This official statement has just been posted.

The Sim Supply has posted the audio of the VIP conference call they participated in announcing the Sims 4. A select group of fan sites got the first official word on the game, even before Maxis talked to the press. The full, official announcement will follow in about an hour. In the call Rachel of Maxis says the fansites are a big inspiration for The Sims 4. Fans will get early access - fan first - to the game until the release.

EA has just announced The Sims 4:

Playfish recently announced that they are shutting down both The Sims Social and SimCity Social. You can read more details in the F.A.Q.

Here is the official announcement trailer for The Sims 3: Island Paradise.

My friend Greg at SimCookie told me this morning about an announcement that will happen on Monday. There are no details yet, but it's going to be huge!

Yesterday (or rather, during the night) I announced the ending of SNW. Now I need fans, friends and foes to read this carefully: Everything I wrote in my previous post is true. Everything about the broken hardware/electronics, everything about the stress, everything about the community hate and everything about the site issues. All those things are true. Everything except the bit about closing the site. Yes people, that bit was an April Fools joke. Might be a harsh one, but that bit could have been true as well.