The Sims collection has at all times had a vibrant modding neighborhood, however for the primary time Maxis are taking steps to make it simpler. In right this moment’s Sims Summit stream, they introduced that they have been partnering with CurseForge to create a “moderated, curated area” for The Sims 4 gamers to obtain mods and customized content material.

The presentation in regards to the new modding platform begins on the 12m 20s mark:

Traditionally to obtain The Sims 4 cc meant heading to fan-created repositories and boards, or to the web sites of particular person creators. Maxis say they wish to create a platform the place creators can “host their unimaginable creations”, with “a further stage of safety” for these downloading and putting in the mods.

Importantly, that is described as “supplementary”, and Maxis say they will not pressure modders “to maneuver to or use the CurseForge platform.”

Although Maxis mentioned they’d share extra info over the vacations, there is a hub web page already dwell that claims the mod hub might be revealed on November 14th and the mod supervisor will enter open beta on December sixth.

For an thought of what to anticipate, there are after all already different current video games on CurseForge, with Minecraft and World Of Warcraft the preferred. As a platform it is much like Nexus Mods, with mods downloadable by way of the location or by way of a separate mod supervisor. Maxis say that they’re going to launch with some current customized content material from widespread creators already accessible.

This wasn’t the one new to return from the Sims Summit, which coincided with the free-to-play launch of The Sims 4. Maxis additionally confirmed an especially early take a look at The Sims 5, at the moment known as Project Rene. Perhaps extra importantly in addition they mentioned that infants have been lastly coming to The Sims 4 in 2023.