Paradox Interactive recently appointed Mattias Lilja as its new Deputy CEO to help strengthen its “pipeline of projects for the future”. Lilja’s first action as Deputy is to delay Life by You from it’s planned June early access release.
Paradox’s Tectonic studio, led by former Sims boss and Second Life CEO Rod Humble, is fully committed to developing Life by You. However, more development time is needed, which is why the decision has been made to delay it for a third time.
Life by You was first delayed from its September 2023 release, pushed back until March 2024, before being delayed again until June 2024, and now it’s being delayed indefinitely as Paradox Interactive doesn’t want to commit to a release date it “cannot be certain to meet”.
Paradox Interactive announces third delay for Life by You, its life sim game that hopes to challenge the sims
“After much consideration, we regret to announce that we have decided to retract Life by You’s Early Access release date, previously set for June 4th.” said Lilja.
“This was not an easy decision, especially since we understand the anticipation and excitement that many players have for the game. However, we believe that additional development time is needed.”
A new release window hasn’t been confirmed, but development is still ongoing. Life by You isn’t being canceled or removed from its release schedule. While it probably won’t be released this year, we hope to see it in early 2025.
“While we would have preferred to commit to a new release window, we believe it is more prudent to hold off while we plan ahead, rather than committing to a new date that we cannot be certain to meet.” concluded Lilja.
Paradox Interactive will reveal a new release date when it’s ready.
The life sim genre is starting to pick up pace again, with Life by You, a new Sims game in development from EA, Paralives from Alex Massé, and a new life sim game from Midsummer Studios CEO and former XCOM boss Jake Solomon.
There’s plenty to look forward to, but the fact is, we probably won’t see any of it until 2025.
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