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851. And the nominees are...

Written on Friday 7 June 2002 at 01:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims Online has been nominated in the categories "Best of Show", "Best Original Game" and "Best Simulation Game" in the "Best of E3 2002 awards". These are the official awards for the E3 that was in the last week of may. The Sims Online, The Sims Hands On (PS2) and many other upcoming games were shown there, and now there are awards to determine the best games on the E3. Winners will be announced on 18 June on www.e3awards.com. All the nominees can be found on this page on that site. Check back there or here on 18 June to see if The Sims Online has won anything...

852. SimDay Report: International Sites

Written on Thursday 6 June 2002 at 20:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This weeks' SimDay is yet another small one: there are now international sites of The Sims (again). They used to have the official site translated into several languages before, but removed those because those sites were never up-to-date. There are sites for several (but not all) European and Asian countries. To go to the links of them all, visit this page.

853. Another poll...

Written on Thursday 6 June 2002 at 02:10 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's thursday again, which means a new poll at The Sims Zone. This week it's a bit new: you can select more than one item, and so vote several items at once. This week we want to know what upcoming Sim-Games (except Sims Deluxe, as that's probably nothing really new) you will buy. You can choose between The Sims Unleashed (new expansion pack), The Sims 2 (sequel), The Sims Online, The Sims Hands On (PS2), SimCity 4 and SimUniverse - the game that's only in Will Wright's head and maybe on a few Maxis computers yet. Vote on the right or on this page. To see the last poll results, which was about why SimGolf was delayed in Europe, can be found here.

854. Hot Date Mac gone Gold

Written on Thursday 6 June 2002 at 00:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The waiting is nearly over: soon more people will be able to play Hot Date too. That is because Hot Date for the macintosh has gone gold, and is now being duplicated. That means you can buy it soon. Here are the system specifications once again:

Mac OS 8.6, 9, 10 or later

128 MB built-in memory (Virtual Memory may be necessary on machines with less than 192 MB Physical Memory)

G3 processor with 233 MHz or faster (333 Mhz recommended)

ATI Rage Pro, NVidia GeForce 2

4 MB video memory

600 MB storage space

8x CD-ROM drive

If you want to pre-order at Aspyr, then click here. For more information, including international distributors, visit Aspyr's site.

 

855. Hot Date (Mac) Delayed

Written on Monday 3 June 2002 at 00:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Slightly bad news for all The Sims fans with a Macintosh: Hot Date has been postponed until later this month. At Aspyr, the ones who are making Hot Date for the Mac, it says Hot Date is in the Final Candidate stage, and is scheduled for release in June 2002. After Final Candidate, the game will go into Gold Master stage after which it will be released. Visit Aspyr for more information.

856. SimGolf Poll

Written on Thursday 30 May 2002 at 02:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yup, there's a new poll again. Last week's poll about The Sims on PS2 came with some interesting results. Most (52) votes of all 125 say that the game should be kept to the PC only, and they don't think it'd work on a console. Second place, with 19 votes, are the people who have a PS2 and will buy the game. 13 people can't wait for The Sims 2 on the PC. 12 others want to know more first, and another 12 rather want it on a XBox or GameCube. 11 people would even buy a PS2 with it, and 6 need to save up money.

This week, we want to know what you think is the best excuse EA Europe should give for releasing SimGolf so late. It was delayed again until 27/28 June now. On the right and on this page you can vote, and see some of the reasons we've thought of. Happy voting.

857. Career Creator 2 Released

Written on Wednesday 29 May 2002 at 23:30 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you're tired of all the default careers and would like to make your own, then there's some great news for you. Tom van Dijk has rewritten his Career Creator to version 2. This completely new version also supports the latest expansion packs. The name might be a little misleading though: you can only modify careers, creating them caused The Sims to crash. Maybe that's something for the future, but that doesn't take away this is yet another very nice tool. If you want to download the tool, visit the BluePrint Website.

858. TSO and Europe...

Written on Wednesday 29 May 2002 at 16:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

When getting on the phone with EA in Holland, I got some bad news. EA NL has no plans of releasing The Sims Online here, and the same probably goes for more countries in Europe. It might be released anyhow, but most likely not within 12-18 months from now. Andy has also called EA, but then in the UK, the headquarters of EA Europe. He heard that TSO would be released, but that there's no date for it yet. Pretty much the same goes for Germany, as we can read at SimsZone.de. An alternative for the fans dying to get TSO as soon as it's released, would be buying a copy in the USA, or from a USA store. You'd then have to pay with your creditcard. Europeans should expect The Sims Online to be released within a month or two after the USA release. It'll be more like SimGolf: months later. Talking about SimGolf: that got postponed for another month again: it's now set at 27/28 June for Europe. The reason given was that EA Europe carries outs different tests, and the game was found too buggy to be released here (which was probably also the reason for the Hot Date International patch). Also, there's no official word about a fifth expansion pack for The Sims yet, and it might be true that it's not coming at all. Thanks for all information go out to Andy and SimsZone.de and of course EA Europe.

859. New expansion pack coming?

Written on Saturday 25 May 2002 at 21:22 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although TSO is most likely canceled in Europe, there's still a bit of nice news for all the Sims fans there (and everywhere else in the world): a new expansion pack for The Sims might be coming. Rumours go that "The Sims: Unleashed" will be this new expansion, and it should be released in October of this year. Very little is yet known about this, nothing is confirmed yet too. The only thing that is known is the title. Of course, we'll keep you updated. Other upcoming Sims titles are The Sims Online (US Only probably - later this year), The Sims Hands On (PS2 - later this year) and The Sims 2 (not officially announced, release date unknown). For the Europeans SimGolf will be released there 30 May, so within one week from now.

860. E3 Sim Videos

Written on Friday 24 May 2002 at 18:14 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A few videos of upcoming sim-games have been posted at Games.IGN.Com. There is a video of SimCity 4, The Sims Online (canceled for Europe!) and The Sims on PS2. As you can see in the Sims Online video: social interactions are really important in the game. It's not a game as we know it, and the gameplay seems to be different from the regular Sims. That video can be found here (QuickTime required). As for the Sims PS2: The title this page says "The Sims: Hands-on". This could be the actual name for this game, and we'll be using that from now on (until a new name is known). Along with an article, there's a video. According to the reviewer it looks good, the concept is a bit wacky but it looks good on the screen. They also describe the gameplay a bit more in the same article. To read that article, click here, or to see the video right away, click here. Finally, the 5 SimCity 4 videos can be seen from this page. All videos require QuickTime to be played. That was the last day of the E3. A bit more might just follow later today, but don't expect too much anymore...