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781. Late Simday

Written on Friday 18 March 2005 at 23:10 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's (belated) SimDay comes with three things. The first is a University Giveaway by American magazine Teen Scene. You can enter by just filling in your details - once a day until 15 April. The contest is open only to US and Canada residents of 13 years and older. Go to the giveaway for more. Besides that the official site has updated the cheats page, and made a university cheats page along with it, listing some of the new cheats that came with the expansion pack. Finally, there's a bit about the SIMposium. A video was made during the event, in which several fansite webmasters were interviewed. You see several in-game shots of the expansion packs, as well as the people who visited and other shots taken during the event. You can find the video on the video page. For those wondering when we're continuing the SIMposium coverage and posting the interview with Will Wright: it's been delayed due to limited time, but all will be done in the next few weeks.

782. New Poll

Written on Thursday 17 March 2005 at 01:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Sims like to read - at least, so we think. Why else would their masters be reading this? Anyway, we've compiled a list of authors of Simlish books, and we'd like to know which ones are read the most by your sims. Let us know by choosing the author on the right, or on the latest poll page. Don't forget to click the Vote button!

Last week we wondered what your goal was when playing the Sims 2. It turns out most people, 26.6% of the 342 people, just want to make families happy. Others go for making money (13%) followed by the 12.3% telling stories. 11.7% doesn't have any goals and 9.1% just builds and buys. The career hunters are sixth with 7.9% followed by the ones who just destroy families (6.7%). After that is the group of people that focus on the Aspiration gameplay (5.9%), Legacy Challenge players are 5% of the total, and finally the movie-makers are 1.8%. Got lost? See the results page for the details.

783. Spore Info and Images

Written on Tuesday 15 March 2005 at 13:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Over the weekend a lot of new Spore information has been posted, and even some pictures taken during the presentation were published. There are several articles at 1Up.com, ShackNews, IGN and GameSpy, after the first info of the presentation came out. All the information comes from Wright's presentation at the Game Developers Conference 2005 in San Francisco. The several stages the game will take the player through are described and named. Look inside for info - and screens. Read More!

784. Spore Info

Written on Friday 11 March 2005 at 23:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Game Developers Conference ended with a bang from Will Wright, creator of the Sims and SimCity. There's has been a lot of rumour about his new project, Spore (or SPORE), lately. It's a sim game that allows players to control life in every possible way - "from the Cellular level to the Galactic level." At first you start as a cellular life form, after which you grow to be a more advanced creature. After upgrading the creature's hut, you'll be playing a mini-SimCity, a simplified version of that famous game, in which you manage technology and interact with other cities in the world. Eventually you can even buy a UFO and explore the universe, travel between planets and even star systems. Those can be populated, conquered and observed.

The game will be based on custom content a lot, as the creatures and everything that develops will be based on algorithmic procedures, resulting in a lot of variation. So far real details of the new game aren't available, but it might be that this is the game that will be shown at the E3 this year. Of course we'll keep you updated with any information as we receive it. For now, check out this GameSpot article for more information. Thanks to TheSidDog for the link.

785. TS2U and Urbz DS Released

Written on Friday 11 March 2005 at 12:40 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Today it's official: The Sims 2 University has been released in Europe as well. Well over a week after the US release, the game should now be available in stores across Europe. Besides that game, EA has also released the Urbz on the in Europe recently launched Nintendo DS (Dual-Screen) platform. The game, similar to the GameBoy Advance version of the Urbz, uses features such as the touch screen, and it has unique features like pets and special locations and mini-games.

Both games are available in our shop.

786. TSZ Goes Poland - Part 2

Written on Friday 11 March 2005 at 12:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Similar to just before the Sims 2 release (see this news), the Polish gaming magazine Komputer ŚWIAT GRY has published a Sims 2 special magazine. The Extra comes with a lot of information about the Sims 2 University. Included is a cover disc, which has downloads from EA and various fansites on it. The Sims Zone is one of them. They've published some of our Sims 2 downloads and made them available on the CD. If you're in Poland and want some of our files on a nice CD, buying this extra might be worth it.

787. New Life in TSO? [Update]

Written on Friday 11 March 2005 at 12:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA is launching a new marketing campaign to draw players who left the Sims Online once back to the game, or to invite new players to it. People who opted in for receiving e-mails and past subscribers can expect an e-mail from Maxis soon, in which they are invited to download the 14-day free trial. The e-mails are not sent all at once, so some might receive it before others. All e-mails should be sent in about two weeks though.

TSO has undergone some changes lately, and with Free Will now being available in a real city, players of old might be tempted to play the game again. Maxis is also bringing in a special "War Game" object that will be for sale in the game for a very short time. The repo man won't touch it and it's fire proof. Once the e-mail marketing campaign is over this objects will become available temporarily, and it will be announced on the Stratics TSO site. For more information see the Newspost at TSO Mania.

[Update 22:45] It seems the campaign has started. I've received an email, which you can find below, in the Read More part. Read More!

788. Wright Wins Game Designer's Challenge [Update]

Written on Friday 11 March 2005 at 12:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

For the second year in a row, Will Wright has won the Game Designer's Challenge. Held at the Game Developers Conference 2005, Will Wright, Peter Molyneux and Clint Hocking were challenged to build a game around Emily Dickinson's poetry. Determined by the applause of the audience after the presentations of each design, Will Wright won this challenge with his "USB Emily," on a USB stick. But in the game's name, USB stands for "Unstable Synthetic Brain." Clint Hocking on the other hand made up a game called "Muse," in which the player would have to inspire Dickinson to write her poetry. Molyneux gave the project the name "The Room." His design was quite different - you have a set of rooms next to each other, connected by mirrors, with all kinds of interactive objects in them. You can find more details about the challenge and the different designs in a GameSpy article covering the event.

[Update 22:30] An additional article about the challenge can be found here on GameSpot.

789. SimDay

Written on Friday 11 March 2005 at 11:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week brings a fairly small SimDay to the official site. The first is one to Georgia Tech's Technique college newspaper. They've posted a review of University. Besides that, on the help page, you can find the first two chapters of the Sims 2 University's strategy guide by Prima. These describe what's new in the expansion pack, and the "Atonomy of a Young Adult Sim." They come in 6Mb and 8Mb PDF files, available from the help page. That's all for this week.

790. New Poll

Written on Thursday 10 March 2005 at 01:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week we have added yet another poll. It is now about the goals you set for your Sims - what do you hunt for when playing the game? Is there a specific feature you go for, e.g. great aspiration scores or careers, or do you just let the Sims develop your stories? Give us your say on the right or the latest poll page.

In our previous poll, we asked if you think Nightlife, what is most likely going to be the second expansion pack for the Sims 2, will be any good. 269 People voted, of which the biggest group, almost 43%, said it does sound nice, but they're not too sure yet. Those who say it'll rock no matter what it's all about are second with 36%. Tied on third are those who think it doesn't sound too great, and those who haven't heard about it, each with 10%. The final two votes, less than 1%, said they won't like it no matter what. For a better overview of the results, head over to the poll's result page.