The Sims 3

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The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief! Create over a million unique Sims and control their lives. Customize everything from their appearances, to their personalities and even the home of their dreams. Then, send your Sims out to explore new locations around town and to meet other Sims in the neighborhood. The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your Sims’ destinies and make their wishes come true.


GAME INFO publisher: EA developer: EA genre: Management MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PIV 2000, 1GB RAM, 6.1GB HDD, 128MB video card	ESRB rating: T homepage: thesims3.ea.com/ release date: Jun 02, 09 (released)	Tweet

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PATCHES	size	date
v1.29.55 International Patch	861MB	Dec 16, 11

v1.8.2 to v1.9.0 Worldwide Patch	40MB	Feb 03, 10

v1.8.25.003001 from v1.7.9.002001 Patch	38MB	Dec 18, 09

v1.3.24 Patch	62MB	Jul 29, 09

v1.2.7 Patch	19MB	Jun 27, 09

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Apr 21, 08

The Sims 3 First Look
A lot of gamers prefer getting immersed into different types of fantasy worlds. If they are not swinging axes or casting spells in World of Warcraft, they're probably out there firing blasters and shotguns in Mass Effect or just hopping up and down with good old Mario in Super Mario Galaxy...

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Oct 31, 2011

Battlefield 3 is No. 1 in UK
Yes, who would've thought. EA's top-selling franchise Battlefield has returned to sales charts in the UK, thanks to the launch of Battlefield 3. Here's the chart for top UK sellers for the week ending on October 29 (Oh don't worry, Just Dance 3 is still there): 1.

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»	Oct 24, 2011 Batman: Arkham City Top-Seller in the UK Forza Motorsport 4 just got Bat-kicked off the top of the UK weekly sales chart, along with FIFA 12 and Football Manager 2012, all of which weren't as wanted as Rocksteady's new game. » MORE

»	Sep 19, 2011 Dead Island Still Best-seller in UK Dead Island has conquered the UK sales last week and has managed to stay the top seller in the region. Here's the top 20 weekly top sellers in UK (for the week ending September 17): 1. » MORE

»	Sep 05, 2011 Deus Ex Human Revolution Outsold Zumba in UK Again Last week, Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution outsold the exceedingly popular title Zumba Fitness. It's the same this week. Here are the top 10 sellers in the UK for the week ending September 3: 1. » MORE

»	Aug 30, 2011 Deus Ex Outsells Zumba Fitness in UK After being the top-selling game in the UK for ten weeks in a row, Zumba Fitness was finally outmatched by Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution. » MORE

»	Aug 15, 2011 Shocker: Zumba Top-Selling Game in Britain... Again No that UK's got its fair dose of violence and street chaos, it's time for things to return back to normal. And, by UK standards, that means drinking tea, worshipping the Royal Family and playing the hell out of Zumba Fitness. » MORE

»	Jul 11, 2011 Zumba Still Top Seller in UK Apart from Codemasters' Dirt 3 and High Moon Studios' Transformers: Dark of the Moon, there's only one game that deserves your attention - Zumba Fitness, of course. » MORE

»	Jun 06, 2011 L.A. Noire Stays No. 1 in UK Looks like Rockstar's L.A. Noire seems to have taken the UK by storm. This is the third week the game has proved to be the most popular among Brits, outselling everything else currently on offer in the region. » MORE

»	Feb 07, 2011 Dead Space 2 Stays Atop UK Chart Dead Space 2 made its impact on the UK market, debuting on the weekly chart for that territory as the top-selling title (outperforming the usual best-selleres - FIFA 11, Black Ops and, of course, Just Dance). » MORE

»	Jan 10, 2011 FIFA 11 & Just Dance Top UK Charts... Again After conquering UK charts, Black Ops drops to third spot in the UK weekly sales chart, making way for the usual Brit best-sellers - i.e. FIFA and, oh yes, Just 'Bloody' Dance: 1. » MORE

»	Jan 04, 2011 Brits Still Buying Black Ops Like Crazy The latest weekly sales charts (for the week that ended December 25) in the UK show that Call of Duty: Black Ops continues to be top dog. Check it out: 1. » MORE

»	Nov 15, 2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops Conquers UK Sales It's time for the weekly UK sales chart. And it would appear, CoD: Black Ops comes out as number one in that region. Check it out: 1. CoD: Black Ops - Activision 2. » MORE

»	Nov 08, 2010 Brits Unsurprisingly Into Football Manager 2011 According to the latest weekly all-formats sales data in the UK, Football Manager 2011 beats all other games. Hm, well, that makes complete sense. Wouldn't expect Brits to go crazy over anything else besides a soccer-related game. » MORE

