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World Adventures here in November.

EA has unveiled a World Adventures expansion pack for the PC and Mac versions of The Sims 3, which ships to retailers the week starting 16th November. That, presumably, puts the European release as Friday 20th November.

World Adventures lets Sims travel around the globe to famous places, learning skills, searching for treasure and picking up new styles along the way. Your Sim might like to master martial arts in China, for example, or stare at landmarks in France. And everything you do can be recorded in a photo album or on film and shared with friends.

EA plans exclusive downloadable content for World Adventures in the future, and will offer buyers 1000 Sim Points to spend in The Sims 3 Store.

Additionally, World Adventures will be available on the iPhone/iPod Touch App Store early next year.

Our gallery for The Sims 3: World Adventureshas the first pictures.

The Sims 3 launched here last month and was well received. Head to our review of The Sims 3 to find out more.

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bigjimbeef #1 3 years ago

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Well, fair enough. Sounds like a bit of extra fun. Wouldn't mind seeing inside their work offices though
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serpantdarius #2 3 years ago

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how many expansions this game gonna get then? more than sims two?

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AphoticCosmos #3 3 years ago

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I am shocked and amazed at this news.
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SeesThroughAll #4 3 years ago

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The Sims are the AntiChrist.
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Eraysor #5 3 years ago

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Sounds terrible.
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X201 #6 3 years ago

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The tsunami commences...
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Crembo #7 3 years ago

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Yup, get ready to be flooded by expansions in the next 3-4 years.
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TheTingler #8 3 years ago

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And lo, the Third Age of Darkness descended upon the gaming world...
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Paper #9 3 years ago

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Well, many of these casual gamers only care about Sims. They aren't waiting each year for GRITTY SHOOTER SEQUEL r whatever. They play Sims when they feel like it.

They're interested in more Sims. It shows because it sells. They get more of it.

The price value of said expansions can be set into question compared with the production costs, but that's not how businesses work. Even if you don't care about Sims, these games are getting money in line for projects like Mirror's Edge.
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Lionheart #10 3 years ago

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Why does the Sims pictures link back to the home page?
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Innes #11 3 years ago

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And so it begins.
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interceptor #12 3 years ago

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I suppose its "trendy" to diss The Sims games, but they are popular because on the whole they're fun to play.
I enjoy them
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Sharzam #13 3 years ago

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And so it begins.

Wonder how many expansions sims 3 will have by the end, hmm 20 perhaps or 30
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Chufty #14 3 years ago

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I thought they were supposed to be easing off on this crazy business model?
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M83J01P97 #15 3 years ago

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Correct me if I am wrong, but there is a bigger gap between this expansion packs release and the first expansion pack for the Sims 2, which seemed to literally come out a few weeks after the main game.

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Paper #16 3 years ago

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Sims 2 had 8 expansion packs over the course of 4 years (and a bunch of editions bundling them).

The first expansion came after 4.5 months.

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darkmorgado #17 3 years ago

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IT BEGINS
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evilboo #18 3 years ago

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broken link on the pics. Here's the link:

[link url=http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id =12199&article_id=683516
]http://ww w.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?gam...[/link]

.. looks like tomb raider for 5 year olds.

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achronous #19 3 years ago

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I feel kinda sick ;P
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djed #20 3 years ago

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he comes
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