Paradox, The Sims
Paradox exec admits canceled life sim Life By You wasn't "actually clearly better than Sims 4 in any of its main areas"
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Paradox Interactive chief creative officer Henrik Fåhraeus says the canceled life sim Life By You wasn't actually better than The Sims 4 in any major way.
Paradox still want to make a Sims competitor after Life By You, but "we need to start smaller"
Paradox Interactive have not had a rosy couple of years. While the company's core business in grand strategy remains
Life by You was too big to be saved, but Paradox has not given up on making a Sims-like
Paradox Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja spoke to us about the cancellation of Life by You and the company's future life sim ambitions.
Even after cancelling Life By You, Paradox would make another life sim, 'but in a different way'
Unlike RPGs, the publisher still sees life sims as a good fit for its pillars.
Paradox Explains Why They Canceled Life By You
Life By You was unexpectedly canceled earlier this year, and now we are learning a little more about why Paradox dropped the game.
The Sims rival Life By You should have been canceled sooner, Paradox admits
Speaking to PCGamesN, Paradox says that Life By You was not the game that it wanted to make, and that it should have been stopped earlier.
How Paradox weathered delays, developer splits, and Life By You's cancellation
Fast forward to 2024, and Paradox announced the cancellation of its life sim Life by You in June, as well as the closure of its developer, Paradox Tectonic. The Swedish company's profits dropped 90% year-on-year off the back of this announcement.
Would-be The Sims competitor Life By You was canceled because publisher Paradox realized "everything will be worse if we keep going, so we have to stop"
Delayed without a new release date just weeks before its cancellation, it seems that Life By You stood no chance - and publisher Paradox Interactive explains why. Speaking in a recent interview with Eurogamer,
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Paradox must refocus to rebuild trust and survive, bosses say, after Life By You cancellation
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Paradox wants to get out of the RPG business: 'If Bloodlines 2, God willing, is successful, Bloodlines 3 [will be] done by someone else'
It's been nearly a decade since Paradox Interactive acquired White Wolf and the World of Darkness, and nearly as long since ...
Paradox won’t make Bloodlines 3, will hand to another publisher
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 has already seen one developer change, but if there's a Bloodlines 3 it won't be Paradox that makes it.
Cities Skylines 2 Publisher Opens Up About Recent String Of Mess-Ups
Paradox’s deputy CEO Mattias Lilja and chief creative officer Henrik Fåhraeus sat down with a number of outlets to talk about the publisher’s recent failures and what it’s learning from them. Those ...