{"id":53575,"date":"2013-05-06T23:47:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T21:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=53575"},"modified":"2013-05-06T23:54:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T21:54:14","slug":"sims-4-a-single-player-offline-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/53575-sims-4-a-single-player-offline-experience","title":{"rendered":"Sims 4 a &#8220;single-player offline experience&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the announcement of The Sims 4 coming to PC and Mac in 2014, EA and Maxis have pushed out one bit of information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and soul of the Sims themselves, giving players a deeper connection with the most expressive, surprising and charming Sims ever in this single-player offline experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note the special mention of The sims 4 being a &#8220;single-player offline&#8221; game. I don&#8217;t want to presume too much, but could this clarification be due to the gamer outrage caused by the SimCity reboot being built around an always-online social meta-game?<\/p>\n<p>As those who have been keeping up with industry news will know, SimCity did not fare very well with critics and gamers alike (making its way into our list of <a title=\"Worst user rated games of 2013 (so far)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53394-worst-user-rated-games-of-2013-so-far.html\"><strong>worst user rated games of 2013 so far<\/strong><\/a>) due to a botched launch and shoddy multiplayer mechanics (that&#8217;s before we even got into the shallow and buggy gameplay).<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s a no-brainer to assume that The Sims 4 will require at the very least an EA Origin account and a once-off activation in order to be played.<\/p>\n<p>EA hinted at some new player content creation tools and the ability to share their creations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sims 4 encourages players to personalize their world with new and intuitive tools while offering them the ability to effortlessly share their creativity with friends and fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"EA.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ea.com\/news\/the-sims-4-in-development-for-pc-and-mac\" target=\"_blank\">EA.com<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/53551-help-sa-dev-get-to-e3.html\">Help SA dev get to E3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/53505-sony-executives-give-up-bonuses.html\">Sony executives give up bonuses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/53471-nyan-cat-keyboard-cat-creators-sue-scribblenauts-dev.html\">Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat creators sue Scribblenauts dev<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/53452-sega-sued-over-misleading-aliens-colonial-marines.html\">Sega sued over misleading Aliens: Colonial Marines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/53388-eve-online-tv-series-planned.html\">EVE Online TV series planned<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Worst user rated games of 2013 (so far)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/53394-worst-user-rated-games-of-2013-so-far.html\">Worst user rated games of 2013 (so far)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxis has let slip one more detail about The Sims 4 &#8211; it&#8217;s an offline game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":53576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,813,2178,9870,9871],"class_list":["post-53575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-electronic-arts","tag-maxis","tag-sims-4","tag-the-sims-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53577,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53575\/revisions\/53577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}