Available on PC, DS, Wii, PS2 & PSP

The Sims™ is a wildly popular game that allows players to create a neighbourhood of simulated people (Sims) and control their lives, which has become a universal gaming and cultural phenomenon. Translated into 20 different languages, The Sims long list of honours includes being selected "Game of the Year" for 2000 by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and by numerous other publications in the United States and abroad.

If I have a PC

1. Buy The Sims 2 (You must buy this before any Expansion Packs or Stuff Packs)
2. Buy Expansion Packs to expand The Sims 2 world.
3. Buy Stuff Packs to give your Sims more stuff for their world.

The Sims 2 - This product is required before buying an Expansion, or Stuff, pack

In The Sims 2, the sequel to the best-selling PC game of all time, you control your Sims over an entire lifetime, from cradle to grave through life’s biggest moments. With the ground breaking addition of genetics, you now create Sims who pass on their genes through entire generations. Your Sims have life goals including fortune, family, knowledge, romance, or popularity. Take your Sims through crazy life moments from getting busted as a teen to meeting an alien to seeing a ghost. It’s up to you to mix their genes, fulfil their dreams, and push them to extremes. What will you make of their lives?

Available Expansion Packs

These packs allow you to expand the world of your Sims.

You must already have The Sims 2 to use Expansion packs

• Free Time (Expansion Pack) - From £14.97

  Now your Sims can rediscover the joys of leisure time! Awaken your Sims’ true passions in life as they discover and excel at all-new activities. Whether they’re tossing a football with the family, practicing ballet, restoring cars with friends, or building train sets, your Sims now have more ways to build skills, enhance friendships, and make their lives more successful. Craft new, unique items for your Sims to use in their daily lives including clothing, pottery, and more. Your Sims will even unlock secret rewards by mastering their hobbies and advancing all-new careers. Explore a wide variety of new hobbies that will change your Sims’ lives.

  
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• Bon Voyage (Expansion Pack) - From £14.97

  Whisk your Sims away from their everyday routines and take them on exciting trips to three exotic locations! Whether relaxing on a lush tropical island in a luxury suite, camping with the family on a pristine mountaintop, or exploring the culture of the Far East, your Sims will enjoy new activities to relax and rejuvenate them. Transform them from bumbling tourists to savvy international travellers as they learn new customs including local greetings, dances, and more to take home and teach to their friends. Send your Sims packing for the trip of a lifetime!

  
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Available Stuff Packs

These packs allow you to give your Sims more stuff for their world.

You must already have The Sims 2 to load Stuff packs

• Celebration

  Your Sims can now celebrate in style with this fun collection of furniture, party fashions, and décor items. Dress your Sims in dazzling wedding attire for a posh outdoor ceremony, decorate their house and garden to throw the ultimate fiesta, or invite the neighbours over for an elegant evening event. Throw the ultimate celebrations with all-new items including delicious cakes, colourful paper lanterns, balloons, sparkling tiaras, and more. Host the social events of the season with your Sims!

  
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• Teen Style

  Give your teen Sims everything they need to express their unique style with The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff! Now your teen Sims can show some attitude with all-new, unique furniture, decor items, fashions and more with three distinct themes—“Goth,” “Thrasher,” and “Socialite.” Give your Sims a new stereo, TV, and other gadgets to keep them up to date and in touch with their friends. Make sure your Sims are always sporting the latest teen fashions including track suits, designer jeans, and yoga outfits. Let your young Sims express themselves in ways only teenagers can!

  
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Available Stories Packs (Laptop Friendly)

The big difference is the addition of the new directed Story mode, laptop friendly system specs, and the ability to play the game in a separate window while using your own IM and email to stay connected with friends.

The Sims Stories games are standalone games and do not support expansion packs or stuff packs from The Sims or The Sims 2 collections.

• Castaway Stories - From £14.97

  Following the theme of the console-only The Sims 2 Castaway series, The Sims Castaway Stories is a game for the PC users and is the third release in The Sims Stories product line. Help your Sims thrive and survive as they have washed ashore to an uncharted island. Count on many unexpected twists and turns in this easy-to-play, laptop-friendly version of The Sims. Guide your Sim through the much-longer directed Story mode, taking on a variety of challenges as you build your new life from scratch, meet the natives, and discover the hidden mysteries of the island. In open-ended Freeplay mode, create your Sims, design their shelters, and explore the island. It’s a whole new way to play the Sims - you decide how their stories unfold.

  
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• Pet Stories - From £16.97

  Based on The Sims 2 Pets, the top-selling expansion pack to The Sims 2, The Sims Pet Stories is the second release in the new product line called The Sims Stories. Train, play with, and care for your Sims’ cats and dogs, and do your best to keep them happy. Count on many unexpected twists and turns in this easy-to-play, laptop-friendly version of The Sims. Choose from two different stories in the directed Story mode, taking on a variety of challenges as you compete in a local pet show and learn that even pets have their own personalities. In open-ended Freeplay mode, create your Sims and their pets, design their homes, and teach your pets tricks. You decide how their stories unfold.

  
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The Sims 3 - Coming in 2009!

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What if you had to live your whole life in one location and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighbourhood?

The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighbourhood of endless possibility!