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inZOI: UPDATE DIGEST – June 2025 (v.0.2.0)

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Paralives - Release Date Trailer (Early Access)

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Paralives - Release Date Trailer (Early Access)

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Paralives - Release Date Trailer (Early Access)

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A First Look at the New Sims Rebrand Video

Looking to the future

Despite some small snags in communication, it's still full steam ahead for the series. When asked if The Sims 4 would be getting some kind of major overhaul a la World of Warcraft or Runescape anytime soon, Pearson doesn't appear to be super jazzed about such a large-scale undertaking just yet. "We certainly entertain everything," she tells me. "I mean, we talk about all the different paths forward and what makes sense and what to do with The Sims 4 or any of our games."

I think that The Sims continues to be this kind of funhouse mirror to the world, and that's why it keeps growing and evolving and shifting and changing.

Pearson said there are "so many different ways" to go about potentially giving The Sims 4 some sort of technical or graphical overhaul, and pointed towards the current ongoing effort to tidy up a decade of lingering bugs through the game's regular laundry lists fixes. "I think it's a question of looking at all those pieces and parts and saying 'Which pieces really need the biggest overhaul? Can we do them in parallel? Do we need to do that fundamental scaffolding?'"

For now, Pearson says the priority is "a continuing audit of what does the game need right now? What is the game going to need in a year or two years? And what is the best way to get to that thing?"

So it doesn't seem like anything major is coming our way yet, but honestly I don't particularly mind. A focus on patching some of the more lingering issues up feels like the best direction to take right now, especially as we could be sticking with The Sims 4 for several more years at this point.

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Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2

Grand Theft Auto VI will launch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 26, 2026.

Key visual

Overview

Vice City, USA. Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.

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Grand Theft Auto VI (May 26, 2026)

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Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos

Official from GTA 6 Vice City

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JASON DUVAL Grand Theft Auto VI (2026) dev. Rockstar Games

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Official character visuals for Grand Theft Auto VI

Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos

Cal Hampton

Boobie Ike

Dre’Quan Priest

Bae-Luxe and Roxy aka Real Dimez

Raul Bautista

Brian Heder

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Animation Showcase: Hackweek and More Baby Interactions!

Hiiii, Alice here with you today! ☀️

I’m back from my holidays and this week, Lina and I would like to show you what we have been up to during this year’s Hackweek, as well as new baby animations! To showcase these, I made a short video that you can watch at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥 Everything shown today is still a work in progress and might change and evolve in time. ✨

🎥 The Animations in the Video

Baby Playing With Rattle Toy

Step On Something - Hackweek 

Pick Up Baby From Floor

Put Baby in Crib

Changing Baby In Crib

Back Pain Reaction - Hackweek 

Look At Nails - Hackweek 

Baby Crying

Pick Up Baby From Crib

Baby Laying in Arms Variation

Playing With Baby in Arms (Plane)

Bottle Feeding Baby

Breast Feeding Baby

Burping Baby

Rocking Baby in Arms 

Put Baby in Crib (again)

If you missed it, you can find the previous animation showcase in this Patreon post. Also, the music you can hear in today's video is a cozy Piano version of Andrei's music called Inner Child. We shared it in this previous post here!🎵

👶 More Baby Animations, our goal and challenges 

While I was away on vacation for most of July, Lina and I still managed to create a good amount of baby animations. Like always, we brainstormed first and then made a list of all the baby animations that we would need for the game, from the highest to the lowest priority. For now we’re focusing on the essential animations (holding, feeding, playing, changing the baby…). Once all of these are done and approved, Lina and I will move on to the next required animations for the game, and so on. Of course we’d love to add more cute animations and variations (and we have many many ideas), but we need to create all the basics for everything first if we want to be ready for EA next year! ⭐

On the technical side, this time Jérémie had to create a feature that lets us anchor a Parafolk to another one. We already had something similar working for objects, allowing characters to hold things in their hands, but not for holding another Parafolk! 

