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1801. Another TSO Review

Written on Tuesday 7 January 2003 at 00:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameZone.com has posted a review of The Sims Online, and it's a good one. To be quick about, here's a quote:

"The Sims Online is an amazing cross-section of people. It allows them to throw away some inhibitions and act out in ways they likely would not do in real life. This is not a game for younger children to play regardless of the parental lock. This is an adult game and some not the majority of social settings are geared for adults.

"It can be routine, and you will likely run into the same people asking and talking about the same things, over and over. If the idea of chat rooms appeals to you, if the idea of stepping outside yourself and trying on a different life and face (even a polar bears head) is something you would enjoy, this could well be the game for you."

The final score is a 7.3. The review is good and mentions some criticism. You can read the review here. For more reviews of The Sims Online, visit our review index.

1802. The Sims on GameCube/XBox: Q1 2003

Written on Monday 6 January 2003 at 22:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims on GameCube and X-Box is definately coming. A dutch X-box xiste, Xboxworld.nl got this confirmation from EA Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg). They also got a release date: 27 March 2003. That means it will still be the first quarter of this year. This is probably the European release date, which would mean that the US would be getting it about a week earlier. If 27 March is the US release, then Europeans will be able to get 3 or 4 April probably. You can find more information about the console version of The Sims at TheSimsConsole.com.

1803. 5000 TSO New Year's Eve parties

Written on Saturday 4 January 2003 at 01:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

At EA.com we can find a press release about The Sims Online. Not so very interesting on itself, but the information in it is something different than the usual 'EA Ships game' or 'Game goes gold' this time. Instead, it tells us that the TSO players held over 5,000 parties on new year's eve! A grand total of over a half million kisses were given during that one night:

"'As our virtual party goers across the country can attest, The Sims Online was one of the most happening places to socialize and celebrate this New Year's Eve,' said Luc Barthalet, General Manager of EA's Maxis Studio, 'This online celebration marks the first of many fantastic events in this unique and dynamic Internet world.'"

Quite amazing, considering The Sims Online is not selling as well as expected. In fact, Unleashed, Deluxe and Vacation are outselling TSO according to the NPD sales charts (see GameSpot). It sure was a hot place to be though...

1804. Maxis Lineup

Written on Saturday 4 January 2003 at 01:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis is going to release quite some games between now and the end of year or next year. It's quite a lineup, and here's a list of games we can expect:

The Sims for PlayStation 2 - GOLD - 14 January 2003

SimCity 4 - GOLD - 14 January 2003

The Sims Online Europe - In Development/testing - January to March 2003

The Sims Superstar (Expansion) - In development - 2nd Quarter 2003

The Sims 2 - Unknown, probably in development - I think 4th Quarter 2003, but don't be sure about that

The Sims on GameCube and X-Box - In development - 2nd or 3rd Quarter 2003 probably, unconfirmed

SimCity Online - Unknown, could be in development - Late 2003 or 2004

Only the first three games are definite, the fourth one (Superstar) is most likely true. The rest are only guesses at this moment. In a SimCity 4 chat it was said that Maxis will announce all their upcoming games between now and the E3 (which will be late May). At the E3 we will probably be able to watch The Sims 2 and The Sims on GameCube/X-box. Information about SimCity Online is only very vague, and it's not even sure if that will ever come.

 

1805. The Sims Superstar: more confirmation

Written on Friday 3 January 2003 at 16:43 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

In a German magazine, GameStar, there's a 'nice' piece of information from Will Wright. His new year's resolution is to release a seventh expansion pack (that's including Deluxe probably) for The Sims:

"Nach Die Sims Online wollen wir im neuen Jahr etwas vollig Neues machen. Mir schwebt ein siebtes Addon fr Die Sims vor. Oder ganz anderes: Die Sums, ber das Leben in einem Bienenstock. Oder die Sams: Wesen mit Punkten im Gesicht erfllen Wnsche. Wie? Das gibts schon?"

(Quote taken from SimsZone.de - thank you. If the full post is not show, click "Read More" to see the translation of this quote) Read More!

1806. January Donation Files

Written on Friday 3 January 2003 at 01:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The first part of the donation files for January 2003 have been added. There are 9 new files from Sumit and Jen. You are only able to download those if you donate money to The Sims Zone. Also remember our special offer which only goes until the end of this month:


So donate and get those great files! You won't help just The Sims Zone with it (although we really need the money!), but also the RGA! Those who donated last month should've gotten an e-mail with the new username and password for these files already.

1807. The Sims on GameCube and X-Box

Written on Thursday 2 January 2003 at 21:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Rumours are going that The Sims will be seen on Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's X-Box. You can see so by checking out this page at ESRB, the US games rating board. There's a 'The Sims' in the list of titles, which is for the PlayStation 2 (that version will be released within 2 weeks), the GameCube and the X-Box. Also, a slightly older news post at GamerWeb says that "EA's Jeff Brown hinted that we could see The Sims on Xbox, saying, 'I can't say specifically what they are, but one would infer that Madden and some of the big hits on the sports side will certainly be in the early lineup. And we're looking at Bond, Potter, and The Sims as well.'". These console versions will probably be quite like the PS2 version: 3D and a storyline. Keep an eye on TheSimsConsole.com for possible more information in the future. We'll keep you updated here too.

1808. 1,000,000 visitors!!

Written on Thursday 2 January 2003 at 20:11 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

The Sims Zone now exists for more than a year. We've been counting our visitors since 2 February 2002, and had a few milestones since. A mention at the frontpage of the official site gave us a lot of visitors in April. Not long after that, in June, we reached our 500,000 visitors milestone, and now we're starting the year the right way with having reached 1,000,000 unique visitors within one year time. We are proud of that, and of course we couldn't have done it without you. We're now going for the multi-millions, and to do that we will keep providing you with what you've seen here so far. We have a few things which are in development stages at this moment, which you will see here sooner or later this year. Stay tuned to this channel for all that...

1809. New poll

Written on Thursday 2 January 2003 at 01:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we didn't add a new poll because of christmas, which is why last week's poll ended up taking two weeks. This week there is a new poll again though, and this time it's about last week. Have your Sims celebrated Christmas? Tell us, by voting on the right, or on this page. And for the last poll's results: most sims go to bed between 9pm and 12am - 76 of 145 votes (50.34%) were for that. With less than half as many votes (35, 24.14%), the option "Between 6pm and 9pm" came second. The other results:

They stay up late, so some time between 12am and 6am - 17.93% (26)

My sims have night-time jobs... They go to bed in the morning (6am to 12pm) - 3.45% (5)

Right after work! (12pm-4pm) - 2.76% (4)

Usually anywhere between 4pm and 6pm - 1.38% (3)

More (and older) polls are in the poll archive.

 

1810. PC Zone The Sims Feature

Written on Wednesday 1 January 2003 at 22:02 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

PC Zone UK has written a 3-page feature about The Sims. The feature starts with the initial plans, which were to cancel the game. They also talk about the joy they had during the development, they laughed a lot. For instance when pets started doing 'human' actions like making dinner - floating in the air. The story continues with the history of the expansion packs which were released so far (and another one might be coming up), and the difference in the reviews written in the US and the UK. To read the whole feature, or see its screenshots, go here. You have to register (for free) at PC Zone to read the article.