| _______________ | 1 |  | [TheSims2.com] Cool New Tracks For Your Singing Pleasure! | | Record hot new songs from Franz Ferdinand, Oasis, No Doubt, Fefe Dobson, Fat Joe, and many more! :: Click here for the full list of new songs (http://thesimsonstage.ea.com/songList.html?sortBy=dateAdded&sourceid=ts2_hns_news_050808)
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| _______________ | 2 | | Description for The Sims 2 Apartment Life found | | Infinite Sims (http://www.infinitesims.com/) has the scoop of the game description for the next expansion pack, The Sims 2 Apartment Life.Your Sims are moving into a brand-new apartment, and their lives will never be the same! Adventure, fun, and drama await them as they move into the perfect apartment, whether it’s a spacious loft, a cozy one bedroom for couples, or a multi-bedroom flat with roommates. Meet and socialize with new neighbors to form networks, become friends with the landlord to decrease rent, and make friends that can help advance their career or lovelife. Will they mingle in coffee shops, take in a show at the local comedy club or hit the streets to learn from the breakdancers? Whatever new lifestyle they choose, your Sims will face all-new challenges, from getting along with roommates to dealing with noisy neighbors and meddlesome landlords. Take your Sims out of the serene suburbs and into apartment life with this new expansion pack!
Original source is from Centrum Simowe (http://simy.focus.pl/) | | Wed, 7 May 2008, 18:03 | |
| _______________ | 3 | | [TheSims2.com] Take the Latest Survey | | We'd like to know what you think of this Web site! :: Take the Survey (http://inquisite.ea.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=Z74REM)
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| _______________ | 4 | | Rod Humble hears our pleas…Will he listen? | | Over in a thread (http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?&hideFramework=true&openItemID=item.154,item.43,item.61,item.104,item.41,item.127,item.23&threadID=da798b37410d015403c5ab40005228ce&directoryID=154&startRow=1#833314012773b1482ec3a8ba564a6611) on the official Sims 2 BBS, Rod Humble states that the he and the rest of the Sims Team does listen to what us players have to say. He points out that future expansions for The Sims 2 are still possible and how he knows everyone is looking towards a Superstar and Making Magic remake.Firstly let me acknowledge that there are many Sims players who would like Makin Magic or Superstar for Sims 2. I hope you know us well enough by now that you realise we always do our best to make what you ask for. Sims 2 development is certainly not over yet and we have not yet revealed all details of what we have in store.
Secondly I know some of you have thought my choice of EP suggestions I named in interviews were not aligned with common ones you are familiar with. Fair enough. Honestly during interviews whats on my mind and the last concept I read about tends to float to the top. Please dont take it as a set in stone viewpoint and forgive me for errors when they slip in, I did mean death by hail in Seasons instead of death by snow Image: http://www.simprograms.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
Thanks to Infinite Sims (http://www.infinitesims.com/) for reporting this! | | Mon, 5 May 2008, 5:44 | |
| _______________ | 5 | | [TheSims2.com] Community Interview with Natasha Bedingfield | | Our Sims team will be interviewing our biggest star yet from The Sims 2 FreeTime, international pop artist Natasha Bedingfield! She's recorded her smash hit "Pocketful of Sunshine" in Simlish and is taking questions from our community!:: Learn More (http://thesims2.ea.com/community/interview_nb.php)
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| _______________ | 7 | | The Sims 2 IKEA Stuff is now official | | EA Store (http://eastore.ea.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=ea&Locale=en_US&ThemeID=718200&Env=BASE&productID=104282700) has their pre-order page up for their next Stuff Pack currently titled *The Sims 2 Ikea Home Stuff*. Set for a release of June 24, this pack will retail for $19.95.
As for the boxart on their page, it appears to be slapped together. I believe it is just a placeholder until the real boxart is completed.
* Turn your Sims’ living room into a haven of comfort and relaxation with a plush Ektorp sofa, a unique Expedit TV unit, a complementing Leksvik coffee table, and chic décor, like the Vanna mirror.
* Create a bold, vibrant, and revitalizing bedroom with a new Malm bed, matching chest of drawers, a shapely Storm floor lamp and a bright IKEA PS rug.
* Indulge your Sims with an office that is sure to promote order and productivity with its elegant Vika Hyttan desk, inspiring Kila desk lamp, bold Helmer drawer unit, and Lack zigzag wallshelf. | | Fri, 2 May 2008, 14:14 | |
| _______________ | 8 |  | Details on SimCity Creator! | | Remember back in February when I posted (http://www.simprograms.com/?p=200) EA’s upcoming Sim projects? One of those was SimCity Creator. Looks like my all-around favorite gaming forum, NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288470), found more on this game.EA release list for the summer period (june to september) in Europe shows a mysterious new Sim City game headed to the Wii:
*SimCity Creator 26-Sep NDS
SimCity Creator 26-Sep Wii*
We need a SimCity game for the Wii. The controller has so many possibilities of what can be added to the game. The obivous point-and-click should function much like a normal mouse, but the motions could add more depth. Want to cause a tornado? Spin the remote in a frenzy. Earthquake? Shake it up! | | Wed, 30 April 2008, 9:12 | |
| _______________ | 9 | | EA-Land Drawing To A Close | | It is with mixed emotions that today we are announcing the EA-Land experiment will soon draw to a close. Since 2002, EA-Land / TSO has attracted a very special group of players (of which you are one) and we certainly appreciate your participation in the EA-Land community. The lifetime of the game has drawn to an end, and now we will be focusing on new ideas and other innovative concepts in the games arena. We’d like to thank everyone who has taken part in this online community as a unique experience in the virtual world.
