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1581. Bustin' Out goes online on PS2

Written on Saturday 13 September 2003 at 16:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA Games has announced several of its new games will be playable online on the PS2. These include The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Need for Speed Underground, Medal of Honor Rising Sun and... The Sims Bustin' Out. The last title is of course the one we're interested in. In an online game, two players can play cooperative online, use an "online trading system" (where players can exchange unlockable interactions and objects), and a matchmaker screen. Here's the bit from the press release:

"The Sims Bustin’ Out will feature two-player cooperative gameplay online, which lets players work their way through any of the game’s unique career paths. The game will also feature an online trading system that will allow players to swap unlockable social interactions such as Pull Finger and Moonwalk or objects like a Climbing Wall and DJ Booth. In addition to bestowing bragging rights, these wacky social interactions and highly coveted objects will also affect the gameplay. Online play will also feature a lobby where a matchmaker screen displays the astrological signs, genders, and personalities of other Sims, so that players can effectively choose their gaming partners. Since two Sims are better than one at getting the job done, online play will make it even easier to accomplish goals, satisfy motives, and get your Sims into trouble in The Sims Bustin’ Out."

The game (as well as the other 3) will also include support for USB headsets to chat hands-free. For all these features, an internet connection to your PS2 (using a network adapter) and a memory card are required. A broadband connection is required for hands-free chatting, and recommended for playing online. To read the whole press release, which includes details for the other games as well, click here.

1582. The Sims 2 Screens

Written on Friday 12 September 2003 at 20:58 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Fansite SimsZone.de has posted 4 new screenshots of The Sims 2. They show a man in quite a bit of details, and we're watching him cook, get up, and be robbed or something. Click "Screenshots" under "Die Sims 2" on SimsZone to see all the screenshots. Also, WorldSims has posted the system requirements as they are now (they may change). This is what comes from maxis:

• 128 MB of RAM on Windows 98, 2000, or ME, 256MB of RAM on Windows XP
• Graphics: GeForce or Radeon Series or better
• CPU: 600 MHz (if you have one of the video cards above). Those who have less powerful cards will need a more powerful CPU (~1.5 GHz).
• Monitor Resolution: 800x600 minimum, 1024x768 recommended.

No mention of free space on your hard drive there (I estimate about 1.5 Gb). Anyway, more RAM is probably recommended if you're going to expand the game a lot with downloads etc. That's all that's known so far, of course the exact system requirements will be on the box. The ones listed here may still change.

1583. SimDay

Written on Thursday 11 September 2003 at 15:54 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This SimDay comes with a few things we've seen before. First of all, there's the Sims 2 system survey that was posted and hidden again on SimDay 3 July. The survey - completely automated - sends some information about your computer to Maxis anonymously. That way, they can adjust The Sims 2 to make it run on (most) computers The Sims players have. To take the survey, click here. Next there's the official Sims 2 trailer that shows the several generations that we've seen several times before too. You can download it in Mpeg format, 32 Mb, from this page. Next there's the Gamers' Temple Interview about Makin' Magic discussed by Stash earlier this week. That brings us to the final 2 links already. First, there's now an about page of The Sims Double Deluxe, which replaces the old Deluxe one. Just click here to see it. And finally, as Maxis promised last week, part 2 of the Q&A of Makin' Magic. It answers questions posted on the BBS about Makin' Magic. It's all right here. Last week's questions (and answers) are on this page. More SimDay again next week!

1584. SimDay

Written on Thursday 4 September 2003 at 22:04 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

This SimDay comes with several things. So let's start: first of all, there's a Q&A about Makin' Magic (and Double Deluxe), which answers several questions asked on the BBS. It doesn't really reveal anything new, but for those interested here's the link. Talking about the BBS: Maxis has introduced the "Thread of the Day". Every day a topic will be picked by Maxis where their employees will be participating in. It's all at the official site's BBS. They also come with the news that the chat will no longer be on the official site, as the client will be unsupported by the manufacturer. They point to several other chatrooms on fansites, as well as the "Off-topic" board on the BBS. Finally, there are 2 links to articles. One we've already discussed earlier: the Developer's Diary for Bustin' Out. You can find it right here at GameSpot. The other article comes from Time Magazine, and is about The Sims 2. It's mainly about Will Wright "Reinventing The Sims". Nice to read, but it doesn't bring anything new about the game. Click here to read it.

1585. New Sims 2 video

Written on Tuesday 2 September 2003 at 17:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Gamers Hell has posted a 12 minute video of The Sims 2 a few days ago. It shows a lot of in-game footage, but unfortunately the quality - both sound and video - isn't too great. The in-game stuff is quite much like what we saw in the Fragland video interview. There's a lot of noise in the background from other games, like James Bond which can quite obviously be recognised at some point in the movie. We again see the hot-tub scene where a sim gets electrocuted by lightning. We also see some more of the create-a-sim and the genetics. The video has a voice-over from a Maxis Producer. Unfortunately, due to all the noise, it's not easy to understand all of it. It comes from the Game Convention held in Germany a while ago. You can download the video (68 Mb) from this page. It requires Windows Media Player 9 (or the WMP 9 Codecs).

1586. Newsround

Written on Sunday 31 August 2003 at 15:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the past few weeks there has been a lot of news about The Sims. Besides the news we've already reported about, there've been items that we've missed in the past few weeks. Here's a round-up of all the news that hasn't been posted about yet, containing screenshots, developer diaries, and much, much more... Read More!

1587. Back again

Written on Sunday 31 August 2003 at 00:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

I'm back again from my break. Besides going away from home for 3 weeks, I've been working on the site in the background a bit the past month. Besides some help with Sim Brother, I've been working on another new thing that will be coming to the site soon. I've had a nice time off but it's good to be back again.

1588. Taking a break

Written on Friday 1 August 2003 at 23:44 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

It's summer, and it's been a year since I've had a proper break. I'm now taking a break from The Sims Zone for a month (and I've been looking forward to it, although I'll probably miss working for this site as much as now too). I won't be online much during that period, and it will take me a bit longer than usual to reply to emails. I'll still be doing some little things in the background every now and then though, so it won't be a complete break. The rest of the team will continue to work on this site to keep it updated properly, so wish them good luck :-) We've got a few special things coming up later this month, which many of you will be looking forward to. I will be back again in September, so see you all then!

1589. SimDay Part 2: more screenshots

Written on Friday 1 August 2003 at 17:11 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

SimDay wasn't over when I posted about it last night: Maxis has added 2 more screenshots and 3 object renders to the collection. The renders seem to come from the survey. To see all 5 new graphics, click here. Here's one of the screenshots:

1590. New Donation File

Written on Friday 1 August 2003 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This month we don't have as many donation files as you're used to (it's summer, and we can't sit behind our computers all day long) but we still bring you something if you want to donate: a new object tutorial by Sumit. This one is all about changing the colours of existing objects, so you can change Maxis' objects into your own. If you want it, simply donate, get the username and password, download it and install it. It's as easy as that. We appreciate all donations and can always use them. We have to pay our bills, and when we've done that the remaining money will go to a charity. That way you help both us and the RGA, the charity we're currently collecting money for. Thank you very much for donating.