If you’re having issues redeeming The Sims 3 Town Life Free Code from thesims.com, you can easily redeem it via Origin.com since it now costs 0$! Also, this Promotion is extended and ends on 14th of February!
The Sims 3 Late Night Subway Concept Art
Happy Monday! If only it were Friday again :p Here’s some concept from The Sims 3 Late Night featuring Subways! Enjoy
Sims Community 2.0 is here!
We are happy to announce that the new version of Sims Community is finally live!
We completely re-designed our website – with new features, colors and graphics!
This website now supports retina-ready displays – which means that users of Apple devices will now see pictures more clearly. The other new major feature is that when scrolling down/up – not every part of the page will follow you.
I’m mostly proud of The Sims 4 page. It’s showing all the greatest features of the game with the latest TS4 Gameplay video. There are also the latest TS4 Scoops – which will update every time there’s a new The Sims 4 major information/screen/video.
We can’t wait to show you more of what our new version can do!
– Sims Community Team
The Sims 4 – Story of an EA Intern
During the Summer of 2013, I interned at Electronic Arts in Redwood Shores as a Software Engineering Intern with a focus on Gameplay User-Interface features on The Sims 4. It was a full circle experience. The Sims was “the game” of my childhood; the one I played most often. Now I was getting to contribute to the latest installment of the game.
While I was there the engineering team met a big deadline, so we were all treated with a 3-day hackathon (we could code anything we wanted into the game, as long as it got support from the producers & designers of the game [to make sure it was appropriate for The Sims]). I took the time adding features and special objects to the game that I know the little me would have loved and obsessed over.
It was a great experience. I could see this being my job in the future. It wasn’t really a “job” in the normal sense where people dread going to them. I am not a morning person. Not at all. All my courses this semester are in the afternoon. But I was continually waking up at 8am to head into work and staying at work until 7pm. (As a reference, most engineers didn’t get into the office until 10am and then stayed at work until 7 or 8pm). Anyways, long story short I found myself trying to spend as much time as possible working on the game. It was this summer on The Sims 4 that I knew that I wanted to make video games for a living and that I wouldn’t be happy doing anything else.
EXPERIENCE
MORE INFO, PHOTOS & VIDEOS TO BE ADDED POST GAME RELEASE 😉
While I was there the engineering team met a big deadline so we were all rewarded with a 3-day long hackathon. I contributed to multiple features during Engineering Team’s Hackathon.
Hackathon participation included:
– Receiving Producer support on features and created design documents for features
– Coordinating features with several other engineers on the team
– Assisting Producers with adding content to the game, which included adding of some Easter Eggs
– Receiving art support to add special object to game (Hackathon was suppose to be limited to engineering only)
– One feature’s tech has been reused to implement a planned game feature
Thanks to Rincon Del Simmer for the find!
Prism Art Studio Overview & Giveaway by jasonmazda
Jasonmazda made an Overview + he’s giving away the Pristm Art Studio venue. Make sure to follow all the steps when entering his giveaway!
Prism Art Studio Review by Steph0Sims
Steph0Sims made an interesting review of the Prism Art Studio Store Venue. This review might just help you decide whether you should get this Venue or not. (but we think you should because it’s amazing 😉 )
The Sims 4 To Release In September?
Update: The Sims Brazil changed the text from September 2014 to Autumn 2014. That can only mean one thing… 😀
Source: SimsDomination
How exciting! According to a blog post, EA Brazil has let it slip that The Sims 4 is set to release in September.
Check out this link to read the full blog post!
Image below is part of the blog post that has been translated.
How to redeem your Town Life Stuff Code
I’m seeing a lot of questions and issues on our website related to redeeming The Sims 3 Town Life Code. Here’s a small step-by-step tutorial that will help you to get your free copy of Town Life Stuff!
Step 1:
Visit thesims.com/anniversary. Click on the ”Start Here” button to redeem your code.
Step 2:
Enter your Origin Account details. Use the same e-mail and password that you use to log-in into Origin Client Program.
Step 3:
Congratulations – you successfully redeemed your Town Life Stuff code. All you have to do now is wait for EA to add the game into your Origin Game Library. It may take up to 72 hours for them to do so, so be sure to check Origin from time to time.
If you have any questions related to redeeming The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff, please send them in the comment section below and we’ll be happy to help you the best way we can!
Happy simming!
SimGuruSarah: The Sims 4 Profile Picture
SimGuruSarah updated her Twitter Profile picture with a picture of a Sim in The Sims 4 that looks like her! Sarah said that she planned to update her picture a long time ago, and that today it seemed like a good day to do so.
Today in Entertainment History: The Sims
Via WTYV!
