million | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:54:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png million | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 The Sims 4 officially becomes biggest game in the series with 70 million players https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/the-sims-4-officially-becomes-biggest-game-in-the-series-with-70-million-players/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/the-sims-4-officially-becomes-biggest-game-in-the-series-with-70-million-players/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:00:21 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=612899 The Sims 4 is nearing 10 years on the market, and while a 5th entry has been announced to be in the works, the 2014 title is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. With the game having gone free-to-play back in October of last year, The Sims 4 has now managed to surpass 70 …

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The Sims 4 is nearing 10 years on the market, and while a 5th entry has been announced to be in the works, the 2014 title is continuing to grow at a rapid pace. With the game having gone free-to-play back in October of last year, The Sims 4 has now managed to surpass 70 million players – making it by far the biggest title in the franchise.

Making the announcement via a press release, The Sims developer Maxis revealed that “The Sims 4, the latest iteration of the popular life simulation game and the most widely played game in the 23-year history of The Sims franchise, now reaches more than 70 million players around the world.”

The team also revealed that since the base game went free-to-play late last year, The Sims 4 has managed to amass a further 16 million new players – with average weekly users increasing by over 50% (and 75% of new users hailing from outside the US).

Back in October 2022 it was officially announced that a Sims 5 is on its way, and while we have yet to see anything from the game, it is interesting to note the second wind that The Sims 4 is currently experiencing despite confirmation of its sequel.

Speaking on the success of The Sims 4, executive producer Phillip Ring said “It’s incredible to see how much our community has grown over the past eight years, and our players continue to inspire us with the countless ways they explore life in The Sims 4. We know The Sims 4 continues to be a creative outlet for people, and our team strives to deliver new and innovative gameplay content that empowers our players to embrace the chaos that comes with self-discovery.”

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It looks like Crytek might be making a game for Amazon https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/it-looks-like-crytek-might-be-making-a-game-for-amazon/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/it-looks-like-crytek-might-be-making-a-game-for-amazon/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:55:43 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=243826 Rumor has it that Crytek has just entered a huge licensing deal with Amazon, worth between $50 million and $70 million. The developer, which recently faced some financial struggles, will now be kept afloat for quite some time, according to several anonymous sources speaking with Kotaku. Crytek did say last year that it had come …

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Rumor has it that Crytek has just entered a huge licensing deal with Amazon, worth between $50 million and $70 million. The developer, which recently faced some financial struggles, will now be kept afloat for quite some time, according to several anonymous sources speaking with Kotaku.

Crytek did say last year that it had come in to a decent chunk of funding that would power it on a long-term basis. At the time, we didn't know where this money came from but now it looks likely that Amazon and Crytek made this deal quite some time ago.

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We don't know exactly what Crytek is working on for Amazon, the company may be looking to make use of the powerful CryEngine for its own titles. However, the Kotaku report does suggest that Amazon is using the developer to create its very own game engine.

Amazon has become interested in game development over the last year. In 2014, the retailer bought the studio behind Killer Instinct. Additionally, Frontier, the studio behind Elite: Dangerous, is working on an exclusive game for Amazon, along with WayFarward, the studio behind BloodRayne.

Novel writer, Eric Nylund, has also been brought on-board Amazon's all new games team. Nylund was behind a lot of the lore for Halo and Gears of War. Amazon has yet to announce its own games streaming service or game console device but it is obviously planning something.

Amazon and Crytek have yet to confirm these reports.

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KitGuru Says: Over the past year, Amazon has really expanded on its games team, recruiting studios and individual writers alike to all work on projects for a currently unannounced console or streaming service. It will be interesting to see what Amazon comes out with now that it has such a talented workforce behind it.

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