The Sims 3 Website now offers a new patch for The Sims 3 to update the lifestyle simulation to version 1.8 and The Sims 3: World Adventures expansion to version 2.3. The new versions add the ability to access new content through the in-game store browser and address a number of bugs. Also now available is a beta version of the Sims 3 "Create a World" tool, which makes the gamer a designer sim, as it allows the creation of custom content for the game, as outlined in this announcement, which says these are "the same robust world-building tools the team uses to create worlds and towns for The Sims 3." The beta Create a World tool can be found on this page.