{"id":340656,"date":"2017-05-11T16:35:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T08:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/05\/11\/sims-mobile-coming-to-ios\/"},"modified":"2017-05-11T16:35:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T08:35:57","slug":"ea-announces-the-sims-mobile-coming-soon-to-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/ea-announces-the-sims-mobile-coming-soon-to-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"EA Announces &#8216;The Sims Mobile&#8217; Coming Soon to iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[unable to retrieve full-text content]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA has announced a new free-to-play version of The Sims is coming to iPhone and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipad\/\">iPad<\/a>, six years after <em>The Sims Freeplay<\/em> \u2013 a simplified version of the original \u2013 launched on the mobile platform. <\/p>\n<p>Called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/the-sims\/the-sims-mobile\">The Sims Mobile<\/a><\/em>, the game looks like it will be the closest mobile approximation yet of the hit franchise, being based on <em>The Sims 4<\/em> &#8220;legacy challenge&#8221; mode, in which players build and maintain a family across generations according to a set of self-imposed rules.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/05\/TSM_AND_EN_1920x1080_CBScreen02-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-564823\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLike other games in the franchise, players will guide sims through life, establishing relationships, building homes, advancing through careers, and conquering goals.<\/p>\n<p>Not much else has been revealed about the title beyond the fact that it will feature social elements, allowing players to become &#8220;virtual&#8221; best friends with their real-life friends. But the trailer for the game does show that it will include classic Sims mechanics, allowing players to design their characters and customize their home.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VwFMyHGtIXs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>The Sims 4<\/em> on Mac and PC continues to have a healthy fanbase. Yesterday EA revealed that the game&#8217;s number of monthly active users jumped 33 percent year on year.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Sims Mobile<\/em> for both iOS and Android launches in Brazil today and should start rolling out globally soon after.<\/p>\n<p>(via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/5\/10\/15592026\/the-sims-mobile-iphone-android-soft-launch\">The Verge<\/a><\/em>.)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/sims-mobile-coming-to-ios.2045225\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=18y-QfZjS0g:ZKENp-q-MjQ:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=18y-QfZjS0g:ZKENp-q-MjQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/18y-QfZjS0g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-340656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}