You might have noticed that we left space between the Adult Parafolk’s hands and the Baby. It is not a mistake, it is to prevent meshes interpenetrations when the babies wear clothing. As you can imagine, creating alternative animations depending on each piece of clothing would take too much time. (You will also probably ask haha, so yes, Sasha is indeed playing with a wooden spoon. 😂 I promise this will be updated in the near future. 🥄💨)

🤸‍♀️ 2024 Animators’ Hackweek

The Hackweek is our annual week-long event where everyone can work on anything they want (as long as it is Paralives related haha), even if it’s not a priority. I am always very excited about it, and this year was no exception! We thought it would be nice to add little animations that could help give more life to our Parafolks. I believe these will greatly contribute to the game’s charm and liveliness and I can’t wait to add more of them before Early Access! Here are the animations we did:

Lina created a cute “Look at Nails” animation. It could be used in the Paramaker, or in the Live Mode if your Parafolks have nails equipped! 

She also made a “Back Pain” reaction animation. This one could be useful for older Parafolks, or ones that have just woken up or are sore after too much exercise! 

On my side, I made a “Step on Something” animation. I was thinking of using it randomly sometimes when your Para is walking on the sidewalk haha. Having dog poop on the streets could be fun (or not). It could also be used if there is something else spilled on the floor, like food, dirty puddles of water, vomit… 

And finally, I also made a Whistle animation, but I can’t show it to you yet, as it is related to Andrei’s Hackweek work too! 👀

🔜 What’s Next? 

Once we believe we have enough content regarding babies for the Early Access release, Lina and I will start working on the Toddler animations! Because they are older, we will need a bit more animations for them as they will be able to interact more with their environment and other Parafolks.🎈Later on, we will add sounds and special effects to compliment animations, like, for example, a censored blurred effect for when the baby is being changed!

Annnnd that’s it for today! Lina and I really hope you’ve enjoyed seeing some of our recent work, please feel free to share your feedback and ask away if you have any questions in the comment section below. We’ll be more than happy to discuss your ideas and opinions. 💌

💫 Before I go, are there any baby interactions that you would really like to see in the game?

Have a great weekend! Alice (◔◡◔)/

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Animation Showcase: Toddler Interactions!

Hello everyone, Alice here! ☀️🍂🧺🍪

Today is a good day to show you what Lina and I have been working on recently: Toddler Animations! To showcase these, I made a short video that you can watch at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥 

🎥 The Animations in the Video

Standing Idle Variation 1 

Standing Idle Variation 2 

Standing Idle Variation 3

Sit On Floor

Sitting On Floor 

Reading a Book 

Get Up from Floor 

Crying 

Get in Bed 

Sleeping in Bed 

Get Off Bed 

Use Potty - Start 

Using Potty 

Use Potty - End 

Changing Toddler (Clothing or Diapers) 

Holding Toddler Idle 

Holding Toddler Idle Variation 

In case you missed it, you can find the previous animation showcase about babies in this Patreon post. Also, the music you can hear in today's video is Andrei's music called Inner Child. We shared it in this previous post here!🎵 

🐸 A Few Words About the Animations 

For these and like always, Lina and I brainstormed first and then made a list of all the toddler animations we would need before Early Access, from the highest to the lowest priority. Right now we’re focusing on the essentials, like basic social interactions and needs animations. We still have a good amount of animations to create for this life stage, and we plan to continue working on these for a good part of November as well!  For the Changing Animation, we will add a blur effect on the Toddler later on when the interaction is happening. You may also have noticed that the Toddler’s bed doesn’t have sheets yet, we will add them later with proper animation on it!

Finally, please note that everything shown today is still a work in progress and might change and evolve in time, some of these are already being tweaked as we speak. ✨

🔜 What’s Next? 

Once we have a good base for toddler animations, we will switch our focus to Kids! We are pretty excited about them because they will be able to do a lot more than Toddlers.🎈 With programmers now actively working on the Live Mode, we will also be able to test more and more animations in-game with their gameplay.

This is it for today! Lina and I are having a lot of fun working on these, and we really hope you’ve enjoyed seeing some of our recent work. Please feel free to share your feedback and ask away if you have any questions in the comment section below. We’re always happy to hear your ideas and opinions. 💌

💫 Quick question before I go, are there any Toddler interactions that you would like to see in the game?

