Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style
Just shy of ten years after its initial release, EA announced that they will no longer be offering support or patches for The Sims 2, the second installment in one of the most popular gaming franchises ever. In an interesting twist, they also announced that The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, which includes all of the games expansion packs, would be available for free to anyone with an Origin account.
This is good news for a lot of players. For some who bought The Sims 2 on disc way back before digital distribution had gained the foothold it has today, it's a chance to revisit a game we remember fondly. For others who lack experience with the franchise, it's a cheap and easy way to see what all the fuss is about before The Sims 4 is released this September.
No matter which camp you fall into, here's what you need to do:
Open up Origin, go to the Games menu, select "Redeem Product Code", and pop in "I-LOVE-THE-SIMS". Subtle, no?
The code is only valid until 10AM PDT on July 31st, so claim it while you still can.
TweetJanine Hawkins (@bleatingheart on Twitter, Iris Ophelia in Second Life) has been writing about virtual worlds and video games for nearly a decade, and has had her work featured on Kotaku, Jezebel, and The Mary Sue.
Funny how if it said Stream instead of Origin I'd be drooling right now. But I don't need yet another download service on my machine...
Posted by: Adeon Writer | Friday, July 25, 2014 at 11:48 AM