According to information shared in the official community of The Sims and the Insider Gaming portal, everything indicates that the new the Sims 5, also known as Project Rene, turned out to be hacked. Without having to connect to EA's servers, the game's brand, hackers were able to recreate the tokens that give access to the game.
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EA held a secret test with only invited users. It started on the 25th of October. It was in this way that it became possible to hack the game. Everything indicates that the guests had the right to call three more friends to participate in the test. No wonder the game was hacked. To date, Electronic Arts has not yet confirmed the situation, but some evidence points to the veracity of the story.
The same happened recently with the game GTA 6.
The Sims 5: Project Rene security
According to Insider Gaming portal journalist Tom Henderson, unknown sources confirm that hackers managed to enter the game by recreating the access token to be able to play. This way, they no longer needed to connect to an EA server.
The tokens work as a key that gives access to the game and also offers the possibility to test the prototypes available under development in Unreal Engine 5. According to these sources, this was a very easy procedure for the invaders to perform. Still in the testing phase, the new The Sims 5 did not have encryption, which makes the work of any hacker much simpler, since there is little security.
Until then, criminals have not yet released access codes for the game and it is also unknown what measures EA will take to prevent further damage to the game. As it is still in the development phase, it is possible that the company will be able to work around the problem without jeopardizing all the work done so far.
The question that remains is whether the hackers will be found and held accountable for the crime, as was done at the time of GTA 6, in which a 17-year-old teenager was stuck for doing exactly the same thing.
Despite the attackers not releasing the codes, they still have access to the game. This alone can cause the release of The Sims 5 to be delayed. Not to mention, of course, that leaking files poses serious risks to game development.
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