I had planned on pre-ordering World Adventures and just never got around to it.
And…well…I think I’m relieved that I didn’t.
Turns out that people are having issues already with the expansion.

There’s talk of custom content conflicts.
Problems with people not being able to register their games.
AwesomeMod doesn’t work

Apparently people were/are getting “Error Code 16″ errors when they tried to save a game after installing World Adventures.
This comes from the forums and is an “official” response:
Hi everyone,
We have been made aware of an issue you may encounter while trying to save your game after installing The Sims 3 World Adventures or updating your …read more

I know that a lot of you haven’t purchased Sims 3 yet and with The Sims 3 Holiday Collector’s Edition out and ready for download from the EA Store, now is definitely the time to think about finally biting the bullet and buying the game. Not to mention, World Adventures is hitting store shelves on the 17th.
With the limited edition Holiday Collector’s Edition of Sims 3, you’ll get:

a Sims 2 GB plumbob
a European-styled sports car download
theme music from Sims 3
exclusive Prima Tips and Hints Guide
holiday themed items download

But, I know some of you are still on the fence.
How can Sims …read more

I know how much you guys like it when real singers record Simlish versions of their songs so this announcement should have you proud as punch.
Friday Night Boys, Broken Hearts College, Esme Denters, Fefe Dobso,Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, Madina Lake, Metalkpretty, Katie Melua, Manchester Orchestra, Hot Chelle Rae, LeAnn Rimes, Audrye Sessions, Cassie Steele and Evan Taubenfeld are all coming to the World Adventures expansion.
Excited much?
The expansion is set to hit the middle of next month and if you register the expansion on-line then you’ll get a 1,000 SimPoints to use at The Sims 3 Store. Some of the stuff …read more

I know that I’ve said a few times that I don’t plan on running right out and buying World Adventures when it hits stores next month. And, I still don’t plan on pre-ordering the game or anything but this video from IGN has made me much more interested than I have been in the past.
For some reason, the fact that the zombies can curse you adds a new degree of interest. I’m also interested in the fact that there seems to be some directed play in the expansion. While I love the free-form nature of Sims 3, I often find …read more

GamesCom is to Europe what E3 is to the US and this year, GamesCom attendees got a nice big taste of what’s to come with World Adventures, the first expansion for Sims 3.
You can pre-order the expansion right now from the Sims 3 website and when you get the expansion, you’ll also get $10 worth of SimsPoints that you can use to buy cool things from The Sims 3 Store.
In addition to the free SimsPoints, you’ll also get to learn new skills that are only available with the expansion and you’ll be able to customize your Sims’ homes with stuff …read more

So Snooty Sims posted a thing a while back about an expansion called Destination Adventure. I wrote about contacting my media contact at EA and being told that EA had no plans for an expansion at that time.
Liar, liar pants on fire.
If you head on over to the Sims 3 website, you’ll see a press release announcing World Adventures. Thought EA had no plans for a Sims 3 expansion at this time?
Anyway, you get $10 worth of Sims Points [1,000 points]  if you grab the expansion – $10 can actually go a long way. You get to go to China, …read more

I first heard about a possible expansion for The Sims 3 over at Snooty Sims. They linked to a French site that has the game expansion listed as hitting in November.
If you Google “The Sims 3: Destination Adventure” all you get is a bunch of links talking about that same French site [jeuxvideopc.com] and A LOT of speculation about what the expansion will involve.
I didn’t want to write about the “expansion” until I received official word from my contact at EA and now I have that “official word”. As things go, I cleaned out my sent and deleted emails but …read more