In The Sims 3 Showtime players can explore Starlight Shores, a town where Sims can make their dreams come true. In this town full of ambitious amateurs players can guide their Sims to success, to beat the competition and to grow as a singer, magician or acrobat and finally become the ultimate superstar. Sims who choose to become an acrobat, will develop unique skills and get opportunities to learn new stunts and improve their performance. Acrobatic Sims start out as a pantomime street artist.

I’m SimGuruSnelson, aka Sarah Emily Nelson, one of the producers on The Sims 3 Showtime development team. We are very excited to reveal the newest expansion pack this week and have been reading all the activity on the forums. Thank you for all of your comments and questions!

We want to address a few of your questions today, and next week we will follow up with our first in-depth interview with Senior Designer, Aaron Conners. He will delve into more details about the features in The Sims 3 Showtime and answer even more of your questions.

A video from the newest expansion pack: The Sims 3 Showtime!

You may have noticed this week has been a quiet one on SNW. That's because I was very sick. I'm doing much better now though. So I'm trying to catch up with some news and goodies! Today, more wallpapers for you!

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Check out these screens from the newest expansion pack The Sims 3 Showtime!

SHARE THE STORY OF YOUR SIMS’ RISE TO FAME IN EA’S THE SIMS 3 SHOWTIME

Pre-Order the Newest Expansion Pack from the Best-Selling PC Franchise of 2009* and Receive an Automatic Upgrade to a Special Limited Edition**

I have been a busy girl, creating holiday themed wallpapers for you! Plenty of resolutions to choose from. If your resolution is missing, let me know and I'll create it for you.

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For Dutch and Belgian Sims fans EA has something nice in store. They may receive free store items when they write a poem for Simterklaas and add at least three store items on their wish list. No sets or worlds allowed though. Dutch/Belgian fans, go to the official site for instructions!

To get in the spirit of the holidays, EA has sent us some nice Christmas themed screenshots from The Sims 3: