Paradox Interactive has delayed Life By You – the new Sims-like from its Paradox Tectonic studio – yet again, saying “additional development time is needed” and that it doesn’t want to commit to a new release date it “cannot be certain to meet”.
This marks the third delay for Life By You, which was announced last March amid promises of a fully open-world with no loading screens, “real language conversation”, digital humans that could optionally be directly controlled by players, and plenty of customisation.
It initially also featured a rather bland art style that immediately drew criticism, leading to the game’s first delay. Rather than release into PC early access last September, as had originally been the plan, Paradox announced it would be delaying Life by You into March this year so it could spruce up its visuals, its UI, and other elements.
In February, however, Paradox announced a second delay, this time to 4th June, to “ensure that it’s as smooth and fun… as possible, and lays a strong foundation for building out [the game] during early access.” But with just two weeks to go until launch, Paradox has now confirmed the game won’t be making that release date either.