EA annouces 'The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories Game Pack'
Aaaat laaast ! 🥳 The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories Game Pack is coming down the aisle 💍 on February 17th! #TS4WeddingStories pic.twitter.com/Bg4MKhOapR
- The Sims (@TheSims) February 8, 2022
EA announced a new game pack 'My Wedding Stories' to be released on February 17, the trailer and cover feature a lesbian couple, Camille and Dominique.
The next day The Sims team announced that the game would not be released in Russia due to the country’s anti-LGBTQ laws.
A letter to our players from The Sims Team ❤️💍 : https://t.co/23VLOWcsQ3 pic.twitter.com/wQiragB0NG
- The Sims (@TheSims) February 10, 2022
Several Sims content creators expressed their disappointment and decided to pull support for the pack including Plumbella & LilSimsie.
I won't be doing Early Access content for The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories Game Pack unless EA makes a statement apologizing and reverting back the changes.
- Sims Community (@TheSimCommunity) February 12, 2022
hey hens. i won’t be covering the new pack until we hear something from ea. this is a personal decision and i am choosing to stand with Jovan (owner of sims community) who is a very good friend of mine. please don’t send any hate to the gurus.
- plumbella (@plumbellayt) February 15, 2022
I will not be making early access content on the new wedding pack unless The Sims makes a statement acknowledging the hurt they have unintentionally caused their players by choosing to not release this pack in Russia.
- Kayla (@lilsimsie) February 15, 2022
This is really tough. I too come from a country where LGBTQIA+ folks face oppressive legal repercussions. Loud, western allyship almost always falls on deaf ears in these communities & actively hurts quietly queer folks looking for a glimmer of belonging. That said - https://t.co/D2G3cKYw51
- Clare_Witchbaby (@clare_witchbaby) February 10, 2022
just want to echo what Clare said: the sims has always been a space to safely explore queerness within the game and this is a huge blow for LGBTQ+ kids growing up under such horrific laws and circumstances https://t.co/2KqgLuiMXX
- steph (@steph0sims) February 10, 2022
This is a good thread to try and understand the issues with My Wedding Stories not being released in Russia.
Thank you for beginning to educate us.
I hope all Simmers who want to play the pack will be able to one way or another https://t.co/SnLGtoCWMR
- James Turner (@JamesTurnerYT) February 11, 2022
A week later EA have reversed the decision and are now releasing it in Russia "unaltered and unchanged" and delaying the release until February 23rd.
An update for our players regarding the "My Wedding Stories" Game Pack ❤️💍: https://t.co/23VLOWcsQ3 pic.twitter.com/Ya3sNCbV1o
- The Sims (@TheSims) February 16, 2022
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