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[[File:Website_the_sims_2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Sims 2 US website.]] |
[[File:Website_the_sims_2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Sims 2 US website.]] |
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'''TheSims2.com''' |
'''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 is monitored by [[Maxoids]]. |
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On February 1, 2011, EA |
On February 1, 2011, EA announced that The Sims 2 Store will close as of March 31, 2011 and therefore, support of [[The Sims 2 Store Edition]] has ended. |
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The Sims 2 Website still supports username logons but ea.com does not. |
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[[File:TS3_Website_links_diff.png|thumb|The link to The Sims 2 website (top) before it was replaced with The Sims Social (bottom).]] |
[[File:TS3_Website_links_diff.png|thumb|The link to The Sims 2 website (top) before it was replaced with The Sims Social (bottom).]] |
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On July 20, 2011, there was a link for ''The Sims 2'' on [[TheSims3.com|The Sims 3 Website]], but that link |
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 [http://www.mysims.wikia.com MySims] was also been replaced by [[The Sims Medieval]] and SimAnimals with [[The Sims 3 (console)]] (Later [[The Sims 3: Pets|The Sims 3 Pets]]).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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⚫ | 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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[http://www.thesims.com Thesims.com] has removed The Sims 2 website from the list leaving only ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims Medieval'' in the list. |
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The site did eventually return, but in December of 2012. EA announced that TheSims2.com would be shut down on January 14, 2013. |
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