Send your little computer people on a holiday they'll never forget - or perhaps even survive. The first ever expansion pack for the smash hit The Sims 3 allows your sims to travel abroad to discover new cultures and visit famous landmarks.

Take in the sights, sounds and souvenirs of Egypt

Are your sims brave enough for a spot of tomb raiding?

Take a ride on the new scooter as you explore France

Learn a martial art or just enjoy the local cuisine

This isn't just a sight-seeing tour though, your sims can learn new skills and gain new life goals from their visit, as well as a suitcase full of exotic items and treasures. Whether it's learning martial arts in China, "nectar"-making in France or tomb-raiding in Egypt there's much more to do on these virtual holidays than just laze around on the beach.

Foreign sims have unique personality traits and if your sims get on with them they can invite them back home - although you may want to upgrade your house first with the new building and customisation tools. It all adds up to a dream holiday that neither you nor your sims will forget.

Key Features

• Holiday of a lifetime: Don't just send your sims on holiday, send them on a globe-trotting adventure in China, France and Egypt.
• Landmark sights: Visit real world location from the Eiffel Tower to the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids.
• Souvenir shop: Take home brand new items: from ancient Egyptian artefacts to Chinese fireworks. Or decorate your home with exotic furniture and décor.
• Vocational trip: Learn new skills like photography, martial arts and nectar-making - plus give your sims new personality traits like "adventurous" and "photographer's eye".
• Lingua franca: Amazing soundtrack includes Nelly Furtado, LeAnn Rimes, Pixie Lott, Fefe Dobson, Matt + Kim and Young Punx - all singing in the Simlish language.

About the Developer: The Sims Studio
It's more than 20 years since Will Wright created SimCity and his development company Maxis. A lot has changed in that time, including the rise of The Sims as the studio's biggest game, but after being bought by EA elements of the team still work on the series and new titles such as Spore.