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531. HSN: The Sims 2 (Consoles and Handhelds) Videos

Written on Saturday 16 July 2005 at 03:47 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After yesterday's footage, there are now several more videos of the Sims 2 on consoles and handhelds. There's also a video interview from GameSpot with producer Scot Amos, who talks about the console version of the game (PlayStation 2, GameCube and XBox). Read on for all the details and information about the videos. Read More!

532. HSN: Nightlife Video and Interview

Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 04:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

There's more stuff from the EA Hot Summer Night. This time it's about Nightlife again. After some screenshots, gaming site GameSpot has posted a few more things about the expansion pack. First of all there's a gameplay video released by EA, which you can get off the media page or from GameSpy. It shows several things that have been shown on screenshots before, but now in motion. That includes dining and dancing, cars, the poker table, the bowling alley and the karaoke machine.

Other than that, GameSpot has interviewed Tim LeTourneau, Senior Producer of Nightlife. In the written interview, Tim explains the dating game, the new objects and interactions. News is that Sims might receive a love letter in their mailbox after a great night out. Dream Dates can result in a number of rewards, including promotion at work. The Outing Score is also mentioned. It's like the date meter, except for when you go out with a bigger group. The group needs to have fun.

During the six minute video interview Tim tells pretty much the same. The video also shows some of the in-game footage in the other video. You can stream it with a free GameSpot Basic account from the media page.

533. Hot Summer Night Nightlife Screenshots

Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 04:03 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

A Hot Summer Night can't be without some Nightlife, so of course EA has been showing The Sims 2 Nightlife on the event held on the 14th as well. This has resulted in several screenshots from the PC expansion pack. Again, like with the Sims 2 Screenshots, nine of these come directly from EA. The last five were posted by GameSpot. We'll keep you updated with more Hot Summer Night material, of which some can be expected very soon. For now click the thumbnails below for the screenshots.

534. SimDay: E-Cards and Characters

Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 03:44 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The official site has been updated on Monday and Wednesday with two pieces of news. First of all, the Sims have entered the USA Network site. There, Nina Lothario has joined a list of characters, which you can see on her character page. You can vote for her giving her one to five stars. Other than that, the official site has added two new postcards. One is to say "I love you", whereas the other is a "Get Well Soon" card. Both in Sims-style of course. From those cards our affiliate SimsZone has extracted the two artworks with a Nightlife theme below (Click the thumbnails to enlarge).

535. Hot Summer Night TS2 Screenshots

Written on Friday 15 July 2005 at 03:34 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

EA is holding its Hot Summer Night event again. Press gets invited to the EA Headquarters to check out the latest games, and the progress made since the E3 back in May. Of course that also means there are a lot of screenshots to get. There are quite a few of the Sims 2 on all platforms (except PC and Mac, where the game is already released). Most of the ones below come directly from EA, except for the first Console shot, the first three PSP shots and the first six Mobile Phone shots - those come from the official German site - and the final three for the mobile phone, which come from WorthPlaying (but also from the Hot Summer Night event). If you click read more (or scroll down a bit), you'll see thumbnails of all these screenshots released the past two days, by clicking those thumbnails you'll see the full size screenshots. Read More!

536. Sim Brother 4 - The Downloads

Written on Tuesday 12 July 2005 at 06:25 by Andy - 0 comments.

Downloads Ready From the house and the famous eight residents to the potty that they trained Erin and Emily on, it is all ready for you to download right now and share in the experience of Sim Brother 4 from here!! Check it out!

537. TS2U Patch After All

Written on Thursday 7 July 2005 at 13:48 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Two weeks ago Tim started traveling through Europe, and he also went through Amsterdam. From that presentation we then reported Tim had said there were no plans for a patch for the Sims 2 University. This resulted in some heavy discussions (see, for example, this discussion on the BBS). MaxoidKane had already said there would be a reply from Tim about this issue when he got back, and now there is.

In the post, Tim elaborates on what we summarised. The Sims is a very open game, and the bugs that were reported seemed inconsistent and weren't always reproducible, and thus harder to trace back. Maxis hasn't been able to reproduce many problems very well, as many only occur for some players and not all of them. These problems were considered quirks, that Maxis thought didn't affect gameplay too much, and so didn't require a patch.

Through the discussions the team noticed that the fun of the game actually was affected by some of these quirks. The issues of not releasing a patch, and the fact that it's hard to test, were confused (also by us), and resulted in the statement that a patch would be too hard to test. Maxis is now working on finding reproducable and fixable problems, and these will be addressed in a stand-alone patch. Of course Nightlife will also fix known problems.

There is no list of fixes yet, nor a release date for the patch, but of course we'll keep you updated. Tim end with saying that the community is important to Maxis and that they'll continue to listen to them.

Read the entire post for the exact details.

538. Nightlife Artwork

Written on Thursday 7 July 2005 at 13:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Polish fansite Simy.pl has posted a new artwork of the Sims 2 Nightlife. You can see the artwork below, by clicking the thumbnail. Thanks to SP Zone for the link.

539. Nightlife in England

Written on Sunday 3 July 2005 at 06:00 by Andy - 2 comments.

Last week, ChEeTaH went to see Tim Le Tourneau's presentation of "Nightlife in Amsterdam" and for those of you who haven't read it, I recommend you do it now. This will answer a lot of your questions as even though I may cover some of the same ground, this article is more of an expansion on that previous article.

What follows is my peek at "Nightlife" when Tim came to England. Read More!

540. SimDay

Written on Thursday 30 June 2005 at 20:09 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's Thursday again, and with that traditionally it's also Simday. This week Maxis has updated the official site with three things. The first is a Nightlife DJ video, of which portions have been posted in an earlier trailer. You can download and view the short clip from the videos page. It's in QuickTime format and 1.3 or 4.6 Mb. Finally the Post Office, allowing you to send e-cards to your friends, has been expanded with two new postcards. There are now a "To My Best Friend" and a "Thank You" card besides the three that already existed. Go to the post office to send the cards.

[Update 1 July, 20:10] More news items have been posted since yesterday. First of all there are two wallpapers which were put in the Nightlife fansite pack earlier. There are also new horoscopes for July. You can find out about your dating life for this month there, of course hinting towards features of Nightlife. Finally, there is a form where Maxis is gathering information from Sims players. You as Sims player can enter your details and story. The bios that Maxis gathers will be used to create collages, scrapbooks, videos and even on websites. Developers, other fans and press will see the bios. You can enter your bio on the Community Bios page.