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641. EA Decided against Product Placement in OfB

Written on Saturday 28 January 2006 at 14:21 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although it was apparantly considered, BusinessWeek reports that there will not be any product placement - i.e. advertising - in the Sims 2 Open for Business. Because the Sims is a fantasy world, ad and design staffs working on the expansion, decided to not put real-life brands in the Sims world. This despite McDonalds and Intel making an appearance in The Sims Online, and later as download for the Sims 1, as well as an Alienware Computer download from the Sims 2 Exchange. EA was already working on placing some brands in the storylines for Open for Business, but those have now been removed. The full article discusses product placement in other games as well.

642. OfB Previews

Written on Saturday 28 January 2006 at 14:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the past week three new previews of Open for Business were posted. Naturally that has resulted in bits of new information about the expansion pack, as well as screenshots and videos. GameSpot, IGN and 1Up have taken a look at the game and give their first impressions. Read on for the exact details from these previews. Read More!

643. New Artworks

Written on Saturday 28 January 2006 at 00:57 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Recently the arsenal of Open for Business graphics was expanded by three artworks, found by L'Universims at Europe2.fr. The brand new artworks show three shopkeepers making their own business. They may look somewhat familiar, from small icons, but they haven't appeared as full artworks before yet. You can check them out by clicking the thumbnails below.

644. Mountain Cabin Build Items

Written on Friday 27 January 2006 at 20:37 by Jendea - 0 comments.

New build items posted today: Two new windows and a column with a rustic or "mountain cabin" theme. The single story window has the diagonal mesh included and both have a recolor in white also. Enjoy!

645. Nightlife Coming to Mac in March

Written on Tuesday 24 January 2006 at 01:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

MacWorld brings a new report, in which they say Nightlife has been announced for Mac. The developer, Aspyr, is porting the PC version of the expansion pack to the Mac platform. The game itself won't be much (if any) different from the PC version. Although University was released in December, and 6 months earlier the Sims 2 itself came out on Mac, Aspyr is taking considerably less time to transfer this expansion pack over. Currently in early development, it's slated for release in March of this year. Precise details are yet unknown. Thansk to SnootySims for spotting the article.

646. Sims 3 Rumours [Update]

Written on Tuesday 24 January 2006 at 00:57 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

It's no surprise that, after Maxis started working on the Sims 2 fairly soon after the Sims 1 was finished, that they're now working on the Sims 3 for PC already. Sims2Network disovered that the clients page of Feng Zhu Design showed Maxis as one of the clients for the company before. The project that was mentioned with it, was "Sims 3". Unsure is whether this is already for the PC version of the game, or rather the next Sims title for consoles, but time will have to tell.

[Update 26 January, 20:45] In an article at IGN another company, Gamma Ray Studios also had Maxis listed for a Sims 3 title. An EA spokesperson also told IGN that although fans can't get enough of the franchise, and that EA is always looking for new ideas for the Sims, any speculation is premature until an announcement is made by EA. IGN also says the work the two mentioned companies do is usually done during early stages of development, which means the Sims 3 is still years away.

647. French Sims Magazine

Written on Tuesday 24 January 2006 at 00:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

That the Sims 2 is popular in France was already proved when the game got its own stamp. Now the Sims 2 is also getting a magazine in France, which is for sale for 7.50 Euros. Besides the magazine itself, which contains articles with tips for the PC game, information about the Consoles and Handheld versions, a history of the Sims, stories, and more, you also get an extra DVD. The DVD contains 500+ objects, patches, videos and tools for the Sims 2 on PC. A new copy of the magazine will be distributed every quarter, although it will only be available in France. For more details, check out the French newspage. Below you can see the cover of the first issue.

648. Interview with Tim LeTourneau

Written on Tuesday 24 January 2006 at 00:31 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Recently Tim LeTourneau was in Europe to promote the Sims 2 Open for Business. While in Germany, the German official site held an interview with Tim about the expansion pack. In it Tim talks about how the team got the idea for the expansion pack, as well as some gameplay elements of the expansion pack. SnootySims has translated the interview, which you can now read in English.

649. Survey Details

Written on Friday 20 January 2006 at 14:06 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

Yesterday Maxis had a new survey on their website, asking about new features in future expansion packs. Besides that, it also mentioned "The Sims 2 Stuff" packs, which used to be known as Booster or Shopping packs. Recurring topics in the topic are pets, gardening, farming, but there is also a multitude of building options. All the precise details of the survey have been posted on the Sims usenet newsgroup, by Guardian Pegasus. They can be found through Google Groups, but for your convenience we've also posted the details in the read more part below. Read More!

650. OfB Details from Chat

Written on Friday 20 January 2006 at 02:43 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There was a chat this thursday, and during the 40 minutes it lasted several Maxoids answered a lot of questions regarding Open for Business, the upcoming third expansion pack for the Sims 2. The chat has resulted in some new information being given. A list with the new (or more detailed than before) information from the chat is in the read more part of this post. Check the full log for all the questions and answers. Read More!