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The Sims 3 due in February News

News by Robert Purchese

20 August, 2008

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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PearOfAnguish
20/08/08 @ 11:22
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And when are its 50,000 expansion packs due out?
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20/08/08 @ 11:24
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"bet this will be a comment about expansion packs"

yep
PearOfAnguish
20/08/08 @ 11:29
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I did it just for you.
Tomo
20/08/08 @ 11:48
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Not play The Sims since the first one and it was awesome back then. Actually rather looking forward to this.
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I've played every The Sims just for house and character creation, although they didn't entertain me for long. Will play The Sims 3, too.
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I'd best get as much action as possible from the missus before this is released, because she will be lost to the world when she gets her hands on it.
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If they got right of those awful load times between areas, and actually made them a useful device then hooray!

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As long as it isn't a huge resource hog like the Sims 2 was then I'd happily get this.

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