Editing The Sims (video game) (section)

===Awards===
''The Sims'' has won numerous awards, including ''GameSpot''{{'}}s "Game of the Year Award" for 2000. During the [[3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]] (since 2013 known as the [[D.I.C.E. Awards]]), ''The Sims'' won "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design|Outstanding Achievement in Game Design]]", and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement|Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering]]" (along with nominations for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Family Game of the Year|Computer Family Entertainment Title of the Year]]" and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction|Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction]]").<ref name="IAA_GOTY">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Game of the Year |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011211428/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="IAA_Craft">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Craft Award |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011155820/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="IAA_PC">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Personal Computer |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011204415/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref> ''[[Game Informer]]'' ranked it the 80th best game ever made in its 100th issue in 2001.<ref name="gi">{{Cite magazine |last=Cork |first=Jeff |date=November 16, 2009 |title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time (Circa Issue 100) |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |url-status=live |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408113757/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref> In 2005, ''The Sims'' was inducted into ''GameSpot''{{'}}s list of the greatest games of all time.<ref name="Gamespot">{{Cite news |title=The Greatest Games of All Time: ''The Sims'' |work=[[GameSpot]] |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140577/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701114625/http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140577/index.html |archive-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref> In 2016, [[The Strong National Museum of Play]] inducted ''The Sims'' to its [[World Video Game Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sims |url=https://www.museumofplay.org/games/the-sims/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506142440/https://www.museumofplay.org/games/the-sims/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=[[The Strong National Museum of Play]] |publisher=[[The Strong]]}}</ref> In August 2016, ''The Sims'' placed 31st on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s "50 Best Video Games of All Time" list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 23, 2016 |title=The 50 Best Video Games of All Time |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/4458554/best-video-games-all-time/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826010703/http://time.com/4458554/best-video-games-all-time/ |archive-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> In 2019, it was ranked 17th on ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s "50 Best Video Games of the 21st Century" list.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2019 |title=The 50 best video games of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/sep/19/50-best-video-games-of-the-21st-century |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922192039/https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/sep/19/50-best-video-games-of-the-21st-century |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |access-date=September 23, 2019 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>