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1411. SimsZone Sims 2 Review Update

Written on Wednesday 18 August 2004 at 23:55 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's been said here several times before: our German affiliate SimsZone got a preview version of the Sims 2, and they're posting a review about it. New articles are posted nearly every day, and yesterday and today were no exception. Yesterday it was all about the everyday life of the Sims in the sequel, while today it was all about friends and family. As usual there's a bunch of screenshots to see, but with today's articles there are also 2 more movies taken with the Sims 2. As before, they need the free VP6 codec to be played. You can see all articles from the review TOC, where yesterday's article is behind the "Der Alltag – Zeit und Bedürfnisse" link, and today's article is linked to using the "Freunde und Familie link - of course both in German. Read on for the highlights from both articles (in English). Read More!

1412. New Sims 2 Screenshot and Video

Written on Wednesday 18 August 2004 at 15:26 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Affiliate SimsExtremos has sent us a screenshot of The Sims 2 from EA Spain. It shows how you can mix genes to create a child of 2 Sims using the in-game Create A Sim/Family. You can click the thumbnail below to see the large version. Furthermore, another affiliate, SimsZone, has news about a video preview at 4Players.de. Although the full version is available to subscribers only, but everybody can see 1:36 minutes of it in streaming format. Go to this page to see it.

1413. New House Added

Written on Tuesday 17 August 2004 at 20:28 by Carrie - 1 comment.

I have added a new house today. It's called The Colonial and is located on lot 67. Inside, there is a kitchen, 4 bathrooms, 7 bedrooms and 4 family/entertainment rooms. There is also a porch off the back section of the house. The Livin' Large, House Party, Hot Date, Vacation, Unleashed expansion packs are required.

Check the file out!

1414. The Sims Zone opens Shop

Written on Tuesday 17 August 2004 at 19:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We have just launched a new shop, in association with both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. So whether you're in Europe or in the US, you can buy all your Sims games through The Sims Zone now. With that, you'll get your product in a cheap and reliable way thanks to Amazon, and you'll help The Sims Zone as well, so we can pay our bills. Currently the shop offers The Sims (PC) Games, The Sims (Mac) Games, The Sims (Console) Games, The Sims Strategy Guides and Other Sim Games. You can see a random product from our shop on the right hand side of every page, from which you can enter the shop. The shop is located at http://shop.thesimszone.co.uk, for questions about the shop, or product suggestions, feel free to e-mail us.

1415. Urbz Box Shots and GBA rating

Written on Tuesday 17 August 2004 at 16:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We already showed you the Urbz box shot for the X-Box version a while ago, but now EA has published shots for the PS2, GameCube and GBA version as well. This makes it more likely that the graphics are official. Still, it shows a "Rating Pending" ESRB logo, which indicates that it's not completely the final box shots, except for the GBA version. The GBA version, which as known is almost finished already, will be rated "E for Everyone" in the US, and the box already has an "Official Nintendo Seal" graphic on it as well. The Nintendo Seal can also be found on the GameCube box though. Below are all the box shots that are currently available, including some shots taken from the left and right, as well as the front. Click the thumbnails for larger versions. There are no graphics for the Prima strategy guide yet, nor is there a shot for the X-Box version taken from the left.

1416. TS2 System Requirements Updated

Written on Tuesday 17 August 2004 at 14:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As the release of the Sims 2 is getting closer, the system requirements are going to be closer to the real thing as well. Maxis has updated the system requirements on their site, and now they say an 800 Mhz processor is the minimum, whereas previously 'just' 600 Mhz was said to be required. As for graphics cards, a little has changed as well. It's no longer said that the Radeon 7xxx series need at least a 2.0 Ghz computer, and the Radeon VE series is now supported as well (which does require a 2.0 Ghz or faster processor). The latest Radeon cards, the X300, X600 and X800 have also been added to the list. Finally, the Intel Extreme Graphics 82915 card is now also supported, but as it doesn't have T&L that does also require a 2.0 Ghz processor. As always, the better the hardware, the better the game will run and look. That makes the entire list look as follows:

If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least:

• 800 MHz P3 processor or better
• 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

If you have a non-T&L capable video card (such as Intel Extreme Graphics or Radeon VE Series) then you need at least:

• 2.0 GHz processor or better
• 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000
• At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better):

• ATI Radeon™ series (7000 or better)
  • Radeon VE series (Non-T&L - requires 2.0 GHz processor)
  • 7000, 7200, 7500
  • 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
  • 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
• Nvidia® Quadro™ series
  • Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4
• Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)
  • GeForce2
  • GeForce3, 3 Ti
  • GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440
  • GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
  • GeForce 6800
• Intel® Extreme Graphics (Non-T&L - requires 2.0 GHz processor)
  • 82845, 82865, 82915

1417. Chat with Lucy Bradshaw

Written on Tuesday 17 August 2004 at 14:26 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There hasn't been an official chat for quite a while anymore, but one is coming up again soon. next Thursday (19 August) Lucy Bradshaw, Executive Producer, will answer your questions about the Sims 2 and what it's like working on it. As usual, the chat will be held at 3pm PST (that's 11pm in the UK and Portugal, midnight in most of Europe). You can join the chat when the room opens, usually approximately 10 minutes before the start, at the chat page, where older chat transcripts can also be read.

1418. SimsZone Sims 2 Review part 7/8

Written on Monday 16 August 2004 at 19:49 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Our affiliate SimsZone has posted 2 more articles about the Sims 2. This time they're discussing the collections and community lots. As usual there are some screenshots as well. For info from other parts of their review, please click the following links: Part 1/2 (Installation, First Impressions), Part 3/4 (Create a Sim, Neighborhoods), Part 5/6 (Build and Buy mode). For info about yesterday and today's articles, please read on. See the Sims 2 Review Index at SimsZone for all the original articles and the screenshots. Read More!

1419. The Sims 2 Screens and Info [Update]

Written on Sunday 15 August 2004 at 15:55 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The past couple of days have been very busy, as news and screenshots kept flooding in. Today's no exception. First of all there are 15 new screenshots (click thumbnails below to enlarge), of which 5 from SimsZone Poland and 10 from the Spanish Terra.es, which were found by SimsExpress. As for info, our affiliate SimsZone has held a chat of over 4.5 hours yesterday. The transcript has been posted. You can read the most important highlights in the read more part of this article.

[Update 14:10] SimsZone Poland has posted a 3 Mb movie as well. It can be downloaded from their front page, in the "Film prosto z gry TheSims2" post (click the "[ Pobierz film - 3,001MB ]" link). It requires the VP6 codec to play. Thanks to SP Zone for the link.

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1420. New Sims 2 Video

Written on Saturday 14 August 2004 at 15:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Besides the video Lucy sent us, another new one has popped up over at IGN. It shows the Grunts and the Smiths, and especially how General Grunt doesn't really like the other family in town. The video of 17.1 Mb can be downloaded from IGN's videos page, and Insiders can even get high quality QuickTime versions of 24.5 Mb or 62 Mb.

An article has been posted along with the video, in which IGN tells that the game is very close to Gold status now, at which point the game goes into mass production. Lucy Bradshaw, producer of the Sims 2, tells a bit about the development process. She says there is now a team of 120 people working to finish the game, while there were just about 10 at the beginning. The entire development has been fun, especially with bugs like headless Sims giving birth to a body-less baby, or toddlers doing a "Hey There" move. Lucy also tells how you can make the aging of your Sim a big happening or just something small. A few more general features which have been discussed to a great extend before are also mentioned. Read the complete article for that.