The Sims 3 has gone gold:

In The Sims 3, you have more options than ever before to create and play with unique, life-like Sims. Customise your Sims’ appearances and choose up to five traits to create individual personalities. New goal-oriented game-play enables you to choose which short or long-term objectives you want your Sims to pursue. You can choose to make them happy or not! You can also create and edit your own movies by capturing game-play moments or selecting from a library of clips. Then join The Sims 3 online community where you can show off all your creations, get free bonus content, hear the latest news and more!

It is scheduled to hit Australian shores on the 4th of June. Screenshots and more information are available on our game page.

The big question - can The Sims 3 dominate the sales charts as much as the previous two titles?

I didnt even know they were making this

Look, second life but lame.

Allow me to run this through the translator for you all.

The Sims 3 has gone gold:

Translation: The Sims 3 will be available at the usual sources in about six to 14 hours.

It is scheduled to hit Australian shores on the 4th of June.

Translation: Australians will once again have to put up with a two-week delay from the rest of the world.

The big question - can The Sims 3 dominate the sales charts as much as the previous two titles?

Translation: Are EA still sitting on a massive cash-cow, or has it long jumped the shark and surrendered to World of Warcrack.

yeh wonder if u will be able to buy it off steam

I'm sure the wife will want me to put her PC back together so she can play this.

Translation: The Sims 3 will be available at the usual sources in about six to 14 hours.

Was released before this thread. Was contemplating getting it as it seems to be a decent way to up the ratio, but couldn't taint my PC like that.