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Electronic Arts announced today that The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff Pack, the latest stuff pack for The Sims 2, will hits store shelves today. The pack includes building elements that let you create mansions and gardens for your Sims in three all new architectural styles including Moroccan, Second Empire and Art Deco. New architectural and landscaping items are also in the mix as well as all-new items like new archways, ceiling fans, grand staircases and windows and doors. In addition, flower beds and shrubs will be available to build exterior asthetics that wull make the inner landscaper in you squeal like a pig.

The Sims 2, The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition, The Sims 2 Holiday Edition, The Sims 2 Deluxe or The Sims 2 Double Deluxe for PC is required to play The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff Pack.

Well now! There’s a fight brewing between the children of EA for the top spots on the PC gaming sales charts. EA’s newborn MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning took Spore out for the week ending Sept. 20, 2008. Poor, poor EA. WAR took the top spot for the week, followed by Spore, and WAR Collector’s Edition. No big shockers this week - though Stalker Clear: Sky - a standalone expansion of the original game by GSC Gameworld, broke in at number 9 for the week. EA and Activision Blizzard still control the board, with EA holding 7 of the top ten spots and Activision holding 2 spots with World of Warcaft.

Oh, and despite all the tough talk on DRM, Spore is still at the top of the list this week. Full list after the jump.

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According to NPD’s retail sales data for the week ending Sept. 13, Spore and Spore related products have taken the top spots in the North America.

Will Wright’s popular game takes three spots this week: Spore landed in the top spot, followed by the Galactic Edition of the game and Spore Creature Creator in the number 4 spot. EA continues to dominate the top ten , with 6 titles in the top ten, while Activision takes up the rest of the spots with World of Warcraft, Warcraft III and the Burning Crusade expansion. The full list after the jump:

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EA has shipped The Sims 2 Apartment Life for the PC, and The Sims 2 Apartment Pets exclusively for the Nintendo DS this week. In both games players apparently get to leave suburbia for the action and excitement of apartment life. Having lived in an apartment, I can tell you that it is not all that its cracked up to be.

The eighth expansion pack for The Sims 2 franchise moves players into a brand new building, explore their new neighborhood, mingle in coffee shops, meet new friends and much more. In The Sims 2 Apartment Pets, life in the apartment becomes a lot less lonely as a pet offers companionship and delivers happiness and joy to Sims - perfect for those Sims that will end up being old maids, for lack of a better term. Both titles shipped to retail outlets in North America, European and Asia-Pacific regions and are available now.

The next seven days look to be good times for gamers everywhere - beginning with Tiger Woods 09 and Disgaea 3 and ending with Mercenaries 2. Others highlights in the next seven days include Call of Duty 4 GOTY Edition for PC, Vampire Rain: Altered Species, Mario Super Sluggers and N+. More after the jump:

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Retail research firm, NPD Group has released its list of the top selling PC games for the week ending July 26, 2008, revealing that Her Interactive’s Nancy Drew: The Phantom Of Venice took the top spot for the week. While the teen sleuth game taking the top spot is interesting, the rest of the list is a combination of hype driven sales, hold-outs and extensions of ultra popular brands.

The Sims franchise continues to rake in cash for EA with add-ons The Sims 2 Double Deluxe and The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff; meanwhile Blizzard enjoys much success with continued sales of the World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest compilation pack, The Burning Crusade expansion and the original game. Several games on the charts are due to a large amount of buzz for upcoming games: Blizzard’s Diablo III announcement has helped drive sales of the Diablo Battle Chest compilation pack and hype for Will Wright’s Spore is driving consumers to pick up the Spore Creature Creator.

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Today’s The Sims 2 announcement is not about another throwaway expansion pack for the popular second generation people simulator, but rather an entire store dedicated to bits, baubles and trinkets that players can buy online. This morning EA officially launched The Sims 2 Store, a one-stop shop for all things Simlish.. Oh, and it features stuff from all the previously released expansion packs..

In addition to tall that expansion and Stuff Pack content, players can purchase brand new goodies that are exclusive to the store including house goods, clothes and more.

Check it out by visiting www.thesims2store.com.