The Sims 3: Generations

The Sims 3: Generations is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims 3. An official trailer was leaked on March 11, 2011. Features shown in the trailer include tree houses, on-the-ground water slides, spiral staircases, mid-life crises, family videos and pranks. The game is set to be released on May 31, 2011 and on April 5, 2011, EA confirmed the rumors with a press release. It contains elements of The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff, The Sims: House Party, The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff, and The Sims 2: University.

Each life phase has a theme. For children, imagination and make-believe are key themes. For teens, rebellious, chaotic scenes such as parties and pranks are an addition. As a young adult and adult, the focus is on their relationships with others; from getting married to having children of their own. Elders get to enjoy their time reminiscing about the golden years and the joys of watching their grandchildren grow up.

Features

 * New interactions: Pranks and booby traps.
 * New objects: water slide (similar to a Slip 'n Slide), video camera, tree house, bunk beds, strollers, spiral staircases, new playground equipment such as the see-saw and sandboxes, sleeping bags, lava lamps,  chemistry sets.
 * New CAS features: Body hair
 * New fairytale inspired outfits and animal costumes for children, (as an astronaut, dinosaur, or princess ) similar to The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff.
 * Family videos and the ability to watch them on the Sim's TV, larger family portraits
 * Prom Night for teens.
 * Return of memories tracked in a scrapbook (and online) and a feature to make memories.
 * Return of entertainers (sexy dancers).
 * Elder Sims can use canes.
 * New traits: Rebellious and Nurturing
 * Rebellious: Sims with a rebellious streak can make trouble pulling off various pranks, like doorbell ditching, adding hair dye to their sibling's shampoo, making the toilet explode and so on.
 * Nurturing: parental Sims can have a nurturing trait that emphasizes punishment for naughty Sims, like timeouts, videogame bans, and being grounded.


 * New parties: high school graduation, teen, bachelor/bachelorette, and new wedding ceremonies.
 * Careers: Day Care profession
 * Imaginary Friends
 * Gift giving.
 * Flowers to plant, pick and give to others.
 * Cuddling under the clouds/stars.<ref group="trailer" name="release"/

Leakage
Users from blog forums leaked the trailer made by EA and was also leaked on Twitter and the Official Sims 3 Page on Facebook. Some people thought it was fake. The trailer was leaked along with a trailer for an unconfirmed expansion pack, "Unleashed". No further info was given about the two expansion packs.

Trailers & videos
Video:The Sims 3 Generations: Official Announce Trailer|Official Announcement

Video:The Sims 3 Generations - Official Trailer|Leaked Trailer