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181. Win Life Stories at Pogo UK

Written on Monday 5 February 2007 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

With Life Stories being released this month, EA UK is giving it some extra promotion at Pogo UK. In their Wheel of Prizes you have a chance to win the upcoming Sims Life Stories game by playing Sweet Tooth between 7 and 14 February. Five copies of the game will be given away, besides the Amazon vouchers, Club Pogo memberships and other (surprise) prizes. You can also enter in the Wheel of Prizes once a day to make a chance to win. Go to the Pogo community page and look for the Wheel of Prizes button for more information. Also check out the newspost on the official UK site.

182. Life Stories Video

Written on Sunday 4 February 2007 at 18:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

To promote the Sims Life Stories a trailer of the upcoming game has been revealed by EA. During two minutes the main features of the game are explained. Riley and Vince, the main characters in the two story mode stories, are introduced, and their background is given. There's also a brief look at the open ended classic mode in the game. Whether it's all about creating friends and going through life's greatest moments, or just about finding the right girl for a somewhat hopeless guy, Life Stories will give it to you according to the trailer. Simply go to the Life Stories page on the official The Sims Stories website to check out the video. QuickTime is required to play the trailer.

183. More Pets Bloopers

Written on Sunday 4 February 2007 at 18:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Every expansion pack has its own issues during the development process. Odd things can happen when things don't work as they should, and for the Pets PC expansion pack that was no different. Late last year Maxis already revealed a few bloopers on the official site, and recently they've added two more pictures. You can see some big heads and a strange family tree, but there's also a short video showing some real good shoveling. Go to the bloopers page to see them all, including the previous Pets bloopers.

184. COSMOgirl Pets Contest

Written on Sunday 4 February 2007 at 18:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In collaboration with Electronic Arts girl's magazine COSMOgirl has organized a competition where you can win the Sims 2 Pets Mobile, a pink Nintendo DS and the Sims 2 Pets for that DS or the PC. All you have to do to win is submit a picture of your pet through an online form. Any girl in the US or Canada (except Quebec) aged 13 to 25 is allowed to enter the sweepstakes contest. There are three categories to participate in: dogs, cats and other animals. Editors of the magazine will pick the 10 cutest entries in each category, which will be placed on the website. Visitors of the website can then vote which three pets in each category should make it to the third and final round. The editors will then again pick the three winners (one in each category) based on cuteness. If you win you'll get a pink RAZR phone with the Sims 2 Pets preloaded on it, as well as some prepaid minutes. You'll also get a pink Nintendo DS, and a Sims 2 Pets game for either the DS or the PC. If you still want to enter, you must hurry: the contest closes 5 February. See the contest page and the full rules for more details.

185. NPD 2006 Report: Sims Sells Well

Written on Sunday 4 February 2007 at 18:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The NPD Group, which provides retail information about the video games industry and others, has recently released the 2006 annual report for game sales in the US. Although no Sims title appears in the console top 10, the PC games list of ten contains five Sims titles. The base game scored high, being sold the most of all Sims games and being outsold only by World of Warcraft. Other than that the expansion packs Nightlife, Open for Business and Pets make an appearance in the list. The first stuff pack, Family Fun Stuff, has also done well in the past year and is on the eighth place in the list. The full PC sales list over 2006, by units sold, is as follows:

1. World of Warcraft
2. The Sims 2
3. The Sims 2: Open For Business Expansion Pack
4. Star Wars: Empire At War
5. The Sims 2: Pets Expansion Pack
6. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
7. Age of Empires III
8. The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff Expansion Pack
9. Civilization IV
10. The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack

186. Seasons Trailer and Screenshots

Written on Friday 19 January 2007 at 17:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Over on the official site a new trailer and two new screenshots of the Sims 2 Seasons, the upcoming fifth expansion pack for the Sims 2, have been published. The trailer goes through all four seasons, from Winter to Spring, Summer and Fall. Several new activities and possibilities of each season are highlighted, from making snowmen, ice skating, fishing, jumping or sliding in the pool, gardening and harvesting. New items like the pool slide, the greenhouse, wishing well, scarecrow, mountain rainbow trout and the new country furniture set also get a chance to display themselves in the video of 1:48 minutes. Check out the videos page on the official site for more details. The two new screenshots are below, just click the thumbnails to get them in full.

187. Blood Donor Community Showcase

Written on Friday 19 January 2007 at 16:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On the official site a new community showcase has started. Downloads made by fans of the Sims, placed on the official site's Exchange will be ranked by Maxoids, and the best of them will be highlighted on a special page next month. Since January is National Blood Donor month in the US, the theme of the community showcase is about vampires or goths. If you have made a Sim or Lot inspired by vampires or goths, make sure it's up on the exchange and it has "National Blood Donor Month" in the description. Existing downloads already on the exchange can also participate. After uploading your creation, make sure you notify Maxis by posting a link in the BBS in the Sims thread or the Lot thread. Also see the previous two showcases for more information, as well as both BBS threads for the current showcase. You have until the end of this month to promote your download. The 10 best Sims and 10 best lots will make it to the showcase page.

188. Official Life Stories Announcement - Preview Soon!

Written on Wednesday 17 January 2007 at 00:50 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Today Electronic Arts officially announced the Sims Life Stories for PC and laptops. In the press release of the standalone game the stories of Riley Harlow and Vincent Moore are described as being of a romantic flavour. Riley might ditch Beau number one for Beau number two, and possibly even have kids with the second one. Vincent on the other hand is a successful entrepreneur, but a hopeless romantic. The story will be about him finding the love of his life. Of course there's also the open free-play mode. Read on for more details and lots of graphics. Read More!

189. Seasons Artworks

Written on Tuesday 16 January 2007 at 23:30 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

EA has released 6 new artworks of the Sims 2 Seasons, the new Sims 2 expansion pack that will be released next month. They show some of the new objects in the pack: a greenhouse, the juicer, the ice skating rink, the pool slide and finally the wishing well. There's also an artwork of a Sim with some fireflies. Of course we've collected them all and they're right below this article for your viewing pleasure. Just click the little thumbnails to see the large versions.

190. New Seasons Screenshots

Written on Saturday 13 January 2007 at 22:58 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

At the official site EA has released 7 new screenshots of the upcoming Seasons expansion pack for the Sims 2. They show some of the winter activities that can be done in the cold and especially snowy season. That includes freezing outside. Just click the thumbnails below to see the full size versions of the screenshots.