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71. Superstar Preview

Written on Wednesday 23 April 2003 at 23:53 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

One of the most famoust gaming sites which is very much liked by EA, GameSpot has posted a preview of Superstar:

"The show biz studio area consists of a series of open lots, much like the lots in the Hot Date and Vacation expansions. So, if you prefer to leave your sims at home and do some redecorating, you'll be able to wipe each of the studio lots clean and start from scratch by adding recording studios, music video sets, and sushi bars. Most of the studio objects will belong to one of three major themes: a music theme, an acting theme, and a fashion theme (including an actual runway). But you'll also be able to pick out new spa objects like mud baths and steamers to help relax and clean up your sims after a long day on the set."

There's some new information and details in the preview. You can read the complete thing, 2 pages, right here. For 3 trailers you need to be a GameSpot Complete member. You can find those right here.

72. New Superstar screenies

Written on Saturday 19 April 2003 at 23:36 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Still haven't seen enough of Superstar so far? Then there's good news: several new screenshots of Superstar have been spotted at the official Japanese site, SimPeople (the Japanese name of The Sims). There are 18 unique screenshots. Some are quite similar, but there are a few showing new objects again, and one (number 14) showing a butler. However, Japanese people don't seem to like light too much - a couple of their screenshots have only very few lights in the rooms displayed. You can find them all right here. Have fun with them!

73. SimDay yesterday

Written on Saturday 19 April 2003 at 00:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yesterday was SimDay again, but we couldn't post about it then because this site was down - unfortunately. However, there wasn't too much to post about. First of all, there's a new Korean official site of the Sims. There isn't too much about I can say about it, as I don't understand the Korean... but for those who do, click here. The other thing is a contest that's - as quite usual - is open to people in the USA only. This time, people in the states Florida, Rhode Island and New York cannot participate. You can win "two (2) VIP passes (for Winner and Guest) to the TEEN PEOPLE Magazine’s 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 Party – Presented by The Sims Superstar, limousine transportation (for Winner and Guest) to and from all Sponsor designated events and $600 spending cash". There are 20 second prizes, containing Superstar and a pair of shoes worth $130. All you have to do to is entering five email addresses of your friends. You can participate as often as you want, as long as you don't enter an email address twice. Click here for more details about the contest, and here for all the rules. That's all this week from the official site.

74. More about the seventh expansion pack

Written on Thursday 17 April 2003 at 00:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

If you've been following the news, you might've read our bit about a seventh expansion and The Sims 2. There's a small follow-up on that now, thanks to SimsZone.de. The latest edition of the German magazine PC-Action has a review of Superstar in it. Nothing interesting there, but it includes an interview with Jonathan Knight from Maxis. Jonathan had some interesting things to say... Read More!

75. Superstar not the last expansion?

Written on Tuesday 15 April 2003 at 00:40 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

As you might remember, in one of the reports about Superstar when it was nothing more than a vague rumour, we told you about an interview with Will Wright, the big man behind The Sims. He said there would be 7 expansion packs in total, but we didn't know if he included Deluxe with that or not. Now it seems there's indeed something else coming after Superstar - but we don't know anything at all yet! The only other evidence so far is someone from EA in the Netherlands. The so-called 'mayor' (the webmaster) of the Dutch official website said on the forums that Superstar wouldn't be the last expansion pack. He also said The Sims 2.0 would be coming sooner that we'd expect... Read More!

76. More Superstar screens

Written on Thursday 10 April 2003 at 00:11 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The german website SimsZone has spotted some new images of Superstar at the Gamers' Temple. There are several new pictures of objects, including a recording studio, getting an autograph, the oxygen bar and a photoshoot. These are all 3D renders, so no actual screenshots. Nevertheless, they are looking good. We've included the "Skydiving Simulator" in action below. For all the screenshots (including some older ones), visit this page.

