EA is bringing its popular game The Sims to Facebook with Sims Social.EA will launch an extension, called The Sims Social, to the popular online game. The company made the announcement at E3 on Monday, but didn’t offer a launch date. According to the game’s Facebook page, no release date has yet been set, with the firm only being tied down to ‘coming soon’.
Hot on the heals of Sim City, The Sims has proved to be a cash cow for Electronic Arts, with games across all major platforms selling like gangbusters. Multiple add-ons and expansions have seen more than 140 million units shipped since the game first made its debut all the way back in 2000.
Believed to finally offer some competition for Zynga’s Farmville and other social gaming titles, The Sims Social is the outcome of EA’s buying Playish for a whopping ₨ 8,935.98 ($200) million back in 2009. The talk then was of the purchase being to try and bring Electronic Arts’ games to the social platform, and it appears The Sims Social is the first title to be announced in that vein.
Expect The Sims Social to be free to play, with premium content available at a price as with so many other successful social games whether they be on Facebook, iOS or other platforms.
Other than that, not much is known about Electronic Arts’ latest outing for everyone’s favorite Sims. Expect more news over the coming weeks.
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