Provenance Record

Well-structured News article covering Paralives Early Access launch with clear sections: Overview, What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Analysis. The Analysis section provides useful editorial perspective without editorializing.

All 5 sources verified via local snapshots. source-0.html.gz (Sims Community): confirms $39.99 price, 10% launch discount to $35.99, roadmap June-September 2026 focus on performance/bugs, Q4 2026 first major update, pets/pools/weather/seasons roadmap, Alex's verbatim quote 'I can't believe it's been 7 years since I started this small (big) project!', minimum specs including GTX 1060, AMD M2 requirement, Patreon charge cessation at launch. source-1.html.gz (paralives.com/development): confirms 1 million Steam wishlists (logged under September 2025 in chronological dev log), $3/month Patreon pledge, open world town, all listed Live Mode and Build Mode features, Parli fictional language, Steam Workshop integration. source-2.html.gz (Inven Global): confirms June 2019 initial reveal, one-person start by Alex Massé, 14-person team as of June 2025, ~380k YouTube subscribers, 1 million Steam wishlist registrations, December 8 2025 original date, November 2025 delay due to live mode bugs and insufficient town activities. source-3.html.gz (MegaGames): confirms ~300 Build Mode items, 100+ Paramaker items, 191 animations, 30+ Live Mode features added during delay, ~2 year Early Access estimate, dogs/cats/horses in pets roadmap. source-4.html.gz (paralives.com/faq): confirms no paid DLCs verbatim ('Paralives will never have paid DLCs, only free expansions'), no console versions, no mobile version, PC and Mac on Steam.

All specific claims trace directly to cited sources. The direct quote from Alex Massé is verbatim per source-0. The '14-person team as of June 2025' is from Inven Global. The '380,000 YouTube subscribers' figure is from Inven Global ('approximately 380k'). The '1 million wishlists by September 2025' is consistent with the development log in source-1 which shows the milestone logged before the October 2025 entry. No hallucinations detected.

High-quality, well-researched submission covering a genuine news event. All facts verified. Clean approval.