Legal concerns over censorship of ‘gay propaganda’ content held the pack up, but it will now arrive on Feb. 23 The Sims 4 publisher Electronic Arts will release its My Wedding Stories content, which prominently features a lesbian couple, in Russia after backlash from Russian Sims players.
Russian The Sims 4 players argued that keeping the content out of Russia limited representation for LGBTQ+ players there, while other suggested Electronic Arts misinterpreted the law.
In its Wednesday announcement, the Sims team referenced the backlash it faced from the Russian Sims community and some prominent Sims influencers.
Now, Electronic Arts will release the game pack “unaltered and unchanged” in Russia, citing that it has “reassessed” its options.