EA and Maxis are seemingly moving away from plans to create , with a new franchise roadmap revealing will remain the “foundational experience” in the years ahead. While there are a number of major game projects in the work, they won’t be numbered entries in the series – rather, they will allow for new gameplay experiences. Per Kate Gorman, EA Vice President and General Manager of , plans for have been put on hold indefinitely, as EA wants players to be able to maintain their gameplay and progress from .
“The way to think about it is, historically, franchise started with and then , and . And they were seen as replacements for the previous products,” Gorman recently . “What we’re really working with our community on is this a new era of .
We are not going to be working on replacements of previous projects; we’re only going to be adding to our universe.” “With that, you’ll see there are more ways to experience on different platforms, different ways to play, transmedia, and lots of great offerings within this universe. So absolutely, we’re still continuing to support more than ever.
Still continue to deliver expansion packs and updates and fixes. But what this is to say is, the way we’re going to do things going forward is a little different.” has a new franchise roadmap In a new blog, EA has , breaking down upcoming projects into a range of categories.
For a breakdown of what to expect, here’s everything revealed in quick bite form: This dot point.