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The Sims 3 Generations Expansion Pack Coming This Spring

Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version The Sims 3 is getting a new expansion pack on May 31 called Generations. As the title suggests, gamers will be able to focus on features highlighting each stage of a Sim's life. A huge batch of new options will make your Sims lives more meaningful. My Sim's life is already more exciting than my...

Posted April 6, 2011
This Week in Game Deals: October 17th-October 23rd - Unleash the Force

CheapyD at CheapAssGamer.com scours both the online and offline world for the best deals on video games, and to help out your wallets, we're bringing his weekly recap to you! Kmart is including $20 gaming coupons with the purchase of many titles: Force Unleashed II, The Sims 3, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, Fable III, Rock Band 3, Tony...

Posted October 25, 2010
The Sims 3 Hitting Consoles And Handheld

Social interaction simulation title The Sims 3 is migrating from PC and Mac to 360, Wii, DS and PS3: This fall will see a full scale console release for the title. Along with the usual life bars and virtual dollhouse building, the console versions of the game will feature some features unique to their new homes: The 360 and PS3 versions...

Posted April 27, 2010
X-Play Looks At A Decade Of The Sims

Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the release of EA's The Sims. Three games, countless add-ons and millions of players later, The Sims franchise occupies a unique place within gaming culture. Check out X-Play's all access look at the series in the video below: Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version

Posted February 8, 2010
What We Learned From The Sims: We Are Bad People

Seeing as today marks the 10th anniversary of The Sims franchise, we thought it’d be appropriate to look back at all the freedom that those games gave us…to be completely wretched human beings. Here are some of the staff’s favorite moments of digital depravity carried out against our Sim friends. Rob Manuel, X-Play For The...

Posted February 4, 2010
The Sims 3 Takes On The Twilight Saga: New Moon

I'm currently in line to see The Twilight Saga: New Moon for the third time. But maybe you're not so lucky. Too bad for you, loser. Anyway, if you can't tear yourself away from your computer long enough to see the greatest movie event in history (and yes, that includes Citizen Kane), please enjoy the trailer, re-enacted using The Sims 3. Watch...

Posted November 20, 2009
Amazon Offering Video Game Deals All Day

Happy Friday, people! To celebrate the end of another incredible week here on earth, internet retailer Amazon.com is offering video game deals all day long. Do not sleep on bargains, Mr. Cheapo. At midnight PT last night, Amazon revealed the gold box deal of the day: The PC version of The Sims 3 for only $29.98. For the rest of the day, Amazon...

Posted August 28, 2009
EA GamesCom 2009 Press Conference Report

Watch Larger Version of this Video UPDATE: The video of the press conference has been added for your viewing pleasure. This blogged event has already happened. It was a good blog, but it’s no longer the blog we once knew and loved. It is not a live blog. It is now a Zombie Blog. Reanimated, and possessing unrelenting intent on...

Posted August 19, 2009
Sims 3 Expansion To Feature Nelly Furtado, Pixie Lott, Stefanie Heinzmann, Young Punx,

When the Sims 3's first expansion ("The Sims 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack") launches this fall, you'll be able to listen to Simlish versions of songs from recording artists Nelly Furtado, Pixie Lott, Stefanie Heinzmann, Young Punx, Matt & Kim and more. Here's the just-announced list of songs for the game: Nelly Furtado...

Posted August 18, 2009
Electronic Arts First Quarter Loss Only $6 Million

On one hand, losses are almost never a good thing, but Electronic Arts is probably happy about their first quarter performance this year. EA is reporting a loss of only $6 million for the quarter ending June 30, a substantial bump from last year's $135 million loss. The vast difference is attributed to cost cutting from earlier in the year...

Posted August 4, 2009
EA Calls Sims 3 Leak A Demo

Say what you will about Electronic Arts, the company has a knack for looking on the bright side of things. You've heard how PC game The Sims 3 was widely spread by software pirates and other electronic nere-do-wells, right? Well EA CEO John Riccitiello has characterized the leak as "a demo" for the game. "You identified our...

Posted June 23, 2009
The Sims 3 Has Best-Selling PC Launch In EA History

Regardless of your feelings towards the dollhouse of gaming that is The Sims, you have to tip your hat to Will Wright and EA for producing the best-selling PC game of all time (I certainly do, because I’m actually a big fan of the series). Well, the franchise has helped EA make even more history this past week, thanks to the release of the...

Posted June 10, 2009
Celebrity Sims All The Rage In The Sims 3

The Sims series has left me a little cold since I played the first game. Where the social-sim aspects of The Sims 1 were intriguing, my interest didn't last long -- you can't punch anyone. I quickly found myself creating a sim who would befriend others, invite them to his home home, then find interesting ways of murdering them. (Pro-Tip: Invite...

Posted June 10, 2009
'The Sims 3' Developer Walkthrough: Is Your Life Goal To Be A Gold Digger?

Are you a villain? Perhaps being a gold digger is your main goal in life? Maybe a combination of the two? Well, thanks to EA and The Sims Studio, not only are those viable options, they are just the beginning in the virtual world with combinable personality traits and lifetime wish gameplay mechancis known as The Sims 3. EA Executive Producer...

Posted May 20, 2009| 4 Comments
Star Trek Parodied By 'The Sims 3' Machinima

Catch the blockbuster Star Trek feature film yet? Here's EA and Maxis to illustrate their "movie trailer" had Paramount gone with them and their in-game machinima engine for The Sims 3. The Sims 3 Star Trek Parody Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version

Posted May 20, 2009| 2 Comments