Maxis teases something The Sims 1 and 2-related, and fans are already frothing at the possibility of long-overdue remasters

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Could the re-releases we've needed for decades finally be on the way?

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EA and Maxis are teasing something nostalgic for The Sims' 25th anniversary with an image hearkening back to The Sims 1 and 2, and fans are beyond hopeful that some sort of re-release of the classics is on the way.

The official website for The Sims has been updated with an image that shows a Sims 1 character with a Sims 2 interaction wheel in the background, as noted by Sims Community. This comes as Maxis and EA gear up for what they're calling "Nostalgia Week," which a roadmap tweet says will take place between January 27 and January 31.

Modernized versions of these games that'll actually run on a contemporary desktop PC have been at the top of my own wishlist for years, and I've got my fingers crossed that the wait is coming to an end. EA has already graced us with remasters of the old MySims spin-offs, and there'd be no better way to cap the series' ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations than with a return of the games that started it all.

After waking up to the first Sims 3 update from EA in 10 years, all fans can think about is the potential for more: "So it begins"

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.