There is a special sale going on for World Adventures and SimCity Deluxe.  I don’t happen to have a lot of information about this, just a tip from Oink.  I think this is for the UK, but both iPhone games are marked 80% off of their normal price – 59p for World Adventures and £1.19 for SimCity Deluxe!

Aidan, one of our readers was lucky enough to stop by the Maxis booth at the Penny Arcade Expo and to spend some hands-on time with DarkSpore!  As much as it’s good to hear from the big publication sites on the game, I find it very satisfying to hear from the average joe and get their opinion.  This is what Aidan had to say in our comments section – thank you for letting us know about the game!

I just got back from the PAX! DARKSPORE is even better than I thought previously! I got to meet Executive producer Mike Perry and other Maxoids! You could only play Cryos and Zelem’s Nexus, and they had only one of the two levels on each computer. Each computer had only three randomly chosen heroes to make your squad. You couldn’t swap them out. You couldn’t edit your heroes either. But even so, I still had a great time. Moving around was the right mouse key, and using your basic attack was the left mouse key. The other attacks and abilities were used by using the number keys. Hack and slash actually worked really well for me (well, only on Cryos). I beat both Zelem’s Nexus and Cryos. Mike Perry also let me in on some valuable info, the Darkspore team will be allowing people to sign up for Beta-testing in either a few weeks, or sometime in the winter (sorry I can’t remember )!!!!! This is not a hoax! BTW: The Darkspore site has been updated in case you didn’t notice (Check Cryos and Zelem’s Nexus (I played against all six of them )).

Thank you Anonim for the link to ‘The Sims 3 in Russia‘. Below are two screens from the Wii version of The Sims 3

SimCity Societies left a big scar on the SimCity franchise and it’s players, so any unsure players will be happy to know that EA has released a free version of SimCity Deluxe (iPhone) available at the iTunes store. To contrast, the US page is unavailable as of this moment, so if your interested, more info is available at the AU iTunes Store here.  Thanks to SVtimes for the find.

If any one of you three pictured below reads this site, let me say job well done!  Don’t know what con this was from or any other information except for the fact that the images were from August 7-8. 

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Brought to you by the official EA UK website:

Medieval is no mere Sims expansion pack: it’s a whole, standalone game which won’t require a copy of The Sims 3 in order to run. As the name suggests, it puts the Sims into a medieval setting, which somehow makes eminently good sense, and definitely allows for some great comic possibilities. And gameplay-wise, it’s very different than any previous Sims game – it gives you more control over your Sims than ever, and encourages you to manipulate a whole cast of characters.

Senior Producer Rachel Bernstein – the Sims Medieval guru, in other words – demoed the game to us, talking us through it as she went. “Medieval introduces a new way of playing The Sims – you negotiate it by going on quests, in each of which you get to choose your hero. The first thing you do when you start a game is choose your Kingdom Ambition, which could be to be a builder, conquer territories or fill your kingdom with magic. Having done that, quests become the central feature of the game. Some have nothing to do with your Kingdom Ambition, but the idea is that each quest is a story idea, like improve theatre.”

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Short preview from GamesCom 2010 on The Sims Medieval brought to you by Gamers Daily News:

The game is built up from the technology used in the Sims 3 which means that you can even match the style of a carpet to the curtains, the bed spread and the upholstery on the furniture. Overall the game looks like it’s progressing well and will bring more action and adventure to the life of the Sims. I could never get into the Sims personally as I thought, ’why do I need to manage a virtual character’s life when I have my own to manage.’ Now with the addition of heroes, kingdom building and quests, it gives the game more of a goal and something to work toward instead of just a better job and a bigger house.

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Official PR:

Flo Rida, My Chemical Romance, Travie McCoy, 3oh!3, and More Partner with EA on the Uber Popular Life Simulator Series The Sims

More Than Three Dozen Global Artists Re-record Their Current Hits or Upcoming Singles in ‘Simlish’ for The Sims 3 for Consoles and The Sims 3 Late Night

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sul sul zeedab nas! The Sims fans will turn up the volume on their HD and PC hardware this fall and rock out while playing The Sims™ 3 game on their PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, and Wii™ or when firing up The Sims™ 3 Late Night Expansion Pack* for the PC or MAC. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today the robust music line-up for The Sims 3 for console platforms and The Sims 3 Late Night PC/MAC that includes music from a variety of genres such as hip-hop, alternative, pop, rock, electronic, and more. Artists from around the world including Travie McCoy, 3oh!3, Flo Rida featuring Jovi, Kelly Rowland, Kelis, and more recorded current or upcoming hit singles from their latest albums in an entirely new language, ‘Simlish,’ which is the official language of The Sims franchise.

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Released by EA Germany and found by SimsDomination

Nothing new here as we pretty much heard it all from the various media that came out of GamesCom 2010, but still worth posting!  Thanks to Sims 3 Nieuws for catching this video.