Fans of The Simshave their hopes up that the original two games will finally be remastered for modern platforms after Electronic Arts cryptically teased them in a new 25th anniversary promo video. Kotaku understands that The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 will both be re-released on PC before the end of the month.

In just eight days time, The Sims turns 25 - and EA is reportedly poised to re-release The Sims 1 & 2 this week as

The Sims has been on consoles in some form or another since 2003, when an adaptation of the original was released for PS2. It was fairly different from the PC classic, though much of the core remained intact. PS2 and PSP versions of The Sims 2 emerged in 2005, again somewhat different from the original.

EA's been teasing stuff as it celebrates 25 years of malevolent gods overseeing mysterious pool-related deaths.

This February, one of EA's most beloved PC franchises, The Sims, turns 25. To celebrate, EA is traveling back to the early 2000s, when the original The Sims and The Sims 2 were introduced. The publisher posted a teaser for what appears to be a revival of both games on Monday,