The SimCity team has released the 3.0 patch, and they want your feedback:

Hey everyone-- we just rolled out Update 3.0 on the majority of our servers (Oceanic 2, NA West 3, Europe West 6, and Antarctica are still undergoing server upgrades and will return later today).

Now we want to hear your feedback!

Let us know what you think of the new changes in this thread. BTW: You can find all the notes contained in Update 3.0 here.

Platinum Simmers has just discovered that The Sims 4 will be released early 2014!

And as we announced yesterday on EA’s blog, we will publish The Sims 4 on PC in early 2014.

That's great news. Gives me reason to think the time travel EP will really be the last one. We'll see!

I just heard that Twallan will not be making any mods for The Sims 4:

So... Worst kept secret ? OMG, Sims 4. Really, you all knew it was coming, admit it.
For those of you who don't know, I decided a while ago not to publicly mod beyond Sims 3.
Frankly the idea of starting this whole spiel over again is simply unappetizing to me.
That, and the amount of free-time this whole phenomena eats up is atrocious.

 

The SimCity team just tweeted about what's currently in development. They are planning to release a new update later this week:

SimsVIP just posted that The Sims 4 was also announced via The Sims Magazine. I took a screenie. You can also read the announcement below:

Greg from SimCookie noticed something funny in the new Sims 4 screen/concept art that was released today. It is similar to a concept art that was released prior to The Sims 2!

Not sure why I am posting this, as the form doesn't even work properly. I tried, my friends tried. The form is not being submitted.

Problem is fixed, and it's working now. EA has put up a place where you can sign up to receive the Sims 4 newsletter!

SimGuruHydra has posted the Q&A for The Sims 4 on the official forums: