The Sims 3, like The Sims and The Sims 2, features a series of expansion packs that improve the gameplay, adding new interactions for Sims.
Usually, there's a new expansion pack every 6 months.
The EP that have already been released are:
 The Sims World Adventures
The Sims 3 World Adventures is the first expansion pack for The Sims 3, released in November 2009. The Italian version is called Travel Adventures.
This EP has been quite a revolution for traditional players, as it adds new interactions and features typical of a point and click game. Its title reminds of The Sims 2 World Adventure, the expansion pack for TS2 dedicated to travelling. Actually, more than travelling, this game is focused on adventures.
Features
Destinations
You can choose among three places to visit:
You'll find breath-taking landscapes!
New abilities
Your Sims can learn new abilities from travelling around the world:
- Photography
- Martial arts
- Nectar making
New lots
Community lots can be of different kinds and you can now create basements to discover with several treasures to collect.
New creatures
Weird creatures are back...after ghosts, we're now facing mummies, who live in tombs! Be careful not to be captured!
Much more
You will also find new recipes, new collectibles, new traits, aspiration rewards and much more.
Further information, articles and guides
 The Sims 3 Ambitions
The Sims 3 Ambitions is the second expansion pack for The Sims 3, released in June 2010.
This EP allows you to follow your Sims at work in 5 new professions and 3 new abilities, plus a few interesting news, like the laundry system.
Features
New professions
- Firefighter
- Doctor
- Ghost hunter
- Private eye
- Interior designer
- Stylist
New abilities
- Inventing
- Sculpting
- Tattoo making
Other features
- A new traditional career in the Education field
- You can register as an independent worker.
The laundry system
A new town: Twinbrook
Sim Bot
Further information, articles and guides
 The Sims 3 Late Night
The Sims 3 Late Night is the third expansion for The Sims 3 [release date end of october 2010].
For the first time ever, your Sims can experience late night fun as a VIP! What will your Sims get up to after dark?
FEATURES
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Hang out at the hottest spots in town, from dive bars to dance clubs to chic lounges, complete with bouncers.
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Gain fame and fortune as a member of a music band, mixologist, director, or local celebrity.
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Wander into a certain part of town and your Sims just might uncover the secret to becoming a vampire.
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Gain access to exclusive areas and enjoy celebrity perks like penthouse living, luxury hot tubs and cars.
Further information, articles and guides
 The Sims 3 Generations
The Sims 3 Generations is the 4th expansion pack for The Sims 3 [release date June, 3 2011 in Europe - May, 31 2011 in USA].
The main focus of this EP is "life experiences", this means some new interactions for kids, teen and some new celebrations.
Features
New Activities: Sims of every age can have fun! Kids can attend ballet class, hang out in tree houses, or have fun on new playground equipment. Teens can host raging parties, pull pranks, and attend school dances. Adults can suffer midlife crises, and those who engage in extra-marital affairs will face the rumor mill. And so much more!
New Celebrations: Whether it's a hilariously out-of-control bachelorette party, an all-teen party while the parents are out, or a high school graduation, new ways to celebrate life will make every age more fun!
New Drama Unfolds: From snubbing school peers to being the focus of neighborhood gossip and even bachelor party hi-jinks, hilarity will ensue when life goes off the beaten path.
Find news ways to be creative: Sims will be able to tinker with chemistry sets, play in forts, and record with video cameras. Additionally, the new memories system allows players to build a scrapbook and post their memories on Facebook for all of their friends to see.
Further information, articles and guides
 The Sims 3 Pets
The Sims 3 Pets is the fifth expansion for The Sims 3 [release date October, 18 2011 (USA) - 20/21 (EU)]. This EP is one of most attended expansions and finally it adds pets to The Sims 3. For the first time in The Sims Series, in the PC/MAC version in add to cats and dog you can also have horses!
Features
- More pets mean more fun! Create a wide variety of unique dogs, cats, and—for the first time ever—horses! Build a collection of lizards, turtles, snakes, and birds. Think your Sim has what it takes to tame a wild horse?
- Be the Pet. Wield control of your Sim’s pet to chase, dig, tackle and more. Be the perfect companion or wreck havoc on your Sims!
- Pets have their own traits! From intelligent, brave, and friendly to hydrophobic, skittish, and clueless to gentle, fast, and agile, determine the personality of your Sims’ pets.
- Pets can learn skills. Cats and dogs can learn to hunt, dogs can learn to locate collectibles and fetch your Sims a date, and horses can learn racing and jumping.
- Sims can take their pets outside! Take Spike to the park, bring Whiskers to the library, or ride Star to the new Equestrian Center.
- Exclusive Limited Edition content! Only in The Sims 3 Pets Limited Edition will you find a pet store filled with one-of-a-kind objects.
Further information, articles and guides
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