The Sims 3 download

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Choose from hundreds of new clothing, furniture, and design items to enrich your Sims lives.

The Sims 3 Download Features

Create any Sim you can imagine and give them unique personalities!
Fine-tune your Sims' appearances and personalities. Will your Sims be Evil, Romantic, Paranoid, Kleptomaniacs, or more. You choose the traits to create completely unique Sims.
Control your Sims' destinies.
Choose whether or not to fulfill your Sims' destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be Rock Stars, World Leaders, Expert Thieves, or more – it’s is up to you.
Customize everything!
Build the ultimate dream house for your Sims. Infinite customization possibilities for their clothing, furnishings, even their car.
Explore new locations!
Take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors' homes, or even converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard.
Connect, share and shop!
Go online to make movies, show off your creations, download exclusive content and more.

Game Description

Create unique Sims and control their lives. Customize their appearances and personalities. Build their dream house! Explore their ever-changing neighborhood and meet other Sims in the town center. Choose whether (or not!) to fulfill their life destiny and make their wishes come true. Get inspired by the endless creative possibilities and unexpected moments of surprise and mischief.

The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief! Create millions of unique Sims and control their lives. Customize their appearances and personalities. Build their homes — design everything from exquisitely furnished dream homes to quaint cottages. Then, send your Sims out to explore their ever-changing neighborhood and to meet other Sims in the town center. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your Sims' destinies and make their wishes come true.

Minimum System Requirements

The Sims 3 digital download product uses SecuROM digital rights management (DRM) technology

For Windows XP

2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1 GB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

For Windows Vista

2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1.5 GB RAM
A 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

For built-in graphic chipsets under Windows

Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above
2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
0.5 GB additional RAM

The Sims 3 Download File Size
5.6 GB

Publisher
Electronic Arts

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