Maxis has released a new trailer that shows us how you can create a new character in The Sims 3 and let it start up its own life.

Here’s a list of the system requirements of The Sims 3 for PC, both desktop and laptop.

Desktop PC – Windows XP + SP2
2gz Pentium4 Processor OR Athlon 2000+ Processor
1GB of RAM
128mb Video Card (GeForce FX 5900 OR Radeon 9500)
Minimum of 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for your own content.

Desktop PC – Windows Vista + SP1
2.4gz Pentium4 Processor OR Athlon 2400+ Processor
1.5GB of RAM
128mb Video Card (GeForce FX 5900 OR Radeon 9500)
Minimum of 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for your own content.

Laptop – Windows XP + SP2
2gz Pentium4 Processor OR Athlon 2000+ Processor
1.5GB of RAM
128mb Video Card (GeForce Go 6200 OR Radeon mobile 9600)
Minimum of 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for your own content.

Laptop – Windows Vista + SP1
2.4gz Pentium4 Processor OR Athlon 2400+ Processor
2GB of RAM
128mb Video Card (GeForce Go 6200 OR Radeon mobile 9600)
Minimum of 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for your own content.

GameTrailers is treating us on a new Creator Camp trailer of EA’s The Sims 3. Custom content creators had a preview of The Sims 3 so that they can already start thinking about cool The Sims 3 stuff.

June 6th is getting closer, and to make sure we will still want The Sims 3 when it comes out EA has released a new trailer of The Sims 3 currently in development at Maxis. Today Electronic Arts also released some new screenshots of The Sims 3 that are worth a check. The trailer shows us how detailed the personalities in The Sims 3 are.

IGN recently had an interview with Ben Bell, the executive producer of The Sims 3. Bell explains what’s new in The Sims 3 and IGN threw in some new footage of The Sims 3 in this video interview. The developers of the game even read newspaper excerpts to analyse how people describe their own personality to make The Sims 3 even more realistic than previous Sims games.

Curious to know if your PC will be capable of running The Sims 3? Check out this table if you would like to know if you will need a new PC to play the game.

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French gamesite Jeux Video got their hands on two colorful screenshots of The Sims 3. Looks like Sims characters are having a lot of fun together on these two new screenshots. Who would have ever thought that we’d be licking lollypops in The Sims?

GameTrailers has released an interesting video developer walkthrough of The Sims 3. Executive producer Ben Bell walks you through the character creator and many other parts of The Sims 3.

Music is very important in The Sims 3, so it has to be very good. That’s why Electronic Arts hired composer Steve Jablonsky to write some nice music for the game. He was also the composer behind Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath, another game by Electronic Arts.

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