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The Sims 4 Get Together: Press Release, Description and Key Features

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Press Release

Guildford, UK – Aug 5, 2015 – Your Sim’s life is better with friends! Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) announced that The SimsTM 4 Get Together Expansion Pack* is coming to PC and Mac® this November. For the first time, players will be able to create and play with groups of Sims as they explore a beautiful European-inspired world, make new friends, and live it up!

Brand new to The Sims 4, players can introduce their Sims to a variety of different Clubs, featuring Sims with distinct interests, personalities, and behaviors. If players can’t find the perfect Club for their Sims, they can create and customise their own Clubs to play any way they like.

Windenburg is a new world, with picturesque locations for players’ Sims to explore, such as the sprawling hedge maze at the garden chateau, stunning pools along the bluffs, and the mysterious ancient ruins. It is also a great world for socialising.

Players can take their Sims to local hotspots to gossip over a delicious espresso at the café, play games with their pals in the pub, dance the night away at the disco, and more!  In The Sims 4 Get Together, there’s always something fun for Sims, and their friends, to do.

The Sims 4 Get Together is not yet rated and is available to pre-order on PC and Mac at retail stores and for digital download. For more information, please visit www.TheSims.com/get-together .

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Welcome to Windenburg!

Live it up in the beautiful world of Windenburg with The Sims 4 Get Together! Explore picturesque landmarks like the sprawling hedge maze at the garden chateau, alluring pools at the bluffs, and the mysterious ancient ruins. Grab a delicious espresso from the barista at the café, chat up your crush at the pub, and dance all night at the discotheque. Get together for exciting group activities like foosball, midnight bonfires, super-secret dance parties, and more! Sims can also join different clubs with distinct personalities and styles to meet new Sims and live it up!

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Explore a new world. Discover the beautiful world of Windenburg! Explore its scenic neighborhoods including the charming traditional countryside, bustling town square, ultra-modern business district, and exclusive private island.

Meet new Sims. There’s just something about Sims from Windenburg that makes you want to meet them all. Join different clubs, each with their own interests, personalities, and styles. Can’t find the perfect club? Create and customize your own. Playing with different clubs unlocks unique rewards for Sims to enjoy.

Rule the dance floor. Take the party to the next level with new DJ & dancing skills. Pump up the crowd by creating the perfect mix in the DJ booth, then jump on the dance floor and show off all new dance moves.

Party anywhere. Throw parties anytime, anywhere! Head out to the ruins or any local hotspot, and set up the DJ booth to get the party started. Build a bonfire to heat things up, dare other Sims to get into some hilarious situations, and sneak away for a quick romp in the bushes with that special Sim.

Get styled. Use the new walk-in closet to try on a variety of different outfits with other Sims to get their reactions – for better or worse. Select outfits for all of your Sims and get ready for a big night out. Feeling frisky? Sneak into the closet for a little WooHoo while no one’s watching.

The Sims 4 Get Together Blog: Live it up in Windenburg!

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Via TheSims.com

Your Sims’ wanderlust is at a fever pitch. They want to go somewhere totally different – a place where they can make new friends, see new sights, and have new experiences. They want to bust a move at a secret dance party at the Ancient Ruins. They want to enjoy a delicious espresso in a swanky Café. They want to live it up like they never could before. They want something… new. And soon, they’ll get just that.

We’re excited to announce that The Sims 4 Get Together Expansion Pack* releases worldwide this November! Here’s the first trailer, giving just a taste of what it has to offer.

The Sims 4 Get Together introduces Windenburg, a European-inspired World with a mix of vibrant, modern architecture and classic buildings and styles. From the charming countryside, to the bustling town square and luxurious island, Windenburg is filled with new things for your Sims to see and do.

But you’re not going to be exploring these new sights alone. As the name suggests, Get Together is all about your Sim having fun with their friends, whether they’re leading their own exclusive Clubs or exploring Windenburg.

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Your Sims will be able to join different Clubs, each with their own interests, personalities, and styles. They have defined behaviors that dictate how they tend to act, including how they treat other Sims, and what they do or don’t like to do. There will be a variety of Clubs waiting for your Sims when you first load up the expansion pack, but you’re also able to create and customize your own. You can set their requirements, decide what behaviors they have, choose their preferred hang outs, and even give them distinct rewards.

Hanging out with groups of friends makes Get Together feel truly unique. Your Sim’s in-game friends will act a lot like your real ones – whether you’re going for a dip in the Natural Pools along the bluffs or just lounging around in the pub, groups will engage in new, exciting ways. Your Sim can take on their friends in a game of foosball, or try on outfits together with the all-new Walk-in Closet. They’ll hang out and share experiences together in fun, new ways.

Your Sims will also be able to level up Dancing and DJing skills, both of which should make for even more energetic gatherings. Pump up the crowd by creating the perfect mix on the DJ booth, or start busting out some new dance moves in an Underground Disco.

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We can’t wait to start going into more details on what makes this expansion pack special. Expect to hear more in early October, and get ready to explore Windenburg this holiday season when The Sims 4 Get Together Expansion Pack releases!

