EA Has announced the first Sims 3 expansion as Sims 3 World Adventures. The Expansion will allow players to take their Sims to famous locations across the world. Also, whilst in the city's, the Sims can learn new skills such a Martial Arts, from their stay in Shang Simla, or go on a romantic holiday in France whilst visiting the Champs Les Sims, or even explore the tombs of Al Simhara, in Egypt.
The Sims that you meet along the way can help the player discover new styles and cultures, and you can even bring them back with you. The photographs, movies and stories of your journey can be shared with the world.
The Expansion will also give the players 1,000 SimPoints to be used in the Sims 3 Store.
The Expansion currently has a release date of November 16th 2009.
Sims 3 World Adventures
Press Release
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., August 3, 2009 – The Sims are off on an adventure to famous destinations around the world! The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that The Sims™ 3 World Adventures, the first expansion pack* to the #1 best-selling PC and MAC game in June 2009**, The Sims 3, is in development and will ship to retailers worldwide the week of November 16, 2009.
“We’re thrilled with the global success of The Sims 3 over these last few months and are looking forward to expanding on the gameplay experience with one of the most robust expansion packs to The Sims yet,” said Scott Evans, General Manager of The Sims at EA. “Players will be able to take their Sims on the adventure of a lifetime and explore lands outside of Sunset Valley and Riverview, pursue thrilling new life destinies in locations around the world inspired by famous destinations, and immerse themselves in the open-ended gameplay where they’ll discover new cities in China, France and Egypt and share new stories.”
Players can take their Sims on new journeys to famous real-world inspired destinations around the globe for the first time ever and seek out new adventures. While exploring the landmarks of an exotic city, there is no telling what the Sims will find. From mastering martial arts in Shang Simla, China, discovering rich culture and famous landmarks on a romantic getaway to Champs Les Sims, France or exploring the depths of ancient tombs in Al Simhara, Egypt, players can take their Sims on a journey that will change their Sims’ lives. Players can accept challenges to search for secret treasures, learn new skills and chase down new personal opportunities, meet new Sims with unique personalities, share their culture and bring them home, discover new styles on their travels, and share everything they encounter on their adventures with the world through personal photographs, movies, and stories. Additionally, players will receive 1,000 SimPoints to be used online in The Sims 3 Store*** for the PC/MAC versions of the game. Exclusive online content, available only for the expansion pack at launch, will be revealed soon.
The Sims 3 World Adventures will also be available for feature phones, the iPhone™ and iPod touch® in early 2010 from EA Mobile™. These versions will have customized mobile gameplay features which will be revealed in the coming months. For information on carrier availability and pricing for all EA Mobile games, please visit www.eamobile.com.
For more information about The Sims 3 World Adventures or The Sims 3, please visit www.TheSims3.com. Developed by The Sims Studio, The Sims 3 World Adventures has not yet been rated by PEGi. To download artwork, please visit www.electronicarts.co.uk/press
*Requires The Sims 3 for PC/MAC to play.
**According to NPD data.
**INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED, see product pack or digital distribution rules for details
About The Sims
The Sims franchise celebrates an impressive over 100 million units sold since its launch in February 2000. Now translated into 22 different languages and available in 60 different countries, The Sims quickly has become a universal gaming and cultural phenomenon. The Sims 3 sold thru 1.4 million PC/Mac units within the first week of launch in June 2009 making it the best-selling PC launch in EA’s history. Fan intensity is evidenced through the more than 36 million downloads of player created content including: Sims, houses, stories and more. The Sims 3 YouTube Channel is the #1 most subscribed to sponsored channel of all time and is within the top 5 most viewed sponsored channels of all time with over 42,000 subscribers and nearly 17 million video views. Visit The Sims 3 official website to see what the players are creating at www.TheSims3.com or the official YouTube Channel for The Sims at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSims.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EATM, EA SPORTSTM, EA Mobile TM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, and The Sims are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Mac, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)
QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://bit.ly/Otkaz
PS3: A listing for the PS3 Slim has been found on Germanys Amazon. http://ow.ly/iM9i
PS3: Japan Only Mainichi Issyo is about to set a world record, with Toro Station, for most consecutive days of DLC. http://ow.ly/iM9Z
