29 August 2008

New Sims 3 video

There is a great new video available on thesims3.com. The developers explain how the game works.

Watch the video

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20 August 2008

The Sims 3 has a release date

Today The Sims Label announced a release date of February 20, 2009 for The Sims 3, as well as the details of a special Collector’s Edition.

Read the press release

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1 July 2008

The Sims 2 Store Has Launched

The Sims™, today announced that The Sims™ 2 Store is live at www.thesims2store.com for online shoppers in the US and Canada. This new online shopping destination from The Sims Label enables players of The Sims 2 to choose from a range of thousands of items for their Sims. Select from fashions, furnishings, décor, entertainment, home office items, and more.

Read the complete press release.

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24 June 2008

Ikea Home Stuff has shipped

The latest stuff pack will be available in stores worldwide as from today. You can also download it directly from www.thesims2.com.

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18 June 2008

Update

Elena in Sim Models

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5 May 2008


IKEA Home Stuff

SIMS 2 IKEA Home Stuff is official.

Turn your Sims' living room into a haven of comfort and relaxation with a plush Ektorp sofa, a unique Expedit TV unit, a complementing Leksvik coffee table, and chic décor, like the Vanna mirror.

Create a bold, vibrant, and revitalizing bedroom with a new Malm bed, matching chest of drawers, a shapely Storm floor lamp and a bright IKEA PS rug.

Indulge your Sims with an office that is sure to promote order and productivity with its elegant Vika Hyttan desk, inspiring Kila desk lamp, bold Helmer drawer unit, and Lack zigzag wallshelf.

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10 April 2008

8th Expansion Pack confirmed

Ea officially confirmes the 8th expansion pack for The Sims 2: Apartment Life. Coming fall 2008. Your Sims are moving into a brand-new apartment and their lives will never be the same! Fun and drama await as your Sims discover apartment living - from getting along with new neighbors to meddle-some landlords, building their reputation to visiting new local hangouts. Take your Sims out of their serene suburban homes into bustling aparment buildings.

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4 April 2008

Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff Video

The trailer video for Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff is now available on the USA site.

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23 March 2008

Understanding Simlish



Simlish is a fictional language featured in Maxis' Sim series of games. It debuted in SimCopter, and has been especially prominent in The Sims and The Sims 2. Simlish can also be heard in SimCity 4, but far less frequently. It also featured to an extent in the Firaxis game Sid Meier's SimGolf.

Designer Will Wright was conscious of the need for dialogue in the game, but thought that using a real language would make it sound too repetitive and would also be too costly to hire translators for world languages.
The Sims development team created the unique Simlish language by experimenting with fractured Ukrainian and Tagalog (one of the major languages of the Philippines).

But what do our Sims mean when they say words like: Kashooti, Araganda, Cuh-teek-a-loo, Degg degg, Oo krem letich or Plicka? The translation can be found on the EA BBS where Nils 877 created the most complete Simlish dictionary I ever saw.

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22 March 2008

The Sims 3 articles

All over the web articles and previews of The Sims 3 are popping up:

- Joo-See
- GamePlanet
- Nidzumi

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Article Sims 3 in Eurogamer

Eurogamer published a 2 page article about The Sims 3.
Very interesting is the information about the new open neighbourhood and about how the personalities of our Sims will be determined.

Eurogamer article

The same Eurogamer also has a nice article about the history of our beloved Sims.

Eurogamer article History of The Sims

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Official Sims 3 screenshots



Check out the screenshots on the EA Sims 3 site.

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The Sims 3 are coming!



Electronic Arts Inc. announced today the first details on one of interactive entertainment's most anticipated games, The Sims™ 3.

The Sims 3 will launch globally in 2009.

New features include:

The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!
New Seamless, Living Neighborhood—Your Sims explore the living neighborhood freely.
New Create A Sim—Create any Sim you can imagine.
New Realistic Personalities—Every Sim is now a truly unique person, with a distinct personality.
New Unlimited Customization—Everyone can customize everything.

The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!