It was a video game with a seemingly-mundane concept—manipulate and control the everyday lives of characters. But, The Sims would become a massive hit.
Will Wright had previously created other “Sim” or simulation game, where the player can control simulation elements of a particular kind. SimCity was a massive hit, where a player could control and manipulate an entire town or city.
Wright’s The Sims allows a player to design a character (or set of characters) and a house and then take that character through life. The character has several attributes that need to be maintained such as hygiene, hunger, bladder and creativity. The character is not fully automated, and its actions must be manipulated or controlled by the player.
Sims can also interact with other Sims, as friends, as romantic partners, and even as enemies.
The game became a massive hit, not only with traditional games, but a broader demographic and audience. The Sims had many expansion packs with new elements.
Originally released for computers, it was later released with unique elements for home video game consoles. Sequels with new features and enhanced graphics have been released over the past few years, with Sims 4 scheduled for release later this year.
50% Off The Sims Games On Origin!
Hurry, grab yourself a bargain and head over to Origin right now!
50% off The Sims titles due to The Sims Anniversary, offer ends February 11th. Click on the image below to head on over there.
Town Life Stuff Pack: Free Gift!
All you have to do is click on the image below and then follow the instructions to claim your FREE gift!
Don’t forget, you must have the base game on Origin.
Offer ends February 10th.
Happy Anniversary, The Sims Franchise!
The Sims Franchise turns 14 years today! All these years of simming flew so fast, it’s unbelievable!
EA UK shared some interesting Sims material with us. First of all, let’s all sing a Simlish Happy Birthday song to The Sims!
Is there a better way to celebrate The Sims Birthday than getting a free stuff pack?! Yup, that’s right. EA is giving away a free copy of The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff. Simmers who registered The Sims 3 Base Game on Origin will get their free copy. This generous giveaway is for all Simmers worldwide.
See more info on how you can redeem your copy here:
thesims.com/anniversary – (link will start working some time today)
Also, every Sims game including Expansion Packs, Stuff Packs and worlds, are 50% off on Origin! The Sale will begin soon.
We also got some interesting facts about The Sims Franchise in the past 14 years, including all The Sims games!
A family of overachievers
The original The Sims was the best-selling PC game worldwide in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, until it was dethroned by its own sequel The Sims 2, which was the best-selling PC game of 2004, and the second best selling PC game of 2005. When The Sims 3 launched in June 2009 it sold a whopping 1.4 million units in its first week, according to NPD data, making it the #1 best-selling PC title for 2009 in North America and Europe. Since its June 2009 launch, The Sims 3 has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide across multiple platforms.
A worldwide phenomenon
The Sims franchise has fans around the globe with combined sales for the franchise topping 175million – that’s more than enough for every single person in the UK!
Blockbuster Entertainment
The Sims franchise has generated more than $3 billion of revenue, putting it in the same class as blockbuster films Avatar and Titanic.
Celebrities Love The Sims
In the mix of Sims fans from around the world, famous actors, TV personalities, and musicians have shown their support for The Sims over the years. From attending parties, lending their voice stylings to the games, spoofing the games on TV shows, or just professing their adoration, celebs know how to get their game on. Katy Perry partnered with The Sims to release a Collector’s Edition for The Sims 3 Showtime and The Sims 3 Katy Perry Sweet Treats – a stuff pack that allows players to indulge their Sims with Katy’s sweet and vibrant style.
Making news
The Sims was the first and only video game franchise to make the cover of Newsweek! Since then, The Sims franchise has graced hundreds of magazine covers to date with more than 45 for The Sims 3 alone.
Fun that translates
The Sims 3 has been translated into more than 20 languages including Swedish, Korean and Russian and is available in over 60 countries worldwide! The Sims series has quickly become a universal gaming and cultural phenomenon.
A language that doesn’t
Sims speak Simlish, an emotion-filled language that defies translation. In creating Simlish, the development team experimented with fractured Ukrainian and Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. Inspired by the code talkers of WWII, The Sims creator Will Wright also suggested Navajo. Over the years, fans have learned to recognize some words like dag dag for hello and nooboo for baby.
Funny Money
The Sims have their own form of currency called Simoleons. The currency originated way back in early eighteenth-century Britain, where sixpence were often slangily called a simon. Simon mixed with the much more valuable French gold coins called Napoleans became Simoleons! And, what more appropriate currency for The Sims!
Hot Tracks
Rock Stars like Simlish too! Soundtracks for The Sims games read like a who’s who of chart-topping talent; The Black Eyed Peas, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, LeAnn Rimes, Natasha Bedingfield, the Pussycat Dolls, Depeche Mode and FUN have recorded their chart topping hits in Simlish.
