EA announced they’re releasing The Sims 3 Deluxe Edition this fall. The Sims 3 Deluxe Edition will arrive in late September.

The Sims 3 Deluxe Edition comes with the base game as well as the Sims 3 Ambitions expansion pack and is priced at $49.95. They’re normally priced at $50 and $40 respectively, so if you had been waiting to get the Sims 3 at a cheaper price, you will now have a chance to.

The next Sims 3 expansion Late Night is set to hit stores in October.

The Sims, a strategic, life-simulation game, was first released in 2000, by creator Will Wright, and developed by Maxis, and Electronic Arts. By 2002, The Sims had become the biggest-selling PC game in the world, having sold more than 6.3 million copies worldwide. After seven expansion packs (EPs), The Sims had ended its run, and The Sims 2 was launched in 2004, to huge success. In June 2009, the third installment of the Sims franchise was launched, The Sims 3.

It is fascinating to study the demographics of “God games”, simulation games, in particular, the Sims franchise. The … read more

The Sims 3 Console Details: EA answers questions about the The Sims 3 console versions.

Recently we got a chance to exchange some emails with Sam Player, Executive Producer in The Sims Studio about the upcoming console versions of The Sims 3. To get the lowdown on what’s planned for the console versions, as well as things they’ve learned from past console sims, read on.

PrimaGames has listed a new guide for The Sims 3 Ambitions, from what I can tell, it appears to be a web based guide?! This is the first time a product of this type has been listed in the Prima Store, so there is no much info about it, however it seems to be different from the printed book and e-guide as its quite a bit more expensive (possibly a comprehensive guide?)?!

Well I decided to contact Prima about this new listing, it appears as though the “Web Guide” is a new format in which the guides will now be available, … read more

EA’s The Sims Studio is putting the power of pattern creation directly into The Sims 3 players’ hands! Available this summer as a free download on www.TheSims3.com, The Sims 3 Create a Pattern Tool allows players to create and share their own original patterns. Registered The Sims 3 players will be able to design a pattern easily, whether simple or elaborate, using dozens of images available in the Sticker Library or layer and modify their own images to create any pattern their heart desires. Players’ creativity is the limit and once satisfied they can then share their pattern … read more