FreeSO – SimsVIP https://simsvip.com Sims 4 News and Game Guides Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:50:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 21154051 The Rise and Fall of The Sims Online: 15 Years Later https://simsvip.com/2017/12/14/rise-fall-sims-online-15-years-later/ https://simsvip.com/2017/12/14/rise-fall-sims-online-15-years-later/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:28:21 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=97578 By the time Electronic Arts published The Sims Online in December 2002, they had already overseen the beginnings of a cultural phenomenon; The Sims and its first five expansion packs had launched to overwhelming worldwide success. Today, almost 200 million copies of The Sims franchise have been sold in 60 different countries and 20 languages. […]

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]]> https://simsvip.com/2017/12/14/rise-fall-sims-online-15-years-later/feed/ 11 97578 FreeSO Receives 3D Mode Update https://simsvip.com/2017/09/06/freeso-receives-3d-mode-update/ https://simsvip.com/2017/09/06/freeso-receives-3d-mode-update/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:31:55 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=91237 The year is 2017. It’s been almost two decades since the first The Sims game was released, and while that title was never groundbreaking in terms of graphics and technology its complexity is still hard to be replicated by an independent developer. Some could even say it’s impossible. This year marked the launch of the FreeSO beta, […]

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]]> https://simsvip.com/2017/09/06/freeso-receives-3d-mode-update/feed/ 9 91237 UPDATE: “The Sims” on Mobile by FreeSO Cancelled Due To Legalities https://simsvip.com/2017/08/11/update-sims-mobile-freeso-cancelled-due-legalities/ https://simsvip.com/2017/08/11/update-sims-mobile-freeso-cancelled-due-legalities/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:03:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=89766 Back on July 19th we were excited to report that FreeSO, the fans who brought back “The Sims Online”, was planning to port the original Sims game (Sims 1) to mobile this year. In an update on August 7th, FreeSO has stated that the project is officially dead. In the last news update, I announced […]

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]]> https://simsvip.com/2017/08/11/update-sims-mobile-freeso-cancelled-due-legalities/feed/ 49 89766 NOSTALGIA: FreeSO Team to Release “The Sims” on Mobile https://simsvip.com/2017/07/19/nostalgia-freeso-team-release-sims-mobile/ https://simsvip.com/2017/07/19/nostalgia-freeso-team-release-sims-mobile/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:35:06 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=89409 UPDATE: Due to Legal Issues with Electronic Arts, FreeSO has cancelled this project. See here for information and video of the project. The original Sims game is coming to mobile, thanks to the team who brought back The Sims Online. FreeSO has just announced their new project, which involved porting the original game to their […]

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]]> https://simsvip.com/2017/07/19/nostalgia-freeso-team-release-sims-mobile/feed/ 28 89409 Community Made FreeSO Launches Public Beta https://simsvip.com/2017/01/06/community-made-freeso-launches-public-beta-today/ https://simsvip.com/2017/01/06/community-made-freeso-launches-public-beta-today/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:08:47 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=83391 ❗ UPDATE: FreeSO has relaunched their public beta and you can now re-register for a new account and play the game. See here for their FAQ. It’s been a feature that many Simmers have wanted to return for a long time: an online multiplayer Sims experience. Unfortunately, The Sims Online servers were closed in 2008 […]

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