Welcome to The Sims 2! Part 6

Hello everyone.

I’d like to start by apologizing to the few of you who asked me questions since the last email. We are all very busy here working on the Sims 2 and some of those questions are tough to answer quickly.

You are not being ignored, I just need a little more time!

Now on to some more exciting news about The Sims 2. We have already shipped the first custom content tool for The Sims 2, it is called SimCity 4! In The Sims 2, you will be able to import your SimCity 4 generated terrain into the game and create neighborhoods based upon them. Instead of using the existing game neighborhoods, this will allow Sims 2 players to add a deeper level of customization, as they create original neighborhoods for their Sims to live in. I will provide a white paper describing how to do this in the next few weeks.

Next up, The Sims 2 Fansite Kit. This file contains all new assets to create your own official The Sims 2 fansites. We have even included a few new exclusive screen shots. We hope you will use this kit to freshen up and build out your existing sites and help us tell the world about The Sims 2 between now and its 2004 release (no date yet!). We will be providing additional updates and assets in the coming months. You will notice that some of those shots are not showing the UI. We are currently changing it for a better one, and we are trying to not show the old style anymore. In the next few weeks we will probably reveal the new one...

To top it all off, we have convinced the development team to let go of some video footage. Watch this super-secret 30 sec clip of game play footage from The Sims 2:

I hope you enjoy the latest information. Stay tuned for further details!

Cheers,

Luc