The Sims 3 due in February

By Robert Purchese Published 20 August, 2008

Less confined than before.

EA plans to release The Sims 3 on the internet and in shops around the world from 20th February 2009.

Available from launch will be a Collector's Edition, featuring a themed USB drive with matching carabiner, tips and hints guide, in-game Italian-style sports car, and some stickers.

The Sims 3 builds on the enormous franchise by branching out into openworld territory, presenting a seamless neighbourhood to walk around, taking in areas such as town centres, beaches, mountains, and perhaps car parks with urine-stained staircases.

This expansive approach offers plenty of scope for future downloadable content, or perhaps even expansion packs. We'd be shocked.

Personality-customisation is another of the big ideas on offer, derived from a choice of five traits picked from a list of dozens: artistic, brave, kleptomaniac, clumsy, romantic and more.

Plus, of course, object-customisation - both interior and exterior - has been ramped up significantly to allow endless tweaks and fiddles.

Our preview of The Sims 3 will tell you much, much more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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