Sims Online is back (sort of) and free

by Justin McElroy { Feb 26th 2008 at 10:25AM }

Well, here's a story that we didn't expect we'd be writing today: The Sims Online is back. ... Yeah, we're as surprised as you are. Apparently, a team has been toiling deep within the bowels of EA to bring The Sims Online back to the former glory that all 17 of its fans remember. The game is now part of EA-Land, and has apparently been improved with Yahoo and Google integration as well as the ability to upload custom content that can be sold to other players.

You can play without a subscription fee, but you'll be able to spend money to buy Simoleans, and (at some point) cash those Simoleans out. (If you want to cash out more than you put in, you'll need to be a subscriber). What will having a real-world economy grafted on to it do to the game? Well, let's just say that if you've never paid a Sim "masseuse" to talk dirty to you in Simlish, you haven't lived.

Tags: maxis, sims-online, the-sims

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Feb 26th 2008 10:39AM

"Now thats..."aw screw it, ive got nothing.

baby sea tuna @ Feb 26th 2008 10:42AM

I always thought of this game as a metaphor for (former) spokesman Chris Klein's career. I hope this doesn't mean a comeback for him too...

Shignami @ Feb 26th 2008 10:43AM

So.... its second life?

hopefully this time without a penis-based economy and 99% furries.

Joe P @ Feb 26th 2008 11:03AM

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that

Zertoss @ Feb 26th 2008 11:24AM

Don't count on it, everyone knows furries don't have money. As soon as you mention the word "free," the furries will come running, in droves or packs or whatever you call a groups of furries (a con maybe?), slobbering all over everything while yiffing and peeing on any inanimate object that stands upright.

baby sea tuna @ Feb 26th 2008 11:30AM

I'm amused by the fact that the 2 people complaining about furries on here are the ones with the anthropomorphic animal avatars.

Irony, for the win.

Zertoss @ Feb 26th 2008 11:52AM

LOL Yeah I get all kinds of grief for being a Sonic fan.

Shignami @ Feb 26th 2008 3:06PM

Irony FTW indeed.

my second choice for an avatar was Gardevoir, I cant imagine that being any better.

besides, ain't nothing wrong with loving classic tails/Awesome smiley.

Mr.ESC @ Feb 26th 2008 11:16AM

I rather have a new Urbz game...No seriously I want a new Urbz game,I loved that game.

Marty @ Feb 26th 2008 11:22AM

Re-incarnated as Playstation Home.

Andy O. @ Feb 26th 2008 1:05PM

I jumped on it this morning, the "Free" account limits you to one kind of house (Residences) and in a Resident you don't have to worry about your Needs. So unless you wanna start paying $9.95/month again you won't get much out of the free version of this game.

I guess it's nice if you are one of the 100+ people playing that you're finally getting free updates to the game again. It's still The Sims though.

konajinx @ Feb 26th 2008 1:32PM

I played this game in its heyday, and boy was it crapola. Pay a monthly fee to sit around doing nothing but trying to get two skills up that would deteriorate rapidly anyway. Yeah, watching my sim sit there and read a book for hour after hour sure was fun. Oh did I mention the stay at home moms that were bored with their husbands and used the program to troll for cybersex? Yeah, good times. Oh, and the portions of some cities being owned by the "mafia" and the stupid spin-off city rivalries and related internet radio stations that went along with them. Yeah...really, really bad game. Should have always been free.