If you don’t know what Black Friday is, it’s a day when all prices of any product go super low. Black Friday starts on 28th of November.
Origin is supporting this cause by dropping prices of their games. They made a poll where you get to choose which game drops to 1€ on Black Friday.
Even if you don’t have The Sims 3 Pets, be sure to vote for it so that other people who can’t afford it now, they probably will on Black Friday.
Talented Zerbu made a mod that allows you to see and control your Sims in a Career Rabbit Hole.
The end of career rabbitholes is here! With Ultimate Careers, instead of going into a rabbithole to work, Sims will spend the work day at a community lot, doing work-related interactions – or slacking off. A “Perform Job” menu has been added to certain objects, with options for “Work Normal” and “Work Hard”. Using these interactions will increase a Sim’s performance faster than normal, though it will drain their Fun need.
Click HERE to read more about this mod and don’t forget to download it!
Inspired by both slavic folklore and modern trends, the Mother Russia set is sure to please! Bold, stunning architectural pieces will allow you to create breathtaking structures while the clothing and hairstyles will give your Sims a unique look.
Click on the picture below to purchase this set
As you may know, I am extremely busy with new projects for Sims Community (+ there’s High School 😐 ). Leighanne and Me are currently working on Into the Future Game Guide, which means that we won’t be able to focus on news in The Sims/SimCity Series.
Update: We are also looking for a Store Content Reviewer. If you are The Sims 3 Store fanatic and would love to help us by making Reviews/Guides for The Sims 3 Store Sets, then be sure to contact us (you can my e-mail at the bottom of this post).
That’s why I need your help. I need someone who is willing to write news that happen occasionally in the Sims/SimCity Community.
Requirements:
It would be good if you:
Send in your application to my e-mail: jovan-5@hotmail.com
Be sure to tell all about yourself and your skills in your application!
The secret is out! Our set releasing on Thursday, November 21, 2013 is absolutely stunning. With the stunning architecture and cold weather appropriate outfits, we took it upon ourselves to see what it would look like with some snow!!
Here’s a peak!
The colors look so bold and beautiful without snow!
Here’s some outfits to rock!
Now, check out this baby under blankets of show!
And for some close ups.
And now, for my favorite thing about winter! The clothes of course!
Perfect timing. With the holidays and winter coming up, what better way to get ready than a stunning yet cozy Russian set to add to my store collection?
What do you guys think?? Can’t wait for the sharing of screenshots to begin tomorrow!
SimCity team decided to cut the price of SimCity by half on Origin. Instead of 59,99 €, SimCity now costs 29,99 €. 😀
It doesn’t matter from what country are you since SimCity is 50% off Worldwide (on Origin)! Meanwhile, SimCity Digital Deluxe is 37% off!
Be sure to purchase SimCity while you can (if you haven’t already) because I’m not sure is this offer permanent or not. ?:-)
Click on the picture below to check this offer out!
Sims True Life is giving away 1 copy of The Sims 3 Into the Future. Even though it’s a Polish Fansite, you can read below instructions on english on how to enter this giveaway. Don’t forget to enter our giveaway too (HERE) to increase your chances of winning this Expansion Pack!
Click on the picture below to read more info about this giveaway…
Origin released a new SimCity bundle. This bundle contains SimCity Base Game + SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow.
Click on the picture below to check this offer out.
Digitto just released the limited edition of SimCity’s new Expansion Pack: Cities of Tomorrow. It costs 24.99$ in USA, and 18.51€ in Europe. Be sure to grab your copy of the Limited Edition while supplies still last!
Click on the picture above to check out this offer!
For those of you who’ve been reading a lot of articles about The Sims 4 System Requirements, I just want to point out that some of them contain false or misunderstood info about The Sims 4 System Requirements. There is no way that requirements can be set for a game that’s still in pre-alpha!
SimGuruGraham gave more info about The Sims 4 Requirements back in October:
Ah, Sims 4 system requirements… unfortunately I don’t have any I can share other than saying we’re aiming at having Sims 4 run smoothly across a wide variety of systems. Optimizing is one of the last things that happens during game development; until that occurs we won’t nail down our final minimum/suggested requirements.
With that being said, we can expect info about The Sims 4 System Requirements in Q2 of 2014.
