EA will quickly shut down The Sims Mobile after practically eight years of updates. As you would possibly count on, longtime followers of the cell spin-off aren’t joyful about EA’s resolution, but in addition aren’t stunned, as the sport had stopped receiving substantial new content material updates a while in the past.
Launched again in 2018. The Sims Cellular is a free-to-play cell spin-off of Maxis and EA’s fashionable life simulator collection, The Sims. When it launched all these years in the past, it was an enormous hit for EA, bringing in $25 million in its first six months on the market. And since then, the sport has obtained over 50 free updates whereas additionally being labored on by three totally different studios. And now, it’s all wrapping up as EA prepares to delist the sport, unlock all of the content material for individuals nonetheless taking part in, and finally flip off the servers for good.
On October 19, EA posted an update on the official Sims Mobile website asserting that the F2P cell recreation can be formally delisted from all cell shops on October 21. In-app transactions can even be turned off. Gamers will nonetheless have the ability to play The Sims Cellular and even redownload and set up it after that date, however new people received’t have the ability to be a part of within the enjoyable. Then on January 6, 2026, EA will unlock all Construct Mode and Create A Sim objects for all gamers no matter degree. The concept is to provide gamers two weeks to construct their dream houses and create their excellent Sim characters. Then all of it dies. On January 20 at 1:59 PM UTC, The Sims Cellular servers will flip off and received’t flip again on once more. That’s it. As a result of the sport is on-line solely and all information is saved on EA’s servers, as soon as they’re shut off, the sport is lifeless.
“On behalf of the entire Sims Mobile team, thank you for sharing this amazing journey with us,” stated the crew behind the sport. “We hope you enjoy the final update and that these final months allow everyone to finish projects, make memories, and celebrate their Sims.”
The writing was on the wall for Sims Cellular. Last year, EA announced that the game would no longer get new updates. This was the primary massive signal amongst gamers that the getting old recreation was doubtless not going to be round for for much longer. Still, over on the Sims Mobile subreddit, longtime gamers are mourning the information and upset with EA for killing the sport, as many view The Sims Freeplay—one other cell Sims recreation—to be an inferior, uglier, and extra microtransaction-riddled spin-off. Others weren’t joyful that EA let the sport reside in zombie mode for a yr and continued to let individuals make investments cash into Sims Cellular.
“What can I even do at this point? I feel robbed by EA. I had no prior knowledge until I discovered this Reddit when the Instagram page announced this,” stated one person who has been taking part in since they had been 12.
