More TS4 updates and news arrive as The Sims 4 release date nears! The Sims 4 system requirements revealed, but only for the upcoming Create-A-Sim Demo version.

The Sims 4 release date in the US if officially set for September 2. With less than 2 months before the official The Sims 4 release date, Sim Gurus and EA continue to provide bits of news and information for the eager fans.

This week, it was confirmed that a second world will be available in The Sims 4. Cited by SimsVIP.com, one of the latest The Sims 4 news revealed that a desert-like world will be available in TS4 Base Game.

The validation regarding this Sims 4 news particularly came from @SimGuruMarion through a Twitter response for a question from @SimsEverywhere. Check out the Twitter conversation below:

@SimsEveerywhere Yes, there is also a desert town.

— Marion Gothier (@SimGuruMarion) July 9, 2014

In addition to this Sims 4 news, fans around the world should also look forward to the arrival of Create A Sim Demo. Accordingly, Create A Sim demo release date worldwide is set for later this summer and The Sims 4 system requirements for the trial version has already been revealed.

Though the TS4 Create A Sim Demo won't be available worldwide until later this summer 2014, some fans were already able to acquire its early version of. The Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo is currently available by invitation only for select fans. Describing the demo, the post on Help.EA.Com reads:

"This is a trial experience that we are using to test our key functionality in advance of the worldwide release of The Sims 4, and we will be doing periodic maintenance on our servers."

Those looking forward for The Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo should know that it will be available for free. Also, below are The Sims 4 minimum system requirements for the demo version, pulled from this post:

OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 (64 bit versions are preferred)

CPU:

o 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent

o Dual Core and SSE 2 required

o For computers using built-in graphics chipsets the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent

RAM: At least 2 GB

HARD DRIVE: At least 1.2 GB of free space with at least 0.5 GB additional space for custom content and saved games

VIDEO: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0

SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better

DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0c compatible

INPUT: Keyboard and mouse

Check back on this site for the announcement of official The Sims 4 system requirements.