»	Nov 01, 2010 Fable 3 Tops UK Charts The latest UK weekly sales charts show that Fable 3 is the most wanted game in that region (ah and I see Just Dance 2 is still as popular as ever, jolly good show): 1. » MORE

»	Oct 05, 2010 Civ V No. 1 in the UK The weekly UK sales (provided by ELSPA) have shown that UK gamers prefer playing Civilization V these days. Well, F1 2010 was the top seller in the UK last week and it looks though the game didn't make into the top 10 this time around. » MORE

»	Jun 07, 2010 Red Dead Redemption Continues to Top UK Charts Same as last week, Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption tops UK sales. Here are the current top 10 sellers in the UK (data provided by GfK Chart-Track): 1. » MORE

»	Jun 01, 2010 UK's Weekly Game Sales Here's what Brit gamers prefer playing lately. The charts below show sales for the week ending May 29, 2010. PC Only 1. Football Manager 2010 2. » MORE

»	May 12, 2010 Dead Space 2 Officially Coming to PC PC gamers, rejoice. Electronic Arts and Visceral Games finally confirmed the PC version of their forthcoming horror-themed action game, Dead Space 2. » MORE

»	Apr 28, 2010 The Sims 3 Heading to Consoles Probably for the best... (now, if only it would stay there ;)) Seriously though, Electronic Arts announced that the company's popular PC game The Sims 3 is now in development for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS. » MORE

»	Feb 03, 2010 The Sims 3 Patches Now I know all of you are gonna want to dig into this. EA released two updates for The Sims 3: The Sims 3: World Adventures v2.4 Patch 35MB The Sims 3 v1. » MORE

»	Jan 07, 2010 Weekly PC Sales Well, everything's pretty much as you'd expect it to be. Here are the latest weekly PC sales (via digital distribution): Steam (by Revenue): 12/26/09 - 1/3/10 1. » MORE

»	Dec 11, 2009 Steam & D2D Top Sellers Here's what PC gamers are currently ordering the most via digital distribution services Direct2Drive and Steam. Driect2Drive 1. Dragon Age: Origins 2. » MORE

»	Oct 21, 2009 Aion Tops PC September Sales We saw this one coming and so have you guys. NCsoft's MMO Aion topped PC sales charts in the US, according to statistics provided by NPD. Here's the full chart (thanks EdgeOnline): 1. » MORE

»	Sep 15, 2009 PC Sales: MMOGs Lead the Way, Along With KotOR Here are the latest (weekly) digital PC sales: Steam's Top 10 (9/6 - 9/12) 1. Aion Collector's Edition (pre-order) / NCsoft 2. Champions Online / Cryptic 3. » MORE

»	Aug 25, 2009 L4D & Champions Online Rule PC Sales According to the latest PC sales (via digital distribution), Left 4 Dead and Champions Online (pre-order) are what PC gamers seek the most right now. Check it out: Steam's Top 10 (by Revenue) (8/16 - 8/22) 1. » MORE

»	Aug 10, 2009 UK Gamers Really Like Cricket So, what else is new? Well, certainly the fact that the appallingly dead summer gaming season leaves nothing interesting for players to enjoy, especially in Britain. » MORE

»	Aug 05, 2009 Dawn of War II & The Sims Dominate PC Sales The latest US PC digital release sales charts show Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and The Sims 3 as the best-sellling games in the previous week: Steam (week 7/26 - 8/1): 1. » MORE

»	Aug 03, 2009 The Sims 3 Gets An Add-on Already EA announced The Sims 3 World Adventures, the first expansion pack for the life sim game, The Sims 3. The add-on, naturally, requires the original game. » MORE

»	Jul 23, 2009 The Sims 3 Tops June PC Sales Of course it does. Nobody expected otherwise. Check out last month's PC sales (via Gamasutra): 1. The Sims 3 (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts) 2. » MORE

»	Jul 15, 2009 PC Sales: Monkey Island & ArmA 2 For some reason our regular news sources for PC weekly and monthly sales keep omitting the usual US sales charts from NPD, so what you'll see below are the PC digital download charts for the week ending July 11: Steam 1. » MORE

»	Jun 27, 2009 The Sims 3 Patch Released No, it's not the nude patch. If it's nudity you're after, check out this news update (and no, it's not THAT kind of nudity, you sloshed, perverted bastards). » MORE

