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Gaming has seen some long-running franchises make the jump from premium to free-to-play over the years, but they've usually been MMORPGs. Electronic Arts is instead looking at another one of its ...

Gaming firm EA has announced that the Sims 4 will become a free-to-play game on October 18. The base game will be available for free to new consumers across its PC and console versions. "Our community ...

Electronic Arts announced The Sims 4 will be going free-to-play on October 18. The base game will be available for free on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam ...

In case you haven't heard, EA's "The Sims 4" Base Game is now completely free to download. The game publisher confirmed in September that the quirky simulation game would be free to play beginning on ...

Live out your neighbourhood fantasies for free. Good news for those who’ve always wanted to try out The Sims 4 but might not have got around to it. The game goes free to play from tomorrow, October 18 ...

If you’ve been looking for a new video game to spend some time with, Electronic Arts (EA) has the answer for you. Starting October 18, EA is making “The Sims 4” base game available free to download ...

The next entry in The Sims series, codenamed Project Rene, will be available to play without a core game purchase or subscription at launch. During a Behind The Sims Community update, VP of franchise ...

Sims 5 is apparently going to be revealed by EA very shortly, as long-standing life simulator and management game Sims 4 officially goes free-to-play, although the sequel may not be available yet for ...

A view of "The Sims 4" during the EA press conference for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on June 9, 2014, in Los Angeles, California Dan R. Krauss / Getty Images When “The Sims” first hit ...