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441. Brussels in Business [Update]

Written on Saturday 14 January 2006 at 05:50 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Thursday Tim LeTourneau, Senior producer of the Sims 2 Open for Business, was in Brussels to show the game to fans and press. The Sims Zone was invited as well, and naturally we went to check out the upcoming expansion pack. Besides taking a lot of pictures, we also got a lot of information about the new expansion pack. Brand new information, that you won't find anywhere else yet. After much hard work, a preview has now been made. In it you can find over 70 pictures of the game, as well as all the information we received. It should answer a lot of questions you submitted, but not all. We'll still try to get an answer to those that we're still unsure about, so don't worry if your question didn't get answered in the preview. Nevertheless, find out more and read it!


[Update 15:00] Most of the pictures have been edited, so they are a bit brighter. They're still not great, but it should now be a bit easier to see some of the details. We'll soon post links to other sites with more (and better) pictures from the event.

442. Open for Business Screenshots

Written on Thursday 12 January 2006 at 07:37 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On the official site Maxis has posted two new screenshots showing scenes from Open for Business. The first shows the water wiggler and a child playing with a kite, where the second one shows what's probably the toy bench. To see these screenshots, just click the thumbnails below.

443. Open for Business Details from Chat [Update 2]

Written on Monday 9 January 2006 at 22:26 by ChEeTaH - 8 comments.

As we let you know last Friday, Tim LeTourneau would be joining a chat today to answer some questions about the upcoming expansion pack, Open for Business. The chat has now finished, and a full log will be posted tomorrow. The highlights are in the "Read more" part of this newspost. If your questions weren't answered, feel free to submit them to us. You have until Wednesday for that.

[Update 11 January, 23:30] Due to technical problems, the chat log of the chat has gone lost. We'll try to complete the information below with information gathered from affiliates and the official site. If there's an update here, it'll be marked as such. More information is likely to be given in a preview of Open for Business that will be posted on the Sims Zone later this week. For the information about the technical problems, check out the forum thread about it on the official UK site.

[Update 12 January, 0:55] The list was fairly complete, but a few things were missing. The list has now been completed with information from other sources. Thanks to those sources for the extra information. The new information is put through the list below, sorted more or less by topic. Read More!

444. More Details about Open for Business Mascot

Written on Sunday 8 January 2006 at 19:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We already got information about the mascot giveaway if you pre-order Open for Business from various shops. The official site has now published more details about this download. The mascot will be an outfit, and besides that you'll also get a life-size sculpture download to put outside your Sims store. The description below is from the official site:

"Pre-order your copy of The Sims 2 Open For Business today and get access to an exclusive Sims mascot outfit and accompanying life-size sculpture to display outside your Sims store! Give their business its own unique theme and mess with your Sims by dressing them as a wacky new mascot. The special mascot and sculpture display items are only available to those who reserve the game from their favorite retailers listed below. Get ready for your Sims bring home the big bucks in The Sims 2 Open For Business."

Instead of being available to the US only, it'll be available in various European countries as well. It's not yet sure whether it'll be available in the UK, and if so in which shops. You'll also get the downloads if you pre-order the pack from our PC shop (for now US only). You can also pre-order the strategy guide for extra hints and tips for the expansion pack.

445. Holiday Party Pack Available until 15th [Update]

Written on Sunday 8 January 2006 at 19:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although the holidays are over, the Holiday Party Pack (or Christmas Party Pack) is still available. Not for much longer though, as the pack will be taken off the shelves as of 15 January, according to the official site. That means there's one week left to buy the pack. Although likely, the US Holiday Edition is not mentioned as going out of sale next week. The price of $15 hasn't changed.

[Update 14 January, 13:50] The pack will be available a little longer even, until 24 January. So if you still want to get it, you have a little more time to do so.

446. UK Chat with Tim LeTourneau

Written on Friday 6 January 2006 at 18:42 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Tim LeTourneau starts touring through Europe on Monday, and naturally he'll be in the UK as well. Although there's no fan event this time, like there was with Nightlife, Tim LeTourneau will be joining a webchat this time. The chat will start next monday 9 January, at 7pm GMT (that'll be 8pm in most of Europe, 2pm CET or 11am PST). As fan of the game you'll be able to ask Tim questions about Open for Business, the third expansion pack for the Sims 2, yourself. More details can be found in the announcement. If you're unable to join the chat, feel free to submit us your questions until 11 January.

447. Open for Business European Packshot

Written on Thursday 5 January 2006 at 22:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although the box artwork for Open for Business was already discovered in November, we now have the official pack shot for the expansion pack, as it will be in Europe. Although the Nightlife box still shows the old "EA Games" logo, the Christmas Party Pack already had the new logo saying just "EA". Open for Business will be the first full Sims expansion pack in Europe with that same new logo on it. We've reduced the size of the artwork to a resolution that's easier viewable, which you'll see when you click the thumbnail below.

448. Open for Business: Ask Tim LeTourneau

Written on Thursday 5 January 2006 at 22:07 by ChEeTaH - 21 comments.

Expansion pack 3 for the Sims 2, Open for Business, was announced yesterday. Similar to what we did with Nightlife, we'll be getting the opportunity to talk to Tim LeTourneau, senior producer of the expansion, about the game. He's going to tour through Europe again next week to show the expansion pack to fans and press, TSZ included. You can now send us your questions about the expansion pack by posting a comment to this post, or by sending an e-mail. We can't guarantee that all questions will be answered, but we'll do our best. You have until 11 January to submit your questions to us, so start asking!

449. Open for Business Screenshots and Movie

Written on Wednesday 4 January 2006 at 21:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official announcement earlier today marked the start of the usual flood of screenshots, movies and information about the new Sims 2 expansion pack, Open for Business. A few have been released before, but now Maxis has also released four screenshots and a video on the official site. The trailer shows the key features of everything that's possible, including many of the new objects. Between them is also a robot that looks like a remake of Servo, the robot-maid that was introduced in Livin' Large for the Sims 1 - we'll most likely find out more about that soon enough. In the background is a new remix of the Sims 2 tune, but naturally it's a matter of waiting to find out if that will be in the game too. There's a lot more to see in the movies, especially when it comes to all the objects. Watch it to see for yourself. Also check out the screenshots by clicking the thumbnails below.

450. Sims 2 Mobile Trailer

Written on Wednesday 4 January 2006 at 19:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although the mobile version of the Sims 2 is available already (through your carrier, e.g. Vodafone in Europe), EA has released a new trailer of the game. It's posted on IGN Wireless and can be streamed or downloaded from the media page. It's a one-minute trailer, that IGN posted twice (once with, once without thumbnail).