An updated image of The Sims 4 render we saw back in March has surfaced on The Sims Twitter page. The image is now in better quality, updated facial expressions and different outfits!
The Sims 4 – New Picture of SimGuruRyan
Ryan Vaughan updated his profile picture with a Sim from The Sims 4 that looks a lot like him!
He even made a new tweet! Looks like someone is really excited for The Sims 4 and it’s not just us, Simmers 😀
The Sims 3 Store – 4 Premium Contents available for individual purchase!
The Sims 3 Store released Milkin’ It Dairy Coral, Grandpa’s Grove Tractor and Door of Life And Death for individual purchase. Each Premium Content costs 500 SimPoints!
*UPDATE* – It’s Business Time Industrial Oven is available for individual purchase for 600 SimPoints! Thanks SimsOnlineFan for the tip!
Do you want to start your own business and make gobs of Simoleons? How about spending a night out of the town where you have a chef waiting to make your favorite meal? If these things sound appealing, then you should get the It’s Business Time Industrial Oven, hire a chef, and start living like a boss!
Tired of watering, fertilizing and harvesting all of your plants and trees by hand? Lay down a dirt road near your crops and put the tractor to work! Then, after a hard day of farming, why don’t you give the kiddos a fun hay ride!
The Milkin’ It Dairy Corral lets you milk cows until the cows come home..err..never mind. These aren’t just normal cows though – they can give you several different flavors of milk, and if you’re lucky, milkshakes! Be careful though, these cows are smart and competitive. They have no mercy when playing an intense game of Tic-Tac-Hoof, and they don’t like to be tipped over!
When most Sims hear that the Reaper is coming they want to run away, but the Door of Life and Death lets your Sim go right up and knock on his door. And you might just find that he’s not that bad after all! Want to bring a lost loved one back? Just knock at the Reaper’s door to have them reincarnated! Have a loner that wants to try parenting all on their own? Have old Grimmy Simulate a Genetic Merger with the Sim of your choosing! You can even challenge the Reaper to a high stakes guitar duel!
Origin Update 9.4.7 (25/04/14)
There’s a new Origin Update that includes various bug fixes!
To get the new update, just open your Origin Client and select ”install now”.
Sims Community’s first Anniversary is almost here!
May 21st, 2013 marks the start of Sims Community Fansite! We’re really happy that we met so many cool people here and on Social Networks like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. This fansite wouldn’t come this far without you guys! :heart:
Now it’s time to say thank you for past (and upcoming) wonderful times!
Electronic Arts UK sent us a batch of great Sims/SimCity goodies to give away.
Includes:
– SimCity Base Game *
– SimCity Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack *
– The Sims 3 University Life Expansion Pack *
– The Sims 3 Diesel Stuff *
– The Sims 3 Movie Stuff *
– 2GB Plumbob USB *
– 2 Plumbob Stickers *
– Play with Lif3 wristband *
– The Sims 3 Goodie Bag *
Not only that, but Digitto decided to help us extend the giveaway by giving us digital codes for these games:
– The Sims 3 Starter Pack
– The Sims 3 Island Paradise
– The Sims 3 Into the Future
We’re also really happy that some Simmers are willing to expand this giveaway. Generous Simmers @SimtasticWorld and @Lucygirl5x gave us a digital code for The Sims 3 Movie Stuff and The Sims 3 Generations!
Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook for the latest updates on when and how we’ll give away these goodies!
* Video games will be given away as digital codes. All other goodies will be sent out through mail (applies only for people living in Europe).
The Sims 4 WILL be at E3!
SimGuruRachel confirmed on Twitter that The Sims 4 will attend Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this June. How exciting is that?! 😀
New The Sims 4 Trailer is in production!
Benoit Berthe, 3D Artist, wrote on his LinkedIn profile that he’s currently working on The Sims 4 Trailer in a 3D animations studio called Nexus.
This means that the previous studio who created The Sims 4 Arrival Trailer, DraftFCB, was replaced with the Nexus studio.
Below you can see a Coca-Cola Advertisement, made by Smith & Foulkes (Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes), film makers of short movies and multi-award winning advertisements, who are also working on the new Sims 4 trailer.
Source: Rincon Del Simmer
The Sims 4 – Future of Simlish
Source: The Sims Official Magazine
THE FUTURE OF SIMLISH
As Simlish continues to grow and expand with each new entry in the series, so does the size of the group of folks working behind-the-scenes to make it an increasingly fun aspect of each game. Starting with only three voice actors in the earlier games, The Simsvoice team has now tripled to nine different actors. A bigger team makes it possible to have a much greater range of choice in how your Sim characters sound when they speak.
This ongoing expansion extends to The Sims 4, which will feature the broadest range of Simlish yet. “We’ve expanded the lexicon, created specific ‘slang’ for different Sim age groups, and placed more focus on object-specific terminology,” said Cameron. “We’ve focused harder than ever before on making each Sim sound unique, and it’s really paying off. The cohesion and attention to detail has really helped Simlish to feel even more like a real language.”
