To Buy Electronic

To Buy Electronic

To Buy Electronic

Electronic Arts announced the sunsetting of EA-Land on the EA-Land blog yesterday. EA-Land was formerly known as The Sims Online, or simply TSO. Released on December 17th, 2002, TSO was the highly anticipated online version of the highly successful game, The Sims. The game was the brain child of legendary developer Will Wright, developed by EA-owned Maxis, and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Games brand.

An online virtual community, TSO allowed players to create an online persona, build a house and engage in various game-like "jobs" and interact with other players. The game was graphically similar to its predecessor, The Sims. It provided a new type of world that focused on social interaction, targeting both male and female gamers.

The game box boasted a plethora of content, reading, "Choose from hundreds of outfits and thousands of appearance possibilities. Includes nearly all the faces, clothes, and objects from The Sims and the first four expansion packs." User-created content, the hallmark of The Sims, was the one missing piece that many users hoped would come.