The newest upcoming Sims game, codenamed Project Rene but more generally referred to as Sims 5, is looking for a way to implement multiplayer, a new interview with VP Lindsay Pearson suggests. The Sims team is looking at different examples of multiplayer gaming styles to figure out how Sims fans can enjoy the next game with friends.

Speaking on the One More Life podcast, Sims vice president of franchise creative Lyndsay Pearson was asked about rumors that The Sims 5 would be integrating multiplayer for the first time in franchise history.

"We definitely want to introduce multiplayer," Pearson answered. "Not multiplayer in the big, scary 'jump into a world full of strangers' kind of way, but literally how do you and your friends want to play together? There's a lot of different flavors that could take, so we're exploring a lot of different spaces there, because playing together can look like so many different things."