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1811. TSZ's birthday

Written on Tuesday 18 November 2003 at 00:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As Jen already mentioned, it's TSZ's second birthday today (17 November). This week we'll be bringing you the Sims 2 University special, as well as the Sim Brother III downloads. Make sure to check back here often to see the latest Sims 2 news and the latest files. I also want to thank everybody in the team of TSZ for helping me with getting this site where it is now. I couldn't have done it without them. Of course I also thank you - our visitors - for visiting us all the time. Thank you everybody, and let's hope for another 2 years and after that many many more.

1812. Newsround

Written on Tuesday 18 November 2003 at 00:26 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

I've been away for a few days, and haven't really been able to keep the news up-to-date. So here's a newsflash with the latest news of the past couple of days. We have SimDay, and a lot of screenshots, as well as a magazine article. First the screenshots: there are 8 new Bustin' Out screenshots from GameSpot. They're for the GBA version, and you can see them right here. Some more Sims 2 shots are available at The Sims 2 Creation. Click "Screenshots", and then follow the "Les Screenshots à voir absolument!" link. The last 6 of them are new. Another site, Sims2Center has posted a scan of a 2-page article from PC Gamer magazine. Click here to load it. At SimDay there were a few new things. The first thing is a little layout change - the "BBS/Fans" item has been renamed to Community. Of course there was also a chat with MaxisProducer Cooper Buckingham and Lead Tester Sean Hugunin from Maxis. Check out the transcripts. You can now also download the Makin' Magic commercial, which you download it from this page. A new Makin' Magic wallpaper has been added as well, which shows Mortimer dancing with the skeleton maid. Go right here to download it. Finally there are some links to several reviews of Makin' Magic, which you can find over here. That's the quick newsround, of course it'll be kept up-to-date as before again from now on.

1813. Happy Birthday TSZ

Written on Monday 17 November 2003 at 03:18 by Jendea - 0 comments.

1814. TS2: Build mode

Written on Sunday 16 November 2003 at 05:18 by ChEeTaH - 9 comments.

Still from San Francisco, I'm going to give you some more information about TS2. Like yesterday I'll be writing a bit about the game. It's only a small bit though, as we did receive too much information to write about here. You can still expect the special to be put up later this week. Read more to find out about the new building options in TS2... Read More!

1815. The Sims 2 - New info

Written on Saturday 15 November 2003 at 07:47 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Live from San Francisco, I can give you the latest news about The Sims 2. Together with about 20 other webmasters from the Sims community we’ve attended "The Sims 2 University" today, where we got to see a demo of the game, CaSIE (the official name of Create A Sim, which will be released before Christmas), and we even got some hands-on play time on the game. Of course we’ve also been able to ask a lot of questions to the developers of the game, including Will Wright. It was a great day and a special about it will follow soon, but I’m giving you some information right now already. Read on for more... Read More!

1816. Sims 2 System Specs

Written on Wednesday 12 November 2003 at 21:06 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has announced the final system requirements for The Sims 2 today, which are the same as told in September. Here they are again for those who forgot:

• Processor (CPU): 600 MHz
• 128 MB of RAM on Windows 98, 2000, or ME, 256MB of RAM on Windows XP
• Graphics: GeForce or Radeon Series or better (older models require a better CPU, about 1.5 GHz)
• Screen Resolution: 800x600 minimum (like with The Sims 1), 1024x768 recommended.

Of course, the better your system, the better the game will run. Although it's not mentioned, it'll probably require at least DirectX 8, or perhaps even 9. Note that these are minimum requirements, and the game may not perform well if you only just meet them. Also, it's quite logical that when you expand the game with downloads, or get bigger families, the performance might decrease. You can check out this page at the official Sims 2 site for more information about the graphics card requirements.

1817. 10 The Sims 2 Screenshots

Written on Tuesday 11 November 2003 at 16:20 by ChEeTaH - 8 comments.

Affiliate SimsZone.de has posted 10 (!) new screenshots of The Sims 2, coming from the Game Convention held in Germany a couple of weeks ago. These shots show a couple of new things, for instance a little stairway near the front door, because the house is built a bit above the ground, a helicopter ("3Sat" flying over?), a close-up on a painting, and a couple of other close details. Although the quality isn't superb, it's all pretty good and worth a look. Check out SimsZone's frontpage, or de "Screenshots" section under "Die Sims 2" to see them all.

1818. Thursday's chat

Written on Tuesday 11 November 2003 at 16:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has already published some information about Thursday's chat. As every week, there's a chat on the official site about one of the Sim-games. This week it'll be Cooper Buckingham (MaxisProducer) and Sean Hngunin (Lead Tester at Maxis) joining the chat. If you have any questions about the Makin' Magic gameplay, or what it's like to be a games tester, visit the chat. You can get there through this page, where you can also find the transcripts of the previous chats.

1819. Bustin' Out Preview

Written on Tuesday 11 November 2003 at 16:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

IGN has posted a preview of Bustin' Out on the consoles a few days ago. Besides discussing Create A Sim, the campaign mode and some technical things, they also discuss the special features of each version:

"PS2, GameCube and Xbox owners are each getting some unique features. The option for a 720p display will be available for the Xbox. PS2 owners will get an online option where they can host a "Sims Weekend" event where everything that you've unlocked in your game will be open for you and other players to enjoy online. Players come over to your town and trade items and other goodies. It's basically a cool interactive way to cheat and get items that you otherwise wouldn't have unlocked. Think Animal Crossing but without the bizarre looking critters and leaves. The connectivity between GameCube and GBA allows you to buy an arcade cabinet in the console game that your sim can walk up to and "play." When he or she does, the GBA game then becomes a minigame player that lets you run through up to eight mini games if you have the GBA version of Bustin Out and 4 if don't have the GBA cartridge. The money you earn in your minigame session will be transferred to your GameCube character's account. While you're playing your minigame on GBA, your GameCube sim is standing at the arcade doing his or her "videogaming" animation."

There are many comparisons to the PC version of the game, but less to the console version that's been out for a while too. Besides this preview on this page, there are also two new pieces of art in the Bustin' Out GBA section at IGN. You can see them right here.

1820. Ask your Sims 2 questions

Written on Monday 10 November 2003 at 17:50 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Later this week, I'll be heading off to California to attend the "Sims 2 University", a special event where webmasters of fansites will visit the Maxis studios to see the latest of The Sims 2. Of course the developers will be there too, including Will Wright, and I'll have the opportunity to ask them questions. Now here's my question to the visitors of The Sims Zone: if you have any question about The Sims 2 or the creation of custom content for The Sims 2, submit them! A lot of questions have already been answered in chats and FAQs, so it won't be very useful submitting those. Only the original ones, which haven't been answered (clearly) yet will be asked. You can submit questions by posting a comment (members only), or by e-mailing me. Submit your questions before Wednesday 21.00 (9pm) GMT and you'll make a chance of getting them answered. After the "Sims 2 University" is over, a report will be posted at The Sims Zone. There you'll see if your question has been answered or not.