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SHOCKING: Life by you - What They Never Told You

Life by You dev says the team "spent a month in purgatory" trying to prove that The Sims competitor was "worth launching"

The simulation game allegedly "got a thumbs up a few weeks before launch"

Former dev from sunken Sims competitor Life by You alleges the team had 'the rug pulled' from under them—despite outperforming the company's internal metrics

Former dev from sunken Sims competitor Life by You alleges the team had 'the rug pulled' from under them—despite outperforming the company's internal metrics

"We were a strong team on a strong project ready to launch to a strong audience."

Paradox Cancels Life by You, Admits Failure

Paradox Cancels Life by You, Admits Failure

Paradox cancels Life by You. The studio that worked on the game has been closed.

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The director of Sims competitor Life By You says players can monetize their future mods: "You don't owe us a dime"

Rod Humble is happy for Life By You players to make mods

Life By You director says modders are welcome to monetize creations however they want: 'Go for it—you don't need our permission'

Rod Humble describes Life By You not just as a game but as a toolset for creators.

People who don't play life sims might not understand that they're 'the most complex RPGs ever written,' says Life by You director

But they're inclusive and easy to pick up, which is why their popularity keeps growing, Rod Humble says.

Sims competitor Life By You delayed to June to refine gameplay and 'add more life' to character faces

Paradox Tectonic outlines a list of improvements and player feedback it wants to spend time addressing.

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Life By You might become The Sims 4's biggest competition, but it was partially inspired by a very different game

Life By You might become The Sims 4's biggest competition, but it was partially inspired by a very different game

Eventually, everything comes back to chess

Playing God: Rod Humble on building the radical new simulator Life By You

Playing God: Rod Humble on building the radical new simulator Life By You

The game allows players to control every aspect of their character, and NPCs won’t forget how you treated them. Its developer reveals the details of his ‘metaphysical’ approach

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Life By You looks like The Sims with its brakes cut, and if it doesn't shake apart it could be something very special

Life By You looks like The Sims with its brakes cut, and if it doesn't shake apart it could be something very special

They can call the sequel Second Life By You.

Life by You is trying to "push the boundaries" of life sims as a more open and customizable experience

Life by You is trying to "push the boundaries" of life sims as a more open and customizable experience

Life by You preview: "It's the details that you bring to life that make it personal to you"

The next generation of The Sims will finally have some much-needed competition

The next generation of The Sims will finally have some much-needed competition

The long-dominant life sim will finally get some competition in its next generation.

Life By You is the kick up the butt The Sims needs to be great again

Life By You is the kick up the butt The Sims needs to be great again

The Sims franchise has had 23 years to run the life simulation show - and I say enough is enough.

Unlike The Sims, Life by You is absolutely pro-nudity

Unlike The Sims, Life by You is absolutely pro-nudity

Life by You has nudity because the devs are European

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Life by You cancelation and everything we know about Paradox's life sim

Sims competitor Life by You has been canceled as of June 17, 2024

Life by You will let you turn The Sims' wildest community challenges into quests with rewards

The 100-baby challenge is inevitably making a comeback

Sims competitor Life by You allows you to create custom careers and jobs for your characters

The life sim will also offer careers in retail, hairdressing, finance, and more

Former Sims lead says men would lie about how they played during focus groups: 'Actually, what you did is you redecorated that bathroom'

Rod Humble's new life sim takes careful account of the observation that people don't always want others knowing what they do in life sims.

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Sims competitor Life by You doesn't have loading screens because its NPCs are "accurately modeled every second of every year"

Paradox wanted to give players a completely open-world experience

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Life by You is challenging The Sims 4 by tempting its modders

The open-world life sim will let you change basically anything about the world by uploading files of new dialogue or just changing up the code yourself.

Life By You says yes to sex mods and privacy, no to gender roles

We spoke to former Sims boss Rod Humble about his new life sim, which sounds like a platform more than a game.

Paradox's The Sims rival Life by You gets September early access release

Here's our first proper look at the Cities: Skylines dev's upcoming life sim

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