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1011. Sims 2 Best Strategy of E3 2004

Written on Sunday 23 May 2004 at 14:35 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Besides GameSpy and IGN, GameSpot too has awarded The Sims 2. The game wins the "Best Strategy Game" award, and was also nominated for "Best PC Game". According to GameSpot "The Sims 2 has tremendous potential and that the sequel might just make good on its many lofty promises." Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell won the Best PC Game award, but The Sims 2 beat games like Lord of The Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth, The Movies, Rome: Total War and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in the race for Best Strategy Game. Read the Strategy award page for some more about The Sims 2, or just go through the entire Best of E3 Feature.

1012. Lucy's Mail: E3 and Aspirations

Written on Saturday 22 May 2004 at 15:05 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Lucy's weekly e-mail has arrived again, and of course it's mostly about last week's E3. There are many new pictures from it. First of all, five new screenshots taken from the E3 demo of the game that Maxis showed. They tell the happenings at the Baxters, when Don's old flame visits the birthday party of Don's son. Now you must know that Don is a romantic type of guy - Maxis-style. Sarah's family aspirations don't really match that. What happens exactly can be read in the Read more bit, where Lucy's entire e-mail is quoted, but also in the "Misadventures in Monogamy" article by IGN during the E3. Click the thumbnails to see the screenshots in full.


Furthermore, there are four brand new pictures from the E3 booth. If you want to know what it looked like at the E3, just click the thumbnails.

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1013. The Sims Prom Fashion Show

Written on Friday 21 May 2004 at 20:32 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

With summer being close ahead, and the school year being almost over already, Maxis is having another show. Similar to the Spring Garden Show, you can now create a Prom photo album with two Sims on the exchange, and submit it to Maxis. If you're lucky your prom family will be highlighted in the Prom Fashion Show which will be held next Thursday (27 May). But hurry! You only have until midnight PST Sunday 23 May (that's 8am in the morning in the UK/Portugal, and 9am in most of Europe). For more information check out the information page.

1014. SimDay [Update]

Written on Thursday 20 May 2004 at 15:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's SimDay again, but not a huge one. First of all, the E3 trailer is now also available as download from the official site. You can grab it from the Videos page. If you haven't seen it before yet, make sure you get it. There is something fresh on the Sims 2 site though: a new Body Shop tutorial. If you need some help with making new clothes using the Body Shop - it really isn't too hard according to Maxis - you should check out the 6-page tutorial. It goes through the basics of editing the textures and alpha layers. Very useful for those beginners. The clothing made in the tutorial isn't available for download (yet), so you'll really have to make it yourself. Just go through the tutorial to make it yourself. For more links to tutorials, check out our BodyShop Round-Up.

[Update 21 May, 0:00] SimDay came a little late for the URBZ. On the official site a new Blog section has been opened. Every week, if possible, a member of the URBZ team will post a bit about the happenings at Maxis. This week it's Scot Amos, Senior Producer of the game, who talks about last week's E3 a bit. It can all be read at the official site.

1015. Body Shop Eye Tutorial

Written on Monday 17 May 2004 at 00:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

We have just posted a Body Shop tutorial. CherryIcee tells you all about how to create new eye colors for use in the Body Shop. If you don't really know how to create those eyes yet, just get the tutorial. It's in Acrobat PDF format, complete with images. If you know another place where another tutorial is available, or if you've written your own tutorial, please e-mail me and I'll add it to the list in the notice.

1016. Regular Press about The Sims 2

Written on Sunday 16 May 2004 at 03:00 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Not only the gaming press, but also the regular press visits the E3 in Los Angeles. The Associated Press has written 2 articles about The Sims 2. They've been published on some other sites. First, there's one on RedNova, titled "Some Upcoming Video Games Focus on 'Love'". Here's a bit from that article:

"Jonathon Knight, a producer with Electronic Arts games, showcased a family he created: Sarah, the wife who wants to spend wholesome quality time with her family; Don, her fun-loving, overly amorous husband; and their son Alex, who just wants to make the transition from childhood to adolescence (Sims characters in this version can age.)"

The entire article is on this page. The other one, "'Halo 2,' 'The Sims 2' cause stir at video game convention", is found at this page. In both cases not the entire article is about The Sims 2, but they're nice to read. The pictures below also show you a bit what it was like near the Sims at the E3 (click to enlarge).

1017. Bustin' Out N-Gage E3 Graphics

Written on Sunday 16 May 2004 at 02:33 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It was shown at the E3, but much hasn't been heard from The Sims Bustin' Out on the N-Gage. There were some screenshots before, but we've also discovered some new artworks and the box shot which belong to this game. There isn't much to say about it - just click the thumbnails below for bigger versions.

1018. Another Will Interview

Written on Sunday 16 May 2004 at 02:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Will was at the E3, and gave an interview at LiveWire. The next day, GameSpy had breakfast with him. The result is a quite casual interview, not entirely about his games (for a change). His new project is mentioned shortly, but nothing is said about it. TSO is also brought up:

GameSpy: "The Sims Online … how big is the subscription base now?"

Wright: "I honestly don't know. (Author's Note: It is my experience that when Will Wright says he does not know something, it is because he is genuinely unaware of it. Wright is far more concerned about the mechanics of creating new games than following the sales information on old ones.)

"I'm not actually sure, but it hasn't grown. I think it is holding steady."

If you want to read more about uncollecting, Russian space hardware, robotics and more, read the entire interview.

1019. Sims2 Packer Updated [Important Update]

Written on Friday 14 May 2004 at 19:34 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Last night I published a first version of the Sims2 Packer, which puts *.package files into a *.sims2skin file. These files are easier to install, since you can just double click them. I've just updated this (unsupported) tool, with two major new features:

• Pack multiple *.package files into 1 *.sims2skin file
• Choose your own name for the *.sims2skin file, without having to manually rename it
• Change the resulting names of *.package files in the *.sims2skin file

I've also added some usage instructions to the readme, and added a text file which explains the structure of the Sims2Skin file format. If you got the old version before now, or if you have The Add-on Handler 0.3.0b or later, or The Neighborhood Handler 4.11 installed, then get the No DLL version (28 Kb). Otherwise, you need the DLLs which are in the DLL version (1.30 Mb now).

[Update 15 May 15:25] DLLs are always a pain, and again there were some problems with DLLs being asked for. This has been solved, and no extra DLLs should be required (no more than in the first version anyway). If you have DLL problems, please redownload the No DLL version to solve them. I apologise for the inconvenience.

1020. Will Wright LiveWire Interview [Update]

Written on Friday 14 May 2004 at 05:40 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Will joined IGN/GameSpy's LiveWire show from the E3 again this year, like he did a year ago. For about 25 minutes a few IGN/GameSpy editors, mainly David Lawrence who hosted the show, talked with the man behind the Sims and SimCity, and they discussed things like Sims 2, the URBZ, TSO, SimCity and more. The audio will be made available later at FilePlanet. Read more for details about what was said...

[Update 15 May, 16:00] The interview seems to be available at FilePlanet now. It's at the moment for paying members only though. Read More!