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[[File:TheSims2.com_Logo.gif|52px|left]] '''TheSims2.com''' was the official site 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. Other features included: Community Chat, Community Boards (BBS), PodCasts, The Sims 2 Store, LOLSims (a parody of LOLCats)<ref>[http://thesims2.ea.com/community/lolsims/index.php TheSims2.com - LOLSims] (dead link)</ref> and information about upcoming events (or game releases). TheSims2.com was monitored by [[Maxoids]].▼
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▲[[File:TheSims2.com_Logo.gif|
On February 1, 2011, EA announced that ''The Sims 2'' Store would close as of March 31, 2011 and therefore, support of ''[[The Sims 2 Store Edition]]'' had ended.
As of July 17, 2011, attempts to visit TheSims2.com resulted in a screen with color bars and a message saying that the site was closed for maintenance but as of August, an error page similar to ''The Sims 3'' website appeared. Attempts to visit sub-sections such as the BBS or [[The Exchange#The Sims 2|the Exchange]] failed.▼
[[File:TS3_Website_links_diff.png|thumb|The link to The Sims 2 website (top) before it was replaced with The Sims Social (bottom).]]▼
On July 20, 2011, there was a link for ''The Sims 2'' on [[TheSims3.com|The Sims 3 Website]], but that link was replaced by [[The Sims Social]]. [http://www.mysims.wikia.com MySims] was also been replaced by [[The Sims Medieval]] and SimAnimals with [[The Sims 3 (console)]] (Later [[The Sims 3: Pets|The Sims 3 Pets]]).▼
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▲As of July 17, 2011, attempts to visit TheSims2.com resulted in a screen with color bars and a message saying that the site was closed for maintenance but as of August, an error page similar to The Sims 3 website appeared. Attempts to visit sub-sections such as the BBS or [[The Exchange#The Sims 2|the Exchange]] failed.
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[[File:TheSims2 .com farewell message.jpg|left|thumb|''The Sims 2'' goodbye message]]
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 group="n">During the first two days of The Sims Portal, its URL was ''thesims2.ea.com''.</ref>
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[[Category:Websites]]
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