The Sims and The Sims 2 re-release launch date may have leaked

Maxis and Electronic Arts (EA) appear to have a special present in store for the 25th anniversary of The Sims: A digital re-release of The Sims and The Sims 2 for PC. The brand-new versions of the classic games seem to contain most of the expansions released for them over the years, as Sims Community reports based on information from a reliable dataminer.  More importantly, the re-releases have been made compatible with modern hardware, which is especially great for everyone who’s longing to dive back into the title that started it all. Due to never getting a digital release, The Sims is a pain to get running on today’s systems: You have to find your old CD, get a CD drive, and play roulette with some player-created compatibility patches. All of these challenges will be a specter of the past for Windows 10 and 11 users — as of now, there is no indication that the new versions will be available for Mac. According to the dataminer, these re-releases will become available on January 31, 2025. There is no inform