The latest addition to The Lord of the Rings in SimCity 4, Dagorlad and Udûn, is now available. It contains the Black Gate of Mordor. This is a complete listing of available locations....
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SimCity.com now offers double landmarks for SimCity 4 including the Adler Planetarium from Chicago, Illinois and Stonehenge from Wiltshire, England. The Alder Planetarium was in SimCity 3000 as well, however the SimCity 4 version is quite a leap ahead in visual detail and quality.

On December 17th, TSO celebrated its first birthday. The Sims Online has been off to a shaky start, having far less members then was originally projected. Today, however, the TSO community continues on, adding features that many believe should have been included with the release of The Sims Online. You can now get The Sims Online with a $20 rebate, which brings the game down to $10-$20 in many retail outlets, although there is still the $10 monthly fee to contend with.

Yes, it’s that time of the year again, so if you want to give your sims some Manhattan ice-skating enjoyment, then head on over to SimCity.com and download the newly released Rockefeller Center.

On Thursday at 3PM PST you will have a chance to talk with Tim LeTourneau, Sims 2 Senior Producer. And for those of you who have not checked out TheSims2.com lately, there is now a new flyby video of the incredible looking The Sims 2 neighborhood.

In a search for the best SimCity 4 Mayor out there, inSims.de is hosting a SimCity 4 Rush Hour contest with inSims.de prizes including T-Shirts, keychains and some "cubes of decision." You can find all the details here. Here is an excerpt from the contest requirement page with the criteria for a winning city:

Main criteria and 50% of the final rating: