Available for a limited time only, The Sims 2 Holiday Edition is a great value that includes the critically-acclaimed game, The Sims 2 -- in its entirety -- plus 60 global holiday-themed items that allow your Sims to add sparkle to their holiday celebrations. Available for the same suggested retail price as the original game, The Sims 2 Holiday Edition will include this holiday bonus content, allowing players to spread holiday cheer by turning their Sims' home into a sugar plum fairy land, organizing a holiday get together, even rocking out with Funky the Snowman!

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Fans of The Sims 2 for PC can also catch the holiday spirit this season! The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff will make your Sims' holidays even more festive with an updated collection of seasonal items, outfits, and decor. The pack contains more than 60 items like mistletoe, reindeer lawn ornaments and all-new items from of around the globe like a European-style Father Christmas.

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- Advanced tactical part of the game with the possibility to enter buildings, thermo visions and more.
- Player may use different height and destructible elements of environment to his advantage.
- Completely new story built on the events from UFO: Aftershock.
- Large number of new technologies, weapons and equipment to develop.
- Completely new environments on a different planet than Earth.
- Highly replayable game because of the player’s key decisions on diplomacy and research.
- New enemies and new alien races with variable weapons and battle tactics.
- Several character classes with different attributes, skills and trainings.
- Diplomacy has strong influence on the game story.
- Research enables terraforming of the planet in later stages of the game.

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- Scenario and map editor support – enables user-created maps and scenarios. Want to create a race to complete a transcontinental railroad in 30 years using only steam engines? No problem!
- We've got the goods – over 20 different goods to harvest, produce, and sell, and 30 unique industries, from lumber mills to war factories, each with detailed, unique animations.
- Multiplayer – Ruthless real-time LAN and Internet play. Engage in economic warfare and buy out your rivals!
- Something for everyone – build your dream train layout in train table mode, or challenge historical giants like Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, and others in single-player scenarios.
- It's all about the trains! – over 30 trains to use, from the primitive 0-4-0 Planet to the Super powerful 4-6-6-4 Challenger, from the classic diesels to ultra-modern bullet trains.

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I've logged hundreds of hours playing The Sims games, so I jumped at the chance to be in The Sims 2 Pets," said Sims aficionado Hilary. "I love creating Sims characters and guiding them through life, designing their houses and then blinging them out with cool furniture. Now, in The Sims 2 Pets, EA has combined two things I really enjoy - pets and The Sims!

Hilary is the perfect partner for The Sims 2 Pets - not only is she a huge animal lover, but she is also a Sims fan! Hilary was involved in every step of the process, from creating the Hilary and Lola characters to designing some of the tricks dogs can do in the game.

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