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The Sims Are Coming To A Browser In China

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The Sims  is coming to Chinese social network, Tencent Open Platform. The Sims Social is in development at Playfish in Beijing, a studio of Electronic Arts, and will be available to Chinese players on Tencent’s social gaming network QZone. The Chinese name of the game is Mo Ni Shi Guang.

The Sims Social, a browser-based game, launched on Facebook in August 2011 and saw 50 million monthly active users in its first month.

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