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511. New Campaign: How do you play?
Written on Monday 24 October 2005 at 00:43 by
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Last year we posted a series of
articles about how you can play the Sims in various ways. Now EA has launched an advertising campaign for the Sims 2 on all platforms, entitled "
How Do You Play?" On the
Sims Played By website various videos, pictures and stories are told by Sims players from across the world. Under the Player Bios are the greatest Sims moments some fellow simmers had. Other than that the website has a basic "about" bit, telling what the game is all about. Four of the five videos that can be found between the stories are also posted on
this page on the official site. More ads by other players are promised to be online soon.
512. Strangerhood 7 Available
Written on Monday 24 October 2005 at 00:28 by
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Roughly a year after the first episode appeared, and almost six months after the last, episode 7 of the
Strangerhood has been made available by Rooster Teeth Productions. "
Star-Crossed Suckers" continues the story that was paused for a while as Strangerhood Studios was made. This and all previous episodes can be found in the
video archive.
513. The Sims 1 Complete Collection
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:55 by
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Our affiliate
SimsZone reports that a complete collection for the Sims 1 is to be released soon. As you might expect, it contains the Sims Deluxe (including all its extras, and of course Livin' Large), House Party, Hot Date, Vacation, Unleashed, Superstar and Makin' Magic - all the expansion packs ever released for the Sims 1. According to SimsZone the collection will be released in the US at 1 November for the price of $39.99 (on
Amazon). Below are some pack shots of the box - the red ones are for the US version, where the frontal thumbnail can be clicked for a larger versions, and the yellow box is for the European version of the collection. Europe will get the complete collection as of 17/18 November - the price is yet unknown for Europe. Its rating has been upped from 7+ for the later expansion packs (rated by
PEGI) to 12+ for the collection. The US version will keep its T (Teen, 13+) rating. Naturally the pack will also be available in
our shop. Americans can already pre-order it now.
514. More Sims 2 Screens
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:40 by
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515. The Sims 2 Producer Mail #4
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:28 by
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We've received another e-mail from producers Virginia McArthur and Scot Amos (both in a
chat tonight), in which they talk about the Sims 2 on GBA, DS and Consoles. These games are all due for release next week, and reviews should start being written very soon. Europe has to wait a little longer to get the games. Virginia also mentions a few features of the GBA and DS again, saying she can't wait to hear what the fans think of it, whereas Scot does that for the console edition. Besides that he also mentions a video similar to the
designer challenge published earlier this week, only this time they recorded one in which two Maxis team members had to build a house. When the video will appear online is not said. Included in the mail are a bunch of new screens, as well as the
webmaster sneak peek video posted earlier. Read the entire mail in the read more part. To see the screenshots in full size, click the thumbnails below.
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516. T-Shirt with Sims 2 Pre-order
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:11 by
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The
official site makes mention of a special offer from the
EA Store. When you
pre-order the Sims 2 there (North America only) you'll get a special Sims 2 T-Shirt for free. Along with that you can also get free shipping, if you enter the coupon code "SIMS2FS" during the checkout process.
517. The Sims 2 Holiday (Christmas) Party Pack Box Shots
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:06 by
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When the Holiday Party Pack was
announced along with the Holiday Edition of the Sims 2, we already showed a pack shot of the holiday edition that's being released in the US only. Now EA has also released the box shots for the Holiday Party Pack, called the Christmas Party Pack in Europe. The American version comes from its
pre-order page and is a little bit small. It also seems to be packed in a cd-size packaging, whereas the European edition comes in a DVD-style box as shown below. Click the thumbnails below to see larger versions of both images.
518. The Sims 2 PSP Delayed
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 17:56 by
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EA UK has updated the list of release dates for their games a bit, and the major change is that the Sims 2 for PSP has been delayed to 16 December for Europe. Although not confirmed yet, the American release date has also been changed by a month to 6 December in some online shops. The reason for the delay is unknown, but obviously Maxis needs more time to finish the game for the new platform. We'll keep you up-to-date with any news as it arrives.
519. The Sims 2 Screenshot Madness
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 17:48 by
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As the release is coming closer, EA is trying to make people as enthouastic as possible for The Sims 2 on 7 new platforms: PS2, XBox, GameCube, PSP, NDS, GBA and Mobile. As many times before, it's been done in the form of screenshots again this time. Most of the shots are directly from EA, of which one PSP shot from the official
Dutch site and the mobile shots from the official
German site. You can find all the screenshots in the read more part of this post.
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520. 3 Halloween Lots
Written on Tuesday 18 October 2005 at 15:03 by
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Halloween is coming up soon, and as Maxis has done before with another theme, they have put three spooky lots in the spotlights through the frontpage. The intro now shows
Inuyama Castle (by Penroyaltea) and
Silenced Cathedral (by msnaschev), which both require the University and Nightlife expansions, whereas
Black Rose (by GodlyAce) doesn't need any expansion pack at all. The houses all come with some custom content used to decorate the lots.