Have a great cozy-fall-weekend! 🍄‍🟫🌰🍁🫕🥧 Alice (◔◡◔)/ 

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🏢 Huge Paralives Dream Office Build +

Hi, it’s Alex!

Over the past 2 months, I’ve been spending many hours a week playing Paralives, uhhh, I mean testing the build mode thoroughly to make sure the experience is smooth. While doing so, I made the classic life simulation game mistake I’ve been making since I was 12 years old: deciding to build something that is just too big and that I’ll never be done furnishing and decorating! Even though it could have been more complete and polished, I’m still proud to show you the result today: the Paralives offices of my dreams!

⬆️📽️ Watch the above video for a full tour! ✨

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Animation Showcase: More Toddler Interactions!

Happy New Year everyone, Alice here! 🧣🧤🧊⭐

Today, Lina and I would love to show you the animations we made recently! You can watch this little showcase at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥 

🎥 The Animations in the Video

1. Pick Up Toddler From Floor 

2. Put Toddler in High Chair 

3. Toddler Sitting in High Chair - Idle 

4. Toddler Making a Mess with Food 

5. Toddler Eating Food in High Chair 

6. Toddler Refusing to Eat Food in High Chair 

7. Toddler Crying in High Chair 

8. Pick Up Toddler From High Chair 

9. Put Toddler on Floor 

10. Put Toddler in Bath 

11. Wash Toddler in Bath 

12. Pick up Toddler from Bath 

13. Toddler Throwing a Tantrum 

14. Adult Hugging Toddler

15. Adult Tickling Toddler

16. Toddler Watching TV From Floor

17. Toddler Dancing

18. Bonus: Toddler Going Up the Stairs 

19. Bonus: Toddler Going Down the Stairs 

If you missed it, you can find the first part of the Toddler Animation Showcase in this Patreon post. The music in today's video is another version of Andrei's music called Inner Child. We initially shared it in this post here!🎵 

☀️ A Few Words About the Animations 

We had a lot of fun working on these during the past few weeks! Lina has just finished the last of the toddlers animations (at least for now), so I added them at the end of the video as a nice little bonus. On my side, I’ve been switching to kids animations!🎈 A bit more brainstorming is planned to test which animations we could reuse from the adults, but we are veeeeeeeeeery excited to work on this life stage. 🤸‍♀️  Regarding the visual effects, like the missing water and bubbles for the bath animations, they will all come later this year! 🛁 

Finally, please note that everything shown today is still a work in progress and might change and evolve in due time; some of these are already being reworked as we speak. ✨

That’s it for today, we hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the new animations! As always, we will be more than happy to hear your feedback. And please don’t hesitate if you have any requests or suggestions regarding kids’ animations, we would love to hear them! ✏️

Have a great day! ❤ Alice (◔◡◔)/ 

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Project Rene

Project Rene (temporary title: City Life Game with Friends[2]) is the working title for a "next generation Sims game" widely speculated in the Sims community to be The Sims 5, however, it was announced at investors day September 17, 2024 that The Sims 5 is not being developed.[3] Project Rene was officially unveiled during Electronic Arts's "Behind The Sims Summit" on October 18, 2022 by Lyndsay Pearson, Vice President of Franchise Creative for The Sims team.[4]

The name "Project Rene" was chosen to "be reminiscent of words like renaissance and rebirth to represent the team's renewed commitment for The Sims' bright future."[5]

Project Rene is set to include single-player and online multiplayer capabilities and to be compatible across various platforms.

Pearson stated that Project Rene was "very early" in its development, and that development on the project would continue "over the next couple of years." No official release date or official name for the game has been announced, but it will be free-to-play for everyone like The Sims 4.

Planned or revealed features

Project Rene's reveal during the "Behind The Sims Summit" showed a few features present in the project at that time. Project Rene was shown to have a detailed object designer called Workshop, which included texture patterns, a color wheel, and the ability to customize smaller objects on a larger object, such as controlling the placement of throw pillows on a sofa.[4]

Project Rene's sneak peek during the "Behind The Sims Summit" showed the ability to select apartments, implying that apartments will be available in the game at launch rather than added in a later expansion pack.[6]