Fans of The Sims have their hopes up that the original two games will finally be remastered for modern platforms after Electronic Arts cryptically teased them in a new 25th anniversary promo video. Kotaku understands that The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 will both be re-released on PC before the end of the month.

Maxis Games’ revolutionary 2000 title The Sims is one of the most important PC games ever released. The crossover hit is one of the best-selling games ever, and it essentially created the life simulator genre, yet this important piece of gaming history has remained mostly unplayable on modern hardware for over a decade.

According to Twitter user Anadius, The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 will be re-released on PC for Windows 10 and 11 on Friday 31st January at 10am CST. The Sims and The Sims 2 re-release for Windows 10/11 on January 31st at 16:00 UTC. 25th Birthday Bundle releases at the same time (contents not listed).

This February, one of EA's most beloved PC franchises, The Sims, turns 25. To celebrate, EA is traveling back to the early 2000s, when the original The Sims and The Sims 2 were introduced. The publisher posted a teaser for what appears to be a revival of both games on Monday,

In just eight days time, The Sims turns 25 - and EA is reportedly poised to re-release The Sims 1 & 2 this week as

The Sims has been on consoles in some form or another since 2003, when an adaptation of the original was released for PS2. It was fairly different from the PC classic, though much of the core remained intact. PS2 and PSP versions of The Sims 2 emerged in 2005, again somewhat different from the original.