From EA:
The Sims 3 Exclusive Extra Game Content and Online Offerings!
Download Riverview-An All-New Town to Expand Your Game on Launch Day
On the day The Sims 3 launches, you can log onto www.TheSims3.com to download an all-new town called Riverview plus gain access to 1,000 SimPoints to purchase items on The Sims 3 Store. Plus, you can create your own movies using the Create-a-Movie tool.
Unlock a second town, exclusively available for you to download & expand your game.
Riverview is a complete town set in a countryside, that’s dotted with farms and nestled by a winding river. This seemingly sleepy little town comes with an entirely new set of inhabitants with secrets for you uncover.
Get 1,000 SimPoints to customize your game with additional in-game items from The Sims 3 Store.
At launch, The Sims 3 Store will include hundreds of all-new, exclusive items for you to download into the game.‚ The Sims 3 Store will feature a variety of new outfits, hairstyles, furniture, home dƒ©cor, and architectural items to customize your Sims appearance and houses in all-new ways. Each month, The Store will release additional, never-seen-before themed items.
Unleash your creativity & share content with other players at TheSims3.com:
The Exchange: Building off of The Sims 2 Exchange’s success of more than 100M downloads, The Sims 3 Exchange highlights featured player created items, most popular downloads, powerful search and browser capabilities, along with giving players the ability to see what other players are recommending.
Create a Movie and Create a Story: New easily accessible tools inspire creativity and allow players to create movies and stories and then show them off or share them with friends. Players can show off their Movies with the Create-a-Movie Tool by embedding them on external sites or with an email link back to their Movie on www.TheSims3.com.
My Page and My Studio: The Sims 3 product site will allow players to maintain their profile pages on their My Page section as well as offering them the new My Studio section to manage all their creations – Movies, stories, Exchange objects. My Page is also a blog space where players can post news, customize it with a personal avatar, track favorites and more. Users can make friends with other The Sims 3 players and share their content across a number of social network sites.
I just can’t wait for the Sims 3! The videos and screenshots look excellent. Although I’m not sure about the whole ongoing community thing. I’m a player who really likes to be in control of everything. Having the sims do what they want scares me a little…
I also can’t believe it has been five years since they released The Sims 2! It seems like just yesterday I was awake at 8 in the morning walking down to my local Game. 😀
I was just a young teenager when the sims2 came out, it has been such a great stress reliever and a great tool to enhance my creativity.
I’m thrilled that EA games/Sims creators are bringing, once again, another great fun-filled game.
I have my pre-orded from bestbuy already! I’m so excited!