»	Jun 22, 2009 Prototype Grabs Top Spot on UK Charts In Britain, the one game people seem to be purchasing the most right now is Prototype, which is followed by The Sims 3 and Wii Fit (right, Brits are concerned about staying in shape all of a sudden). » MORE

»	Jun 18, 2009 The Sims 3 Electronic Arts dishes out the next installment in their extremely popular series, The Sims. The Sims 3 already sold an impressive number of units after its launch and now it finally landed into our lap. » MORE

»	Jun 15, 2009 The Sims 3 Completely Outsells Everything Well, last month's sales have shown a more or less traditional bunch of PC games in the chart of top-sellers in the US. However, the latest weekly PC sales prove that gamers are out there buying The Sims 3 like crazy. » MORE

»	Jun 10, 2009 The Sims 3 Sells Over 1.4M The top-selling life simulation franchise from EA just got its official third installment and apparently it continues to sell like crazy (no surprises there). » MORE

Jun 03, 2009

Nude Patch for The Sims 3
Another patch comes along. Unlike Far Cry 2's this one's a bit more... naughty, naughty. The Sims 3 is out and available for purchase online and at your local video game retailer (provided your house is not on some God-forsaken rock out in the sticks where no sod lives).

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May 28, 2009

EA's E3 Lineup Revealed
EA's official lineup for this year's E3 festivities are as follows: Army of Two: The 40th Day Battlefield 1943 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Brutal Legend Dante's Inferno Dead Space Extraction Dragon Age: Origins EA Sports Active EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis FIFA 10 Fight Night Round 4 G.

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»	May 01, 2009 Sims 3 to Sell 4M in 2009 Analyst Mike Hickey predicts that EA's approaching game The Sims 3 -- slated to launch during June -- could sell up to 4 million units this year. This means it would surpass sales of The Sims 2, which sold 3. » MORE

Feb 04, 2009

EA Delays Mass Effect 2, Battlefield: BC 2, The Sims 3 & More
Yesterday's financial results from EA indicated also brought the official word on a bunch of delays. The company revealed that the continuation of BioWare's sci-fi RPG Mass Effect will be released no later than April 2010.

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»	Dec 11, 2008 The Sims 3 Trailer Yeah, well, you know it's The Sims 3 and here's the latest trailer: Maxis is working on the game and is expected to release it on February 20, 2009. God help us then... » MORE

»	Sep 10, 2008 The Sims 3 Trailer EA launches a 'Behind the Scenes' trailer for The Sims 3, in which the developers go into detail about certain aspects of the game, speaking about ideas that are being tossed around during development. » MORE

Aug 20, 2008

The Sims 3 Dated
Joy and rapture. Electronic Arts today announced that The Sims 3 are going to be available at retailers and via digital download on February 20, 2009. That same day, EA also plans to release The Sims 3 Collector's Edition, which, as announced, includes a Sims USB drive, in-game Italian-style sports car, hints guide, stickers and.

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»	Apr 21, 2008 The Sims 3 It's about to happen... again. EA is preparing a sequel to one of the world's most popular game franchises. The Sims 3 is in development and the developers have prepared a vast number of improvements to the famous life sim series. » MORE

»	Apr 16, 2008 100 Million Copies of The Sims Sold EA celebrates, as one the conglomerate's best-selling franchises shatters the 100 million mark. Let, me repeat that. Over 100,000,000 titles in the series were sold worldwide. » MORE

»	Mar 25, 2008 The Sims 3 Media Last week, EA unveiled details about The Sims 3 and a bunch of initial images. We've just updated our gallery with more in-game snaps, so you can take a look if you wish. » MORE

»	Mar 19, 2008 The Sims 3 Announced, Screens The day has come when EA announces a third installment in its incredibly popular The Sims series. The Sims 3 is being described as a next-gen flagship PC game, featuring an open living neighborhood and more. » MORE

Mar 07, 2008

The Sims 3 First Details
You've read about the first hints. Now, here's something I know you wanna hear. 1Up reports about the first details on The Sims 3. Check it out: The biggest change to The Sims 3 is that it takes place in a wide-open, constantly changing neighborhood -- a much bigger sandbox, if you will, and a much more complex simulation.

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»	Mar 05, 2008 Sims 3 Info Really Soon Boy, just writing about it gives me the shivers. It appears that EA is preparing an announcement related to the next installment in the ever-popular The Sims series. » MORE

Mar 27, 2007

EA's Music Label
EA is reaching out with its huge franchise-swallowing claw to conquer more of the market. No, they're not making The Sims 3. Not yet anyways. This time, the software giant announced it has entered into a joint venture with Nettwerk One Music to form the new full-service music company, named Artwerk.

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