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2451. Still some TSO news
Written on Thursday 23 May 2002 at 01:05 by
ChEeTaH -
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Although The Sims Online hasn't appeared at the E3
yet, the
official TSO site has posted some news - and 3 new screenshots! They tell us how this upcoming online game will be shown: at 'Club Sims'. That basically is THE place to be when visiting the EA booth at the E3. The next few days, most Sims-news will come from right there. We can read that for instance guests will be invited to play the Sims Online. More information - and an E3 coverage - can be found at the
TSO official site.
2452. E3 Impressions
Written on Thursday 23 May 2002 at 00:41 by
ChEeTaH -
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The E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo, the biggest games-showcase in the world) has started again. This yearly event is highly visited every time, and every games-site and magazine will do some coverage. EA shows, besides games like Black & White 2 (Lionhead), SimCity 4 (Maxis), 1503 AD (Sunflowers), and many other games, also The Sims on Playstation2 and The Sims Online. The Sims on Playstation2 has already been shown on the E3, and a few sites have mentioned it now...
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2453. First screens of PS2 The Sims
Written on Tuesday 21 May 2002 at 23:33 by
ChEeTaH -
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The E3 - the biggest expo of computer and video games worldwide - has kicked off! Many gaming companies, under which of course Electronic Arts and its devisions (like Maxis), will show off their games and allow people to see a first preview of those new games.
GameSpot UK has something interesting for us too: The Sims on PS 2 screenshots. There are 4 screenshots, which show some Sims - in 3D. One shot shows how you create them, the other 3 shots are some general gameplay shots. For those who can't wait (all of you?): pay
this page a visit. Thanks to Matthew Eastaugh, who worked for this site before, for giving the link to this news.
2454. International HD Patch
Written on Tuesday 21 May 2002 at 18:11 by
ChEeTaH -
5 comments.
For everybody who has Hot Date, but not Vacation, there's good news. For those outside the US anyway: The international versions of the Hot Date patch are finally available. 3 months after the
release of the second US patch, everybody can now fix most of the bugs (as in errors, not roaches) in Hot Date. Fixed is that the old prude shows up downtown, you can get the Bay Window too, and your Sims will get stuck less often. The patch, which is included in the Vacation (On Holiday) Expansion pack, is about 4.6 Mb big. To get it, visit
this page on the
official site.
2455. More info about PS2 Sims
Written on Tuesday 21 May 2002 at 18:07 by
ChEeTaH -
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Maxis has released an official press release about The Sims on the Playstation 2 platform, giving us more information about it. As mentioned
earlier, the gameplay would be more level-based, and the graphics would be 3D. Extra information this time includes that you can also play the game with 2 players, that there will be objects exclusive to the PS2 version (like a Bug Zapper and a strip poker game). There will also be a number of 'wacky' neighbours to interact with, neighbours never seen on the PC before. To read the full press release, go to
this page.
2456. Late SV reviews
Written on Sunday 19 May 2002 at 00:39 by
ChEeTaH -
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From
GameSpot Australia and
TFH Gaming there's more to read about the Sims' latest expansion: Vacation. Over a month after its release, these two sites have now also reviewed this game. GameSpot gave it a score of 7, while TFH Gaming thought it's worth a high 92%. The last one has noticed that it doesn't crash as often as Hot Date did, GameSpot talks about the souvenirs and the similarity between SV and HD (and more of course). To read the review of GameSpot, go
here. For the TFH Gaming one, click
here. Our own review can be read
here.
2457. Ad Banners are here
Written on Friday 17 May 2002 at 23:56 by
ChEeTaH -
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As you have probably already noticed, advertising banners have appeared at The Sims Zone. This will often be The Sims Zone's own banner for now, but there should be other banners soon too. Everytime the banner gets clicked, we get a bit of money, with which we will pay for the hosting of this site. Although the ad-free time is gone at The Sims Zone - unfortunately - this doesn't mean we'll become a paysite anytime soon. We will try to keep it like this as long as we can, and might become a paysite only if costs get extremely high. The banners should help us out for a long while.
2458. 6 months The Sims Zone!
Written on Friday 17 May 2002 at 15:00 by
the Webmaster -
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It seemed only yesterday when this site, The Sims Zone, launched, but actually that day was already 6 months ago! The first news post here was written on 17 November 2001. We launched with
this news item, and the release of
The Neighborhood Handler 3.5 (of which two more versions were released later on). It was not a completely fresh start though: the history of The Sims Zone is longer than you think... If you want to know more, then read
this article.
2459. Submissions Now Accepted
Written on Thursday 16 May 2002 at 22:43 by Steve -
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The server move is over, and all the downloads should now work.
Submissions are being accepted again, so send them in so we can continue to provide the Simming community with brilliant original downloads.
If you do find a download which does not work then tell me about it, otherwise it won't be fixed!
E-mail me.
Remember to read the Submission guidelines before sending files in.
2460. Simday Report: Magazine feature
Written on Thursday 16 May 2002 at 20:31 by
ChEeTaH -
2 comments.
Not a real big SimDay this time. All there's to be discussed is a feature in the
Computer Games magazine. "
Simply Monumental - The Sims, The Phenomenon, The Future" is what we can read on the cover of the latest issue, which shows Mount Sims - Mount Rushmore with Sim-faces. A few articles inside this cover deal with the upcoming titles The Sims Online and SimCity 4, the community (and fansites), the games Maxis made in the past, something about speaking Simlish and an interesting read about who is playing the best-selling game ever: The Sims. Besides that, there's an interview with Will Wright, of which a part can be read at
Mall of The Sims (for free). Basically that's all for this SimDay, which didn't really add anything for those not being able to buy the latest issue of
Computer Games.
SimDays are getting quiet again, so it seems. Over a year ago Andy wrote a series of three articles at TheSimsFusion (which is now this site) about "What happened to SimDay". Those articles can still be found in the
editorials archive. Remember that these editorials were written even before House Party was released.