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300. Seasons Music with Karaoke Contest

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA's recent acquisition of Singshot Media is showing its first results: an online karaoke contest - in Simlish. Seasons contains some Simlish tracks by real-life artists, just like all other expansion packs for the Sims 2, including Lily Allen's "Smile." That song is the one that's up in the contest, with which you can win a trip to EA in Redwood Shores, California (near San Francisco) for 2 people, 4 tickets to a Lily Allen concert and copies of The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Seasons. The runner-up will get an iKaraoke machine together with the Sims 2 and Seasons. Besides the trip, the winner also gets a chance to have their own singing included in the next expansion pack for the Sims 2. A Simlish music video of Lily Allen's version can be found at the official site. The same page holds the press release announcing the contest.

The contest is open for anybody living in the United States or Canada (except Quebec), at least 13 years old. You can enter until 10 April, until midnight Central time. You can only post one entry - no more, no substitutions or re-entries - and you have to leave your entry on the site as long as the contest runs. Members of SingShot can rank the entries, and the best three will proceed to the next round where a professional jury will decide about the winner and the runner-up. The complete rules can be found at the Guidelines page, to enter the contest head off to the contest page. To enter you need to create a free SingShot account.

EA has also announced some of the other tracks included in the expansion pack. They feature Government Mule ("Mr. High and Mighty"), Moe ("Blue Jeans Pizza"), Tata Young ("Zoom"), The Breadbox Band ("N"), The Chris McCarty Band ("The Next One"), The String Cheese Incident ("Close Your Eyes") and The Veronicas ("When it All Falls Apart"). All songs are re-recorded in Simlish and available in the latest expansion, under the Jambands radio station. Check out the press release for more details.

301. EA Music on iTunes

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although multiple soundtracks of the Sims 2 and its expansions have already been available as digital download before, EA has announced that it'll from now on release all the music from their games on Apple's iTunes Music Store, as well as through their own sales channels. Under the EA Trax label you'll be able to find music from many EA Games, including albums of the Sims 2, University, Nightlife and Unleashed (The Sims 1), as well as the Urbz. Soundtracks for other expansions are not (yet) available. Purchasing an album through EA, which goes for all Sims but the Urbz soundtracks, costs around $8-$11, for which you get unprotected MP3 files with the music and covers. If you like to save yourself those costs and you already bought the games, a tool like SimPE might require a little more time but does reveal the entire Sims 2 soundtrack, including all expansion packs, as MP3 files. For the Sims 1 you can simply copy the MP3 files out of the game's folders. There are also free Superstar and Bustin' Out albums available on the official Sims 1 site, through the Get Cool Stuff section. See the Sims store for the music of the Sims 2, University, Nightlife and Unleashed. Visit the EA Trax site for EA's entire soundtrack offering through iTunes and EA's own store. More information about EA Trax soundtracks on iTunes can be found in the press release.

302. Seasons Reviews

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Now Seasons is out several of the major gaming sites have reviewed and rated the latest expansion pack. The first to do so was 1Up. Their short review tells about the fun coming from watching how each season has its influence on the game. That's about all too, nevertheless they do give it a score of 8 out of 10. Read on for other review information, which are much more in-depth. Read More!

303. Seasons Mini-game and Weather tool

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:02 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The release of an expansion pack always comes with a lot of news, as you might already have seen here. More news comes from two little programs made by EA, both about seasons and weather. The first is a mini-game, "Catch the Season," in which you have to catch falling snowflakes, flowers, suns and leafs. Secondly there's a little desktop tool which gives you a weather forecast as well as the current weather in your region. It'll save you watching through the window while playing the Sims. Both are freely available. So play Catch the Season or download the weather tool.

304. Seasons Prima Guide Preview

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:01 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Prima has released another strategy guide for the Sims 2, namely that for the Seasons expansion pack. It includes many details regarding the gameplay and additions of the pack. If you're still deciding on whether to get it or not, a preview might help. On the information page you can find a link to a PDF file containing 13 pages of the book. You get a sneak peek of the sections about the new careers, the new objects, building options, the object directory and the socials directory. For the details go to the information page, to purchase the book visit our shop.

305. Seasons Tech Support

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:01 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As usual with the release of an expansion pack, a new tech support section opens up at the official site. The section for Seasons is now up as well, and contains the usual technical questions about the game. Some information about the main new features is included, as well as a few hints and tips concerning seasons and weather, gardening (including the gardening club and fishing), as well as running in a screen resolution higher than 800x600. You can also check out the support sections for all previous Sims 2 expansions and the base game by searching for all of them.

306. Chat Transcript UK

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

About three weeks ago there was a chat at the official UK site about Seasons, in which developers Hunter and Lyndsay answered questions from fans. No news has come out of it, except for another rundown on the features of the expansion. The chat log is now available to view for those who missed the chat, or just want to read it over. Check out the full chat transcript for all the details.

307. Seasons Released (Press Release and Screens)

Written on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 20:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Due to circumstances the news has been a bit out of date, but we're catching up again. First of all: seasons shipped three weeks ago, and to mark the moment EA issued a press release. The article mentions the key features of the expansion pack once again, from the changing weather and gardening to the seasonal impacts and potions. Not a must-read, but it does tell that Seasons will increase the number of 85 million Sims units (including the Sims 1 and individual expansion packs) sold worldwide so far. Read the whole press release for details. Additionally EA has released seven more official screenshots of the pack which you can see below.

308. The Sims 2 Seasons: Heatwave or Clouded Over? - Part 5

Written on Sunday 18 March 2007 at 02:53 by Andy - 0 comments.

In this fifth part of our review of Seasons, Spring is in the air. We look at how the Viejo household in Riverblossom Hills are making the most of this time of year, both indoors and outside. We look at the weather, we look at the garden and we look at how romance could be in bloom.

Read the latest installment right here! or go here to start from the beginning!

309. The Sims 2 Seasons: Heatwave or Clouded Over? - Part 4

Written on Thursday 15 March 2007 at 16:51 by Andy - 0 comments.

In this fourth part of our review of Seasons, we look at Winter. We look in some detail at winter activities, ice skating, how to enjoy being in the snow and how to avoid turning into an ice statue.

We also meet this quirky little character, find out what attracts them to a lot and also see how the weather can affect the garden.

Read the latest installment right here! or go here to start from the beginning!