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Welcome to The Sims 3 forum!

If you're after news, previews, videos and pictures of the upcoming game, The Sims 3, this thread is especially designed for you.

Here is a full list of threads that feature loads of juicy previews for you to help you get even more excited about the game.

The official release date of The Sims 3 is now Friday 5th June 2009. Countdown the days with us over in the Countdown and Release Date Discussion thread.

Is your computer ready for The Sims 3? You can find information on the minimum system requirements for both PC and Mac here: The Sims 3 Minimum System Requirements.

EA UK Community Events

• The Sims 3 Producer Day: Report with pictures [31/08/2008]
• The Sims 3 - Hands On Events Feedback
  • London event feedback [18/03/2009]

News

• The Sims 3 and Copy Protection Announcement [topic] [26/03/2009]

Rod Humble announces that The Sims 3 team has chosen not to include secuROM or any similar DRM with the game. The usual serial number and disk-based copy protection will be used as with The Sims 2.

• The Sims 3 @ Twitter.com [topic] | [Link]

Do you Tweet? You can now follow The Sims 3 using Twitter and receive news, updates and links to fun Sims 3 related goodies around the internet!

• Creators' Camp
  • Week 1
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
  • Week 4
  • Week 5
  • Week 6
  • Week 7
  • Week 8

• The Sims 3 Official Soundtrack [topic] | [link] [21/03/2009]

• The Sims 3 Full Online Feature Set [topic] [30/04/2009]

• The Sims 3 World Adventures is announced [03/08/09]
  • Artists announced for soundtrack

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Previews

• [Preview] - Gaming Heaven
• [Preview] - GameDaily
• [Preview] - Edenstyle.it
• [Article] - "Updated Hands-On Role Playing and Short Attention Spans" - Gamespot
• [Information] - German information translated - SnootySims

Screenshots

• Official Screenshots Thread

Videos

• [Preview] - Developer Game Tour Video
• [Trailer] - The Sims 3 E3 Trailer
  
• [Interview] - with MJ Chun - Sims-3.net
• [Interview] - with several members of TS3 team - Simsdomination

Fansites

Fansite links can be found in the Simluation Fansite Directory as well as The Sims 3 Fansites list.

If you have your own Sims 3 Fansite and wish to share it with the rest of our community, please visit this thread for more information: The Sims Series Fansite Information.