Thursday 8 May 2008

Westbourne House + Nature Collection

Written at 1:49 by Andy - 0 comments.

Have your sims got about §75K to spare for a furnished 3-bedroomed house? Then this place might be for them.

The realtors are not sure what happened to the previous residents who left suddenly, taking their car but leaving the plasma TV and all other furnishings and fixtures.

Also, for your own decorating, there is the Natural Collection, which is six new stucco wall coverings in natural shades and at economy prices.

Click on the pics to go to the download page or click here if you're interested in seeing more.

Wednesday 30 April 2008

EA Land (TSO) Shutting Down

Written at 0:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After a couple of years, struggling to become popular, the end of The Sims Online is coming near. It was recently relaunched as EA Land, with a new economy and custom content. Driving force behind this was Luc Barthelet, once General Manager of Maxis. At the EA Land Blog Luc has now announced that as of 1 August the game will be taken offline. Subscription billing ends today, meaning 60 days of free gameplay for everybody. Paying members can also get a $15 off for any EA Store game, or three months of free Club POGO subscription time. About 30,000 pieces of custom content were uploaded by players of the game. Besides that the game got new features weekly, including web services resulting in integration with Facebook and more. After almost 6 years, that's all there will be. More information is in the team's special message and the official announcement.

Monday 28 April 2008

New Submissions

Written at 1:07 by Andy - 0 comments.

As the next step in the renaissance here at "the Zone", we are proud to present two submissions from our viewers.

Josh Adams, who has been a fan of Sim Brother here from the beginning when it was done with "The Sims", has faithfully rendered the original series house into one for "The Sims 2". As I am the person who originally designed the house, I must say how impressed I am with Josh's work and how faithful it was to my design.

Melina has recently begun playing "The Sims 2" and after falling in love with a house in London that she saw on the British TV show "Grand Designs", she has created her own version of it right here. With a generally modern design, it has numerous features and has a lot of potential.

Thankyou to both of you for your creations. Clicking on the appropriate picture will direct you to its download page.

Sunday 27 April 2008

Tile Me Tender Sets

Written at 23:30 by MissWendy - 0 comments.

I have uploaded a selection of tiled walls, floors and matching carpets in a variety of colors. Happy decorating!

Click here if you'd like to see these sets and also more of my creations. Enjoy!

Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Review

Written at 22:33 by MissWendy - 0 comments.

Opening up the newest SP by Maxis, we look deeper into the Kitchen & Bath Interior Design stuff pack. Lets look at what new decorating touches can be added to your Sims homes.

Check the editorial out!

Thursday 24 April 2008

Preliminary FreeTime Patch Available

Written at 11:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although not advertised yet at the official site, there is a patch for FreeTime. This patch was made available some time ago, but has been recalled due to installation problems with it, according to the German site and this BBS thread. That means the patch is being updated and still being worked on. Nevertheless the installation file is still available on EA's FTP server. So while trying it out may cause new problems rather than solving them (and unfortunately it is not known which bugs should be solved by the patch), you can try downloading the 17.4 Mb patch from here. Use at your own risk!