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931. Christmas Wishes from EA

Written on Monday 13 December 2004 at 14:11 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA Spain has posted several artworks wishing Sims 2 fans a merry christmas. Sims Express reports this. The three artworks show some Sims with a christmas tree and, of course, Santa. EA in Spain has also posted some exclusive skins of Santa on their official site. They can be found in a special Christmas page on the official site. Visit the Christmas portal and look under the "Skins" bit for those. Click the thumbnails below to see larger versions of the three mentioned artworks.

932. University Update: Chat Transcript, T-Mail 2, Screens

Written on Saturday 11 December 2004 at 02:32 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

There's quite a bit of new info about the first expansion pack for the Sims 2. The first thing is the transcript of last night's chat. The main new things that Maxis told us there are:

• Young adults can Woohoo and get engaged, but they cannot get pregnant or married
• Many University objects, but also wallpapers etc, can be used in the regular neighbourhood too
• Even campus objects like Espresso bars, music lounges, and more, can be used in the regular community areas
• The exact duration of the Young Adult stage is still unsure
• Teens might have the aspiration to go to college
• There will be cell phones, with which you can call but also send text messages (SMS)
• The streaker is an NPC. Your Sims can become friends with them, and eventually even marry them if you want
• Sims will have a schedule of classes to attend to
• Teens can choose to become a young adult and go to college, or to skip that life stage and become adults straight away (like it's done currently)
• There will be new types of food

There's a lot more than that though. Check the full transcript for the rest.

Furthermore, Sims Express reports that the expansion pack will be released (Wednesday) 16 March in Spain. That would probably mean 17 or 18 March for most of Europe, and 15 March for the USA. However, the dates for other regions in the world (other than Spain) are not yet officially announced or confirmed.

Finally, there's a second e-mail from Tim LeTourneau, Senior Producer of the Sims 2 University. He tells that Young Adulthood will occupy 20 Simdays (contrary to the "unknown" mentioned in the chat). This is different from what was reported at first, twice the life time of a teen. Tim talks a bit more about the young adulthood that your Sims might experience. Along with the mail came two screenshots, which you can see below. Use the Read More link (or scroll down a bit) to read the entire e-mail.

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933. SimDay

Written on Thursday 9 December 2004 at 21:21 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Besides the chat tonight, which we told you about earlier this week, this week's SimDay has one interview. Pinstar1161 made up a challenge in the official BBS, called "The Legacy Challenge." This challenge asks of you to play the Sims 2 without cheats or cheat objects. Raise 10 generations of Sims, starting with a single Sim on an empty 5x5 lot, and make them as great as possible. The better you do, the more points you score. All for a bit of honour, there's nothing to win. Pinstar1161 has been interviewed about this famous challenge, which can now be read on the official site. If you want to check it out, check the interview page.

934. UrbzDay

Written on Thursday 9 December 2004 at 21:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's UrbzDay is quite small, again. It's just a Comic, and that's all. Jayde enters Cental Station. Whereas previous "comix" are all 2 pages long, this one fills 4 pages. You can read the comic by Evan Dorkin now on the official site.

935. New Poll

Written on Thursday 9 December 2004 at 21:10 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

You've probably already seen it, if not you can still do so now: we have a new weekly poll up. Christmas is coming our way soon, so we're wondering if you think Santa will bring you anything Sims this year. Let us know by voting on the right or on the latest poll page.

Last week we asked you about the patch. It doesn't seem to fix everyone's problems. In fact, the results are all very close. Those who didn't try the patch yet are up on top though, with 17% of the votes, which are 30 of 176 votes. Second are the 28 who said they don't need it, followed very closely by the 27 who don't have the Sims 2 to patch. Then there's a little gap closed by the 21 (12%) who say all the problems are solved. Tied are 18 who said most problems are gone, and another 18 who are having some different problems, not really Sims-related. The final three are "not all but some" with 16 votes (9%), "It doesn't solve anything" with 12 votes (7%) and finally there are 6 (3.4%) who claim only a few problems have been solved, but far from all of them. Lost the overview? Then check out the results page.

936. University Chat

Written on Wednesday 8 December 2004 at 00:41 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Maxis will be organising a chat next Thursday. As you might expect, it's about the first expansion pack for the Sims 2: University. Several developers of the team will join the chatroom at 3pm PST (11pm GMT, midnight in Western Europe) next Thursday. Have your questions for them ready and ask them there at the chat. The room will open approximately 10 minutes before the start of the chat, and if it gets too busy you won't be able to join anymore. The developers who will be there are from the design team: Charles London, Hunter Howe, Kevin Hogan, and Thomas Vu. You can enter the chat when it's open from the chat page, where older chat transcripts can also be found.

937. Our Urbz Review

Written on Wednesday 8 December 2004 at 00:36 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Urbz has been out for a while already, but now we too have our review up. I've played the PlayStation2 version of the game for quite a few hours, and my opinion has been posted. If you want to know whether you should get it for the holidays, or perhaps a little later, then read the review!

938. UrbzDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 2 December 2004 at 22:24 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Besides SimDay, there's also an Urbzday this week. It's not much though - just a new comic. This time Jayde visits Diamond Heights, trying to look right for the party. If you want to know if with the help of Darius it all works out, then check out the comic by Chynna Clugston.

[Update 5 December, 0:05] The site has had a few more updates. There's a note about the toys based on the game. The action figures based on the GBA version of the game are out. The Miniopolis pack contains 20 2-inch characters and pets, whereas the Console Edition has 10 4-inch articulated characters. See the Atomic Toys Urbz site for more details. There's also a little note about the Urbz object for the Sims 2.

939. SimDay - Strangerhood and Object

Written on Thursday 2 December 2004 at 22:19 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After releasing the patch and the Urbz as Sims 2 earlier this week, the site has again been updated. This time, it is SimDay again, and it brings two more things. The first thing is a new episode of the Strangerhood. This third episode is titled "We Have a Floater." It can be downloaded from Strangerhood's archive page or the official site's Strangerhood page. As usual it comes in three formats (two on the official site): QuickTime, DivX and Windows Media.

Furthermore, there's a new object made by Maxis for the Sims 2. With this object, a "Chanukah Menorah," your Jewish sims can celebrate Chanukah with this object. You can download it from the exchange.

940. Christmas Artwork

Written on Thursday 2 December 2004 at 22:11 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

The official Norwegian site got a slightly different look. It's now a little bit in the christmas spirit already, with the image below shown on the frontpage. Click the thumbnail to see the large version