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Anna Koselke

After waking up to the first Sims 3 update from EA in 10 years, all fans can think about is the potential for more: "So it begins"

The Sims 3.

It's official - after a whopping decade, EA has just released a brand-new patch for The Sims 3 - and while it's the first to drop in years tidying the game up for modern PCs, the community is hopeful there are more updates to come.

The Sims 3 has long stood the test of time now as one of the series' greats, but one problem in particular has plagued its stellar reputation as the creative pinnacle of EA's life sim gems - the game's inability to run properly on newer PC builds. And by newer PC builds, I'm talking about any computers coming from the last seven or eight years. The Sims 3, perhaps most infamously, offers no 64-bit support, but things could finally be looking up.

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