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Hi Everyone,

Well I know I haven't written in awhile, but as many of you may know, I've been traveling around showing the game to a lot of our international players. It was a great trip, and as always, I was blown away by the fan community and their love for the game. I also had some great Sims cultural experiences, like Disco Bowling with the Dutch fan community in Amsterdam – talk about something you can tell the grandkids someday.

Things continue to move forward with The Sims 2 Nightlife. So much progress was made while I was away. The Bowling Alley and Karaoke Machine are a couple of my favorite objects, and they just keeping getting better. Also while I was gone the child animations got hooked up for "The Smustle;" there is nothing funnier than seeing a whole family, including grandma and grandpa out of the dance floor. Knowing you guys, I wouldn't be surprised if "The Smustle" starts a new International dance craze. I can't wait for you to be able to play it yourselves.

We are having a big day today here at EA. Each year we do something called Hot Summer Night. This is when we invite journalists to come in and see all of our games. Since you guys can't be here, I didn't want you to be left out, so I'm attaching a couple of new shots exclusively for you.

I promise you'll hear more from me over the next few weeks, and I'll keep you posted on progress too.

-Tim

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Senior Producer Tim LeTourneau takes you through Nightlife with this 6 minute video.

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Sims 2: Nightlife Video Walkthrough

Senior Producer Tim LeTourneau takes us through the next expansion in this nearly six minute long video.

Ah the night. The time for lovers. When the lights go down, the romance rises. The Sim world is no different. Sims need to get a little lovin' from time to time like anybody else and will finally be getting the theater for it come this fall when The Sims 2 Nightlife releases to stores.

This second add-on to the terrific sequel will be adding a lot of new content to the game including the new dating system that allows for quicker relationship building and quite a bit more interaction between a couple of sims. Aside from that, the new Pleasure Seeker aspiration, personal cars, new areas, turn ons and turn offs, and the ability to scope out the room for possible targets of affection make for a pretty good mix of party heavy fun.

But instead of simply reading about it, the guys down at EA decided to put together another one of their nifty video features together to show off the different aspects of the game. Today we have Senior Producer Tim LeTourneau filling us in on many of these new features and details in The Sims 2 Nightlife. If you're interested about this expansion, this is where you'll find the best look to date!

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Have a look at the DJ in action in the new Nightlife video.