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EA Provides Details, Trailer for Sims 3

EA Provides Details, Trailer for Sims 3

If EA’s placeholder site weren’t a big enough clue for Sims fans what was around the corner, the publisher made it perfectly clear at its E3 press conference this year: The Sims 3 is coming.

Rod Humble, head of EA’s Sims division, took the stage Monday night to explain more about the hotly anticipated update to the franchise. The biggest change will be the scale of the world a Sim is able to interact in. While previous games featured Sims simply going about their own household activities, The Sims 3 will allow players to go out into the town, opening up a new realm of possibilities.

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Ikea Furniture for Your Sims to Cost $19.99

If you thought product placement in movies was getting out of control after watching Iron Man and spotting obvious plugs for Audi, LG, Burger King, and Dell (to name a few), just wait until you see what games have cooked up to compete for dollars. Right on the heels of the announcement for MySims Kingdom, EA’s Sims labels has let news slip of an entire expansion pack based on product placement: The Sims 2 Ikea Home Stuff, which will allow players to buy all their favorite Swedish-made furniture, virtually.  Read more...

The Sims Get Medieval with MySims Kingdom

EA has sent The Sims to college, on cruises, out on the town, and now, to a medieval fantasy world. The latest incarnation of the ever-flexible Sims franchise, MySims Kingdom, will dump players into a feudal-styled fantasy town where they must help improve a society. The company formally announced the title for Nintendo Wii and DS on Wednesday.

Like the original MySims title, Kingdom will sport an anime-inspired look, and offer characters and lands to be explored. The storyline follows the crumbling kingdom of King Roland, which the player moves into and must aid in reversing with the help of others, including companions Buddy and Lyndsay. Although EA has released few details, players will be able to do everything from tending pigs to finding treasure chests, offering more flexibility and exploration than the original Sims titles.  Read more...

Sims Sales Top 100 Million

Sims Sales Top 100 MillionIt seems as if everywhere you look on games shelves, there’s something to do with The Sims. It’s been incredibly successful – but just howsuccessful has been revealed by game maker EA, who revealed that the game has sold 100 million units.   That’s not as much as all the Mario games puttogether (that totals over 200 million), but still a very respectable figure. Then again, The Sims are available in 22 different languages and 60 countries, giving plenty of people the chance to buy.It’s also a huge online community that racks up over four million unique visitors each month – massive by any standards. The greatest popularity is with women, who comprise 60% ofplayers   Rod Humble, studio head for The Sims label, said,   "The Sims has been an interactive experience for people around the globe to explore their passion for creativity, and weare thrilled to be a part of that."   Next year EA will release the long-awaited The Sims 3, and Humble offered a taster:   "In The Sims3, Sims can go beyond theboundaries of their home lot, and immerse themselves in an open, living neighborhood, interacting with other Sims using our new deeper personality system."

Sims 3 Next Year

Sims 3 Next YearIt’s one of the best-selling video games ever, with almost 100 million sold. The Sims has become a cultural icon. Now, after three years of planning, ElectronicArts has announced that The Sims 3 will go on sale next year. According to the company, users will be able to fully explore the neighborhood, with unlimited customization for characters, who canbe given unique personalities through a combination of traits. EA says everything can be customized, from houses to neighborhoods. "In The Sims 3, Sims can go beyond the boundaries of their homelot, and immerse themselves in an open, living neighbourhood, interacting with other Sims using our new deeper personality system," said Rod Humble, head of The Sims Studio. "It is thistype of open-ended gameplay that inspires endless creative possibilities. In addition the new goals and rewards systems will give players of all kinds from core gamers to storytellers the ability toenjoy long-term gameplay."

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