The Sims 3 Series
French Simmers and Showtime Limited Collector’s Edition?
Feb 7th
For the French Simmers out there, you have another option when ordering Showtime. Technically it’s a Limited version of the KP Collector’s Edition. What’s so special about it to be called a Limited Collector’s Edition? Sims 3 branded ear buds. ONLY available while supplies last via French retailer Carrefour.
Source: iSims
UK Charts 2-4-12
Feb 6th
Will a Sims 3 Expansion ever make it to #1 again? Maybe if/when we finally get that Weather EP. Fingers crossed?
The Sims 3 Facebook = 10 Million + Likes!
Feb 6th
w00t? w00t?! We don’t need no stinkin’ w00t! Unless they give everyone something cool or free for reaching 10M. Although I guess that 10M profile badge they released last year is all we’ll get. EA, Y U NO give awesome free stuff?
Amazon’s Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale on Sims 3 games
Feb 6th
Was going to pick up The Sims 3 Master Suite Stuff tomorrow on Amazon, so this comes in handy!
Buy one select Sims 3 game, expansion pack, or stuff pack and get another one free. Choose from the list of titles below. You can purchase two of the same title, or mix and match.
Simply add any two items from the list below to your cart and proceed to checkout in order to receive the promotion.
• Valid when shipped and sold by Amazon.com, while supplies last.
• Shipping fees and taxes may apply.
• Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time.
• The promotion is limited to three per customer.
• Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. PST on Saturday, February 11.
Note: You may need to add the games to your cart separately if they are not on the same page.
Special thanks to SimsVIP for this announcement
Ben Bell – A PC Gamer Interview
Feb 3rd
A very strange interview. Well, strange questions. There must be a haze over the cubicles at PC Gamer… or something.
PC Gamer: The Sims: Child Labour?
Ben: The Sims: Sweatshop
PC Gamer: The Sims: Workhouse. Anyway… I understand Rod Humble’s moved on and you now have several studios. How is the Sims franchise managed?
Ben: My job is to look after the Sims 3 line of games. That includes the PC and console games. We report back to Redwood Shores. We moved some folks here from the team there.
PC Gamer: What are your plans with the different studios going forward? Or is that not something you’re talking about?
Ben: We’re only talking about Showtime right now. The team is split up between the two locations, which creates all kinds of challenges and lots of cool opportunities too.
PC Gamer: How do you pick the expansions?
Ben: It’s a pretty organic process. One of the fun things about working on The Sims is that you can reflect on your own life and the ideas you find are totally relevant to the game. Very few people have fortunately been at war, so there aren’t that many human beings who can relate to that experience. Everyone can relate to the idea of wanting to be a star or basically to being a human being with basic human needs, so the first step is we look inward, at ourselves. What kind of things we want to explore.We look for the absolute ideas, the things that encompass human truths within them, like the desire to be recognised is and have your worth reaffirmed, that’s at the core of showtime. Everyone wants to be noticed and be told that the person they are is valuable. That’s why celebrities do what they do. There’s a little bit of our intuition. The fans of the game have the same intuition and they’re pretty involved in the game. It’s pretty easy for us to look at the kinds of things that fans are creating on the web and they’re saying on the forums and the things they say to us directly, and get what they’d be interested in. We also look at pop culture, those human truths; what are the themes that are interesting on a perenial basis, that people really want to explore more of. All of those things inform our priorities for themes. I would say, we’re just scratching the surface of the range of possibilities, I love it.
PC Gamer: Well, it’s not restricted in anyway is it?
Ben: Everything’s on the table. As long as we can make it funny and personal, it’s ours.
MEGA Sauce: SimsVIP
Showtime – Origin Pre-Order Bonus
Feb 3rd
With Pets there was some exclusive costumes for pre-orders via Origin and now with Showtime there’s an Origin-al Beats 500 Stereo. Cool!
Source: SimsVIP
Fun with The Sims – Happy 12th Birthday
Feb 3rd
It’s a pretty big image, but a lot of cool facts are on it, so it’s worth checking it out.
Source: The Sims 3 Greek Fan Club via SimsVIP
Brazil Fans – Win a copy of The Sims 3 Master Suite Stuff from Os Games EA
Feb 3rd
Os Games EA is holding a contest for The Sims 3 Master Suite Stuff, and it’s very easy to enter! All you have to do is finish the sentence “My Sims deserve a Luxury Suite, because …” with a creative response, and you come Feb. 22nd, they’ll pick out one lucky winner! Check out their site’s contest page to enter.
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