Eleven expansion packs were released for the 2009 life simulation video game The Sims 3 the third major title in The Sims series. Of the eleven expansion packs seven were developed by Maxis Redwood Shores while the other four were developed by EA Salt Lake. All expansion packs were published by Electronic Arts. Expansion packs tend to focus on major new features with the addition of many new objects worlds and game features geared towards the pack's major theme. The first expansion pack World Adventures was released on November 18 2009. The last expansion pack Into the Future was released on October 22 2013.