Update: TheSims.com posted a better quality version of this render. Sadly, it’s still not available in full, transparent format.
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Maxis Emeryville is closing!
UPDATE: Polygon got an official response from EA regarding the closure of Maxis Studio in Emeryville:
Today we are consolidating Maxis IP development to our studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake City, Helsinki and Melbourne locations as we close our Emeryville location. Maxis continues to support and develop new experiences for current Sims and SimCity players, while expanding our franchises to new platforms and developing new cross-platform IP.
These changes do not impact our plans for The Sims. Players will continue to see rich new experiences in The Sims 4, with our first expansion pack coming soon along with a full slate of additional updates and content in the pipeline.
All employees impacted by the changes today will be given opportunities to explore other positions within the Maxis studios and throughout EA. For those that are leaving the company, we are working to ensure the best possible transition with separation packages and career assistance.
Guillaume Pierre, one of the producers of SimCity has announced that Maxis Studio in Emeryville is shutting its doors.
Don’t worry, the Maxis Studio (one of EA’s divisions) still exists in San Francisco and their primary focus is The Sims 4.
If you’re not familiar with the games that were created in Maxis Emeryville, here’s a list down below created by Sims Wikia!
The Sims Blog: Love in a Science Lab
Via thesims.com!
Last week we stepped into a crime scene and joined detective Tate Rackett as he cracked another tough case. This week we’re looking into the lives of two scientists in The Sims 4 Get to Work.
Each day, Darla Nadine Applesworth arrives at the science lab at 7:00 a.m. She loves her job, but she loves something else even more: her co-worker and fellow scientist, Herbert Leipstein. Herbert likes Darla, but truly only thinks of her as a friend and colleague. She wishes it was different. Maybe one day, it will be.
Darla likes to get a jump start on the day, working on new inventions by herself before anyone else gets in. Her hard work has paid off – she invented the Momentum Conserver and a Hover Lamp, both of which she took home to display as decorations.
One morning, Darla was experimenting and using the Chemical Analyzer when she had a breakthrough. She ran over to the Invention Constructor and began tinkering. Tah-dah! The Cloning Machine was created!
Herbert arrived a few minutes later, looking as handsome as ever in his lab coat. Darla was thrilled to show Herbert her latest invention.
He steps into the machine with a huge grin on his face. Darla begins scanning and BOOM! A clone of Herbert steps out. The new Herbert looks exactly the same as Herbert. It was Darla’s lucky day – two Herberts! They named the clone Number One.
Number One was almost exactly the same as the original Herbert except for one key difference: he didn’t have any relationships or knowledge of this world. He was a clean slate. Darla and Herbert introduced themselves to Number One and had him wait in the lab next door, giving him some activities to do to keep him busy.
Darla and Herbert wasted no time. They made another clone. And another. The final clone, Number Five, was a little different. He had red eyes and a goatee. Something was… off.
Oh well. Time to leave work!
Darla walked into the lab next door and told the clones they were coming home with her. She couldn’t leave them at the lab overnight, they could get into real trouble. Plus, Darla liked the idea of having five replicas of Herbert hanging out at her house all night.
Back at her home, they decided to have a party. It was everything Darla had hoped for… until Number Five started yelling and making a mess all over Darla’s house. This wasn’t right! This wasn’t what she expected at all.
The next morning, Darla found a new home for her failed experiments. She was done with cloning (and with love) for a while. She decided to focus on her career and discover the next big scientific breakthrough. Who knows where that might take her…
We hope you have enjoyed this peek at the Scientist career and a bit of a love story. In our next adventure, we’ll follow the path of a Retail Business Owner and see the ups and downs along the way to the top.
This April, your Sims will rule the workplace in The Sims 4 Get to Work Expansion Pack. You will control your Sims’ every action as they tackle three active careers, whether it’s saving lives as a daring doctor, solving crimes as a fearless detective, or creating inventions as a mad scientist. You will also be able to put your Sims’ entrepreneurial ambitions to the test as you create and customize unique retail businesses. Plus, there are new venues, more skills to learn, and the chance to befriend some aliens!
