Sims competitor Life by You has been canceled
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6NKCG)
Image: Paradox Interactive Life by You, Paradox Interactive's in-development competitor to The Sims, has been canceled, the company announced on Monday.
The game, which was first revealed in 2023, sounded impressive: it was designed to allow for the entire town to be simulated in real-time and have no loading screens. However, based on a forum post by Paradox's deputy CEO Mattias Lilja, the game had some issues that may not have been easily fixable even with additional time for development.
A few weeks back, we decided to hold off on an Early Access release in order to re-evaluate Life by You, as we still felt that the game was lacking in some key areas," Lilja says. Though a time extension was an option, once we took that pause to get a wider view of the game,...