(PC) World Adventures

Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

French fansite ‘BricaSims‘ discovered a short preview on World Adventures from Lintern@ute which shows off 8 screens (although small). They also give some more details – but those who are following the game are already aware of what it is about.

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Posted by frankie in (PC) The Sims 3

A new link mentioning the Sims 3 Christmas Collector’s Edition. This is basically the base game plus exclusive holiday content and other miscellaneous content. Also, as part of the promotion, there will be new “gifts” coming soon for download, there are new holiday wallpapers available now, and there is a new wish list feature from The Store where you can create your own wish list to let other Simmers know what they can buy for you. Click here to read. Thanks to ConnorJack for the find and to SimOperations for the source!

Posted by frankie in (PC) World Adventures

Worthplaying recently posted a brief article on the photography skill in “World Adventures.” There is really nothing new mentioned, but it’s still nice to read. Thanks to Snooty for the post, who found it over at Sim3Nieuws! Click here to read.

Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

Wow, I am digging this, never heard of her work before but her music is pretty good. I don’t know much about the song other than the fact that I read it was sung in spanish. Either way, it sounds Simlish to me! :P

Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

PlanetSims brings to us a new interview with the product manager of EA Games Brazil, Ian de Freitas. Apparently the topics that were discussed (according to Google Translator) were about the Create-A-World Tool, World Adventures and supposedly the rumored ‘Super Star’ 2nd expansion. Anyone happen to know what he mentioned about that? More than likely it’s the same thing all EA employees mention: “We’re still focusing on the first expansion and to make it the best we can” but it’d be nice to get a proper Brazilian’s translation

Posted by frankie in (PC) World Adventures

For those of you who preordered a copy of “The Sims 3: World Adventures” expansion pack via your local GameStop store (like I have), you can pick it up the night before the release on Monday, November 16, at midnight, which technically is November 17. The reason for this is because select Game Stop stores are opening at midnight for a special time for the launch of “Left 4 Dead 2″ and “Assassin’s Creed 2.” But because preordered copies of games usually arrive ahead of time, the employees are allowing you to pick up your copy of “World Adventures” at that time. I have called several stores in my area to confirm and apparently both Game Stop stores inside the mall near where I live are participating. But call your local store first just to make sure they are participating. Also, expect a long line of customers because these launch hours are usually very crowded when it comes to huge game titles. A clerk there suggested that I be there around 11pm or 11:30pm because of how long the line could be. However, as long as there are copies left, they will remain open until there are no more customers left.

Visit Game Stop online and use the store locator in the link at the top menu to find your store and give them a call to make sure your local store is participating. You can still preorder now while you have the chance if you want to get your game a bit early.

Unfortunately, I have school at 8:30am Tuesday, so I may not be able to pick it up, but I’ll try. It sure beats having to go there the next day since my game would be waiting for me the instant I return from school. We’ll see!

Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

PlanetSims wanted to share this with any Brazilians following the site :) It’s an interview with Mark of SimVIP

Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

***************** Sticky, constantly updated – see below for other news! *****************

It’s going to be crazy during the end of October and the beginning of November as a number of events (Reading UK hands-on event on Oct. 28, EA Play Christmas Showcase on Oct. 29 and EA Redwood Shores on Oct. 29-30) are being held worldwide promoting The Sims 3 World Adventures! Select fansites have be given the chance to spend some time with the game during these events, and it’s my job to keep track of all of these sites to direct you to so you can keep up-to-date on the latest previews, articles, videos and images about the first expansion pack!

So please, take a minute of your time to catch the latest updates below! Make sure you check back often, and hit ‘Read More’ to follow this whole post!

Fansites Attending the various World Adventures Events:

The Sims 3.com Official Site (SimPosium)
Sims 2 Center
ProSims
Holy Simoly
WallSims
EdenStyle.it
Sims 3 Nieuws
SimVIP
SterlingSims
Centrum Simów
Sims Fans
SimPlaza
SimOperations
Missing Studios

The Latest updates (hit read more to view their articles, images, videos, etc.)

