The Sims 3 (PC/Mac Download)

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.

Go online to download exclusive content and show off your own creations to the world. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your Sims' destinies and make their wishes come true.

Create any Sim you can imagine and give them unique personalities!

* Create millions of different personalities with traits such as evil, artistic, kleptomaniac, clumsy, insane, romantic, and more.
* Influence the behaviors of your Sims with the traits you've chosen. Will you create a neurotic romantic with a heart of gold, or a geeky super-genius with an evil streak?
* Create any Sim with easy-to-use design tools that allow for unlimited customization of facial features, hair color, eye color, and more.
* Fine-tune your Sims' body shape from thin to curvy to muscular.

Control your Sims' Destinies!

* Face short- and long-term challenges and reap the rewards.
* Your Sims can pursue random opportunities to get fast cash, get ahead, get even, and more.
* Choose whether or not to fulfill your Sims' destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be thieves, rock stars, world leaders? You decide!

Customize Everything!

* Design and build your dream house and decorate it to fit your Sims' personalities.
* Customize all your Sims' possessions from clothing to furnishings or even their car.

Explore New Locations!

* Explore the ever-changing neighborhood-and take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors' homes, converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard, and more! Who knows what might happen?
* Admire the natural beauty of the beach, the mountains, and more.

Get Connected and Share Your Creations with The Sims 3 Online Community!

* Get Free Bonus Content-Download a free Town, Sims, outfits, furnishings, houses and more.
* Create and Share Sims, houses, movies and more with anyone.
* Join The Sims 3 community to share ideas with fans of The Sims from around the world.

Key Online Elements Include:

* The Sims 3 Store: Included with purchase of the game is $10 worth of SimPoints, which players receive when they first register their game online at TheSims3.com. They can use their SimPoints towards downloading exclusive in-game items from The Sims 3 Store to customize their game. For additional items, players can purchase bundles of 500, 1000 and 2000 SimPoints in $USD, EUR, GBP and other major international currencies using a variety of payment methods including international and national credit cards, PayPal, and EA cash cards (in North America only). Whether it's the must-have new outfit or the latest style of plaid furniture, players have the opportunity to further customize and populate their Sims world with additional items.
* Game Launcher: The Game Launcher is the key entry point for players into TheSims3.com community. This hub page connects players to both the Store and the Exchange, and provides them with news and information about game updates. Players can keep track of their downloads, uploads, installs, game updates and their media portfolio that includes the videos and photos they can capture while playing the game. The Game Launcher also alerts players to new content in the store, localized game and store promotions along with relevant updates to the Store and cool new content from the community.
* TheSims3.com Site: With the launch of the game on June 2, the marketing website at TheSims3.com will be replaced with the full community and product site for the game. The site will not only connect players, encourage new ways to be creative in the game, and offer personally relevant information for each user, it also will serve as the hub site where players can share their content with other members, and embed them on social networking sites and blogs.