Friday 5 March 2010

The Sims 3 Ambitions - The second expansion is announced!

Written at 17:59 by Andy - 1 comment.

Following months of speculation and rumour about the subject of the second expansion for The Sims 3, it is announced it will be called The Sims 3 Ambitions and is due out in June of this year. Its focus is on our sims making direct choices in playing out their careers and features various new types of work. To name but a few, our sims can be firefighters, detectives, architects and inventors. More about this can be found on YouTube or Facebook or the official site.

Find below the press release, which will tell you more. Also, we will be bringing you more news as we get it.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS - News) today announced that The Sims™ 3 Ambitions Expansion pack* is in development and will launch in June 2010. As the second expansion pack to The Sims 3, the best-selling PC game of 2009**, The Sims 3 Ambitions allows players to pursue a variety of exciting paths and careers in their Sims’ lives that in turn affect their overall gameplay experience and neighborhood. While on the job, the player has direct control over their Sims’ work and can choose how to spend their days. Players can opt to make house calls and save lives as a doctor or choose the devious route and test experimental medicine on patients, be the hero firefighter tackling raging infernos or smashing everything in sight at the victim’s home with an axe, or take a shot at solving cases as an investigator, nicely convincing sources to divulge secrets or roughing up perpetrators in a dark alley to get information.

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Thursday 18 February 2010

TS3 World Adventures In Depth - Part 2 -Adventuring

Written at 0:00 by Andy - 4 comments.

Since we have found out how to get there and stay as long as we can, in the second part of our indepth reports about The Sims 3 World Adventures, we are going adventuring. Ranging from what types of adventures there are, basic items to equip your sims with in order to get adventuring, what treasures can be found in a tomb, what can be found in a tomb and to what can be done in order to try and avoid getting in this sort of situation, this report covers it all.

To get the latest part of the review, click here!

However, if you would like to start at the beginning, then click here!

Thursday 4 February 2010

The Sims Turns Ten

Written at 20:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Ten years ago the first edition of The Sims saw the daylight, after several years of development by Will Wright and his team. In the meantime we've seen two more sequels, various spin-offs, Sims games on any platform you can game on and of course a ton of expansion and stuff packs. The Sims team is celebrating by giving away some freebies. The Sims is a hugely successful franchise; expansion packs often top the sales charts, resulting in over $2.5 billion in revenue to date. From its launch in 2000 to 2004, The Sims was the best selling PC game worldwide; The Sims 1 for the first four years, The Sims 2 in 2004. The Sims 3 was EA's biggest launch ever, with 1.4 million copies sold in the first week, again being the best selling game of the year worldwide. Congratulations, EA!

Thursday 21 January 2010

TS3 World Adventures In Depth - Part 1 - Travelling

Written at 5:41 by Andy - 0 comments.

In the first report of our indepth review of The Sims 3 World Adventures, we look at the mechanics of travelling. We look at how to get to one of the three new countries, where the adventurer will be staying and about the importance of visas. We also look at means of reducing the cost of travelling and means of extending the length of their trip by various means.

The editorial begins here!

Friday 1 January 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR, ZONERS !!!

Written at 0:00 by Andy - 2 comments.

On behalf of the management and staff at The Sims Zone, we would like to wish you a very Happy New Year.

In 2010, we will be bringing you our usual high standard of news reporting, product reviews, content reports and downloads for your perusal and enjoyment.

Firstly, we will be giving you a series of indepth reports about The Sims 3: World Adventures on how to get the most out of your adventuring experience.

Secondly, we will be telling you all about the Create-A-World Tool, how it works and how we rate it compared to previous means of creating your own community.

Thirdly, there is bound to be another expansion pack (or two) out this year. We will be reviewing them as well and giving you our considered opinions and detailed guides.

On top of that, our staff will be creating new lots and content for you to enjoy. If, by any chance, you wish to apply your talents and join the staff here at the zone, please contact me directly and let me know what you can do.

Once again, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!