The Sims Official Magazine – Issue 6
The new Issue of The Sims Official Magazine is finally here, covering some new info about The Sims 4! From Making Tea to tripling The Sims 4 Voice Actor team, The Sims 4 article covers all the old and new information!
Click on the picture below to read the new Issue!
The Sims 4 – New Voice Actor: Jessica DiCicco
Jessica DiCicco made an interesting tweet on Twitter, confirming that she’s working on The Sims 4!
She also made a Vine, showing what a Child’s voice could possibly sound like in TS4!
Source: Rincon Del Simmer
Up to 50% Off on Origin Games
Every Origin title is now 50% off including Battlefield, Need For Speed, The Sims, SimCity and other Franchises/Video Games.
Please note that this offer doesn’t apply for Pre-Orders!
Click on the picture below to check out these offers!
ShortList: 15 Things You (Probably) didn’t know about The Sims
Early in 2000, with PC gamers engrossed in the worlds of Roller Coaster Tycoon and SimCity 3000, a new contender for the simulation crown emerged from the Maxis stable.
The Sims had sounded so mundane to early tester groups that creator Will Wright had feared his game would never make it off the ground. It would go on to become the biggest selling game franchise in history.
The following facts and trivia will enlighten even the most die-hard of Sims creators – but if we missed any amazing facts, be sure to share your own gems in the comments bellow.
The Talent
What do Kung Fu Panda, Megamind,Monsters vs Aliens and The Sims have in common? The all feature the vocal talents of Stephen Kearin, one of the original voices of the male characters of The Sims. Female Sims were voiced by Gerri Lawlor, with additional voice parts recorded by Sean O’Connor, Laurel McCarl Kapros, Paul Rausmussen, Eli Sibley and Melissa Roberts.
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The Sims Social Concept Art by Albert Truong
Albert Truong, Concept Artist for The Sims 4, shared some of his Concept Arts for The Sims Social on his Facebook Profile.
Here is a small collection of Sims Social concept art that i have worked on for Playfish (London). It was a fun and awesome project to be a part of. I thoroughly enjoyed making the artwork for this game; I hope people see familiar art in here. If you havent had a chance, check out Facebook’s Sims Social!
This is concept sketches for the Rocker Girl. I normally keep the sketches VERY loose – maybe the anatomy is off, or its off style – the important thing to take away is “What message, do you as the client, want her to say?” Eventually, they focaused on the “I’m cool and don’t care asian rocker chick.” Some fun poses in here, i really wanted to do the lower left one so much! SHE’S CRAZY!!!
Normally i use photoshop to paint everything, but because the game is in flash, i had to brush up my old illustrator knowledge. In this image, i wanted to show the many layers i use and the many crazy vector lines that spew everywhere. It can get confusing. I’m by far not the greatest “adobe Illustrator” guy out there – the folks at playfish are unGodly with their ‘adobe illustrator’ skills – they can sketch in there as fast as i can draw with pencil.
Here’s the final cleanup done in photoshop and the final color in illustrator. She is by far my favorite… and apparantly EA’s as well? I found a near life size print of her adorned in the walls in our stairwell *sniffles* people actually like my work!
This concept was for a female business executive type personality. I didnt want to make her a floozy, so I tried to stay away from the typical “office bimbo” look. At one point, I was thinking “well, if she’s an exec, i’m sure she’s gonna be yelling at someone on her phone?”
Final cleaned up linework in photoshop, then painted in illustrator.
She’s a cutie! the hopeless romantic, and when i think of a hopeless romantic, i think of AMELIE! so i pulled a lot of inspiration from her (or maybe the art director pulled a lot of inspiration from her and i’m just taking the credit? I cant remember.)
Final cleanup in photoshop, color in illustrator. I included a few color variants here just for show. Each character has several variants for the art director to pick and choose from. Makes my life easier to give several options rather than work on one image with constant feedback.
The sporty Girl! Here are a few concept sketches for a “Sporty girl” – what kinda sports i asked? *Shrugg* so i got to goto town Which do you like?
This is the cleanup done in photoshop and the color finished in illustrator. The original colors you see here were heavily inspired by a piece of artwork I done a year prior. We had this awesome manager that was moving on with her career so I did this piece for her. She’s very much into running, i even came up with the “Thank you for running with us!” CLEVER ALBEEEEERT! you get *albert charm points*!
“We need a villain personality” MUHAHAHAHAHAA yes!!!! sooo many ways to do it! We can go the SEXY villain, or the snobbish villain, or the scheming evil villain, or the posh heavy fuzzy coat villain with too many rings to count? I had a lot of fun exploring these ideas. In order to get some of the poses in here, i usually stand up and act it out. Other cubecoworkers stared as i kept hunching over, rubbing my hands together and making schemey type laughs. It’s easier to design characters this way 🙂
Cleanup in photoshop, and final color in illustrator. My favorite part? the shadow right under his corner lip with a bit of nose flare – gives him that smug cocky look.
Some sketches for a shocked expression. Once again, keeping it VERY loose but enough that the overseas art director can tell what’s going on. Once again, acting played a big role in making these expressions.
