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[[File:Website the sims 2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Sims 2 US website.]]''For the [[Sims 3]] official website click the following link [[TheSims3.com]]''[[File:TheSims2.com Logo.gif|52px|left]] '''TheSims2.com''' was the official website for ''[[The Sims 2]]'' games and [[expansion]]s. Game patches were available there,<ref>It appears that game patches can be downloaded from [[BeyondSims]].</ref> and it offered free downloads of custom content including [[lot]]s, neighborhoods, items, and [[Sim]]s on [[The Exchange#The Sims 2|the Exchange]]. Other features included: Community Chat, Community Boards (BBS), PodCasts, The Sims 2 Store, LOLSims (a parody of LOLCats)<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110112023242/http://thesims2.ea.com/community/lolsims/index.php TheSims2.com - LOLSims] (from Internet Wayback Machine's archive)</ref> and information about upcoming events (or game releases). TheSims2.com was monitored by [[Maxoids]].

The site returned on September 29, 2011. On December 15, 2012 EA announced that TheSims2.com would be closed on January 14, 2013, and it was permanently closed on that date. Attempts to access it will result in a redirect to [http://thesims.com The Sims Portal]. It appears that ''The Sims 2'' website was redesigned to The Sims Portal.<ref>On first 2 days of The Sims Portal, its URL was ''thesims2.ea.com''.</ref> Going to the site now redirects you to TheSims3.com