The Sims 4 Mod: No-Fade Trees and Streetlamps
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This mod includes overrides of a number of MODL resources of buyable trees, as well as the landscaping and streetlamps in non-editable public spaces, in order to stop them fading in Live Mode.
In addition to the trees, I’ve also included no-fade edits for a number of large shrubs that I felt faded at too far a distance. There are other shrubs, however—either buyable in the catalog or the ones in public spaces—that still fade, but at a distance I thought was reasonably close and not worth editing.
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The Sims 4 Custom Content: Attraction Bedroom Set
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Here for the series Attraction. The bedroom.
Modern, confortable and soft color. Find in this set. 1 bed double in 4 colors. 1 rounded cushion bed, to put in the footboard in 3style zebra . 1 double cushions bed deco in 3 style zebra and black back. 1 decorative blanket in 4 style , 2 zebra and 2 colors. 1 fireplace 4 colors and metal . 1 part 2 for fireplace decorative logs. 1 dresser dressing in 4 colors with deco.1 puff round in 3 style zebra. 1 metal shelf deco with 3 decobox. 1 floor plant pot in 2 colors. 1 end table attraction style in 4 colors.
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The Sims 4 Get To Work: Ask A Guru Facts (03/03/15)
XopaxPax: The telephones in the Detective Trailer can they be buyed for your home also? Will a telephone be in a update also.
SimGuruBChick: The phone you saw in the Detective trailer is a special object linked to the Front Desk in the Police Station, with specific functionality. No other plans around phones at this time.
fullspiral: One thing I am curious about is the house calls. Would this be some kind of “3rd dimension” sim house that they go to? Or will the attend various sim houses in the community? I ask because I don’t have any NPC sims living in houses in my main game.
SimGuruSteph: You get house calls on higher level doctor career. The house and household are generated by the game. It could be a mixture of existing house and households.
KitOnlyHuman: Could you please tell us more about the photography skill? Will pictures be able to be hung on walls? Can you paint portraits now by using the camera feature? Will the “Take Picture Together” interaction now have an actual picture taken and placed in inventory?
SimGuruJill: Hi KitOnlyHuman, I can speak to your photgraphy questions! Yes, you can hang your photos on the walls and use the camera for assisting with portraits. Also yes, the “Take Picture Together” interaction will put a photo in your inventory when it’s user-directed.
1) Why was the decision made to not include home businesses (businesses run from the home lot) in GTW?
2) In a recent interview it was stated that GTW will add a new neighbourhood and new environments to the existing neighbourhoods. Can I ask what exactly ‘new environments’ means? I’m slightly confused.
- While you can’t run a business from your home lot, you are able to fulfill most of your needs on business lots. There are some things you’ll need to return to your “home” to do, but you can sleep, eat, and do most other things in a room above your retail business if you want.
- The new environments mentioned were specific to the new active careers: the Science Lab, Hospital, and Police Station. They’re in existing neighborhoods, integrated into the world.
RosiaMia_: Will the Doctors career have a wage? Will the release date for ‘get to work’ be the same for everywhere all will UK be later than US
SimGuruSteph: Yes! as a doctor you will have wages. At the end of every day you will be paid based on performance so make sure you complete all your goals! As for the release date, we have not announced a date yet
ems0309: Is this EP going to be available on disk? Just wondering because having to download eats a lot of bandwidth and some people can’t download a whole EP.
SimGuruCoop: Yes! It will be available on disk.
- Will there be a trailer about Aliens or will aliens be added to base game?
- Can doctors have ‘at home’ practices or small clinics? Will they be able to treat sick sims out of the hospital?
- Could you please tell us more about the photography skill? Will pictures be able to be hung on walls? Can you paint portraits now by using the camera feature? Will the “Take Picture Together” interaction now have an actual picture taken and placed in inventory?
- Yes, we will have an out of this world trailer for Aliens (see what I did there?).
- Doctors can’t have “at home” practices but they will be able to make house calls.
