EA SHIPS THE
SIMS 2 HOLIDAY EDITION FOR PC

“Deck the
Halls” of Your Virtual Homes with the Special
Holiday Edition of The Sims 2
–
One of the Most Popular PC Games in History

REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., Nov. 15, 2005
–
Celebrate the spirit of
the season with The Sims™ 2 Holiday
Edition!  Today, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that
The Sims 2 Holiday Edition, a
special version of the world’s most popular PC game will hit store shelves
across North America on November 17^th. Rated “T” for Teen by the
ESRB, the game is the perfect stocking stuffer for everyone on your gift list!

Available for a limited
time only and listed at the same manufacturers suggested retail price as the
original version, The Sims 2 Holiday
Edition contains the original critically acclaimed game,
The Sims™ 2, in its entirety,
plus 40 new holiday-themed
items that allow your Sims to celebrate the holidays in style.  With this
bonus content, a $14.99 value, your Sims can decorate their house, serve a
festive holiday dinner, witness Santa’s arrival and even host a happening New
Year’s party!

A
Holiday Gift That Fits Everyone

The
Sims 2 Holiday Edition
makes a great gift for all
your friends and family. The Sims™
franchise is recognized for being one of the few game brands to achieve
popularity across all ages and genders. This widespread appeal has resulted in
incredible success, with a string of top-selling games and combined sales
exceeding 58M units worldwide. 

The appeal of
The Sims 2 is that the game is
whatever you make it!  The gameplay experience follows the day-to-day life of
the Sims characters that you create and control over an entire lifetime.
Players enjoy participating in all the ups and downs of their Sims’ lives —
from the big events such as falling in love or building their first house to
the more sentimental moments such as putting up their family’s first Christmas
tree and hosting a holiday dinner!

Key
Features of The Sims 2:

• 
  
  Create-A-Sim
  The Create-a-Sim feature allows you to combine your choices from a vast
  selection of facial features, hairstyles and outfits, to create the Sims you
  most want to play, make your own family and friends or invent someone on the
  fly—you can even create your own celebrity look-alikes!

• 
  
  Aspirations
  
  Help your Sims fulfill
  their lifelong aspirations, they can seek popularity, fortune, romance,
  family, or knowledge—their choices are in your hands. Mix their genes,
  fulfill their dreams, and push them to extremes.

• 
  
  Customization
  
  Create and control every
  aspect of your Sims’ world from their homes to the community shops or design
  an entire neighborhood from scratch! You won’t need a degree in architecture
  to build dream homes and design neighborhoods with the easy-to-use building,
  design, and home furnishing options.  And now, with holiday-themed bonus
  content from The Sims 2 Holiday Edition,
  you can even hang a stocking over the fireplace!

For
Owners of The Sims 2 (PC)

Fans who already own
The Sims 2 for PC won’t be left
out in the cold this holiday season!  For $14.99,
The Sims™ 2
Holiday Party Pack offers only the
bonus content–from merry to scary—without having to re-purchase the full
game.  There are two ways to purchase The
Sims 2 Holiday Party Pack!
Order a CD from the EA Store at

http://thesims2.ea.com/about/order_holiday.php or for more
immediate gratification; purchase a download of
The Sims 2
Holiday Party Pack from


http://downloader.ea.com. By downloading, owners of
The Sims 2 save money on shipping,
and spare themselves the wait to the mailbox!

For more information on
The Sims 2 and
The Sims 2 Holiday Edition, as well as expansion packs such as
The Sims™ 2 University and The
Sims™ 2 Nightlife, which provide additional experiences for the
original game, please visit

http://www.thesims2.com.

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