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451. IGN University Review

Written on Tuesday 1 March 2005 at 18:57 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After GameSpot and GameSpy, entertainment network IGN has now also posted its review of the Sims 2 University. SimJim appears in the screenshots posted in the review again, although he's mentioned in no more than just one paragraph. IGN's main downside about the game are graphical glitches and bugs, whereas the animations are excellent. With an 8.5 of 10, and an Editor's Choice award, they think it's a good expansion pack. Read the review to get their exact thoughts.

452. T-Mail 6 - The End

Written on Tuesday 1 March 2005 at 10:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Because University has officially shipped, Tim has sent his last community e-mail regarding this expansion pack. He once again gives some basic info of the expansion, and says goodbye for now. He will be back in a few weeks though, quite possibly for Nightlife. For now he's sent another movie, and two wallpapers to download. You can find those below. Read on for Tim's exact words.

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453. University (P)reviews

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 03:42 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

A few articles of the Sims 2 University have been written. They include three articles from series, as well as the first review. Read on for the details. Read More!

454. University Screenshots and TV Commercial

Written on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 03:08 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Two official sites have posted several new screenshots this weekend. The first six come from the American site, while the other four are from the German one. New on the shots are some arcade games, which haven't been showed before. You can also see a prank in action: putting soap in the fountain. Other than that, you can see the band and gym objects again. Click the thumbnails below to see the large versions.

Besides the screenshots, the Maxis has also published the TV commercial for the first expansion pack as download. It's in a similar style as the commercial for the Sims 2 itself, and probably the last one for the Sims made by SEE (read earlier news). You can find the download, QuickTime required, on the University Videos page.

455. SIMposium Special - Preview Part 2

Written on Saturday 26 February 2005 at 00:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After our first part was posted a few days ago, we have now finished the preview of the Sims 2 University. The second part covers things like getting your grades, the new careers, influence, lifetime wants, and a lot more. You can find a lot of new information in the preview regarding the expansion pack that will be out next week in the US, and in Europe a week later. We will continue the special coverage again in a few days. Also remember we've had the opportunity to interview Will Wright, so come back here soon for that interview as well! For now, go to our SIMPosium Special to read the complete preview.

456. Invasion of Carpets

Written on Friday 25 February 2005 at 01:47 by Sumit - 0 comments.

RECALL:
Please redownload the Poka Blue Carpet for the newest version 1.1. Provided by changes by Echo, there are some minor bug fixes. As an added bonus, this carpet comes in a pair of two. All files required is in this one download.

I know I said no more rugs, but these will be the last for a while. These new rugs include the same Echo rugs found in Poka Blue v1.1. If you already have Echo rug files from that carpet, there is no reason to overwrite them on top of each other. You just need one pair of Echo's files. Also after many pics later, I found that the pics I took are in very bad quality and small. I hope that is not a big problem. Also another problem in the pictures I took is that the smaller rug looks lighter than the bigger rug. I assure you that was just the retexture tool from The Sims 2 which was highlighting the object...oops. That should be all, enjoy these rugs.

457. SimDay: New Neighborhood Template

Written on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 23:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As often on Thursdays, Maxis updates the official site with several new things. First of all there's a new introduction to advertise the Sims 2 University. Hold your mouse over the Sims there, and you'll see what they're thinking. The navigation bar has also undergone a few changes: links are now underlined when you hold your mouse over them, and the icon your mouse is on no longer moves around when the menu opens op.

When it comes to the actual news items, the first (and second) is about the designer diary that reported the Sims 2 University has gone gold. Really new is the Ying-Yang Island, a SimCity 4 terrain you can use to create a neighbourhood in the Sims 2 with. Extract the zip-file to your "My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\SC4Terrains" folder and then create a new neighbourhood in the game to select the terrain. You can find the 235Kb download on the Get Cool Stuff page.

458. Jimmy Jr. at College, Part 2

Written on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 18:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As promised yesterday, IGN has posted part 2 of their story of Jimmy Jr. heading off to college. This second part tells about Jimmy's sophomore year, in which his friends Chuck, Marie and Delilah entered University as well. As you might expect, Jimmy isn't too normal and ends up sleeping on the floor outside his house, after a lack of sleep and caffeine. An empty stomach and full bladder get taken care of afterwards. The article has been posted with 44 new screenshots. To get the details of Jimmy Jr's crazy life at Uni, check out the second part of the feature.

459. SIMposium - New Graphics

Written on Thursday 24 February 2005 at 17:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

On the SIMposium the visitors were given a CD with a renewed fansite kit. This kit contains a lot of screenshots and artworks, as well as old movies. While there are a lot of old materials on there, some items are new. And some even seem old, but are actually an old scene, taken from a (slightly) different angle than previous screenshots. The artworks may also look familiar if you've visited the official site recently. One was posted on a wallpaper, and another one is now set as intro on the site. The artwork however shows the actual streaker instead of a Sim wearing a toga. The last one is quite the same as one of the first artworks, but it has one Sim less on it. Besides that, Maxis has also released three buddy icons in the University theme. Of course we cannot keep these graphics from you, so click the thumbnails below to see the screenshots and artworks (note: these might be too big to fit on your screen!). To use the buddy icons, simply right-click them, and save the images to your hard disk - they are posted here in their original sizes.

460. Jimmy Jr. Goes to College

Written on Wednesday 23 February 2005 at 23:18 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

In a Sims 2 feature last summer, IGN talked about Jimmy, a Sim in Strangetown who was right at home there. They are now continuing that story with Jimmy Jr., Jimmy's son who is ready to head off to University. The preview doesn't reveal much new information, but does have a lot of screenshots - 40 in total! IGN will be writing more articles about Jimmy in the next few days, but so far only Part 1 has been posted. If you want to know more about this student, streaker and basically odd creature, check out "SimJim: The College Years, part 1."