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1921. Bustin' Out (PS2, GC, XB, GBA) Stuff

Written on Thursday 10 July 2003 at 21:26 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Besides GameSpot posting a lot of info on Makin' Magic (read this), they've posted some stuff of The Sims Bustin' Out (on the consoles). There's a preview of Bustin' Out right here. GBA players should check out this preview as well. Besides that there are some new screenshots for the GBA version at this page. Then there are 3 new videos (and the old trailer has been posted again), which show several things. Unfortunately for many of you, these are for GameSpot Complete members only. I'm lucky to be such a member, so let me tell something about them... Read More!

1922. SimDay: Nothing much

Written on Thursday 10 July 2003 at 21:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This Simday is nothing more than expected (in fact, it's less). All there is are 4 new music downloads from Superstar for your CD (click here for those). Of course you can still download the 4 'old' tracks (posted last week) and the cover arts/labels. The other thing that's posted is a press release... Strangely enough there's nothing about Makin' Magic, but only a post about the 100,000 family albums posted at the official site. If you look a bit back in our archive, you can see we reported about that yesterday. You can read the press release right here. Perhaps the Makin' Magic press release will be posted tomorrow, who knows? Anyway, that's all for this SimDay. Maybe more next week.

1923. Makin' Magic Material

Written on Thursday 10 July 2003 at 20:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameSpot has posted some news from Camp EA about The Sims Makin' Magic. There's a preview and 3 videos. However, all these movies are locked for GameSpot complete members. For the preview, which tells us that the expansion has a career path like Superstar, only that it focuses on the Cooking, Logic and Mechanical skills (instead of Body, Charisma, and Creativity). Here's another bit from the preview:

"Some of the spell-like effects that successful sims can bring about include helpful sorceries that create free banquets of food or cause piles of money to rain from the sky; but if these effects backfire, they can have harmful effects, such as summoning a swarm of horned toads to plague your lawn or cause actual rain to rain from the sky, along with thunder and lightning. You'll able to create spells that affect your sims' relationships, including a "marry me" spell that can help your lonely sims get hitched. For other, more-personal enchantments, your sims will be able to cast spells on their neighbors by choosing an enchantment from the regular dialogue options, so along with "tease," "joke," and "talk," your sims might have the new social option of "toadification" that can be used to turn a prince, or anyone else, into a frog."

The whole preview is right here. The movies at this page. These 3 videos are 40 mb of footage in total (30 mb low-res), but as they're only for GameSpot complete members not everybody will be able to download them... Read More!

1924. New The Sims 2 Screenshots

Written on Thursday 10 July 2003 at 19:38 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Gamespot has given us some new material: 4 brand new screenshots of The Sims 2, and 2 concepts of art, along with a preview from Camp EA:

"At the recent Camp EA press event, we had the opportunity to get an up-close look at The Sims 2, and while the version on display was the same one that was shown at E3, we were able to take a more in-depth look at the upcoming sequel and its features. One of The Sims 2's most intriguing new features is the way that its computerized people (or "sims") will change over time--they'll not only age from babies to children to adults to senior citizens, they'll also change in other physical, emotional, and mental ways."

For the screenshots (one showing a hot tub, another showing quite a big house from the outside, a teenage mom with crying baby, and some people playing games) and concepts of art (twice the lifecycle of a Sim in one pic), click here. Enjoy!

1925. New poll

Written on Thursday 10 July 2003 at 02:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last week we asked you how much you've spent on The Sims series so far. We come to the conclusion an average of about $140 is spent on The Sims per person. 228 people voted, of which 25% (57 people) spent $100 to $200 on The Sims. Second are those who haven't spent a dime on it, with 51 votes (22%). All the other results are at this page. This week we want to know what you think of the utilities Maxis has made in the past 3 years. Tell us by voting on the right of every page at The Sims Zone, or go to this page. Thank you!

1926. Makin' Magic: English press release

Written on Wednesday 9 July 2003 at 20:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Now it appears EA UK has also posted the press release of Makin' Magic, along with a list of key features. Noticable is the "expansion pack finale" in the first sentence: that probably means it's the last expansion pack for The Sims 1. Meanwhile there's still no patch for Superstar (although there are many bugs), and of course we never know what kind of bugs this EP will add... Anyway, the "Read more" bit has the whole press release from The Sims UK. Read More!

1927. Expansion 7: Makin' Magic (instead of Spellbound) [Update 18:30]

Written on Wednesday 9 July 2003 at 20:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've heard a lot about a seventh expansion pack in the past, called Spellbound. It looks like that was just a working title, as a press release has already leaked: The Sims Makin' Magic will be released 31 October in Europe, probably a week earlier (24 October) in the US. Although the press release isn't available in English yet, there's a Dutch version of it available at this page (at the official Dutch site). Sims will be able to cast magical tricks to improve their love life, cause chaos at angry neighbours, or make an end to all their worries. There will be another new area ("Magic Town") where you can meet new characters, show off your magic, or discover secret recipes for spells. You can also change the regular objects into personal helps, hypnotise your friends or change that boring woman nextdoor into a frog. If your Sims aren't skilled enough, anything can go wrong. That's about all that the press release says. When there's an English press release available (which will be very soon), we'll mention it. Stay tuned!

[Update 18:30] I missed the two screenshots at the bottom of the press release. Here they are anyway:

1928. 100,000 albums

Written on Wednesday 9 July 2003 at 12:03 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has achieved another milestone: album number 100,000 has been posted. The exchange at the official site has been the place to tell your Sims' stories for more than 3 years. The first 6 months weren't really exciting according to Will, but after that more and more fans started to post their stories and they even amazed Maxis at times. The fans still do so. "With The Sims 2 on the horizon, I can't wait to see what the fans will create. There will be an even greater potential for creative storytelling and content," said Will in this press release. Congratulations Maxis!

1929. SimDay: Music and a hidden survey

Written on Thursday 3 July 2003 at 22:38 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's SimDay seems to be pretty nice. There are several interesting, but also some less interesting things. First of all there's the official announcement of The Sims Bustin' Out on GBA (click here to read), and a link to GameSpot's interview about it (more info right here). Then there's a link to an article at Wired News talking about Sims photo albums... Read More!

1930. New poll

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

Like every week we've changed our poll again. Last week we asked how often your Sims move house, and that varies a lot. For those who don't know: use the bulldoze icon, click on the house the family lives in, and then use the Create a Family screen to move them in somewhere else. For all the results of that poll click here. This week we got a sort of private question for you (although everything's anonymous, so we won't be able to track anything with your member account whatsoever): how much money have you spent on The Sims, its add-ons, donations, paysite subscriptions etc. etc. Vote on the right or at this page. Thank you.