- Photography skill is really cool. Yes, you will be able to hang the pictures on walls. Yes, there is a way to paint portraits using the camera. I’m checking into the last part of this as I think the answer to selfies is no but I’m not sure.
RosiaMia_: Will we get a ‘retail shop’ trailer ?
SimGuru Coop: You sure will!
XopaxPax: Can you take pics with the cellphone?
SimGuruJill: Absolutely!
catloverplayer: Hi can the sims spouse or lover watch her deliver the baby in the hospital? And if you can answer is the secret alien world in the the science trailer restricted to only scientist who work in the science building?
SimGuruSteph: When your Sim is ready to deliver, there is an option on your Sim to “Deliver baby at hospital”. Once you choose to go to the hospital a Sim picker will appear. You can then choose someone from your household to come with you.
SelenaGrey: How come our sick sims cant go to the hospital to be treated?
SimGuruSteph: Sick Sims can alleviate their symptoms in other ways, like by drinking tea, orange juice and napping. They can also cure themselves by buying medicine from the computer.
agent_bev: One more… when you announce an EP, how far is it in the development phase? Are you still tweaking and adding new things, or is it pretty much just fixing bugs at this point?
SimGuruBChick: I don’t know if you know much about PC development but, unlike console development, we can keep working on the software right up until the last minute, although the last few weeks are mostly about polishing, tuning and bug fixing. There is a lot of work in an EP, so the design and much of the feature set is locked well before we announce, but we do have some scope to refine and add more content if it makes sense. There is a constant review process as we evaluate designs, test functionality and see what the impact is on related systems. That’s probably more information than you wanted 🙂
ceejay402: Can you give an example of the things you need to return home to do, I’m planning on having an empty lot as my home base so just want to confirm I’ve thought this all out, thanks again
SimGuru Coop: There are a handful of things, like paying bills, that you can only do from your actual “home.” Other Sims in your household will also return there after their work/school day, and won’t go to your retail lot on their own.
AndyGal: Is Alien abduction and alien pregnancy returning? Are there any new CAS traits in GTW? What about new aspirations?
SimGuruJill: On the topic of Aliens:
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
(soon…) 😉ems0309: Are you able to tell the exact amount of new lots coming with the game? I have seen a lot of fighting on this issue and its really a downer to see everyone throwing 3 year old style tantrums before really having any information. Love this game so far and super excited for this EP.
SimGuru Coop: There will be four new lots in a new an entirely new neighborhood, Magnolia Promenade. Three of these lots offer new retail spaces for your Sims to visit, and the fourth lot is completely customizable for you to open up a retail business, or move your Sim’s household into.
MegandtheMoon: So, I was wondering if you could tell us all a little about how the traits are going to exhibit themselves in the new careers? Thanks!
SimGuruJill: Hi MegandtheMoon – great question! Just like a Sim’s traits will affect their normal day-to-day, they’ll also affect their mood at work. For instance, if my Sim has the Loner trait but she has to talk to her coworkers, she’ll get the “Stranger Danger” buff and get uncomfortable. It makes for some really cute story-telling opportunities.
The Sims 4 Get To Work: 90 Scientist Trailer Screens
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The Sims 4 Custom Content: Nature Bedroom Set
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Nice bedroom that blends with nature.
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SimCity BuildIt: Tokyo Town Update Now Available!
To get the latest update for SimCity BuildIt just open up the Application on your Android/iOS device.
Hello Mayor! Bring your city to life with the all-new Tokyo Town Update, featuring:• An International Airport – Ship cargo and earn Tokyo Town items• Tokyo Town Buildings – Add flair to your city.• Himeji Castle – Build the Tokyo landmark in your city.• A new Mailbox to receive rewards, gifts, and game update news.• Hot air balloons and blimps that fill the sky!Plus behind-the-scenes improvements on overall gameplay and global trade. Thanks as always for playing.
