The Sims 4 LGBTQ+ Blog Post Controversy Explained

The Sims 4 LGBTQ+ Blog Post Goes Back Online After Fans Fear It Was Being Scrubbed From Existence Published Aug 21, 2026, 8:06 AM EDT Sign in to your TheGamer account Yesterday, many in The Sims playerbase spotted that some older blog posts had been taken down. In particular, many were concerned to see that a post outlining a 2019 collab with the LGBTQ+ project It Gets Better was gone, and feared this was in relation to the recent acquisition. That is because EA is now owned by a consortium of investors, which includes Saudi Arabia's PIF. Due to this, many fear that inclusive games like The Sims 4 will be censored to appeal to the new owners, and that future games with queer characters and themes won't be greenlit. However, as of today, the blog post is back online. We reached out to EA and were told that the post disappeared due to an IT issue, as EA is actively migrating the backend of its website from one provider to another. The spokesperson says that this means older articles will disappear and reappear, rather than LGBTQ+ content being targeted for deletion. EA Responds To Concerns Regarding The Sims Blog Posts Disappearing During my own research, I also found that a page on The Sims 4's inclusivity features was offline. This is still true at the time of writing, and the last record I can find of the page being live is from February of this year. Numerous pages on how EA has marked Pride Week over the years are also offline, as well as a page on gender inclusion. However, other pages on diversity, equity, and inclusion can be found on the EA website. That includes EA's main page on inclusion, as well as the It Gets Better campaign at the centre of all of this. If what EA is saying is true, this would not have been the smoking gun the fanbase thought it was, and these pages should be back online soon. That said, it's easy to see why fans are on such high alert. The new owners represent the leadership of a country in which same sex relationships are illegal, punishable by death. Saudi Arabia is notorious for investing in sports and entertainment as a way of cleaning up its image on the international stage, and the EA purchase is seen as just another example of this. Another owner is Affinity Partners, an investment firm owned by Jared Kushner - Donald Trump's son-in-law. These ties have also alarmed fans. Ultimately, this confusion regarding the blog posts is just a sign of things to come. Fanbases such as The Sims community and the communities around the BioWare games are particularly fearful as to what will happen next, and will remain on the lookout for any sign that EA is backing away from its commitment to its pre-acquisition values. Released September 2, 2014 ESRB T for Teen: Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence Developer(s) Maxis Publisher(s) Electronic Arts Engine Proprietary Engine Cross-Platform Play Xbox, PlayStation, and computer versions of Sims 4 are all separate games incompatible with each other Cross Save no