Looks like EA is keeping their word after all, according to the SimPosium event going on at EA Redwood Shores today, the Sims team announced via Twitter the following:

The word is out on the first EA Custom Content tool along the lines of “Create A World”. More details to come about custom neighborhoods!

I can’t wait, creating neighborhoods is something I always wanted to do!  Hopefully it’ll let us plop down roads, signs, and more 😀  Looking forward to the first info!