Inventions of the Past
Before the scientist career trailer is released, I thought it would be fun to look back on the previous inventions our sims could… err… invent. While it would be nice to see some of these make a reappearance, new inventions are always welcome, as I’m sure we’ll see soon.
Sims 2 Robotics
Sims 2 Open for Business included the robotics talent badge. With it, your sim was able to invent four types of roverbots to help with everyday life. As long as they were built correctly, that is.
HydroBot: Not only could he put out fires, but he could water your garden as well.
CleanBot: Dirty plates, ash piles, puddles, nothing on the floor was too dirty for this bot to clean.
MunchieBot: Would detect a sim’s low hunger, quickly leave the lot, and bring home something to nourish any grumbly tummies.
SentryBot: The mechanized guard dog of robots that zapped and chased off any unruly visitors.
While these roverbots were all greatly appreciated, they did come with some negatives. They would only travel on the floor they were located, no using stairs or elevators. So if you had multiple floors in your house, you’d need a bot for each. There was also the potential for the bots to break and wreak havoc on your household until fixed. The CleanBot would spew garbage piles, the HydroBot would shoot water puddles, the MunchieBot would bring back spoiled food, and the SentryBot will shock sims randomly leading to angry visitors and lots of tears.
Even so, all these roverbots earned their keep and were worth the time taken to invent.
Sims 3 Inventing
Sims 3 Ambitions debuted the inventing skill, which allowed your sim to create widgets, toys, and more importantly, big inventions. These inventions were nothing like those found in Sims 2, no roverbots here.
Floor Hygienator: When walked over, it would release a puff of scented mist that not only increased a sim’s hygiene, but would frequently give a positive moodlet as well.
Harvester: No longer would gardening take all day, as this allowed you to harvest everything on the lot in one fell swoop. It could also be used on collectibles such as rocks, gems, insects, and more.
Miner: This could be used to create a tunnel system that a sim could use to travel from one lot to another. Sims frequently dug up collectibles while using the miner, and sometimes created explorable tunnels with text-based adventues.
Time Machine: Sims could travel to the past or future leading to any number of results from new family members being added to the household to someone’s career changing. Like the mining tunnels, this was also a text-based adventure.
Full-Fledge Robots
One invention that could be created in both Sims 2 and 3 was a full-fledge robot that became a member of the household. In Sims 2 these were called servos, and in Sims 3 they were called SimBots.
These were the life state of each respective expansion and were treated like a normal member of the household, with some robotic flair. As Get to Work already has aliens as the life state for the pack, it’s hard to say whether or not a robot of this nature will make a return with the science career.
Other Possibilities
The above teaser image released for the science career shows a woman sporting a robotic type helmet of sorts. We’ve seen this type of helmet before in Sims 2 with the Thinking Cap and Noodlesoother. They were aspirtation rewards that increased skill gain and needs respectively. Could something of this nature return in Get to Work?
I don’t know about you, but I’m excited to find out more about the science career and what inventions our sims will be slaving away to create.
The Sims 4 Custom Content: Altara Bedroom Set
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The unique styling of the Altara collection offers a casual contemporary look that is sure to make a bold statement in your sim’s master bedroom.
The sleek bed features a headboard in black leather. and low profile footboard style frame for a look that your sims will love. Pair it with the matching dresser and shelves for the complete look.Objects in this set:
Bed
Nightstand (Left & Right)
Dresser
Shelves
Mirror
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Vases & Bowl
Posters (Wall & Freestanding)
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Say Hello to Sims Community’s New Member!
Hello! My name is Danielle White! I am very excited to begin working with The Sims Community as a tutorial/guide writer. I love the Sims and the multiple aspects of the game, and am super excited to share my knowledge with you and teach you something you might not have known before.
I have a YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcIMENYYO54LAPMygktASg) and I live-stream on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/whitey28) when I have a chance.
I am outgoing, active, and family-oriented. My Lifetime Aspiration is to make as many friends as possible.
I am excited to be here and look forward to the fun we can all have together playing this amazing game!
-Whitey28
The Sims 4 Get To Work: Q&A by The SimScraper
Via The SimScraper!
