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251. Blog Updates: News and Downloads from Maxis

Written on Tuesday 10 October 2006 at 20:12 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Several Maxoids update their blogs occasionally, and through those blogs they announce new features, uploads, and more. There's enough to read again, so please read more to see find out what some of the Maxoids have been up to lately. Read More!

252. Sims 2 Pets Mobile in Europe

Written on Tuesday 10 October 2006 at 20:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've already caught some rumours earlier about the Sims 2 Pets being in the make for mobile phones. This has now been confirmed more or less by more recent press releases, which state that the mobile version will be released in Europe only in December this year, after the European success with the Sims 2 recently reaching the 1 million downloads. There are currently no rumours or anything saying that the game will also be released in the US or elsewhere in the world. Details of the game have not been released yet, but if anything shows up we'll let you know.

253. Second Pets Training Paper

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A month ago Maxis posted a training paper of the Sims 2 Pets, in which a few details of breeds as well as looks and personality of pets were explained. In the second issue Maxis gives away many more breed details, for both cats and dogs, but also some tips about training and playing with the pets. New information is that dogs and cats can be taken out for a walk, something that as you can read in our special (which will be continued again very soon!) was only implemented recently. The paper also mentions some interactions which improve the pets' needs, as well as training birds (PC only) to talk. Read the full training paper for all the information.

254. Play the Sims In-Flight

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you're going to fly over a long distance anytime soon, chances are you might be able to play the Sims 2 on board, through the in-flight entertainment system. Together with DTI Software, market leader in In-Flight Entertainment, Electronic Arts will deliver several Pogo.com games and the Sims 2 to game systems on flights of 62 airline partners of DTI. Precise details of the game's contents and possibilities are not mentioned. The full press release has more details regarding the new partnership.

255. Sims 2 Mobile hits 1 Million Downloads in Europe; Pets on Mobile?

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA Europe announced last week that the Sims 2 for mobile phones has reached the 1 Million downloads in Europe, within the first seven months of release in December 2005. The press release announcing this milestone also mentions the Sims 2 Pets being in production for mobile phones, although no details or screenshots of it have been revealed so far. The press release says you'll be able to pick the appearance and gender of the Sims' pet, adopt and name the puppy, and of course being able to teach tricks. You can also take pets to the park. Taking care and training a pet is important, and "leaving your dog unattended near a freshly planted flower bed probably isn't wise." The press release has more details about the achieved milestone.

256. Sims 3 Already in Production?

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Following an earlier rumour, there's also the rumour going that Maxis is already working on the Sims 3. Every summer students from all over the world work as intern at Electronic Arts studios. MTV has interviewed a couple of them, of which one has worked on the Sims Division. Gwynne Olson-Wheeler, 21, worked on graphics for the Sims 2 Pets, but signs on the walls saying "Welcome 'Sims 3' team" also indicated that the Sims 3 might already be in the make. While nothing is of course confirmed by EA yet, it is not unlikely the Sims 3 will come at some point in time. Nevertheless it'll probably still take a few years before anything will be published about it. For now, read the MTV article for the few details that are out.

257. Sims 2 Best on Mac

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims 2 is not only available on PC, but also Macs are able to run Aspyr's port of the game. That edition has recently been awarded with the Best Mac OS X Game, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Aspyr is "very proud of the work we [Aspyr] did with Sims 2 to make it feel like a home-grown Mac game, and want to keep that attention to detail in all our future Mac titles," as stated in their September newsletter in which Aspyr announces that they won the award. With the Sims 2 being a game originally from PC, like many Mac games from Aspyr's studios originally started on PC or XBox, it means the Sims 2 has excelled in using the Mac's features, otherwise Apple wouldn've have given the award to the Sims 2. For a few more details, read the newsletter.

258. The Sims: The Island for Next-Gen?

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

With the Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii being released soon, EA is working on a massive multiplayer online world, featuring at least three titles. At least that's what rumours tell, according to GamersReports. That website has posted a press release which has been removed by EA again, and thus is more of a rumour than anything else so far. The world, called "The Island" would feature at least Need for Speed, Theme Park and the Sims. These games would be released at 14 November according to the press release, which keeping in mind it's almost October already is extremely quick for such a big release, making it less realistic. The Sims game would feature offline story and free play modes, as well as an online free play mode. The story can be played split-screen or online as well. Somewhat similar to Vacation (On Holiday) for the Sims 1, the game is set in the mountains, the coast, or in a city. It's said to be released on Playstation 3, XBox 360 and Nintendo's Wii, as well as the PC. Considering the upcoming Pets release on PC as well, it seems November is too early for this game. Altogether it's all more of a rumour than anything else at this moment, but of course if more news is being released by EA we'll let you know. For now check the GamersReports article for some more details.

259. Foreign Pets Reports

Written on Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:03 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Some producers of the Sims 2 Pets, coming out for PC, Consoles and Handhelds next month, have been touring Europe again to show off the new Sims title to press and fans. The result are a couple of reports with screenshots and videos on various European sites. First of all the Spanish CapitalSims has posted some screenshots and videos in their forums. From Italy comes a report (in English) of the PC, Console and NDS versions of the game, including some videos, screenshots, and an interview with Sam Player and Ben Bell. In that they talk about the differences with Unleashed, Creating pets, the personality of animals, the Kibble of Life (which is like Elixir for pets), and that there won't be new Sims clothes. Also, contrary to earlier reports, it will not be possible to have pets at university, according to the interview. For more details read the complete interview.

Another website with a couple of videos made from a presentation is Tecnosims. In Germany both Cynamite and PC Games posted screenshots of the PC expansion pack. Over at Sims2Community somebody has also received a review version of the expansion pack, and so far there are two reports with a bunch of screenshots. Check out part one and part two for the links to all the screenshots.

260. New Pets Screenshots

Written on Thursday 21 September 2006 at 01:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims 2 Pets is coming closer, and EA is promoting it by releasing new batches of screenshots every now and then. On the official European sites for the Sims 2, such new screenshots have appeared for almost all platforms. There are 6 PC screenshots, one for the consoles (PS2, GameCube), 2 for the Nintendo DS and finally 4 of the GBA edition. The PSP version of the game got no new screenshots this round. Click the thumbnails below to check out all the screenshots.