The Sims 4 Get Together is coming this November!

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During EA Gamescom Press Conference, Rachel Franklin confirmed that The Sims 4’s second Expansion Pack Get Together is coming this November!

Check out our Get Together category for upcoming info!

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WATCH LIVE: The Sims 4 Announcement at Gamescom

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Starts at 10AM CET. Click Here to watch on Twitch!

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New The Sims 4 Logo to appear tomorrow on The Sims Studio Wall!

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The Sims Poland shared a photo, stating that a new The Sims 4 Logo will join many other logos on The Sims Studio Wall. What do you think the next logo will have on it?

Tomorrow you’ll know what the logo of The Sims family of 4 will be shown on this wall. How do you think, what could it be?

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10 Most Insane Deaths In The Sims Series

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Everyone, even non-simmers, know the various ways we kill our sims on the regular. The classics include the likes of fire, drowning, electrocution, and starvation. But that’s just the beginning of our little pixel people’s torture. Read on for a look at the wackiest, craziest, most insane ways we’re able to end our sim’s lives.

10. Shark Attack

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Scuba diving can be quite a terrifying experience. Have you seen some of the demonic creatures they’ve pulled up from the depths of the ocean? Plus, everyone’s seen the movie Jaws before. If you’re diving and you see a shark, you better hope there’s a cave nearby to hide in. Otherwise I hope you’re strong enough to fight it off. Go for the nose.

9. Woohoo’d to Death

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Old people need plenty of rest to make it day to day. If they push themselves too hard, their little hearts could give out. It doesn’t matter how many times it repeats “I think I can” to itself, their hearts aren’t a tank engine. Elders need to monitor their exertion and not exhaust themselves with too many physical activities. This includes woohooing too many times, which will result in their partner having a nice, post-woohoo nap while they collapse on the floor. Talk about a wild ride.

8. Box of Danger

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The aptly named Box of Danger is what all the pro-magician’s use to woo their audiences. As its name suggests, it’s not the safest way to earn a living. One slip up and even the greatest of all magicians will meet an untimely fate. Leave your audiences wondering, “Is this part of the act? Where’d that man in the black cloaks appear from?” Just remember, the show must go on.

7. Wishing Well

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Impress the gardening club and you’ll receive the greatest gift of all, a wishing well. May all your dreams come true. That is… until they become nightmares. The biggest rule of wishes is that you can’t be greedy. Wish too many times and what you desire most will become your end. But hey, at least your family still gets the sack of cash.

6. Mummy Curse

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No one likes being woken up, especially these guys. But have no fear, you have plenty of time to rid your body of the curse before it consumes you. What’s that? Your vacation just ended and you can’t afford another trip to Egypt? Well then, enjoys your last two weeks while you can. I’m sure you can ignore the curse taking over your vision. Yes, that is an ominous chant you hear getting louder every day. It’ll all be over soon… ish.

5. Transmutation

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Dirty dishes plaguing your house? Turn them into cash. No use for all those apples in your fridge? Turn them into cash. Sick of your kids leaving their toys lying around the house? Turn them into… you get the point. Plop anything on the altar of the Philosopher’s Stone and watch as they turn to gold in front of your very eyes. Or let the item watch as you turn to gold in front of its very eyes. Look on the bright side, you have a sweet, solid gold statue to mark your grave. Better hope your family doesn’t sell it to pay the mortgage.

4. Cowplant

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Every gardener’s dream, owning a cow plant. Maybe not every gardener, but at least the psycho, crazy ones with pesky neighbors they need to cleanse from the neighborhood. They’re doing everyone a favor, trust them on that. Just don’t trust them enough to ever visit when they call you.

3. Time Anomaly

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We’ve all heard the warnings about messing with time travel. The butterfly effect and such. So no one would enter a time machine if it was right in front of them, correct? Well, some might, but they’ll mess with the space time continuum too much and no longer exist, so they don’t count. Clearly they never saw the movie where this exact thing happened.

2. Skydiving

The Sims Superstar

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Living a celebrity lifestyle is exhausting. And what’s the number one thing you shouldn’t do when exhausted? That’s exactly right, skydive. Some celebrities think they’re above the rules, but this is one they’re definitely not. Actually, they end up so high in the air they might be considered above this one.

1. Flies

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You should definitely keep a tidy house, because you don’t want to attract that annoying fly that’ll incessantly buzz in your ear all day. And you know what’s more annoying than that fly? When he invites all his buddies over to eat everything in sight. Hopefully they take your ears off first so you don’t have to hear all of them buzzing around.

 

Honorable Mention:

Blunt Force Trauma

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Gravity is a wonderful concept most times. Other times it just makes things really heavy. Like really heavy. Guess you should have ponied up and bought that better bed or candy bar instead of going the cheap route. Gravity doesn’t like when you’re cheap.

The Sims 4: Building Underground – Creative Tips

Hi. I am a new contributor to The Sims Community and I will be writing articles on how to spruce up your building in The Sims 4.