Until then, don’t forget that we still have lots of great things coming for The Sims 3! 😀
Source: Honeywell’s Sims 4 Blog
The first ever Sims game I actually played was The Sims 2. I tried to work it out, but it was really tricky to get the hang of. My dad, whom I’d watched playing The Sims, helped me work it out (build/buy, at least) and I was off building houses that’d be six storeys high, and then I’d get confused and wonder why I couldn’t put a roof on the top. Soon after, I discovered expansion packs and live mode. I then went on to buy every expansion pack – but, mind you, I didn’t care much for stuff packs. I had no idea about The Sims 3 until my neighbour let me borrow his copy whilst he was away on a trip. I fell in love instantly; and I had a much deeper connection with my Sims on that game than I had on The Sims 2. I have every expansion and stuff pack to date for The Sims 3 now, and I still play the game whenever I can.I’m currently still in school so that takes up a lot of time. I’m actually very social, so I’m often out doing something with friends. When I’m not busy with my mates or doing homework, I’ll play The Sims or SimCity (I got that game in August). It was also in August that I had the idea for SMAGAZINE, a magazine that would showcase design in The Sims 3 – something that hadn’t really been done before. I didn’t realise what a huge undertaking it would be when I first started, because I didn’t try and recruit a team – I was a one-man show. I managed to finish the issue eventually, and shared it. It didn’t really gain that much popularity, but the fact I’m still writing new issues and getting together more features such as interviews show that I mean business with this magazine. I want this magazine to be something people can look to for inspiration when they see that daunting empty 64×64 lot staring at them from their computer screen. In the future, I hope to build up a team of writers, editors and builders for SMAGAZINE so I can release issues on a more regular basis. I want to see what I can do with this, and I want to see what will happen to SMAGAZINE.On the topic of the future – I can’t wait for The Sims 4. I respect and support what EA is trying to do with The Sims 4, and I’ve really liked what I’ve seen from the game so far. The Sims with emotions looks so exciting, and the continuous timeline of actions (similar to what we’ve seen from Into the Future) is a nice touch. I’m also loving the look of the new creative tools, especially Create-a-Sim. I don’t tend to try that hard when I make my Sims, so hopefully that’ll encourage me to get more hands-on. The quick building tools look nice too, and hopefully they’ll let us build a really nice-looking house for our Sims in the fraction of the time it’d take to do so on The Sims 3.Finally, if you’d like to check out the official magazine website, visit smagazine.tk but go to http://issuu.com/smagazineofficial/docs/smagazine_issue_1 to check out the first issue.
Click HERE if you want to be featured on next week’s ”The Community” post!
The Sims 4 was announced 5 months ago (7th of May, 2013), and it’s first look was shown 3 months ago (20th of August, 2013). Since then, all major info about The Sims 4 we got is a more specified release date (Autumn/Fall 2014).
Rachel Franklin replied to a Tweet, saying that we won’t be getting new info for The Sims 4 in the new few Months. I hope that the wait will be worth it! 🙂
@darraghkavo we’re heads down working on the game. Give us a few more months. I promise you it’ll be worth it!
— Rachel Franklin (@SimGuruRachel) November 7, 2013
Until The Sims 4 releases, we’ll at least have 1 new The Sims 3 Store World, new Premium Store Content, new Store Sets, and who knows: maybe Into the Future isn’t the last Expansion Pack in The Sims 3 Series! ?:-)
Guillaume Pierre invited people on Twitter to join his Cities of Tomorrow region. 5 people (including us) were lucky enough to enter this region. 😀
Here’s a list of who was playing in this Region:
Guillaume Pierre – Lead Gameplay Scripter and Designer on SimCity.
Karol from DOTsim
Djerano from BeyondSims
Edward (Gawbad)
Other 2 people sadly weren’t online at the time when Guillaume joined.
Here’s what our Region looked like on Day 1:
My city looked like a total mess in the beginning + we already managed to pollute our Region. :struggle:
Let’s take a look at Guillaume’s City:
He already managed to build OmegaCo factories and his city is slowly starting to futurize. What I really liked about visiting his region is the new Cities of Tomorrow music!
It’s time to go back to our City!
My City was going broke, so I had to pass a Bond measure. 250k will be enough to get my City on it’s feet.
The approval rating in my City was slowly but surely rising.
I plopped a Fire Station, Police Station and an Ambulance.
Guillaume needed some help from us since robbers got their eye on Omega. I sent him 2 police vechiles.
Sadly, those robbers came to my City so I had to plop more police cars and expand the Jail.
Time to find out what’s Guillaume doing in his City:
Time was passing, and my City grew fast. I had enough money to pay out those nasty bonds that gave a huge minus to my profit.
Guillaume advanced in Omega making business, so he was ready to send some of that Omega to us.
Omega helps your factories to raise their productivity and money income.
I built a dock and added a Bus Station to my city. I really wanted to make my City a tourist trap, and I have a perfect plan to make that happen.
Something was not right in my City. More and more Sims were getting sick! 😕
Luckily, Guillaume just finished his research for Wind and Solar amplifiers. I bulldozed my Oil Power Plant and plopped a Solar Power Plant that was upgraded with Cities of Tomorrow Solar amplifiers.
Would you just look at that: Nearby streets houses got a new, futuristic look!
This is what I like about this game: not everyone has to own SimCity Cities of Tomorrow to get an access to some of it’s features.
These amplifiers won’t work without ControlNet energy. I bought some of ControlNet energy from Guillaume, but that wasn’t enough for my factory.
I noticed how futuristic airplanes and blimps start to fly over my city.
My city turned out great! 😀
It’s time to see what Guillaume’s City looks like!
WOW! 😯 Technology in this city advanced so fast and his money income is huge!
He also built futuristic some rail roads over the city.
In just 4 hours, our Region grew rapidly.
We had lots of fun seeing new features of SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow and we hope you’ll enjoy playing this game once it releases next week! :-))
Pre-Order SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack HERE!
Watch their latest trailer HERE!
The long-awaited Store Venue finally arrived on The Sims 3 Store! This venue contains 23 objects – including a brand new Premium Content: Grandpa’s Grove Tractor!
Every Sim should be able to experience the joy of spending some time at Grandpa’s Grove. With tractor hayrides, orange trees, crop farming, and new fall clothing, it is a playland for Sims both young and old.
1,900 SimPoints
1,700 SimPoints
Sale ends: 11/15/13
