The Sims 4’s latest update adds playground venues to the base game ahead of October’s kid-friendly expansion pack

We’re very a lot on the street to the following The Sims 4 growth, Journey Awaits, and Maxis has rolled out a cool new replace to carry you over till the large day subsequent month. The brand new patch is accessible now on PC, and can arrive on consoles on September 23.

The replace has a few options value discussing, and you’ll see how they lay some groundwork in anticipation of the sport’s subsequent, very a lot on-theme growth.

The massive new characteristic in the new update is the Playground Venue, which is a spot the place sims children can hang around and play. As a result of it’s primarily designed for kids, it’s a very good place to seek out new mates on your personal.

You’ll be able to create customized playground venues, and share them with different gamers. Individually, you’ll discover an up to date UI for Occasion Planning. You’re now in a position to filter out the precise venue sort you need (libraries solely, nightclubs solely, and so forth), because of the brand new filters.

One other huge addition for little one Sims is the flexibility for the little ones to Play Fake with themselves, or with one other little one Sim. This new interplay may be discovered underneath Pleasant > Actions Pie Menu. There are a few frequent – and anticipated – choices to play with, equivalent to Play Fairy Story Fort, Play Home, and Play Pirate Journey. This being The Sims, after all, all of them have distinctive VFX.

Elsewhere within the replace, there’s a brand new color variant of the Ecru Slouch Beanie in Create a Sim. Maxis has additionally tweaked the Soul’s Journey positive factors and added Satisfaction Level rewards for every tier you full.

The replace’s console launch subsequent week will coincide with the launch of a brand new beta characteristic you can choose into should you like. It’s known as Reminiscence Increase, and it basically makes an attempt to enhance the sport’s efficiency by optimising reminiscence utilization. You’ll discover it underneath the Different tab in Sport Choices.

Adventure Awaits itself gained’t arrive till October 2, however an enormous motive why this replace is out now and never somewhat nearer to that date is that it permits mod creators to replace their work so it’s prepared for when the growth drops.

Talking of which, EA have additionally created a series of brochures for Gibbi Level, the new world which arrives with Adventure Awaits. It’s a intelligent thought that permits you to see among the attainable getaways you can create, and encourages you to examine again every day for extra inspiration.