I am Kai Chen at The Sims Community Social and kaichen04 at The Sims 4 Gallery. I hail from Macapá, a city by the beautiful Amazon river in the north of Brazil. I am a 32 years-old interpreter and, in my free time, one of my favourite activities is to play The Sims. I have enjoyed the franchise since 2001, when The Sims 1 caught my attention on the shelf, when I was around 18 and had gotten my first paycheck!

My avatar and my mug. :)
My avatar and my mug. 🙂

With introductions out of the way, let’s get to our first tutorial. We will build underground, using a few ideas that will allow your creations to really stand out and be places your sims can enjoy thoroughly.  I’ll go over the basics first, so everybody can follow, but, don’t worry: we will transition into more advanced tips in this article as well.

The Basics Of Basements:

So here we are, with a clean slate:

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Let’s go down one level:

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While you can build a basement from above using the basement tool, it’s easier and more intuitive to go down one level and simply build using the regular wall / room tools.

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You can make your basement shallower…

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…or deeper.

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You can change that at any time. Let’s go with the depth in-between.

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Shaping Up The Construction

You can add as many rooms as you want and shape and re-shape the walls, just as you would when building above ground. Perhaps one is in a hurry and just goes with a basic box shape, but, today, let’s think outside of the box, literally, and be a bit more daring. The Custom Room Tool (the third one in the previous picture) is great for flexibility.

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I think this space could be great for a couple of shops. I’m thinking a bakery – which will also need an adjoining kitchen – and a clothing shop with a photo studio attached. Let’s figure out where they could be and perhaps a set of restrooms as well.

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Time to furnish it and decorate it.

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The Entrance

I’m happy with the results. Now it’s time to consider how people will access these shops. The Sims 4, for the first time, allows you to create holes in the ground and I think we can make a nice entrance to our building using that feature. What you to is that you delete the ceiling. First you select the room whose ceiling will be removed.

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While the room is still selected, go to the floor above it. There will be a yellow outline. When you position the mouse on that outline, an option will appear: REMOVE CEILING.

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Click on it. A hole will be opened in the ground.

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Let’s add stairs.

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Maybe add some detail around the entrance, so it looks more polished.

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Pockets Of Light

The sims can now go in and out and enjoy the shops. Nevertheless, underground constructions can feel somewhat dark and claustrophobic and I suppose we would want our sims to have a better experience than that, when visiting. I think a great solution would be creating pockets of light. They are holes in the ground that allow windows placed underground to receive natural light. They really open up the space!

So, let’s use the Custom Room Tool and create a pocket of light right outside our clothing shop.

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Select it.

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Go above ground and place your mouse on the yellow outline. The REMOVE CEILING option will appear. Click on it.

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Now let’s add some windows.

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For this next shot, I removed all artificial lighting, so you can see natural light does come through.

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I think now we should turn the hole in the ground into a garden, so it’s more pleasing to the eye. I used the grass floor title and a stone wall paint. I added plants and a few lights, so it will also look appealing during night time.

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Let’s add one pocket of light to the bakery, too.

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This is what it looks like from above the ground.

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What about we use the same stone fencing we used on the entrance to finish it and add a few trees nearby? It will blend better and seem less dangerous.

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Some Suggestions Of Where You Can Use These Ideas

You might wonder why build underground in the first place. Well, perhaps you want a somewhat secret facility, like a Science Lab. Or a hidden Prohibition Bar! Or, more practically, you want to add shops to a residential neighbourhood without them standing out too much from the homes around it. You can do that by building a park above ground.

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Now you have your modern, sleek shops, but, to the outside world, it’s mostly a quaint park!

You can go into the opposite direction and have the underground shops be a part of a huge, cutting edge complex.

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You can even download the complex. I made it available in the Gallery. It’s called Health & Retail Centre and my ID is kaichen04. The download link: Health & Retail Centre.

It’s Your Turn Now!

I am eager to see what you all come up with, using these tips. When you finish your creations, please post them at The Sims Community Social My Gallery forum section. I cannot wait to see them!

The Sims 4: Tumblr Custom Content Showcase

‘Sup Simmers!

GamesCom is starting in three days and I’m so excited for it! So, I have another CC Showcase for you. This one features content that was selected by me and three of my friends, and I hope you enjoy it!

First off, we have these cute onesies made by kiwisims4! Great work!

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Next up we have Bear Costumes by Dani-Paradise!

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And now, some cute onesies by imadako!

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Incredible sweatshirts and sweatpants by unattendedsims!

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Congrats on 4K followers, holosprite! Your content is awesome!

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The Sims 4 Fun Announcement at Gamescom

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The Sims official Twitter account, TheSims, tweeted that they have a fun announcement to make at Gamescom, August 5th. Have a guess as to what this fun announcement will be? Or what else EA has in store for Sims 4? Come tell us here.

Sims Community will be featuring a live stream of EA’s Gamescom presentation, so be sure to watch it here and chat with us over on our social site – Sims Community Social.

The Sims 4 Cool Kitchen: Official Box Art! (English)

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Provided to us by Electronic Arts!

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