*Below are some facts about how the site and service will be closed. Please see also a special message (http://ea-land.ea.com/blog/?p=1151) from the team that maintained EA-Land, to the community that played it.
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Key Facts:
* On August 1, 2008, the game EA-Land / TSO will no longer be in service and EA will focus these resources on future games
* Your subscription billing will end now, so that at least 60 days of your EA-Land experience will be at no cost to you
* You may cancel your account and subscription at any time by contacting customer service or by managing your EA account online. To do this, you must log on to EA-Land / TSO to cancel within the game
* Starting immediately PayPal cash-in will not be available anymore
* EA Customer Support at support.ea.com is available to help answer any questions you might have regarding your account
If you are a paying subscriber as of April 29th 2008, EA would like to offer you one of the following two gifts as a token of our appreciation:
* $15 off any game at the EA Store at www.eastore.ea.com (http://www.eastore.ea.com/), or
* Three months of Club POGO(tm) Subscription Time
Paying subscribers please insure your email contact information is up to date as details of this offer will be sent out to you within 30 days.
Again, thanks you to all of you.
Electronic Arts | | Tue, 29 April 2008, 20:24 | |
| _______________ | 10 | | A Special Message from Luc and the EA-Land Team | | We share the sadness of the entire community in writing this blog to announce that the EA-Land experiment is being brought to an end. Decisions such as these are never easy and the rationale for closing EA-Land is particularly complex. Regardless, it is hard to see the end of the collective investment of emotion, time and friendship.
This development team over the past year, *in partnership with your amazing community contributions*, worked to deliver a re-engineered TSO architecture ported to DirectX9, with a stable economy, variable pricing, the beginnings of custom content (bitmaps, chairs and sculptures, skinning), integrated web-services (enabling Facebook apps and user created widgets), and kept pace with new features pushed weekly (cash in, free play, across-world mini games, etc). The team is a very dedicated crew that spent many nights and week-ends making it all work.
We would like to thank the community for trusting us over the last 10 months and enabling this opportunity. A special thank you to the few thousand who have been with the game since the original beta! (A big thank you also to all the users who came back since December).
Thank you for uploading 30,000 pieces of custom content and proving again that development teams should build worlds involving their user communities. We are particularly proud that the top entrepreneurs in this new world are custom content makers. Personally, I have been most motivated by your participation in all stages (from design on the wiki to testing in TC3 and feedback all over). I think that this smart and well-connected community is one you should be proud of.
Thank you for helping us, pushing us and making us more flexible, wiser, and smarter!
The virtual worlds are still in their infancy, I sincerely hope we will have the opportunity to be creative together again.
We miss you already,
Luc,
(With the help of: Greg, Larry, Sarah, Uri, Cort, Randy, Parizad, Mark, Lee, Margaret, Paul, Michael, Audrey, Laurent, Alex, Minkz, Vishwa, Cindy and Bing) | | Tue, 29 April 2008, 20:19 | |
| _______________ | 11 | | Sims president an O.C. native | | LAGUNA BEACH - "Of course, there are Schnoodles," Nancy Smith exclaimed. "I said, 'We're not shipping Sims Pets without Schnoodles!'"
And that's how Schnoodles, a cross between a Schnauzer and Poodle, came to exist in the virtual world of The Sims, a game where people play house and make sure their virtual characters are fed, rested and, um, regular.
The petite Smith, who owns two blond Schnoodles, isn't the God of Simland but she's definitely a powerful being. In real life, the Seal Beach native is president of The Sims, the 350-person unit of the almighty Electronic Arts game company.
Read more at OCRegister.com (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/sims-smith-games-2018018-game-beach#%5C%5C) | | Thu, 24 April 2008, 4:51 | |
| _______________ | 12 | | EA talks The Sims, from milestones to expansions | | With 100 million units sold to its name (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/16/the-sims-surpasses-100-million-units-sold-worldwide/), The Sims is certainly the most prolific PC game in history, if not the most popular. The milestone says a lot about the industry and consumer tastes, as well as Electronic Arts and the gaming giant's love of little computer people ... and money.
We recently had the opportunity to speak with The Sims' studio head Rod Humble about the brand he holds so dear. Over the course of the conversation we went back and forth on a number of topics, from the expansions that never were to what he felt has been key to The Sims' widespread success. If you are at all a fan of the series, jump into the pool. We promise not to delete the ladder after you dive in.
Read more at Joystiq. (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/17/joystiq-interview-ea-talks-the-sims-from-milestones-to-expansi/) | | Thu, 24 April 2008, 4:46 | |
| _______________ | 13 | | [TheSims2.com] Tell Us Your Sims Story! | | Share your story with The Sims Community about how you discovered The Sims and enter for a chance to win some great prizes!:: Enter Now! (http://thesimsonstage.ea.com/contestDetail.html?contestId=7326&categoryId=4&sourceid=TS2_hns_news_042108)
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| _______________ | 14 | | [TheSims2.com] Kitchen & Bath Stuff Now Available! | | The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Stuff is now available for order! :: Order Now (http://thesims2.ea.com/about/sp7_order.php)
More... (http://thesims2.ea.com/about/sp7_order.php) | | Fri, 18 April 2008, 13:00 | |
| _______________ | 15 | | [TheSims2.com] 100 Million Sold Free Download | | *Maximum Maneuvers Collared Shirt*Whether hitting the nightlife or attending a posh function, he’s sure to make an entrance in this stylish outfit.:: Download Now (http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/sim_detail.php?asset_id=1248012)
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