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181. UrbzDay

Written on Friday 1 October 2004 at 00:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's UrbzDay comes with some new pics, movies, crew and of course the blog. The blog, and some pictures, are about the Atomic toys. Atomic Toys will put some toys in stores in November, based on characters from the Urbz. There will be two product lines, one with 20 characters from the Handheld version, another with 18 characters from the console version of the game. A new update about the progress of the toys' development will be given in a few weeks, for now you'll have to do with 12 pics of the sculptures. One of them, number 13, is a bit hidden from the site. Although it doesn't represent the toys - it seems to be a bit messed up - we're showing it you here. Click the thumbnails to enlarge the images:


Besides that, there are 2 videos in the Flix section, and new crew members are presented for both the console and handheld versions of the game, in the Crew section. You can find all of that on the official site.

182. UrbzDay

Written on Friday 24 September 2004 at 00:46 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Urbz is "really, really, really close to done" now, but still there are Urbzdays. This week is no different: Maxis provides us with a bunch of screenshots, new crew members, the usual blog (this time by Mike Perry) and a preview. The last is actually from GameSpy. So far their main disappointment are the long, non-optimized loading times, but that should be solved for the final product. It also says there will be 400 objects to buy and put in your apartment. There isn't much news in the review, but if you like to read the preview for the details.

As said, the crew section for the console version has also been updated, now presenting a few more Urbz. In the blog, Mike Perry, Game Design Director behind the Urbz, tells how Scot Amos beat him to finishing the entire game before him. He also gives away the hint to use Power Socials already. Those Power Socials are also used to beat the Villains in the game. He also mentions the start of the game:

"After playing the entire game from start to finish, I can confirm that the gameplay strategies in The Urbz work great. You need to make a choice when you get to your first district: take a job, or work the crowd. If you work the job, you can get some cash to spend on furnishings for your new apartment, and also get a valuable Social Move that will work in your next district. If you decide to work the crowd, you can get two new Social Moves that work in your current district, but you might find yourself short on cash."

Finally there are the screenshots, which you can see below (click the thumbnails to enlarge them). For all the new stuff, also see the official Urbz site.

183. Urbz: DS Screenshots, Console Trailer

Written on Thursday 23 September 2004 at 01:17 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A few new screenshots of the Urbz on the upcoming Nintendo DS platform have appeared on GameCube Advanced recently. You can see them below - click the thumbnails to see the large versions. For console fans there's also something new: a new trailer has shown up. It's titled "Workin' It in Cozmo Street" and, as you can guess, it shows the scene of Cozmo Street. You can download it from several sites, including WorthPlaying (24 Mb), GameTrailers (QuickTime (5 Mb) or Media Player (4 Mb) version) or IGN (3.4/7 Mb).

184. UrbzDay

Written on Thursday 16 September 2004 at 22:29 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There's an overload of Sims 2 information these days, but the Urbz is not completely forgotten. The official site has had its weekly update again, this week adding a few new crew descriptions of the Console version to the Crew page. The buzz section has been updated as well, and has links to a new interview with Scot Amos on TeamXbox. There's also a link to GameSpy's Developer's Diary, to which a movie we didn't mention before yet has been posted on their movies page. It's an in-game trailer of 4.2 Mb. This week's usual blog, by Scot Amos, is all about the Beta status of the game, which they're going to reach soon (for the console version, the handheld has gone gold earlier). They've received the 9 tracks from the Black Eyed Peas, and they're adding the final tunes to the game to make it go Beta:

"So, with this final addition of content from Will and the BEPs, and the incredible dedication the team is showing to get all the bits tuned, polished, and debugged, we're perfectly set to make an early November launch of The Urbz. The Sims 2 is out this week (congrats and woohoo!) and is already the talk of the town title dominating the next few months on the PC charts; paving the way for The Urbz experience to show up in the city in November."

All can be read at the official site.