Play with Life on any Platform
Play with life like never before! The Sims games are available on a wide variety of gaming platforms for fans to pick up and play nearly anytime, anyplace and anywhere. The Sims 3 is playable on PC and Mac, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, the Wii and Nintendo DS and 3DS. In addition, The Sims has migrated to new-age platforms including Android mobile phones, iOS (for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad) and Facebook. Other The Sims games are available on PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCube™, the Game Boy Advance, the Nintendo DS, Wii, the PSP (PlayStation Portable).
Drop in for a download
Imagine having the entire city of San Francisco drop by each week for a visit. That’s close to what’s happening at The Sims 3 official community site, www.thesims3.com. The site welcomes upwards of 7 million unique visitors monthly.
It started with a toilet
The first object ever created for The Sims was a toilet featured in the 1993 prototype. A variety of ways to interact with the toilet were introduced, from using it to cleaning it. According to the team, it was also the only object in the original game that different genders used differently—the men tended to leave the seat up!
It’s a Material World
The Sims finally get their materialistic fix in 2006 with must have stuff to decorate, redesign or dress up new outfits. To date, there have been 18 stuff packs which included items for your family, holiday, mansion, garden and of course, glamorous life.
Name Brand Envy
In 2008, nearly 1,000 H&M stores worldwide featured a garment designed by a player of The Sims for anyone to purchase. In 2012, The Sims were at it again when they forged a partnership with contemporary fashion designer Diesel to release The Sims 3 Diesel Stuff Pack, making Sims the trendiest virtual characters on the block.
All about the fans!
Fans of The Sims franchise are online like never before. Hundreds of millions of player-created content has been shared and downloaded by one of the most active player communities in the world and the viral appeal of The Sims is further evidenced by its 30 million fans across global social networks. The Sims 3 YouTube Channel videos have been viewed more than 90 million times and The Sims 3 global Facebook and Twitter pages reach 30 million fans. All of that social media viewership combined is enough to fill up the largest stadium in the world, Rungrado May Day Stadium in North Korea, more than 630 times.
Play it your way!
The appeal of The Sims is that there is no “right way” to play. Some players spend all their time building cool houses or following the personal lives of their Sims, while others like to create chaos wherever they go. Are you one of those players? If you have ever removed the pool ladder after sending your Sim in for a dip, then the answer is probably yes.
The Sims in Real Life
In 2004, EA Benelux created a real glass house where a family lived out their life for all to see in true The Sims style.
Before there was bird flu
Will Wright once introduced a mysterious virus to The Sims. As infection spread throughout the game, so did lively debate on the message boards. What was the source of the illness? Players finally traced it back to pet guinea pigs and shared tips for surviving the outbreak.
Feeling Needy?
Like most of us, the Sims have aspirations, fears and needs. The model used in the game was inspired by “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.” According to Maslow, people’s needs are based on a hierarchy and once basic needs are satisfied, people are motivated by less urgent needs.
Stamp of approval
The French love The Sims so much that the French postal service issued an official postal stamp honoring the game. For that, we say, “Merci!”
Home is where the heart is
IKEA and The Sims collaborated in 2008 to make home the most important place on earth in The Sims with real-world IKEA home furnishings for the living spaces, bedroom and home office in your Sims’ homes.
You can celebrate The Sims Anniverary with our fan made Assets. Add The Sims Anniversary logo to your profile picture, or decorate your desktop with a wallpaper! Check our Assets HERE!
Happy Birthday The Sims!
SimGuruCopeland: Got a Store Idea?
SimGuruCopeland wants your ideas for a new The Sims 3 Store object set.
A while ago I asked all of you what new venues you would like to see and that thread was wildly successful! So now I’d like to find out what new object sets you’d like to see? Is there a favorite set that we should revisit or a theme we’ve never touched on that you’d like to see in your game? Let us know!
Same brainstorming rules as before: Keep it constructive and on topic.
EDIT: Several people are mentioning new Premium Content they would like, which is fine, but I’m asking specifically about object sets (mimics) you’d like to see in the Sims 3 Store.
Click on the picture below to suggest your idea!
The release date for The Sims 4 will not be changed
A French SimGuru clarified some rumors about The Sims 4 release date being delayed due to the fact that The Sims Studio in EA Salt Lake is shutting down. He also mentioned that new The Sims 4 info will be released in the upcoming weeks!
Translation by SimCookie:
Hello everyone, We understand you worries about the last events in our studio. We strive to prepare the best possible experience with the Sims 4. The release of the game is not affected in any way. Don’t make hurried conclusions on the next game. Like some people are saying they did not see the first innovative elements of the game. We will tell you more about The Sims 4 in few weeks.
Source: SimCookie