The Cutting Room Floor:Project Names/Electronic Arts

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The Sims series

Mainline Games

Project Name(s)	Game	Platform	Initial Release		Source(s)	Notes
Dollhouse	The Sims	Windows	February	2000	Game was also called "Project Dollhouse" during development.
ExpansionPack	The Sims: Livin' Large	Windows	August	2000	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack
ExpansionPack2	The Sims: House Party	Windows	March	2001	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack2
ExpansionPack3	The Sims: Hot Date	Windows	November	2001	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack3
ExpansionPack4	The Sims: Vacation	Windows	March	2002	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack4
ExpansionPack5	The Sims: Unleashed	Windows	September	2002	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack5
Deluxe	The Sims: Deluxe Edition	Windows	September	2002	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/Deluxe, containing Deluxe Edition-exclusive content.
ExpansionPack6	The Sims: Superstar	Windows	May	2003	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack6
ExpansionPack7	The Sims: Makin' Magic	Windows	October	2003	Program Files (x86)/Maxis/The Sims/ExpansionPack7
Sims2	The Sims 2	Windows	September	2004	Descriptions in Object.package files.
Sims2EP1	The Sims 2: University	Windows	March	2005	Descriptions in Object.package files.
Sims2EP2	The Sims 2: Nightlife	Windows	September	2005	Descriptions in Object.package files.
Sims2Holiday	The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack	Windows	November	2005	Descriptions in Object.package files.
EP4, Sims2EP6	The Sims 2: Pets	Windows	September	2004	Descriptions in Object.package files. Strangely this game refers to Pets as the sixth expansion pack despite it actually being the fourth.
Olympus	The Sims 4	Windows	September	2014	Concept art
Rene	[Unknown]	[Unknown]	[Unknown]	[Unknown]	Announcement by EA	A Sims game currently in development.

Spin-offs

Project Name(s)	Game	Platform	Initial Release		Source(s)	Notes
SimsPS2	The Sims (console)	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox	March	2003	Texture called main_logo_load_simsps2.	Game originally came out on PlayStation 2, with GameCube and Xbox releases following shortly.
Urbz1	The Urbz: Sims in the City	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox	November	2004	The Urbz pre-production video titled pre_production_11_Urbz1_Concept_h264.mov
Urbz2	The Sims 2 (console)	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox	October	2005	Archive files	The Sims 2 console was originally a sequel to The Urbz: Sims in the City but was reworked.
AspyrLS	The Sims Life Stories	Windows	February	2007	Some Descs in Text/UIText.package.	Aspyr developed this spin-off game.
Pets Story	The Sims Pet Stories	Windows	June	2007	Descriptions in Object.package files.
Cast	The Sims Castaway Stories	Windows	January	2008	Descriptions in Object.package files.

Plants vs. Zombies series

Project Name(s)	Game	Platform	Initial Release		Source(s)	Notes
Picnic / GW3	Plants vs. Zombies: Battle_For Neighborville	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch	October	2019	Both are found in various internal directories, Picnic was also used in playtesting email sent out by EA
N3xt	Plants vs. Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia	Android, iOS	January	2024	Used as package name for the app	Only present as the codename for specifically the post-2020 reworks of the game

Need for Speed series

To do: Most Wanted (2005), Carbon, ProStreet, Hot Pursuit 2 and possibly Underground 1 & 2 project names. Is NFSU3 an internal name for Carbon? This name was found within strings pertaining to a Xbox Live test app.

Project Name(s)	Game	Platform	Initial Release		Source(s)	Notes
NFSMW2	Need for Speed: Undercover	Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii	November	2008	Leftover DFL file references within the Japanese Wii version. Not to be confused with Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012), which began development as Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2.
HAWAII	Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation Vita	October	2012	Referenced numerous times within Build names. Most Wanted 2012 was known within Criterion as Need for Speed: Hawaii during development.
Genesis	Need for Speed (2015)	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	November	2015	Internal files, and can be seen in some files names in the game data.
Hashtag	Need for Speed Payback	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	November	2017	Internal files, including this concept art
Roboto	Need for Speed Heat	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	November	2019	Internal files (music folder is named audio/music/roboto/playlist)
Excalibur	Need for Speed Unbound	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X	December (November for Early Access)	2022	Installation folder name; internal filenames

Other

Project Name(s)	Game	Platform	Initial Release		Source(s)	Notes
Symphony	Peggle 2	PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One	December	2013	Developer interview; codename was used by Microsoft when the game was a timed console exclusive
Dolores	[Unknown]	[Unknown]	[Unknown]	[Unknown]	Recruitment applications	Recruitment applications for a game codenamed Dolores, Spanish for "pain" or "sorrow"