The expansion adds a number of new features to The Sims, the wildly popular virtual-life game created by Maxis that recently became the best-selling PC game of all time. As its name implies, the new expansion will let players take their little virtual people on a vacation to an island filled with new settings, activities, characters, and objects.
"Everyone needs to get away from it all sometimes, and the Sims aren't any different," said Tim LeTourneau, senior producer at EA's Maxis studio. "With The Sims: Vacation, the whole Sims household can get some fun and sun on a fabulous island getaway."

The vacation getaway includes three settings--a snowy alpine area, a beach resort, and a forest campground--and a wide range of activities such as volleyball, archery, fishing, snowboarding, and hunting for hidden treasure. In the course of their trip, Sims will interact with several new characters and more than 125 new objects.

The Sims: Vacation was created by Maxis and will soon be available in stores for an approximate retail price of $29.99. For more information, take a look at our previous coverage of the game.

By Trey Walker, GameSpot PC [POSTED: 03/26/02]