sims were created — up from 436.5 million in 2022 and 376 million in 2021. You can check out some of the other stats below: 12 million gallery uploads (11.5m in 2022, 11 ...

While this is far away, EA and Maxis will continue to share updates and take feedback from players. The developers want fans to be involved in the making of the game to make it the best it can be.