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The Sims™ 4News“Failed to Launch Game” Error March 23rd Update
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“Failed to Launch Game” Error March 23rd Update

The Sims™ 4 · published 23 Mar 2026, 18:17 UTC

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Sul Sul, Simmers!

We have a fix for the CC and Mod users out there that were still encountering problems launching the game. All of your CC should now load and work as expected. Thank you for your quick reporting and assistance in resolving this one!

  • The Sims 4 Team

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the game could crash on launch for 2% of players using specific types of custom content, under certain circumstances.

  • Resolved an issue that caused a main menu message to appear more frequently than intended.

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