The two main additions revealed so far are the buff and inventory systems. The buff system grants a Sim positive or negative attributes which then relate to how the Sim is feeling at the time. For example, getting married to an attractive member of the opposite sex will allow the Sim to make more friends and be more productive at work.
On the other hand, the inventory system works by allowing a Sim to carry items - funnily enough - which are used to carry out basic tasks. Examples could be heading down to the shop to grab some items to cook a meal or picking up a letter in order to post it.
Apparently there's no multiplayer mode as of yet - can you say expansion? - but Sims can be uploaded to the website where others can download and play with them. Fun times.
As you would expect, the graphics are much improved and the world is much more open and less structured, allowing players more control over their Sims and granting them the ability to build where they want.
"The fact that it's a seamless world means that eventually - not to give away too much of our expansion pack strategy, but in theory - The Sims 3 could expand into an entire seamless world," noted game producer Rod Humble. "You can imagine a Sims country which you could just live your life in."
More details as they surface.
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