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If this wasn’t digital only, I’d say it’s too good of a deal to pass up!  Save on The Sims 3 Ambitions ($24), The Sims 3 World Adventures ($18), SimCity 4 Deluxe ($12), The Sims 3 ($29), Spore ($18), The Sims 3 High End Loft Stuff ($12), Spore Creepy & Cute ($12) and SimCity Societies ($12).  There are many other games to choose from, so have a look (US Store only).

Thanks to Skyline from Simmers News for the tip!

Do you live in Singapore?  Do you want a chance to play the upcoming games from EA?  If you answered yes to both, then head on over to EA Game Showcase 2010 website and fill out the registration form!  The event will be held at the National Museum of Singapore on Friday, September 10.  Those that sign up will be able to play Dead Space 2, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, FIFA 11, The Sims 3 on consoles and many other games!

Thanks to InfiniteSims for the tip.

Sorry about missing last week’s chart!  As you can see above, The Sims 3 is still holding on strong (as well as The Sims 2) .  On the budget price list, we have The Sims 3 High-End Loft Stuff coming in at #2.

Source:  Chart-Track

PC Games Hardware decided to take a moment to mock EA and their constant flow of Sims game with their ideas for 11 new Sims spinoffs.  Some funny, some odd, some that well…check it out for yourself!

Left 4 Sims: Perfect for beginners. The Zombie-Sim never dies and has nearly no needs. After eating the brains of his 12.000 neighbours he won’t be asking for anything but to see a naked picture of Milla Jovovich.

Fill up your iPod Touch or iPhone with great EA Games – they are currently on sale as EA is knocking down up to 80% off of their games for their Back to School sale.  Can’t believe SimCity Deluxe is already marked down.  But then again, I was able to get it free thanks to winning an EA Mobile twitter contest   Once again, thanks goes out to InfiniteSims.

Trivial Pursuit – $1.99
Skate It – $0.99
Need for Speed Undercover – $2.99
Scrabble – $1.99
SimCity Deluxe – $4.99 (US. Only)
Rock Band – $4.99
Battleship – $0.99
FIFA World Cup – $0.99
The Sims 3 World Adventures – $2.99
Command & Conquer: Red Alert – $2.99
NCAA Football – $4.99
NBA Live – $2.99
Boggle – $0.99

It’s just about time to go back to school for many in the United States.  Heck, where I live school started yesterday.  I’m sure there are a number of students hitting the classrooms with their new netbook which they plan to study.  Study, yeah right.  I know you’re going to wind up putting games on them – and that’s okay.  RipTen wrote an article that you may want to read about the various games that work on these compact mini-laptops.  One of them is the original Sims game.

Everyone has a tale to tell of the time they killed a character in The Sims. The only thing more fun than removing the ladder from the swimming pool is doing it while you’re sitting by a real swimming pool on your holiday. Although the visuals aren’t exactly beautiful any more, the game is certainly still playable, and it’s also a lot of fun to play with mates or family. Everyone loves the Sims, and it might be just the thing to get your companions on holiday with you convinced that you’re a genius for bringing a gaming netbook with you.

RipTen – Top 10 Games to play on your Netbook

Thanks to InfiniteSims for the scoop.

SimWay merged pieces of Sims related video along with the official 2010 GamesCom trailer to help advertise the event which kicks off next week.  Expect to see a ton of Sims related content!

Will Wright among many others from the video game industry makes an appearance in Scott Steinberg’s Game Theory second episode. Info below:

As revenues continue to flatline and studios disintegrate, gaming insiders are being forced to accept reality: Nothing has changed. Forget what you see in the headlines – here, the field’s biggest names reveal just how big the changes rocking the business are, and what it really takes to survive. Can we evolve in time?

Of course, Starcraft II is #1 again, and more than likely will be for a long time to come, but at least The Sims series is holding strong and will end up reclaiming their top spot.

Source:  Chart-Track

Sunset Valley Times picked up on a video in which french company Enodo showcased their new CryEngine2 game engine and what it can do for a city like environment.

If you ever played Crysis, you should be familiar with the eye-popping graphics and design. It’s a breathtaking video which summons the question; “What will EA do?” or simply “When’s SimCity 5?” or maybe even “Why have they got A BLUE PLUMBOB IN THEIR “‘CryENGINE” LOGO?”.

Anyways, in other news, IBM’s CityOne hasn’t gotten any further “news” and CitiesXL 2011 is appears to already be a flop by gamers even before it’s release. SocialCity on Facebook was a success but it’s a dwindling now…