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EAMobile – Vote for the game you want on Sale
May 13th
EA Mobile on Facebook, put up a poll. The winner will have 50% (or more) cut off the price. The choices are:
- TETRIS® for iPad
- The Sims 3
- Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit for iPad
- Max and the Magic Marker
- FIFA 11 by EA Sports™ for iPad
Which sounds more worthy of a half price sale? The poll ends on May 15. So if anyone doesn’t have The Sims 3, this a fantastic deal to get it at half price.
Vote the Sims 3 for 50% off at EA Mobile
Source: SimsVIP
The Sims 4 = The Biggest Project by EA thus far?
May 12th
So there’s this guy Adam Murguia, he’s a graphic designer and has been the art director for The Sims 3 since April 2010. Recently his resume has surfaced and the newest entry is for an untitled Sims project currently named “The Sims Unannounced”. What’s interesting about this is that he’s been working on this project since April 2010, this is the same time that another EA Sims Team employee tweeted that The Sims 4 is currently in development. This could be for The Sims 4 or another spin-off, as his name does not appear in the credits of Medieval.
Find his resume Here
AlalaSims – Sims 3 Generations event in São Paulo on May 29th
May 12th
Our Brazilian friends over at AlalaSims will be attending a special Sims 3 Generations event on May 29th in São Paulo, and they’ll be sure to bring lots of goodies as they always do! However, seeing as it is so close to the game’s release, I’m not entirely sure if the community will be hyped up for it. I, myself, always love to see other fan events, so I can’t wait to see what goes on!
VlogBrothers – 1990′s Sim Games. SO GOOD!
May 11th
I hope I can be as energetic as this dude when I begin my videos. Doubt it, though. Either way this video is pretty good in flashing back to where Sim games were a bit simpler.
In which Hank talks about the lessons he learned growing up playing simulation games (and does a very good job of not complaining about how mindless gaming has become.)
Sim Games taught me a huge amount about my world and also about who I am. From SImCity I learned that as much as a third of a city is taken up by its roads. From SimEarth I learned what that crustaceans existed before fish. From SimTower I learned that things are never as simple as they seem. From Civilizaiton I learned that peace is orders of magnitude more difficult and less glamorous than war. From Tycoon games I learned the value of opportunity and also how to be careful not to squander the value you have.
It seems a little silly, but there it is. You can get a lot of these games for free (all you need is DOS BOX and a good google search if you’d like to try them out.
SimFans – The Sims 3 Generations Study Plan (German)
May 11th
We posted a few of these in the past for previous Sim games, now there is one for The Sims 3 Generations. If you are one of our German readers, then check out SimFans for their ‘Study Plan‘. Fill in your days, plans, activities – anything you wish! Two versions are available – Monday thru Friday and one with Monday thru Saturday.
EA CEO: EA will soon become all digital
May 10th
Electronic Arts is aware that the future of gaming lies in digital content and wants to eventually move away from physical discs. In fact, EA CEO John Riccitiello is planning to completely convert the gaming giant.
“Over the coming years, we will transform EA from a packaged goods company, to a fully integrated Digital entertainment company,” Riccitiello said in an earnings call yesterday, according to a transcript posted on investment news site Seeking Alpha. “We’re transforming EA to a games as a service model by focusing on three new strategies.”
The day this happens, I don’t know what I will end up doing. Leave the franchise? Shut down the site? I love that the option of having a digital download is available, but strictly going digital and losing everything physical? This blows in my opinion. I’m a collector, I love supporting The Sims franchise…but if I can only get them thru EA’s Download Manager, then it’s game over for me. Heck, I don’t even hardly have any Steam games because I prefer having a disc copy… And to think they’ll still charge full price for a game after they no longer have to spend the cost for packing materials and sending the game out to retailers.
Sorry, Riccitiello….if you really are deciding to go down this path, I suspect there will be people taking advantage of digital downloads – just not by legal standards.
Source: Techspot
Concept art from “The Simpsons Game” spoofs The Sims
May 5th
Concept artist Joe Spiotto spent some time working on The Simpsons Game, and while going thru the files on his computer, came across some artwork that he’d drawn to use in a videogame store within the town of Springfield. Apparently EA did not like the idea of his spoof on The Sims. You can see why below:
Little did I know when I would create this image as a bit of a joke at The Sims expense, that the next year I would be working on “The Sims 3″ designing clothes for all of the characters… I don’t know why they didn’t approve this image.
SimsVIP – Sims 3 Barnacle Bay Code Giveaway!
May 4th
It’s been a long, long time since our site had a giveaway. I hope that will soon change…Once I get all of the rooms in my house fully finished and I can stop buying furniture, I should have funds set aside to be able to purchase extra games to give away! In the meantime, I’ll just have to keep pointing out all of the other great sites giving away cool goodies! The following post is from SimsVIP:
SimsVIP is holding a Giveaway for Barnacle Bay! This contest is open to everyone around the world! The winner will receive a code to download Barnacle Bay from The Sims 3 Store! This is the Updated version of Barnacle Bay which includes 2 new Staircases & Buccaneer’s Bounty Set!
This contest is being held on Facebook!
Become a fan of our Facebook Page & Check out the Event! Good luck to the participants!
The Sims 3 VIP Newsletter – April 2011
May 3rd
A certain reader has been awaiting this newsletter for quite some time 
AT&T’s Simsational Sweepstakes
May 3rd
Download select Sims ™ games on your mobile phone to be automatically entered for a chance to win a $250 AMEX gift card and a copy of the Sims ™ Medieval PC/Mac game. Enter by June 15, 2011. No purchase necessary. Open to US residents 13 and older. See Official Rules for more details.
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