The Sims 2 Expansion Pack Nearing Graduation Company: EA Games Product: The Sims 2: University Expansion Pack Graduation day is set for the Sims. The Sims 2: University Rxpansion Pack is shipping on March 1, 2005 and will be in stores by March 3rd. To help celebrate, Electronic Arts is unveiling a brand new trailer highlighting the all-new features of The Sims 2: University. The Sims 2: University is the first expansion pack for the wildly popular The Sims 2 PC game that debuted in the fall of 2004 and proved to be a holiday favorite. The Sims 2 swept the nation making it one of the best selling PC games of the year. As the first expansion pack to this record-breaking title, the Sims are now young adults, leaving home to live the ultimate college fantasy. With The Sims 2: University, you immerse them in college life as they become the Big Sim on Campus. They?ll relish their new-found freedom as they settle into an all-new college town and party with friends, join fraternities and sororities, and pull outrageous pranks. Packed with more than 100 new objects and d?cor items, your Sims will explore all the campus hot-spots as they frequent lounges, gyms, coffee houses, and more. Studies are important too; they can earn a degree and open up new career paths. All new college-based wants and fears lead to new rewards and powers that can help your Sims achieve their goals and reap all of the benefits of their university years. The Sims 2: University Expansion Pack features: New Young Adult Age Group -- All-new hip, trendy university age Sims leave home and take over campus. Now they have the opportunity to alter their life goals and lose their innocence. Become the Big Sim on Campus and Influence Others -- Your Sims have all-new wants and fears tied to their social and academic life. Enhanced aspirations gameplay centers on building influence and players have the opportunity to develop their Sims? ability to influence friends, classmates and faculty. New ?College Town? -- Now your Sims can live the ultimate college fantasy whether it?s living in dorms, rushing a fraternity or sorority or shacking up with friends in their very own pad. College Lifestyle -- Immerse your Sims in the ultimate college lifestyle. Join a band, crash parties, find a part-time job, or get initiated into a secret society, where they can print money, and cheat on their studies. How will your Sims enjoy their college years? Earn Degrees to Open Up Four New Careers -- Choose from 11 majors for your Sims including such popular choices as history, art, biology, and political science and keep their grades on track. Secure the final degree and open up four new career paths. Keep in mind that The Sims 2: University requires the original, The Sims 2, to play. -Red Dawg, GameVortex Communications AKA Alex Redmann