185. UrbzDay

Written on Thursday 9 September 2004 at 21:31 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week there's a few new things of the Urbz again. There is a selection of screenshots, but they've been seen before in the GameSpot City Guide (Console shots) and WorthPlaying (GBA shots). The screenshots on the official site have been divided over separate pages now though, which should make navigating through them easier.

What is new, is a movie about the Rep. What Jayde go from nobody (Rep = 0), to Superstar (208) via Trendsetter (100). It's a clip from the console version, and you can find it in the Flix section on the official site. Finally there's the weekly blog. MaxisBoBaxis tells how he spent a saturday playing the Urbz, instead of working on the website. Read that, and watch the video, at UrbzSims.ea.com.

186. Lucy's Mail: Taggin' and Urbz

Written on Saturday 4 September 2004 at 11:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's mail from Lucy is co-written by Scot Amos, producer of the upcoming console game the Urbz. He tells a bit about the Urbz, and gives us 3 exclusive screenshots of the game. There are also 4 pictures of The Sims 2 producers tagging the "First Up Against the Wall" wall, which has notes of all tasks that had to be done for the Sims 2, as well as the red "Done" stamped on it. You can see Lucy, and others, tagging by clicking the thumbnails in the e-mail itself. You can find that either right below this, or behind the Read More link. Read More!

187. Urbz City Guide Updated

Written on Thursday 2 September 2004 at 20:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameSpot has posted an update of their City Guide for the Urbz on the consoles. Info about the first three districts, 125th Street, Gasoline Row and Central Station, was posted in July, and now Cozmo Street (where you'll find the Black Eyed Peas), Kicktail Park and the Foundry have been added to the list. The remaining three districts (Neon East, Diamond Heights and South Side Bridge) will probably be posted about at a later time. Along with that, GameSpot has also published 18 screenshots from the three places to visit, as well as the producer walkthrough video, which we already mentioned earlier. For more see the GameSpace page, or go directly to the City Guide, the Screenshots or the videos.

188. UrbzDay - GBA Version Gone Gold

Written on Thursday 2 September 2004 at 20:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's Urbzday comes with good news for GBA owners: the GBA version of the game has gone gold. 9 Screenshots have been posted, but we already showed you them yesterday. The blog is about this as well, and also mentions the console version is on its way to beta, and confirms once again that Bustin' Out was the number one game for the GBA from EA. Other news is that there will be another "mobile phone version of The Sims," with which probably the N-Gage is meant. A PSP version of the Urbz is still unsure, although EA has announced their next step in mobile gaming, talking about the Sony PSP, Nintendo's DS, and Nokia's N-Gage.

Back to the Urbz, but now on the consoles, there are a few more character descriptions in the Crew section. All those characters are from the Central Station destrict, which is one of the 9 districts in the game. The Buzz section has also had an update with several links to articles about the collaboration of EA and the Black Eyed Peas. They're mostly news posts without much information, from the following sites:

• X-Box Addict
• Total Video Games
• GamePro
• Game Informer
• IGN
• GameSpy
• Yahoo Games Domain

All the details can be found at the Urbz Website.

189. New Poll

Written on Thursday 2 September 2004 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A new week, a new poll. Last week the question was how you play the Sims, based on the series of editorials by Andy. The Cheating style is by far the most popular, with 42% of the 383 votes. The Traditional style got 95 votes, which is approximately 25%. The creators are third with 13.5%. Fourth is the Story Telling style (over 9%), closely followed by the Homeworker style (about 8%). The remaining 2% picked the "I don't" option.

This week, we have a poll about the console version of the Urbz. The names of all locations have been revealed in a movie earlier this week, hence we'd like to know which one you think sounds the best. Tell us on the right or on the latest poll page.

190. Urbz (Consoles & Handheld) Screenshots

Written on Wednesday 1 September 2004 at 14:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's only days ago that WorthPlaying posted some screenshots of the Urbz. They've added some more screenshots: 6 of the console version (PS2, GameCube and X-Box), and 10 from the Handheld one (GBA, DS). Click the thumbnails below for the large versions.