The Sims 4 Not launching

Hi everyone,sorry

I’m having a big issue with The Sims 4 on my MacBook (13”, M1 chip) running macOS Tahoe 26.0.1.

Up until Thursday evening the game was working perfectly. But now, when I try to launch The Sims 4 from the EA App:

• The game doesn’t even show the Electronic Arts/Maxis logo.

• The folder Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 doesn’t get created anymore.

• Instead, the EA Crash Reporter pops up immediately.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• Completely uninstalled and reinstalled both EA App and The Sims 4.
• Installed the game both on my internal SSD and on an external drive (same result).
• Cleared EA App cache.
• Tried running EA App with Rosetta.
• Checked system permissions for EA App (Full Disk Access enabled).

Nothing worked — the game still won’t launch

👉 Has anyone else with macOS Tahoe run into this problem? Is this maybe a compatibility issue with the new macOS version or just a broken EA App update?

Thanks in advance!