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661. Nightlife Update - Art, Box, Interview and T-Mail

Written on Wednesday 6 April 2005 at 23:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's been announced just one day ago, but there's already quite lot of news about it: Nightlife, The Sims 2's second expansion pack. First of all, Maxis has made a landing page, which shows information of the expansion pack. On it you can find a logo, in colour, as well as some artworks. They're posted in their full size below, they're not thumbnails to click this time. The landing page also gives some info regarding new places: there will be mellow lounges, nightclubs, restaurants and even bowling alleys. Of course objects will to make these be included as well, for example a bowling lane or a DJ Booth. You can work with the latter to get a little bit extra money. Other objects include a photo booth, poker table and a karaoke machine, while new characters come in the shape of vampires and hot waiters. In total there will be 125 new objects and items in the pack, a few more than in University.

Other than that, there is an interview with Tim LeTourneau (Senior Producer) and Shannon Copur (Producer) at GameSpy. They talk about the similarities with Hot Date, but also the differences between the two packs. Some information from the interview has been posted above, for the rest read the interview. GameSpy has also posted a box shot, which you can see below (click the thumbnail to enlarge it).

Finally, we received an e-mail from Tim LeTourneau about this expansion pack. He'll be keeping us updated with news about the expansion pack like he's done with University, and Luc and Lucy did with The Sims 2 itself. You can read his words in the Read More part. Of course we'll keep you updated with the latest news about the pack in the future.

Thanks to XPDude and SP Zone for some of the links.

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662. Sims 2 Nightlife Announced

Written on Tuesday 5 April 2005 at 22:39 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The rumours for Sims 2 Nightlife have existed for over a month, and now EA has announced the expansion pack. Some of the features include a new downtown area, new dating gameplay, and a "new life goal focused on pleasure seeking." Sims can head out to town at night to go out, or to find true love. The new Pleasure Seeking aspiration which will make Sims want hot dates, long nights of dancing, or fine dining. The pack will include 125 new objects, among which a DJ booth, a poker table, and more items to make a new nightclub or VIP lounge. As with the previous pack, University, Tim LeTourneau is senior producer of Nightlife and we expect some e-mails from him again in the near future. Of course you'll need the Sims 2 to play the game, which will be out this fall.

In total there are 3 new screenshots and 4 artworks, which you can find below. All were posted at GameSpot, although one posted below is slightly larger as it comes directly from EA. Click the thumbnails to see the larger versions of the shots. Read the press release for more information about this second expansion pack.

663. Sims 2 Mac Update

Written on Tuesday 5 April 2005 at 22:17 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Aspyr is working hard on the Mac version of the Sims 2. It's currently set for a release in June (12th according to Amazon), with a US ESRB rating of T for Teen, or a European PEGI rating of 12+ (compared to 7+ for the PC version, 12+ for University). You can already pre-order the game in our shop - both in Europe and the US.

If you want to check if the game will run on your system, Aspyr's new Game Agent tool will tell you if it meets the minimum requirements. It's a free utility that you can download from its details page.

With the game currently being in a closed beta test within Aspyr, several people are already playing the game. At Inside Mac Games Karen Hallor, Quality Assurance lead on the Sims 2, talks about the current status of the project. Included is the screenshot below. You can read her post for some more insight in the game's current development.

Thanks to SP Zone and WorldSims for the links.

664. Did we Fool you?

Written on Saturday 2 April 2005 at 11:38 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Exactly 24 hours, a worrying newspost appeared on this site. College students were reported to drop out by masses, and the post was even supported with a quote from Tim LeTourneau and a screenshot by April Flores. Well, to tell you the truth:

It was all fake.

April Flores was me, the screenshot is real, but the buttons were greyed out manually and of course the Sims were posed. The quotes aren't from Tim but were made up by us, and basically every bit of it was just us playing around a bit. It was April fool's day, and we decided to have a bit of fun as we do every year. If you believed the news: better luck next year. If you didn't: clever you. And if you didn't read it but still want to see what story we made up: read it. We had a laugh, we hope you had too. We will now continue our usual coverage, with real news as usual, for another year.

665. April Fool?

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 20:15 by Andy - 3 comments.

... or is this starting on Friday, April 8th ?



YOU decide

666. Massive College Drop-outs [Update]

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 11:38 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

Things are going bad at SimState University, La Fiesta Tech and Académie La Tour. It turns out that today many players of the Sims 2 University have seen a massive number of drop-outs of both NPCs and even playable Sims. Professors could not longer be reached at home for help or private lectures. Even students with a 4.0 GPA and top grades are dropping out, and it doesn't even matter if it's the end of a semester or not. They all autonomously pick up the phone and sign out, to be placed in the Sim Bin in the neighborhood - as adults. It's not entirely sure what is causing this problem, or if it affects every installation of the game. It might depend on the system configuration. Read on for more details...

[Update 11:45] We received the screenshot below from April Flores, which shows the situation. In the dialog that shows up, the "No" button is greyed out and clicking it has no effect, the same goes for the action icon at the top. April also said that this dialog would appear only for playable Sims, but you had to click Yes to be able to continue playing the game. Click the thumbnail to see the full version of the screenshot. We'll keep you updated with more.

[Update 2 April] As you can now read in another post, this news is fake. April fool!

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667. Spore Pictures

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 01:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After publishing an article about Will Wright's new game, Spore, GameSpy has now added some screenshots to the article. The six of them, of which some might look similar to older pictures, can all be seen below as thumbnails. Click the thumbnails to see slightly larger versions. As before, the quality isn't too great as they are pictures taken with cameras during the presentation. That means they're not live captured, and so may not really represent the actual graphical quality of the game. For more information from GameSpy, check the article itself.

668. SimDay

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 00:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has updated their site again with several things as it's SimDay again. The first is a link to our Will Wright Interview posted yesterday. For those watching our community news, will be familiar with the SimSurfari contest launched by WorldSims too. But there's more, directly from Maxis.

The first is a new download. The "Runs With Scissors Playset by ADD" is the perfect item for April Fool's day tomorrow. You can download this and let your Sims use it, but it may damage your Sim's health if they do it for too long... Other than that, Maxis has launched a new RSS feed (also check out our feeds) with all the news of the official site. If you want to keep up-to-date, get it by using the XML button at the homepage (scroll down a bit to see it). They also have some more information about it. Finally, there's a new intro promoting three unique lots on the exchange. That's all for this week.

669. New Poll

Written on Thursday 31 March 2005 at 02:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Have you ever been lost? Well, we sort of did. We are asking you how to get to Pleasantview, the famous neighborhood in the Sims 2. Let us know where it is by checking the option that you think is right on the right of this page, or on the latest poll page.

Last week we asked you what you think of University, and the results are quite stunning. 457 People voted, of which 39.4% (180 people) says the expansion rocks. 38.5% (176) hasn't played it yet, followed by the group of 81 (17.7%) of those who think it's just alright. 3.1% (14) Absolutely hates the expansion, and finally 1.3% (6) isn't too enthousiastic about the game, but doesn't hate it either. See the results page for more info.

670. SIMposium Special - Will Wright Interview

Written on Wednesday 30 March 2005 at 21:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As promised, it's been posted. I have interviewed Will Wright during the SIMposium event at 18 February 2005, and finally the interview you've all been waiting for has been posted. Will Wright, creator of SimCity, The Sims and the upcoming Spore, speaks about The Sims 2, University - the first expansion, and several previous game. Even the Maxis logo is being discussed... Want to know more? Read the Exclusive Will Wright Interview