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521. Stuff Pack 3: Festive Holiday?
Written on Saturday 15 July 2006 at 03:05 by
ChEeTaH -
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Even though Stuff pack 2: Glamour Life has only just been
announced, it seems like there are already plans for a third Stuff pack to be released early December. The British shop
Play.com has a listing of "
The Sims 2: Festive Holiday Stuff" at the price of £7.99 (about $15). This is the same price as the Family Fun and Glamour Life packs, suggesting that it will indeed be a full Stuff pack in a holiday theme, slightly bigger than last year's Holiday Party Pack, which had 40 instead of 60 items and was slightly cheaper. An official announcement of the pack is still a long way from now, and details probably won't be officially revealed until the last quarter of 2006.
522. Glamour Life Revealed
Written on Saturday 15 July 2006 at 02:53 by
ChEeTaH -
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Following
rumours of only a few days ago that the second Stuff pack for the Sims 2 would be called "
Glamour Life," Maxis has confirmed that to be a fact, by revealing details of the pack on the
official site. A
product page has been created, on which you can find 17 screenshots, 33 item renders, 2 videos and the system requirements. All of that is accompanied with the following description of the pack:
"Your Sims can now indulge in a glamorous life with this collection of luxurious furniture, fashionable clothing, and extravagant décor items. Create lavish homes furnished with the finest modern bedroom, living room, and dining room sets. Turn heads in the neighborhood as your Sims show off elegant gowns, red carpet formalwear, and cool casual styles at their next big soirée. Your Sims will live the high life with 60 new items including pop-art paintings, sectional sofas, a high-end stereo, fur coats, and more!"
As with the Family Fun pack, Glamour Life will contain about 60 items (objects, clothing, etc), of which roughly half can already be seen through the image renders. A release date has not yet been given, although the intro flash on the official site mentions August. Whether earlier
rumours saying mid-August or else late August are true has not yet been confirmed. The price of the pack will probably be similar to that of Family Fun Stuff: around $20/£10. Availability through
EA Downloader has also not yet been confirmed. You can find all screenshots (including some
earlier ones, in higher quality, as well as one featuring the logo) and all item renders in the Read More part, or on the official
screenshots respectively
renders pages. You can also check out the two
videos showing the features and the
system requirements. We'll keep you updated with the latest about this stuff pack as soon as the news comes in.
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523. Sims 2 Pets Info, Screen and PS2 Packshot
Written on Saturday 15 July 2006 at 01:40 by
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Several bits of info about the Sims 2 Pets were revealed the past couple of days. Not only for the PC Expansion pack, but there's also more proof that the Sims 2 Pets will be the new console and handheld games as well. There's some information about the expansion pack, a screenshot, a small article and a preliminary pack shot of the PlayStation 2 version (in French). Read on for all the details.
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524. Summer Downloads
Written on Saturday 15 July 2006 at 00:48 by
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MaxoidMoonBelly has created some summerwear for your Sims, featuring the Aloha Bunny and the Surfer Bunny. The Aloha Bunny Swimsuits and Surfer Bunny Swim Trunks are created for children and older Sims. In total that makes 8 downloads, all of which contain a Sim wearing a piece of summer clothing. Along with the downloads, in her
blog MaxoidMoonBelly explains a little bit about how the clothes were made. Check out the
Summer Downloads to get all the files to make your Sims ready for this summer as well.
525. Glamour Life Stuff Pictures and Info
Written on Sunday 9 July 2006 at 03:23 by
ChEeTaH -
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After several mentions on online shops of the upcoming stuff pack, known as "
Glamour Stuff" until now, there's now some more concrete information regarding the stuff pack. The
Thai EA site has published a
product page of the stuff pack, which contains some basic information as well as some screenshots. As far as rumours go, mostly from pre-order pages (which no longer exist), the mini expansion will be released late August. The screenshots also reveal a more detailed name: in the right bottom corner the logo is displayed, with the title "
The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff" 'Srikwan01' on the official site's
BBS ('The T' on
TheSimsResource) has found the page and posted some information in his
TSR blog. You can find that text, as well as some
item descriptions in the Read More part of this post. Click the five screenshot thumbnails to see larger versions - the other images are the Thai logo, as well as a few artworks of some of the 60 objects in the pack. Thanks to
SnootySims for the find.
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526. Deck Seating
Written on Tuesday 4 July 2006 at 05:11 by Jendea -
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New object: the Backless Deck Bench. To make your sims' backyard gatherings more comfortable - economically - just 100 simoleons.
Includes eight recolors.
Happy simming!
Check it out by clicking on the picture or you can find this object and more in my
section under jendea
527. Waterfront Home
Written on Sunday 2 July 2006 at 06:31 by Jendea -
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Waterfront Home
I just posted a new modern-style residence with plenty of space for entertaining and a moderate price. Happy simming.
Click on the picture to check out this home or you can also find more under my section:jendea
528. "Sims Played By" deadline at 5 July
Written on Friday 30 June 2006 at 00:26 by
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We recently reported about EA
looking for fans for their new
Sims Played By commercials. W+K, the advertising company organising the campaign, has set a deadline for applicants. You have until July 5th, next week Wednesday, to submit a story and information of yourself, if you wish to apply for the campaign. If you're selected, you get to play the upcoming Sims games for a week at the EA headquarters in Redwood City (near San Francisco, California). After that W+K will review all entries and select players to contact. They will be asked for additional information and creative work. Fill in the
questionnaire within a week to make a chance to be in the campaign.
529. New Themes decorate MySim Pages
Written on Friday 30 June 2006 at 00:12 by
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On the
official site Maxis has created two new themes for MySim pages. If you want to redecorate your MySim page, login and go to
modify the theme. The first theme is based around Family Fun, with a lot of yellow and orange as the main colours. The Pleasantville theme has green and blue as the main colours, featuring some of the famous Pleasantview sims on the headers of the various pods.
530. Open for Business coming to Mac
Written on Monday 26 June 2006 at 19:20 by
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A little while ago publisher
Aspyr announced that the third expansion pack for the Sims 2 will be released on Mac as well. Open for Business will be the same as the PC version of the expansion pack, except for the platform it runs on. As always, The Sims 2 for Mac is required for the expansion. The pack is currently in early development and thus the release date might still change. The price is set at $34.99, according to
MacWorld. Pre-orders will soon be taken. Of course The Sims Zone will keep you up-to-date with the release information of the pack.