The Sims begins its 25th anniversary celebration next week with a Behind The Sims episode of news and announcements

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The Sims series is turning 25 in February, but Maxis is kicking the party off early with a Behind The Sims episode next Tuesday, January 14. The video premiereon YouTubeis scheduled for 9am Pacific / 5 pm GMT.

Maxis told playersback in Septemberthat we could expect an event in January to kick off the anniversary and said at the time that “there’s so much to look forward to in the coming months, and we just can’t help but share some with you now.”

Typically during a Behind The Sims episode we get news about the next DLC kits coming to The Sims 4, updates from The Sims Mobile, and some mention of the upcomingProject Rene. Here’s what we know The Sims team has in the works right now that it might talk about during the anniversary celebration:

The announcement itself really doesn’t give us much clue as to what to expect. The artwork for the event is all green and navy featuring lots of game characters, and there is a sort of nostalgic 2000s pixel and cartoon vibe to it all. But the accompanying text just says “A very special Behind The Sims is coming! 🥳 🎁”

Here’s hoping Maxis has something neat up its sleeve.

The past two Behind The Sims videos have been about 15 minutes of updates and announcements, though the inaugural Sims Summit a while back was 30. For the 25th series anniversary, maybe we can expect something towards that longer end.

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