Although the date 19 March was mentioned some time ago, it still hasn't been confirmed as European release date for The Sims 2. But, after EA Germany removed the release date from their info page, EA Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) has now given a list of release dates for several games that will be released in Europe the first quarter of 2004. Besides SimCity 4 Deluxe coming to Europe on 31 January (it hasn't been released yet), they also stated that The Sims 2 will be released 19 March. This is no guarantee that the game will be released then, but as it's been mentioned several times already it probably is the closest estimate so far. Note that the real release date is not definite until it's confirmed by Maxis. This news comes from the Dutch Gamer.nl. Note that the US release will probably be a bit earlier, probably about a week before the European release.