Today has been a Sims 4 nightmare on every social media outlet, forum board, news site etc. Everything started when German and Italian fan sites announced community events with hands on play time, and within minutes of them announcing, EA canceled/delayed the events.
Mix in the fact that EA is also contradicting themselves without explanation, and you have fans of the game spinning into a rampage. I reached out to our contacts at EA for official statement, and they have responded with the following:
We appreciate you reaching out to us. First of all, we can reassure you that the game is in a great place. The team is busy polishing and getting it ready for launch in September.
With regard to all the chatter today, we had been looking at a variety of different events for the summer, but nothing had been officially locked.
With fans around the world going into a loop of backlash, EA also unleashed some developers of the game to assist with “damage control”.
.@CyanideError Rest assured, we are hard at work getting TS4 ready for you. Coming Sept 2. (specific dates on http://t.co/8dYn9sCXeL)
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) June 18, 2014
.@okest3r @TheSims There are lots of things to collect in TS4. It's not going to be exactly the same as TS3, it's a whole new game!
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) June 18, 2014
.@Libra_Style @TheSims Today's tidbit – your Sims will be able to paint paintings created by all sorts of people on the development team!
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) June 18, 2014
— SimGuruMartin (@SimGuruMartin) June 18, 2014
@CyanideError No need to panic, we are working on the game and polishing it to have it ready for the launch in September.
— SimGuruMartin (@SimGuruMartin) June 18, 2014
