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11. Hilary Duff Video Interview
Written on Sunday 12 November 2006 at 19:19 by
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At the release of the Sims 2 Pets a download of
Hilary Duff was posted on the
official site, besides her console and handheld appearance. Now EA has published a video interview with her on the site as well. She talks about the game, like creating and raising pets, as well as her dog Lola and other pets in her life. You can
watch or download the interview for more details.
12. Our The Sims 2 Pets DS and GBA Previews
Written on Monday 30 October 2006 at 23:55 by
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It's been a while since we posted our preview of the consoles version of the Sims 2 Pets. Previews of the DS and GBA versions were promised too, and those have now been posted as well. Even though the games are about to be released (the DS version is already out in the UK), the previews might still give some more insight in the details of the handheld games. You can read more about how to be a vet, creating pets and playing mini-games, or working your way through several careers. Go to the DS Preview or GBA Preview for the juicy details. Don't forget our full PC review by Andy either!
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13. Pets Online Tech Support
Written on Thursday 26 October 2006 at 01:21 by
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With Pets being released on a number of platforms last week, EA has updated its online customer support pages with help with the expansion pack (PC) and console games. Many common questions, about unlocking pets and features, but also technical issues with installing or running the game are covered in the FAQs. You can find information about the
PC version, the
PlayStation 2 and finally also the
GameCube editions. Help for the handheld versions will probably be added once those games have been released next month.
14. Pets Released: Exchange, MySim Icon, Training Paper 3 and Hilary Duff
Written on Thursday 19 October 2006 at 03:48 by
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Something that can't go unnoticed is the release of an expansion pack for the Sims 2 on PC. Pets is out on PC, PlayStation 2 and GameCube. The handheld and mobile versions are to follow soon. To celebrate the release, EA has issued a
press release, in which the key features and the celebrity line-up of the game are mentioned. New release dates for the handheld games are also given: the DS version will be out 2 November in the US, 27 October in the UK, and 3 November elsewhere. The GBA game will officially hit the shelves on 9 November in the US, and 17 November in the rest of the world. The PSP edition is the last one of the Sims 2 Pets to be released, at 30 November in the US and 15 December in other parts of the world. Check the right hand side of the site for the updated countdown towards all these dates. Read on for more news from the official site all about the new expansion pack.
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15. Pets Prima Guide Information - Cheats and Details
Written on Thursday 19 October 2006 at 03:48 by
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Prima Games is the publisher for all the official strategy guides for the Sims yet. The Sims 2 Pets is no exception, and so Greg Kramer, who has written previous Sims 2 guides as well, has now written one for the Sims 2 Pets. Over 352 pages cover the PC and Consoles (PlayStation 2, GameCube and PSP) versions of Pets. The guide contains help about creating pets, discovering the keys to developing the behaviour of pets, and as usual the tables with descriptions of the new objects aren't left out. Finally the guide also covers the genetics of the pets. More information can be found on the
product page at Prima's site.
Some people have already received the guide, and information from it is being posted on the web. Rosierealea has put
cheats online, including some to take over the minds of pets, disabling aging, deleting specific items on a lot, and more. She also answers many
questions from the book. She covers the items in the game, the new families, and more. Other threads started by her also give more insight in the game. You can purchase the guide from our
online shop.
16. Pets MySim Theme
Written on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 01:30 by
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Together with the release of The Sims 2 Pets on PC and Consoles, Maxis has created a new theme for everybody's MySim pages. After logging in on the
official site you can go to the
Modify Theme page, where you can pick the new Pets theme, or one of the previous ones, for your MySim page.
17. Pets Screenshots (PC, NDS, GBA, PSP)
Written on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 01:29 by
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EA has released a bunch of new screenshots for the Sims 2 Pets again, on all platforms but the consoles. For the PC expansion pack you can find eight new screenshots, while the number of screenshots for the PSP version grows with eight. Besides those eight there are another three for the PSP that our colleagues at
SimsZone.de posted. The DS has seven new screenshots, and for the GBA there are nine new images. As usual, click the thumbnails below to check out the large versions of each of the screenshots.
18. MaxoidSam Blog and Producer E-mail
Written on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 00:59 by
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The person carrying the Senior Producer title for Sims 2 PC Expansion Packs is - after Don Laabs, who covered the position for Pets - has changed again. Sam Player (MaxoidSam) has recently announced himself as the new senior producer. Don Laabs is, like Tim LeTourneau, moving on to another, still secret, project within the Sims Division (Maxis) at EA. Sam Player has been working at EA for various other games like the Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise and From Russia With Love. MaxoidSam has introduced himself through his blog, in which he tells that in the future official downloads from the official site will be included in expansion packs and stuff packs. Hidden items from Glamour Life Stuff will also be made available as download on the
official site in a matter of weeks. Those downloads will be included in future expansion packs too.
In an e-mail sent to various fansites MaxoidSam tells about his tour through Europe, together with Hunter Howe for the PC team and Ben Bell and Charles Normann for the consoles. Scheduled time with fans from various countries, 1 hour everywhere, turned out to take almost twice as long in almost every case. A special anecdote about flights is also made. Read on for all the details from Sam, as you can find the full e-mail in the Read More part of this mail. The rest is in his
October blog.
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19. German Pets Preview Video
Written on Tuesday 10 October 2006 at 20:25 by
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Besides the two American
producer walkthroughs, EA Germany has recorded a special 7 minute video about the upcoming PC expansion pack, the Sims 2 Pets, and the consoles and DS games with the same name. The video is entirely in German, and shows several features of the games, mostly of the PC version. Read on for more details.
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20. Sims 2 Pets Producer Videos
Written on Tuesday 10 October 2006 at 20:24 by
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With the Sims 2 Pets just around the corner for PC and Consoles, Maxis has released two videos in which a producer goes through the basic features of the game. Read on for details about the videos.
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