I would recommend to any of you who want a detailed look at The Sims 2, go check out the FAQ The Sims 2 page over at SimmingWorld. This will give you all of the juicy answers to questions about the number of spouses you can have to a more detailed rundown of the requirements. We hope to see some more of these FAQ pages popping up over the next few days across more The Sims 2 sites.

Quickly, before Gamespot locks it up, you can check out a "The Sims 2 Designer Diary" which will help to explain certain motions and emotions of the sims in the game as well as well the entire design process that the "The Sims 2" team uses. Check out the article as well as some cool screenshots at Gamespot.com.

Our affiliate, SimSational SimGames, is accepting questions about The Sims 2 to be submitted to Luc Barthelet, Maxis GM. You can go to SimSational for more information, or you can e-mail your questions directly to them. This is a rare opportunity to get your questions answered by Maxis, so fire away!

People across the U.S. began recieving their copies of SimCity 4 Rush Hour and SimCity 4 Deluxe, even though the release date is not technically until the 23rd. Here at SimGlobal I recieved my copy, and I must say that this expansion pack is worth every cent and more. We are hoping that Aspyr will announce a Mac version within the coming months, so Mac users keep your fingers crossed.

Although SimGlobal was invited to the SimCity 4 Rush Hour day, neither of the webmasters were quite old enough to attend (maybe for SimCity 5!). However, we have the next best thing, a full on preview over at Simtropolis with some great photos and juicy details about Rush Hour.

After six years on the net, one of the original SimCity 3000 sites out there, SimPage.net, is closing its doors. Kevin vows to keep the site up, however he will not be adding or updating it anymore. Matej and I would personally like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin and his entire web team on behalf of SimGlobal; you have done so much for us, as well as the SimCommunity, we will miss you and best of luck to you and your futures.

In a very cruel, heartless move by Maxis ;-), we can now get the SimCity 4 Deluxe manual online. With only a week a to go before Rush Hour, this little morsel will satisfy some, however it will probably only make most of us drool. However, if some of you want to see some more live game action, you can also download the Japanese SimCity 4 Rush Hour preview.

We've got another screenshot analysis online, giving some new perspective on the Sims 2 screenshots released to date. You can find the new screenshot analysis on the screenshots page. Enjoy!

SimCity.com is now reporting that Rush Hour has gone gold, meaning that the CD's are moving into production. You can read the full Press Release at SimCity.com. The SimCity creation team has also put up a few statistics about some Rush Hour accomplishments, including the number of missions, buildings, and bags of M&M's consumed.

SimCity.com has posted another great article revealing even more of the options available with MySim mode in the upcoming Rush Hour expansion pack. This new article includes information on new ways of transportation, new options of moving sims, and a few other cool things available. Be sure to check it out.