You can now download The Sims 2 Homecrafter Plus at TheSims2.com. Homecrafter allows users to more easily create custom content for The Sims 2 including floors, walls and ground covering. Read all the details and download Homecrafter here.

Flooded Isengard, the latest addition to LotR in SC4, has been updated.

After many long months of hard work, the SimMars team has announced that on this Friday they will be releasing a public beta of the highly anticipated SimCity Mod, SimMars. You can read the full details at SimNation News Network or get a taste of SimMars from the preview trailer.

Our affiliates over at SimCity Brasil are offering a contest for to design the best Brazilian landmark in SimCity to win a copy of The Sims 2. So all of you BAT experts who want to take a crack at this, head over to the SimCity Brasil forums for the full details, where you can find contest rules in English as well.