The Sims UK Facebook page has posted an interesting picture with a rather interesting description:

Something spooky this way comes in The Sims 4. Are you ready?

Iggy Azalea’s official Facebook Page posted a Render with a text promoting The Sims 4 and it’s Create A Sim Demo.

Fancy! Check out my hot Sim! Love it! Think you can make me look Fancy too? Create me in the SIMS and let me see! #TheSims4#IggyAzalea#adhttp://bit.ly/1x3mHVW

You may have heard of The Legacy Challenge, a self-imposed set of rules and goals that challenges you to approach The Sims from a very different play style. You start the game with a single young adult Sim, move them into a gigantic and completely empty lot and strip them of most of their starting funds. Beginning life penniless, homeless, jobless and without any family, your starting Sim or “founder,” starts the process of building a family that will go on for 10 full generations!

The Legacy Challenge has been around since the days of The Sims 2. What inspired me to create the Legacy Challenge is threefold. Of all the pre-seeded families provided in the original version of The Sims 2, the one family I LOVED playing the most is one that gets very little attention: The Brokes. Brandi Broke starts out as a single mother with two children and begins the game pregnant! Pretty soon Brandi will have three kids, very little money and a very difficult teenage son. This was an extremely difficult start compared to other families but for me it was the most interesting and satisfying. I learned from the Brokes that a family in poverty with resources stretched thin is actually MORE interesting to play.

When I started The Legacy Challenge, I was playing on my own. I had no formal rules, but started discovering little challenges that made things interesting. On a whim, I decided to write all the rules down and publish them on The Sims 2 forums. I had NO idea this would explode in popularity the way that it did.

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For your convenience we’ve provided 3 unique saved games. Each provides a different look at just a few of the possibilities the game offers and allow you to experience some of the later gameplay you might not encounter in a shorter gameplay session.

Bachelor:
Play out the life of the wealthy and influential Rico Bachelor, who happens to know just about everyone in town. You’ll start off at a party in the Rattlesnake Juice Bar, where Rico is having a Suggestive Conversation with Katrina Caliente. Take advantage of Rico’s Flirty emotion, Level 10
Charisma Skill, and Romantic Personality Trait to help him achieve his current Aspiration to initiate 10 Successful Kisses!

Mad Science:
Enter a world of Mad Science with the Malakai brothers. Being twins, these two Rocket Scientists are physically identical – but they couldn’t be much further apart in terms of their personalities. With one aspiring to be a Friend of the World, and the other a Public Enemy, explore how Sims with widely different personality traits and differing long term goals can have significantly different life stories.

Power Couple:
Ever wonder what it’s like to have it all? Jump into the life of the rich and powerful with Ethan and Allyson Poole. Both at the pinnacle of their careers,
they’ve perfected most of their skills, earned rich rewards, and are even working on their next aspiration. See what it’s like to have everything and be good at everything.

Save File Instructions
1. Install The Sims 4.
2. When installation is complete, open the following folder C:…DocumentsElectronic Arts
3. Unpack the zip file called “The Sims 4”.
4. Copy/Paste the unpacked folder, “The Sims 4”, into the current directory.
5. Launch The Sims 4 through Origin

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Maxis senior vice president Lucy Bradshaw and Sims Studio GM Rachel Franklin see the voyeuristic side of our society as a wealth of source material when it comes to making The Sims.

Their fireside chat at the GamesBeat 2014 conference, Franklin and Bradshaw cited the ever-changing entertainment media landscape as key inspirations for their long-running franchise. It’s not only about entertainment but also how people consume it.

The pair took this opportunity to share what Sims means to them. Franklin noted that this is a game that relies on little to no consulting with behavioral professionals, “It’s less of a life simulation but more a game about drama.” Bradshaw added that the Sims is a reductionist view of life, influenced by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s also a series that combines behavioral tension with user experimentation, were the best possible outcome is drama. Those outcomes are complemented by happy experiences like giving birth to a child or a first kiss.

“We want players to imbue a sense of importance. Create-a-Sim in Sims 4 just became all the more important. …” Bradshaw said. “You can choose traits that reflect real stories, like coming out of the closet or the death of a family member.”

The studios behind The Sims also do not get enough credit for striking that balance between the serious moments in life, while also keeping things lighthearted. A perfect example is the Grim Reaper, the avatar of Death who also uses a tablet. As Franklin put it, “We want to explore all these different facets of life, but it’s still game. … You should have a satisfying journey, but it should still be fun.”

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Thanks SnootySims for the find!

VGCharts published a chart showing which games sold the most copies in USA, Europe, Japan and/or Global!

Their chart for 6th of September, 2014 shows that The Sims 4 sold 408,150 copies Worldwide in the first 4 days! (from 02/09 to 06/09). The game sold 179,368 copies in USA and 161,584 copies in Europe.