Send your Sims to college in style with The Sims™ 2 University Life Collection and expand your Sims lives with three popular titles!
Sims News
8 Jul 2009 - 23:00
8 Jul 2009 - 23:00
Send your Sims to college in style with The Sims™ 2 University Life Collection and expand your Sims lives with three popular titles!
3 Jul 2009 - 23:00
Take part in the first Community Showcase for The Sims 3: Good Vs. Evil! Whose side are you on?
2 Jul 2009 - 23:10
Chic and sleek but always keeping comfort in mind, the Ultra Lounge Sets update the jet set 70’s look for today. Strong lines, curves, and an eclectic mix of metals and woods are the hallmarks of this daring design.
2 Jul 2009 - 23:10
Chic and sleek but always keeping comfort in mind, the Ultra Lounge Sets update the jet set 70’s look for today. Strong lines, curves, and an eclectic mix of metals and woods are the hallmarks of this daring design.
2 Jul 2009 - 23:00
Check out this terrifying trailer from The Sims 3.
30 Jun 2009 - 23:10
Remember the Sims in Grant’s video? Now you can download the entire household along with their home for your game!
25 Jun 2009 - 23:10
Complete list of changes:
- Addresses some issues with Speed 2 and 3 moving too slowly. Some machines will have better results when using Speed 2 and 3 now.
- Fix to story progression on/off selection toggle.
- Fix for a possible crash with audio code.
- Fix for babysitter routing off lots with babies.
- Addresses some issues with Vsync and refresh rate problems.
- Addresses some issues with DVD authentication errors and drive compatibility on startup.
- This update deals with some issues on Mac systems that can crash the game while connecting to AFP servers.
- Fix for a freeze that can occur when Sims attempt to clean out bad food from the fridge.
25 Jun 2009 - 23:00
The Sims 3 Update is now available through The Sims 3 Launcher.
23 Jun 2009 - 23:00
Check out Joystiq.com's article "iPhone It In: The Sims 3".
iPhone It In: The Sims 3
by Justin McElroy
I'm not going to sit here and act like I'm not embarrassed by how enthralled I am with the downsized version of The Sims 3 that EA released for the iPhone. But the fact remains: I'm hooked, and I figure if I pass the addiction on to you, I won't seem like such an oddball.
I haven't played the new Sims release, so I don't really have that as a frame of reference. What I do know is that all the tropes of the series seem to be here: Create a person, meet their needs and help them get a family, career, the whole bit.
What the iPhone version has done so well is really streamline the experience. You control just one Sim, climbing the career ladder, improving your home, and making friends. The typical demand for hygiene, potty breaks and food are all there, but they're rarely an annoyance.
As you improve your standing, you'll occasionally get micro-goals in the form of "wishes" like "Grow a tomato" or "Kiss a Sim," and these really help to add some direction to the proceedings.
If you've ever had a Sim addiction, this is likely to have the same steely grip on your life, perhaps more so thanks to your ability to check in on your creation when the morning meeting gets dull or a blind date goes awry.
The biggest problem with the game is that, for an iPhone title, it's not a particularly good steward of your time. There's a long wait for boot-up and there's a lot of loading. Also, there's no option to advance time, so I spent too many minutes just waiting in my house for bed time.
It's a testament then to how compelling the rest of Sims 3 is then that these lulls were rarely enough to send my thumb searching for the Home button.
... But let's keep this just between us, OK?