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261. New Community Manager for Sims Division

Written on Thursday 11 January 2007 at 15:07 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Over the years several people have had the chance to be community manager at EA's Sims Division, or Maxis for that matter, communicating to fans and fan sites (including this one) of the Sims games. In June it was announced MaxoidMel took the position. She has now announced she's stepping down as community manager to move towards the audio department of EA, since her degree and background are in that field. There she'll be working as an audio specialist for the Sims 2 expansion pack team. She'll be "the person that helps the game design and animation folks figure out what audio can go where and then places it in the game, after the sound designers make it. Nerdy fun." Since she's still with the Sims Division she'll keep her official site's profile and stick to blogging when she can. As of Friday, until a new community manager is hired MaxoidGoonter will do Mel's old job, while MaxoidDano and MaxoidDrea will still be on the official BBS too. From here we wish Mel good luck and all the best in her new position. See MaxoidMel's announcement for details and discussions.

262. Seasons Fansite Previews

Written on Wednesday 10 January 2007 at 01:51 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Besides The Sims Zone (see our exclusive preview) many other fan sites, as well as some official community managers, were invited to see Seasons at EA's headquarters. Most of them have posted their own preview of the expansion pack. So without further ado, here's a list of other previews of the Sims 2 Seasons:

• SimsNetwork
• SimsZone De (German)
• The Sims Resource
• SimFantastic2
• SnootySims
• Sims2Community
• Sims 2 MySpace
• Sims Suisse (French)
• Edenstyle (Italian)
• SimParool (Dutch)
• The Sims 2 UK (Official site UK)
• DieSims.de (German, official site)

263. Life Stories Screens Leaked

Written on Wednesday 10 January 2007 at 01:26 by ChEeTaH - 2 comments.

Although there's no press release announcement of The Sims Life Stories yet, just an information page, some screenshots of the upcoming Life Stories have already leaked. The screenshots probably show Riley and Vince, as described on the about page, as well as one Create A Sim screenshot. As you can see some objects from Sims 2 expansions are included, like the Nightlife bowling alley or the University guitar. The images were posted by the Czech thesims2.cz fan site (unofficial), and supposedly come from EA. The (European) release date of 9 February is also mentioned by the website. Below are all 13 screenshots posted by the fansite.

264. Latimer Hall - Vacant Possession

Written on Sunday 7 January 2007 at 06:46 by Andy - 0 comments.

Latimer Hall has recently become vacant following the collapse of the DeLatimer Motor Company ™. With an attractive garden at the rear including a lattice gazebo with attractive mosaic flooring and an arched bridge crossing a stream running through the plot, part of the interior of this mansion does need some renovation but this property does have a lot of potential as either a home or business venue.

For more details about this property, please click on Latimer Hall or to find out about other residential properties, please click on Residential Properties

265. Pets Patches

Written on Sunday 7 January 2007 at 06:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As briefly mentioned in the Maxoid blogs already, EA has released a patch for the Body Shop version in The Sims 2 Pets for PC. A compatibility issue made the program incompatible with content created with earlier versions of the Body Shop. The issue has now been solved, and a fix can be found through the news page.

Besides that a patch that will solve gameplay issues with Pets will be released soon. This patch was announced in a message sent to all members of the official site. It'll be released early this year, though it's not sure when exactly it'll be out. When it is, we'll let you know.

266. Race Car Set Downloads

Written on Sunday 7 January 2007 at 06:24 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Like Sam Player already mentioned in his blog there are a few new official objects to download from the Exchange. It's a full race car set, nice for in a boy's bedroom or so. There's a Vrooom! Dining Chair, a Vrooom! Desk, the "Speedway" Table Lamp by Zoom Arts, Flags of Victory, the Tire Stack by Autohaus Autobahn and finally the Vrooom! Sleep System. All downloads were hidden in Glamour Life Stuff and uncovered by ModTheSims2. A couple of the matching items, namely a Toy box, Dresser, Armoire and Rug, are not on the official website as they require Glamour Life Stuff or later. They will all be included in Seasons, the upcoming expansion. The delay in the publishing of these items on the official site is mostly due to the patches for Pets being in the make, as well as Seasons, all of which got a higher priority than posting these downloads.

267. Blogging Maxoids

Written on Sunday 7 January 2007 at 06:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's been a while since we told you what's new on the blogs of Maxoids. Several people have updated their blogs again, giving some inside information about what's going on at the Sims Division. There are also a few personal creations from Maxoids, so you can enjoy new sims and houses. Read on for all the blog updates since last time. Read More!

268. The Sims Stories Pack Shots, Pre-order

Written on Sunday 7 January 2007 at 06:22 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

A month ago the Sims Stories was announced, and in the meantime box shots for all three titles (Life Stories, Pet Stories and Castaway Stories) have been published by the official French site. Online shop Amazon also has the American Life Stories pack shot, as well as a release date of 6 February. In Europe it'll probably be out a little later, as Amazon UK gives 9 February as release date. You can pre-order the game in our shop through Amazon as well, for £24.99 or $36.99. Finally, on the official site you can see three small box arts of all three Stories games. We've put the images of interest below.

269. Holiday Decorations for your Sims

Written on Monday 18 December 2006 at 18:11 by MissWendy - 3 comments.

The holidays are here and its time to decorate your Sims homes and business. I have made several items for you to help make the Holidays more festive.

Click here if you'd like to see all these creations and other creations of mine. I hope you like them.

270. The Sims Stories Revealed

Written on Sunday 10 December 2006 at 00:38 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Although rumours have been floating around for a while now, The Sims Stories has been announced today. This is a new product line of the Sims, which will be focused mostly on new players who are not yet too familiar with the game. The games are not compatible with any expansion or stuff packs of the Sims 2, but each game will be a standalone one. The main new features consist of a story mode, in which you follow a Sims' linear story as The Sims Division made it, but also its laptop-friendliness. The first story you'll play will be that of Riley who returns home to start a new life with new friends and experiences. The second story, which comes with Life Stories as well, is that of Vince, "a love-struck high-tech whiz who's been unlucky in love so far." You can continue their stories after finishing the linear mode in the classic freeplay mode. The games will have special hotkeys to make controlling the game easier than before. By default the game will also run in windowed mode, so you can switch back and forth to your IM or email programs easily.

So far three titles have already been announced: Life Stories, Pets Stories and Castaway Stories. Life Stories will be released January next year, followed by the Pets stories next summer. Castaway stories will be out in the winter of 2007/2008. Whether more story titles will follow-up Castaway is not yet certain. As the games are separate from the Sims 2, they will get their own website and community, and content from the curernt exchange will not be available for the Stories series. Of course we'll give you more information of the game as soon as we can. For now head over to the info page and check out the logos below.