77. SimDay Report: 1 article

Written on Thursday 3 April 2003 at 23:41 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's Simday is probably even lamer than last week's simday. There's just one link, to one article about Superstar. And then it's not even completely about Superstar, but it discusses several other games too. Here's what USAToday.com has to say about the upcoming expansion pack for The Sims:

"Think it's easy being a celebrity? The Sims: Superstar will allow players to turn their humble Sims into glamorous celebrities by having them pursue careers as actors, rock stars or supermodels. The new hub in the game is known as "Studio Town," which is home to recording studios, TV networks, movie lots and a spa. Just as in real life, fame and fortune mean a more comfy lifestyle with extra bucks to throw around for expensive art, swanky furniture, a personal butler or masseuse, and more.

"Can you handle the paparazzi and groupies? Find out in May."

Sounds like a small press release from EA. The whole article is about how expansion packs breathe new life into old games. You can read the whole article right here.

78. New poll

Written on Thursday 3 April 2003 at 02:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Opinions are divided over whether Maxis should release The Sims 2 or even more expansion packs for The Sims 1.0 after the upcoming Superstar. You voted a lot (278 people voted), and the results are tight. 78 Of you (28%) wants The Sims 2, and no more expansions. With just 5 people more (83 votes, 30%), the people who absolutely want more expansion packs are with the most out of those two. However, if we include the bits in between, The Sims 2 is actually more wanted. 53 people (19%) prefer The Sims 2, but won't mind more expansion packs either. 17 people less (36 people, 13%) prefer expansions over The Sims 2. That makes 131 people (47%) pro-The Sims 2, and 119 (43%) pro-expansions. Just 5% (14 people) won't buy either of them. The remaining 5% (also 14 votes) say their computer won't be able to handle more. For a nice list of the results, go here.

Our new poll is about the method of installing downloads. There are several ways you can do this: either using WinZip and do it manually, using tools like SimsZip, SimFileMaid or SimUnzip (together with The Neighborhood Handler or not), or you only download self-extracting files. Please let us know what you use by voting in this week's poll on the right or on this page. For our poll archive, click here.

79. "EA Announces Plans For The Sims PC Game Reviewer"

Written on Wednesday 2 April 2003 at 01:06 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

That's a new headline at the official site. It comes with a nice press release and a screenshot of this new expansion pack - while Superstar hasn't even been released yet!

"Players can now realize their fantasies of living out of a grey cube, eating nachos, and playing video games all day long. All new game play, new social interactions and a whole new in-game destination offer players an all access pass to the professional world of PC game reviewing. In The Sims PC Game Reviewer, The Sims are indolent co-workers in a highly politicized game of corporate ladder climbing and "reporting" for the ultimate payoff: free games and swag. (...)

"Typical of Maxis and true to the findings at PC Gamer, the new location has a set of amusing objects with unique game play, such as the Hidden Desk Flask, an Inflatable Doll, and Vending Machine Chips. In addition to the Booth Babe, new and zany NPC's include a Banal Editor, and Hapless Intern. Exciting new social interactions are also included such as "Ask to proofread," "Borrow a stapler," "Complain about games," and the hilarious new "Remind of deadline." They guarantee unlimited, open-ended fun and creativity. In The Sims PC Game Reviewer - if it's in the game reviewer, it's in the game!"

And here's the screenshot, with the typical name 'april_fools.jpg' (on the official site anyway) - which makes it all a bit too obvious doesn't it:

Another nice joke to be added to this year's list of april fool's pranks. Like our host, GTA3.Com, who pretended they were hacked - well done guys! Anyway, for the press release of "The Sims PC Game Reviewer", have a look over here - and yes, the page is called april_fools.html. The press release does have some nice (untrue) facts and (fake) quotes. Obvious: yes. But quite nice too. However, according to you many people don't want another expansion pack anymore - you can check the results of our latest poll for that. It's still running, so vote if you haven't done so already!

80. Lame SimDay

Written on Thursday 27 March 2003 at 20:09 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

This week's SimDay is pretty lame. There's just one link to several screenshots of SuperStar, including 5 concepts of art (sketches). And since those are already 10 days old, we've already reported about that quite a while ago. It was included with a "Q&A" about SuperStar. If you want to see the screenshots, have a look right here. We hope there'll be more next week.