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61. More Sims 2 Screens
Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:40 by
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62. 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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63. 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.
64. 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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65. Sims 2 Webmaster Sneak Peek Video
Written on Monday 17 October 2005 at 17:15 by
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In August several webmasters of fansites (including this one) went to Maxis to check out the Sims 2 on consoles and handhelds. A video of the event, including some talking Simlish, checking out and playing the game, discussions and quick impressions of the game has been published to give everybody a little inside look at what happened during the event. The
official site has posted the video on the
videos page of the game. There you can download or view the video and see it all.
66. TS2 (Consoles, Handhelds, Mobile) Screens
Written on Monday 17 October 2005 at 16:56 by
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67. The Sims 2 (Consoles) Video Feature 2
Written on Monday 17 October 2005 at 16:44 by
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In August there was a
video feature in which Alex Hutchinson, Lead Designer for the Sims 2 on consoles, walked through the game. This time he's joined by Scot Amos, senior producer, and both compete in creating the coolest Sim possible using the tools in the new game. Alex makes an alien, whereas Scot prefers a female pirate. Altogether a lot of features of CAS are shown in less than four minutes.
GameSpot has posted the video in their
media section as "Video Feature 2".
68. Sims 2 (Consoles, Handhelds) Chats Next Week
Written on Friday 14 October 2005 at 14:03 by
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A chat for tonight was announced on the
official BBS already, but it's now been rescheduled to next week. On Thursday 20 October at 3PM Pacific Time (Midnight on the night from Thursday to Friday for Western Europe, and 11PM on the 20th for the UK) the chat will start with Virginia McArthur, Lakshmi Jayapalan, and Shanti Bergel about The Sims 2 for the Nintendo DS, GBA, PSP, and Mobile. Half an hour later producer Scot Amos and lead designer Alex Hutchinson will talk about the console version of the game for another 30 minutes. You can
enter the chat next week just before it starts. See
MaxoidKane's BBS Post for more details.
69. Exclusive Interview with Scot Amos and Virginia McArthur
Written on Thursday 13 October 2005 at 23:06 by
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A few weeks ago Scot Amos and Virginia McArthur held a presentation in Amsterdam, to show the games they're producing: The Sims 2 on Consoles and Handhelds. We've held an exclusive interview with both of them, so they could tell a little bit about the game, but also about their jobs as producers. They also tell which Sims games they play after work:
Scot: "I do. Believe it or not, I actually play the console version and the PC version."
Virginia: "I actually just got University, but haven't had time to play it yet, I've been developing a lot of titles this year, so I got University and am about to put it on my laptop, and then I'm going to start playing University. One of the big things in University is the all new build mode, because I'm a doll houser and I like to build."
Make sure you
read the interview to find out what else they shared with us and the community, and what Scot drinks to prepare for a presentation...
If you want to know more about the upcoming Sims 2 games you can always pick up on our
preview special posted earlier.
70. Yahoo! Previews Sims 2 (Console) with Screens (PSP, Mobile)
Written on Wednesday 12 October 2005 at 00:43 by
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The
Games Division of Yahoo! has recently published a preview of the Sims 2 on consoles. In two pages the basics of the game are explained, and some of the console specific features are highlighted too. The two-player split screen mode that's exclusive to the Console versions is called interesting, yet a downside is that players cannot interact and react to each other. Only one can talk to another at a time. Finally it's also mentioned that what the game calls obese is more like "
a little chubby" for most people. Read
the preview for details. Also, Yahoo! has posted some screenshots for the PSP and Mobile versions, which you can see below.