User blog:LostInRiverview/The Sims Wiki News - 11th January 2015

Hello Simmers! There's plenty to report on this week, so let's get right to it!

The Sims news
The main menu for The Sims 4 has been updated to announce that The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat - the first game pack in The Sims series and first new "content pack" for The Sims 4 - is to be released sometime next week. If the release adheres to the usual custom of releasing new games on Tuesdays (in North America), then we can expect to see it available on January 20th... but there's no indication that EA will or will not follow that custom, since physical copies of the game aren't being sold in stores. Hopefully by this time next week we'll have a better idea of when the pack will release.
 * Outdoor Retreat is coming next week

EA has launched a new The Sims 4 Gallery app on the Google Play and the App Store, for Android and iOS devices, respectively. The app will allow people to browse content added to the Gallery, add likes and comments, and save content to "My Library" to be automatically downloaded and added to The Sims 4 the next time the game is loaded. A valid Origin account is required to access most of these features, but people do not need to have a copy of The Sims 4 to access the Gallery. Gallery access is included in The Sims 4 (though it requires an internet connection to access), and access and was added to TheSims.com in late November 2014.
 * New Gallery App

There's a teaser out now for an upcoming trailer for The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat game pack. Be sure to check it out below:
 * New "trailer teaser"

The Sims Wiki news
We have two birthdays coming up this week; has a birthday today (January 11th), and  has a birthday on January 17th. Be sure to visit their talk pages and wish them both a happy birhtday. If you want to be on The Sims Wiki's birthdays list, be sure to add your name to our birthdays list!
 * Happy birthdays!

As usual we have lots of discussions on the community discussions forum that need your input! Be sure to weigh in on these topics:
 * Community discussions
 * Forum:Adding teenagers to unemployed category
 * Forum:Featured Content voting issue
 * Forum:Fanon quality discussion
 * Forum:Articles for inhabited lots
 * Forum:Amendment to voting policies
 * Forum:Ongoing issues on the IRC channel

That's all I have this week! Be sure and leave a comment below and let me know if I've missed anything important. --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 05:16, January 11, 2015 (UTC)