Cancel all your plans to take off work for whenever The Sims 5 launches, because it’s not currently planned for development, Electronic Arts announced today.

Those plans can be replaced, however, with an upcoming playtest for The Sims‘ “Project Rene,” which has been called “the next evolution of The Sims,” and is based around a multiplayer component. The next Sims game, which many considered to be The Sims 5, will not be that at all.

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Cancel all your plans to take off work for whenever The Sims 5 launches, because it’s not currently planned for development, Electronic Arts announced today.

Those plans can be replaced, however, with an upcoming playtest for The Sims‘ “Project Rene,” which has been called “the next evolution of The Sims,” and is based around a multiplayer component. The next Sims game, which many considered to be The Sims 5, will not be that at all.