The incredible flurry of games going gold continues, as Gone Gold is reporting that The Sims: House Party, the upcoming expansion that adds pigs-in-blankets and other party festivities to Maxis' get a life game, has gone gold (off to manufacturing for distribution) and should be "in stores by April in the US and Europe." Meanwhile, they are also reporting on G.G. that Simsville, another upcoming simmy project from Maxis, has slipped a long way: all the way to 2002.