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The Sims 4 celebrates the franchise's 16th birthday with free anniversary content

The Sims is celebrating its Sweet Sixteen today, so EA and Maxis are offering some free stuff to all Sims 4 players today.

Ozzie Mejia

February 4, 2016 11:04 AM

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The Sims 4 doesn't appear to be short on premium content, so what is there for any of the game's user base looking for something a little less premium and a little more free? EA and Maxis are answering that question by celebrating the franchise's Sweet Sixteen. Yes, The Sims first debuted on this day in 2000 and it's time to celebrate the series' 16th birthday, so EA and Maxis are offering up some free anniversary content.

The free content will look familiar to anyone that has played classic Sims games, as they all represent a different piece of the previous base games. These include a Tragic Clown painting, to pay homage to the old Tragic Clown from the original Sims; a Plumbob Poster, also from the classic Sims; the Grilled Cheese Aspiration, bringing back those old cravings from The Sims 2; the Kleptomaniac Trait from The Sims 3, to get players watching out for dirty thieves; and the Gardener NPC, who will help cultivate a Sim's garden. That may or may not be coincidence, given that the Romantic Garden Stuff pack is on its way very soon.

EA has also posted a number of fun facts about the franchise as a whole, including the staggering increase in sound files between the original Sims and The Sims 4. Check out that full list over on the EA website.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?