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1201. Merry Christmas
Written on Friday 24 December 2004 at 02:03 by
ChEeTaH -
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The time has come very close now; Christmas is close and so I want to wish everybody on behalf of the entire team of the Sims Zone a merry Christmas. Whether you're getting lots of presents or not, we hope your wishes will come true and you'll have a few great days. As EA has published four Sims 2 holiday screenshots, they are yours to be viewed now - just click the thumbnails below.
Also a quick note to say that I'll be away from Christmas until 10 January (that's a bit more than 2 weeks). During that period it may take longer for e-mails to be answered, if at all. Please be patient and I'll be back at the 10th.
Merry Christmas from ChEeTaH, Andy, Carrie, Matt, Neil, Starrats, Stash, Steve and Sumit!
1202. SimDay
Written on Friday 24 December 2004 at 01:31 by
ChEeTaH -
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This week's SimDay is a fairly big one, with quite a bit about movies. First of all there's an interview with
MaxoidPlumpBob. She (Kerie Kimbrell) is a movie director at Maxis. In the interview she gives some tips about creating your own movies.
Read the interview to get the details. Along with this, Maxis has made it possible to rate the videos posted by members on their MySim pages.
There's a lot more about movies and the Sims 2 University inside...
Read More!
1203. Urbz Site Changed
Written on Friday 24 December 2004 at 00:56 by
ChEeTaH -
1 comment.
It seems last week's
UrbzDay was the last one indeed. The
official site has now been changed, and shows links to the city guide that was
posted in November. All the old information and content can still be found through the XAM menu, but it's unlikely much new content - if any at all - will be added in the future. To check out all the information head over to
urbzsims.ea.com.
1204. Sims 2 University Shots
Written on Friday 24 December 2004 at 00:45 by
ChEeTaH -
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The official
Swedish site has posted three new screenshots of the first expansion pack for the Sims 2. These shots may show familiar scenes but are in fact brand new. They're a bit smaller than the usual ones, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't look at them...
1205. Possible Awards for Sims 2 and Urbz
Written on Friday 24 December 2004 at 00:23 by
ChEeTaH -
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GameSpot has been giving away awards the past week, but Maxis games weren't awarded so far yet. Now the Reader's Choice voting has started for the best games of 2004. You can vote for all platforms, and Game of the Year. You can vote for the Sims 2 on PC, and the Urbz can be voted for in the console sections. If you want to help one of these games to win, then enter the
Reader's Choice Awards and start voting.
1206. 2004 News Overview & New Poll
Written on Thursday 23 December 2004 at 01:00 by
ChEeTaH -
1 comment.
With the year 2004 drawing to its end, it's time for a summary of the news of the past year. I've gone through our archives, and listed the most important news items. You can go through all of them month by month at the
latest editorial.
Of every month, I've picked a news item that I though was the most important of that month. You can find links to these headlines in our current poll. In this poll, you can choose which headline you think is the most important Sims news item of 2004. Let us know, and the final results will be revealed in two weeks (that's right, this poll will run for 2 weeks instead of the usual week). Until then, they're hidden... Vote on the right or the
latest poll page
If you want to check out the results of last week's poll, head to the
results page. It was all about the HomeCrafter and its rumour that it would be released this week (and it
did).
1207. HomeCrafter Interview
Written on Wednesday 22 December 2004 at 23:48 by
ChEeTaH -
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After the
release of the HomeCrafter Plus yesterday,
GameSpy has posted a new interview with Darren Futa. Futa was producer of the tool, as well as the Body Shop and probably upcoming tools as well. It's a very short interview but Darren does explain why there's no exchange for walls, floors and ground textures - that would mean a release after christmas, and Maxis is happy with seeing the content on the fansites. If custom content is included in a lot, it'll be posted on the exchange automatically as well. To read the entire interview,
click here.
1208. Sims 2 University Interview, Screens and Logo
Written on Wednesday 22 December 2004 at 23:44 by
ChEeTaH -
4 comments.
Maxis has revealed several new screenshots of the Sims 2 University, as well as the logo. The first three screenshots come from
GameSpy. You can see them below, but if you want to read the added description head over to
the article. Meanwhile Maxis has also sent out a new
scoop newsletter. This scoop contains the "latest" info of the Sims 2 University, and two new screenshots are added. But that's not all - the new logo, slightly different from the
previous one, is also shown. I've taken the same logo from the box mock up from
EBGames though, with thanks to
SP Zone for the link there. All of that can be seen below - click the thumbnails to see larger versions.
Furthermore,
GameSpot has interviewed Kevin Hogan, the lead producer of the expansion pack. There isn't really any news in it, but if you want to read it anyway check out
the interview. Here's a little quote about the objects from it:
"Juice kegs are definitely a part of the pack! We won't be unveiling it just yet, so be on the lookout for it! Also, stay tuned to hear more about the other objects that will be available in the pack. They are great. There are also a host of new furniture pieces and build mode options, as well as reward objects for the new careers."
1209. New Christmas Object
Written on Wednesday 22 December 2004 at 23:09 by
ChEeTaH -
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Maxis has posted a new object for Christmas to be used in the Sims 2. With the
Kwanzaa Kinara your Sims can also celebrate the seven day Kwanzaa festival celebrating the "
African American people, culture and history." For more information about this object, head on to the
details page on the
official site.
1210. New Tutorial - Homecrafter
Written on Wednesday 22 December 2004 at 20:42 by Neil -
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Just 24hrs after Homecrafter was released, we've already got a few items created with it (see previous posts) and now we have a tutorial for it! Now you can see how we make custom wallpaper, custom floors and custom grass (if that's what makes you happy).
Of course you can always send your creations in to us here at TSZ - we'd love to see them.
Check the tutorial out!