11/11/09 at 10:05pm – Added link to SimPlaza’s article, also added many new images and 10 new gameplay videos!
11/10/09 at 8:10pm – Added link to Prosims writeup
11/10/09 at 8:09pm – Added link to Anjubee’s writeup
11/9/09 at 7:13pm – Added article from Holy Simoly
11/9/09 at 7:11pm – Added article from WallSims
11/8/09 at 7:56pm – Added Centrum Simow’s report to the articles section
11/8/09 at 7:54pm – Added a number of pictures from Sims 2 Center’s Facebook page
11/3/09 at 6:08am – Patrica’s report has been published at Sims 3 Nieuws, have a read!
11/2/09 at 9:05am – Added link to TSR’s Tomb Creation 101 preview
11/1/09 at 10:29pm – Link to TSR’s preview can be found in the Articles area
11/1/09 at 10:22pm – Added link to check out SimVIP’s images of the event
10/31/09 at 9:32pm – video from TSR showing off all Buy/Build Mode objects added
10/31/09 at 8:15pm – SimVIP video #3 added
10/31/09 at 8:01pm – Added link to article from Centrum Simow
10/31/09 at 7:57pm – Added CAS video for TSR (thanks SimGoodies)
10/31/09 at 9:13am – 3 China screens added from Murano’s blog at TSR
10/30/09 at 11:16pm – SimVIP video #4 added
10/30/09 at 10:43pm – More images added thanks to EdenStyle’s Facebook page
10/30/09 at 10:18pm – Added link to SimForum‘s Day #2 report
10/30/09 at 9:39pm – 22 pictures from SimPlaza have been added to the Images section
10/30/09 at 9:26pm – 3 pics added thanks to Patricia from Sims 3 Nieuws
10/30/09 at 9:23pm – More tweets added to articles from The Sims 3 Simposium twitter page
10/30/09 at 8:32pm – Images from Day #2 of The Sims 3 SimPosium event added from Facebook
10/30/09 at 9:42am – Added article from Missing Studios of their report
10/30/09 at 9:36am – Images of the Build-A-Basement Tool added to Images thanks to SimPlaza
10/30/09 at 9:33am – Added link to SimOperation’s Hands On Report #2
10/30/09 at 4:31am – Added images and article from SterlingSims of their Day 1 report
10/29/09 at 7:25pm – Info from EdenStyle’s FB page added to articles
10/29/09 at 7:21pm – EdenStyle has uploaded quite a few pictures to her facebook page, check them out!
10/29/09 at 7:08pm – More images courtesy of Centrum Simow’s Flickr
10/29/09 at 7:06pm – Many, many images added from the SimPosium Facebook page to the images section
10/29/09 at 6:54pm – Tweets from the SimPosium are now posted under articles
10/29/09 at 6:34pm – Two videos from SimVIP have been posted in the videos section
10/29/09 at 6:30pm – SimOperation’s Hands On Report #1 added to articles
10/29/09 at 6:29pm – Many, Many game images (and studio pics) are up at the SimPosium Flickr page
10/29/09 at 6:21pm – Added World Adventures information from SimForums!
10/29/09 at 7:45am – Added Twitter Widget & Flickr Photo Widget from SimOperations
10/29/09 at 5:29am – Added goodies bag picture from Sims 3 Nieuws!
10/29/09 at 5:20am – Added the live feed from SimPosium
10/28/09 at 9:31pm – Live EA stream announced thanks to SimWay, starts tomorrow, will add to site when its time!
10/28/09 at 9:25pm – Missing Studios “event details from Reading coming friday”
10/27/09 at 12:00pm – Post Created

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Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

Once we’d increased our martial arts skills and conquered our first Chinese tomb, we headed back to Sunset Valley on our expired visa, but were soon hopping aboard a plane again, this time to the French adventure area. France seems like a more laid-back, residential area where instead of kicking, people use their feet to stomp grapes. We decided to try our hand, and feet, at the art of making bottled “nectar” by visiting the local vintner shop, which has dozens of bottles of the stuff on racks for you to peruse, taste, and purchase, and achieve a minor mood boost because “nectar” is so “sugary” (wink wink), but also has a merchant who will happily sell you a portable nectar-making still to bring home with you, as well as different bottles of different vintages, and various types of grapes. We also decided to use the picturesque French countryside to launch our sim’s new photography hobby by purchasing a store-bought camera and snapping a few shots from the new first-person interface. Each location will actually have a number of set-pieces that you can capture to rack up special achievements and unlock awards–the easiest include snapping photos of people and landmarks, but there will be some very challenging hidden photo opportunities scattered throughout the world.

Finish reading and don’t forget to check out 45 new pictures!

Posted by Judhudson in (PC) World Adventures

Have to say that I’m not really impressed with the following television ad they have running to advertise The Sims 3 World Adventures. Seems like the ad for the original base game was way better. But hey, at least their is a mummy in it! Can’t be that bad, right?