Q: With the introduction of Hospitals we see Illnesses make a return, Can our Sims catch these diseases?
A: Sims don’t have to be working in the Doctor career to see illness symptoms. Any Sim can catch an illness; mainly, this is done through physical interactions with other Sims. You will be able to see if your Sim is ill by different buffs they get and by how they look in the game.
Q: Sims can now Deliver Babies, Does this mean Sims around Town will Start having children?
A: As Sims progress through the Doctor career, they will unlock the ability to see pregnant patients and deliver their babies. The Hospital does spawn NPC pregnant Sims as well, so you’ll see them walking around in the game. As a player, if your Sim is pregnant and ready to give birth, you’ll need to select the interaction to give birth at the Hospital.
Q:Can Sims visit the Hospital to see family And have checkups or do they have to work in the medical career?
A: Sims who are not in the Doctor career are not able to visit the Hospital. The only Sims who are able to go to the Hospital while not in the Doctor Sims are pregnant Sims (and their significant other) when they are ready to give birth. If your Sim gets sick, medicine can be ordered by phone or on the computer.
Q: When our Sims go into labor does an NPC Doctor deliver our baby?
A: Yep, when pregnant Sims go into labor, an NPC Doctor will deliver their baby.
Q: The chance to run businesses has returned and it looks great! Will our Sims be Able to run Home Businesses?
A: Retail lots in The Sims 4 Get to Work dictate where Sims can open up a business. Sims can stay at their store and take care of their basic needs as long as they desire but will need to return home for much of the gameplay that’s centered on their household.
Q: With the return of Bakeries can our Sims also Run Restaurants?
A: TheSims 4 Get to Work focuses on opening up a retail business where you can sell anything you can make in the game, from toilet paper to cupcakes. The focus is on selling items, rather than providing services.
Q: Can we sell ANY item?
A: Your Sims can sell anything they can make, as well as a vast majority of the items available in buy mode. Sims who paint on the easel can sell their works of art. Sims who desire to open up a store that only sells furniture, can do so.
Q: Can we set Employee Uniforms?
A: Absolutely! This is one of my favorite aspects of the retail side of Get to Work.
Q: Will Sims pay for items at the register or do they just take the item?
A: Sims won’t just take the item, no – they’ll be assisted by an employee to purchase items.
Q: How do Mannequins work?
A: You can customize outfits from the clothing in-game and dress up both adult and child mannequins. They can have up to 30 unique outfits assigned to them that customers can try on and purchase.
Q: Will this Pack be introducing any new collectibles?
A: Yes! There are new rocks, flora, and fauna to collect, and they’re out of this world!
Q: In the trailers we see new areas in which are the Hospital and Police department, is this a new world or are Willow creek and Oasis springs having an expansion?
A: Rather than taking your Sims to a new world, The Sims 4 Get to Work integrates new environments into the existing worlds in The Sims 4. The Sims 4 Get to Work also includes an entirely new neighborhood, Magnolia Promenade, which is made up of four new lots, three of which are retail. You can create retail lots in the existing neighborhoods or move existing venues into the new neighborhood. It’s all up to you! You can even live right next door to your retail store.
Q: What can you tell us that we don’t already know about Get to work yet?
A: We’re really excited about the new photography skill in The Sims 4 Get to Work. We’re introducing cool new filters and other modern features such as a Smart Phone camera, the ability to choose between horizontal or vertical shots, a photography studio object to take group shots, and more!
The Sims 4 Custom Content: Monaco Bedroom Set
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Bedroom with lots of metal shelfing and glass tops. Also there is a Seating and a Stereo.
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– Shelf (3 Coloroptions)
– Desk (3 Coloroptions)
– Desk Chair (3Coloroptions)
– Sidetable left and right version (3Coloroptions)
– Armchair (2 Colors)
– Loveseat (2 Colors)
– Stereo (recolorable but only 1 Color)
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– Sculpture Battersea Power Station
– Wall Lamp: Conversion from Sims3 (4 Coloroptions)
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