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221. New Campaign: How do you play?

Written on Monday 24 October 2005 at 00:43 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last year we posted a series of articles about how you can play the Sims in various ways. Now EA has launched an advertising campaign for the Sims 2 on all platforms, entitled "How Do You Play?" On the Sims Played By website various videos, pictures and stories are told by Sims players from across the world. Under the Player Bios are the greatest Sims moments some fellow simmers had. Other than that the website has a basic "about" bit, telling what the game is all about. Four of the five videos that can be found between the stories are also posted on this page on the official site. More ads by other players are promised to be online soon.

222. The Sims 1 Complete Collection

Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:55 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Our affiliate SimsZone reports that a complete collection for the Sims 1 is to be released soon. As you might expect, it contains the Sims Deluxe (including all its extras, and of course Livin' Large), House Party, Hot Date, Vacation, Unleashed, Superstar and Makin' Magic - all the expansion packs ever released for the Sims 1. According to SimsZone the collection will be released in the US at 1 November for the price of $39.99 (on Amazon). Below are some pack shots of the box - the red ones are for the US version, where the frontal thumbnail can be clicked for a larger versions, and the yellow box is for the European version of the collection. Europe will get the complete collection as of 17/18 November - the price is yet unknown for Europe. Its rating has been upped from 7+ for the later expansion packs (rated by PEGI) to 12+ for the collection. The US version will keep its T (Teen, 13+) rating. Naturally the pack will also be available in our shop. Americans can already pre-order it now.

223. More Sims 2 Screens

Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:40 by ChEeTaH - 7 comments.

After the lot of news and screenshots for the Sims 2 today, there's yet another batch of screenshots posted by GameSpot. They've posted three screens for each platform the game will be released on soon. As always clicking the thumbnails will show you the large versions of the screenshots.

224. The Sims 2 Producer Mail #4

Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We've received another e-mail from producers Virginia McArthur and Scot Amos (both in a chat tonight), in which they talk about the Sims 2 on GBA, DS and Consoles. These games are all due for release next week, and reviews should start being written very soon. Europe has to wait a little longer to get the games. Virginia also mentions a few features of the GBA and DS again, saying she can't wait to hear what the fans think of it, whereas Scot does that for the console edition. Besides that he also mentions a video similar to the designer challenge published earlier this week, only this time they recorded one in which two Maxis team members had to build a house. When the video will appear online is not said. Included in the mail are a bunch of new screens, as well as the webmaster sneak peek video posted earlier. Read the entire mail in the read more part. To see the screenshots in full size, click the thumbnails below.

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225. T-Shirt with Sims 2 Pre-order

Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:11 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official site makes mention of a special offer from the EA Store. When you pre-order the Sims 2 there (North America only) you'll get a special Sims 2 T-Shirt for free. Along with that you can also get free shipping, if you enter the coupon code "SIMS2FS" during the checkout process.

226. The Sims 2 Holiday (Christmas) Party Pack Box Shots

Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 18:06 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

When the Holiday Party Pack was announced along with the Holiday Edition of the Sims 2, we already showed a pack shot of the holiday edition that's being released in the US only. Now EA has also released the box shots for the Holiday Party Pack, called the Christmas Party Pack in Europe. The American version comes from its pre-order page and is a little bit small. It also seems to be packed in a cd-size packaging, whereas the European edition comes in a DVD-style box as shown below. Click the thumbnails below to see larger versions of both images.

227. The Sims 2 Screenshot Madness

Written on Thursday 20 October 2005 at 17:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As the release is coming closer, EA is trying to make people as enthouastic as possible for The Sims 2 on 7 new platforms: PS2, XBox, GameCube, PSP, NDS, GBA and Mobile. As many times before, it's been done in the form of screenshots again this time. Most of the shots are directly from EA, of which one PSP shot from the official Dutch site and the mobile shots from the official German site. You can find all the screenshots in the read more part of this post. Read More!

228. TS2 (Consoles, Handhelds, Mobile) Screens

Written on Monday 17 October 2005 at 16:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

To celebrate the opening of SP News, the English version of our affiliate SP Zone, the site has posted 10 new exclusive screens of the Sims 2. There are two screens for each of the platforms the game will be released on later this year. All can be seen below, by clicking the thumbnails.

229. The Sims 2 (Consoles) Video Feature 2

Written on Monday 17 October 2005 at 16:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In August there was a video feature in which Alex Hutchinson, Lead Designer for the Sims 2 on consoles, walked through the game. This time he's joined by Scot Amos, senior producer, and both compete in creating the coolest Sim possible using the tools in the new game. Alex makes an alien, whereas Scot prefers a female pirate. Altogether a lot of features of CAS are shown in less than four minutes. GameSpot has posted the video in their media section as "Video Feature 2".

230. The Sims 2 (Handheld) Podcast

Written on Monday 17 October 2005 at 16:25 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A new edition of the weekly podcast has been released on the official site. This time Virginia McArthur talks about the Sims 2 on GBA, DS and PSP. During 11 minutes questions from the community are answered, like if on the GBA Sims can get married or not, and what romantic interactions are available, or the differences between the DS and PSP versions - the DS version is focused more on the open-ended gameplay than the PSP. The third question is about the control of your Sim on the DS. Buy and design mode (wallpapers etc) will be available on the PSP, but building is not possible. Next the basics of the GBA are explained by Virginia, followed by some info for the DS, like painting, making music and the goals of the game. The interview is finishes with some info of the Mobile version, and a quick round-up of the other versions. You can find the download links and more info on the official site's newspost.