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831. Nightlife September Horoscopes

Written on Thursday 1 September 2005 at 23:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Every month Maxis posts some horoscopes on their website, all with a Nightlife theme. Although no new features are mentioned in it this time, it does mention what's possible in the new expansion pack, covered in sometime a little bit cryptic messages. Head over to the horoscopes to see what September has in store for you and your friends.

832. New Staff Member

Written on Thursday 1 September 2005 at 17:49 by Andy - 0 comments.

I'd like to welcome Nicx to the site as our newest member.

Nicx is a bit of an all-rounder and has already posted many quality items in the files section for you to download and enrich your TS2 experience.

Check out her section!

833. SimDay

Written on Thursday 1 September 2005 at 02:01 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official site has had several small updates. The first is a link to eVite Invitiations in Nightlife style. You can invite friends to a party with this, electronically. More cards can be sent from Warner Bros, which have put up a few Nightlife e-cards. There you can personalise a card with a message, character, background and even a tune, to send it to someone you know. More Nightlife news is that there's an official announcement of the expansion going gold (which was already mentioned in the latest chat and t-mail. The game is being pressed and packed, to be shipped September 13th. More can be read in an GameSpot article. The official release is the 15th.

Finally there's been a survey, which has now been closed. We've been told that this time it was about booster packs, of roughly $20 per pack, which contain about 125 items in a specific theme. They might be planning to release these halfway in between two expansion packs, considering the question about buying an expansion pack about 3-4 months after getting a booster pack. More details were posted on the survey details page at Snooty Sims. These packs were mentioned in an earlier survey already, so it's unsure but somewhat more likely now that these booster packs will be made. It's not official yet, but of course we'll keep you updated if there's any news about these packs.

834. Nightlife Screens and Preview

Written on Thursday 1 September 2005 at 01:37 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In the past few days quite a few new screenshots of Nightlife have appeared. The first two come from the Swedish site, and three more are directly from EA. But that's not all. Website IGN has posted a preview of the expansion pack. If you've read their previous previews of the Sims 2 and University, you'll remember the five IGN guys in a house. Well, the story continues, this time downtown. The main complaint is that driveways take a lot of space, and might need some redesigning of the house to make them fit in. Small lots can have quite some trouble fitting one in properly. Nevertheless the fact that Sims can have multi-functional cars, in which they can joy ride or use it as an alarm clock, is a good thing. They also mention hateful flames around thought bubbles if your Sim is furious with another one. Other than that the preview mentions mostly old features. Just read the preview to get up-to-date again with all the information. The eighteen screens that come with it can be found on their screenshots index. The other screenshots are below, just click the thumbnails.

835. Hello world! Nicx is here to stay!

Written on Thursday 1 September 2005 at 00:50 by Nicx - 3 comments.

Hey everyone! I have just joined the staff here at The Sims Zone with the main purpose of bringing you (what I hope are) good quality downloads. You will find my work here on the Nicx page. You may have heard of me before from TSC2 which is my other website. I have 12 downloads here to get you started and I will hopefully be adding loads more over time.

Here are some examples of my work:

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836. TS2 (GBA, DS) Previews and Screens

Written on Monday 29 August 2005 at 01:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After the recent preview for the consoles, gaming site GameSpot has now also posted previews and new screenshots for the DS and GBA versions of the Sims 2. The previews aren't too long and don't reveal any new information. The thing GameSpot notices most about both games is that it's not at all like the PC version, but much more of an adventure game. Read the DS preview or the GBA preview for more details. The screenshots, some of which are only slight variations on earlier ones, can be seen by clicking the thumbnails below.

837. Nightlife Mini Site

Written on Sunday 28 August 2005 at 20:58 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has recently opened up a new mini-site to promote Nightlife. It's not really a follow-up to the "A Llama In Every Home" and "As If We Need A Website" sites, which were launched shortly after the release of the base game, but instead is made to advertise Nightlife. You can see several short gameplay clips of this upcoming expansion, including dating, dining, dancing, bowling and having fun. Other than that you can also send some pick-up lines to somebody else. Go to the Live In Sim site for the site.

838. Nightlife Guide Details

Written on Sunday 28 August 2005 at 20:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As Prima has done for the entire Sims series, they've also made a strategy guide for Nightlife. On their website there is now some information about the contents of the guide. Similar to the University guide, the guide will contain the essentials for the Sims 2 as well. Other than that, there's a complete catalog of 125 objects and items, details about the new Pleasure and Grilled Cheese aspirations, tips for dates, outings, attraction and "supercharging romantic pursuits". Besides that, expect instructions on how to build your own downtown, and a directory of the downtown area that Maxis ships with the game. See the info page for more details.

If you want to pre-order this guide, or order any of the previous Prima guides for Sims games, visit our shop. You'll help us paying our bills as well, without any extra costs for you.

839. SimDay: Chat and Podcast

Written on Saturday 27 August 2005 at 01:42 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yesterday was Simday, with the main event being a developer chat about Nightlife. That chat revealed a few new things. First of all, there will be several designs for driveways. Garage doors can be coloured using design mode, and at restaurants you can order Filet Mignon, Fried Chicken, a Nectarine Tartlette Dessert or Shrimp, and Crepe Suzette is a new dessert that Sims can make themselves. The ReNuYuSenso Orb allows your Sim to change their aspiration and turn-ons and offs, but you should beware of the Grilled Cheese aspiration... When on a date, if a romantic rival appears, you can fight them and, if you win, they'll stop bothering you. Cars can of course be stolen, but an alarm that you can build into it might help. Other than just bills, Sims can receive love and hate letters now. As for the Pleasure Seeker aspiration, one lifetime want will be to have a ton of dream dates. And if they go insane, they'll pull out a lampshade on their head and do a silly dance. For builders there's a new cheat which will allow you to change the roof pitches, so roofs can have different angles. New radio stations involve the Oldies and Classical stations. The biggest new lot is a 5x6 one, which will cost §18,500 to buy. If you want more information from the chat, read the transcripts, which reveal more (old) details.

Other than that, Maxis is starting a PodCast show soon. This on-demand "radio-station" (Wikipedia Description) will feature an interview with some producers of Maxis soon. Scot Amos, producer of the console version of the Sims 2, and Virginia McArthur, producer for the handheld versions, will be up first. You can now submit your questions to Maxis, and who knows they might be answered. For more information about this, see the BBS thread about the podcast.

840. Sims 2 (Console) Preview and Screens

Written on Saturday 27 August 2005 at 01:17 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

GameSpot has posted a preview about the Sims 2 on consoles. Along with that they added the four screenshots below as well. There isn't anything new in the preview, although it does mention the two-player mode a bit more extensively than other previews. When you enter two-player mode, the second player will have to create their Sim. After that, the gameplay isn't much different, except that there are two Sims running around satisfying their needs and aspiration. You can read the preview, and click the thumbnails below to see the screenshots.