Wii: The Zelda dev's are under increased pressure after seeing how good Monster Hunter Looks, were not expecting it. http://ow.ly/iMaf
MotherShip Zeta is fallout 3's "final DLC" according to the games website. no confirmation, as yet, from Bethesda. http://ow.ly/iMak
QTE Blog: New Nintendo DS Screenshots of Cooking Mama 3 http://bit.ly/EBi7K
QTE Blog: Cake Mania 3 Nintendo DS Screenshots http://bit.ly/3GnOz
QTE Blog: New Nintendo Wii A Boy And His Blob Screenshots And Fact Sheet http://bit.ly/Pc3Ls
PS3:french website claims PS3 slim will cost 299 Euro's, Will be released early September and will be shown at GamesCon http://ow.ly/iMnZ
PS3: Top 5 USA PSN Downloads are, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy VII, The Punisher, Bomberman Ultra, and Wolfenstein 3D http://ow.ly/iMxB
NPD says that 170 Million people in USA play games (over Half of population). Top 32.9 Million are Extreme Gamers http://ow.ly/iMxU
Wii: Pandemic in OZ were working on a Wii Game, but now are closed. The next big thing trailer has been found at the link. http://ow.ly/iMST
360: The NXE Update might now allow games smaller than 3.4 GB to be installed on the HDD. Also the install size is smaller http://ow.ly/iMTj
PS3: Following Sony's financials, they've revealed that 23.8 Million PS3's have been sold and 189.7 Million Games sold http://ow.ly/iN6E
Wii: Square Enix is pushing the graphics on the Wii to its "fullest Potential" for Final Fantasy CC, The Crystal Bearers. http://ow.ly/iN6Y
PS3: Acquire , who made Tenchu, is making a Wizardry game exclusively on the PS3. more will be known at TGS. http://ow.ly/iNu4
PS3: Sony are looking into lag issue with Fat Princess that Some users have. for now, if snail linger, find another game. http://ow.ly/iNNy
PS3: Fat Princess update is coming. it aims to fix lag and connection issues. http://ow.ly/iPBV
360: it is rumoured that the next Gears Of War, or Gears Of War Project, might have a playable female character. http://ow.ly/iPCs
PC: Giant Bomb filmed the last hour in The Matrix Online. the long Video shows how the developers killed the game. http://ow.ly/iPCT
PS3:FFXIV article in Famitsu Wave. games more modern than FF XI, NO EXP or Levels, music by Uematsu + 8 minute video http://ow.ly/iPDq
Shigeru Miyamoto talks about his dislike for Digital distribution, says Nintendo doesn't see the demise of Physical media http://ow.ly/iQ2v
QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://bit.ly/4wy6Ar
QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://bit.ly/uJQ6C
Sunday, August 2, 2009
QTE Tweets Of The Week
One of the resons why i changed from TinyUrl to Ow.ly is so i could see in more detail the statistics of what i was tweeting. one of the results is this new feature.
Tweets Of The Week, is a section where i go through the top 10 tweets that people clicked the link in the Tweet.
This is by no means accurate to what everybody read and what were actually the most compelling Tweets, you could say it shows the tweets that readers wanted to read more into and therefore went to the site where the story came from.
10 PS3:french website claims PS3 slim will cost 299 Euro's, Will be released early September and will be shown at GamesCon http://ow.ly/iMnZ
9 Resonance Of Fate will be released Simultaneously in Europe and USA. it's currently set for a early 2010 release. http://ow.ly/iIS0
8 PS3: Sony are looking into lag issue with Fat Princess that Some users have. for now, if snail linger, find another game. http://ow.ly/iNNy
7 PS3: Shatter Dev's say their game was the second most downloaded game on the PSN. http://ow.ly/iGeu
6 PSPgo: Two screenshots have been released showing the Sense Me Application (it creates a playlist according to your mood) http://ow.ly/iKoj
5 360: Guitar Hero 5 will use Avatars in the game, they will play instruments on stage. http://ow.ly/iGfo
4 PS3: First Uncharted 2 Beta Figures. 130,543 Players, 63% from USA, Canada 9.71%, UK 6.55%, Mongolia 1 player. http://ow.ly/iJ45
3 Chris Deering says that Blockbuster games should cost £70, the Modern Warfare 2 Price hike is not high enough. http://ow.ly/iFQk
2 Its rumored that the Modern Warfare 2 Hardened edition has been cancelled by GameStop. http://ow.ly/iKws
1 PS3:FFXIV article in Famitsu Wave. games more modern than FF XI, NO EXP or Levels, music by Uematsu + 8 minute video http://ow.ly/iPDq
I know that i only started using Ow.ly near the end of the week, so it doesn't show what everyone clicked on during the week, but next Sundays will.
92% of these clicks were from people in the United States of America.
Tweets Of The Week, is a section where i go through the top 10 tweets that people clicked the link in the Tweet.
This is by no means accurate to what everybody read and what were actually the most compelling Tweets, you could say it shows the tweets that readers wanted to read more into and therefore went to the site where the story came from.
10 PS3:french website claims PS3 slim will cost 299 Euro's, Will be released early September and will be shown at GamesCon http://ow.ly/iMnZ
9 Resonance Of Fate will be released Simultaneously in Europe and USA. it's currently set for a early 2010 release. http://ow.ly/iIS0
8 PS3: Sony are looking into lag issue with Fat Princess that Some users have. for now, if snail linger, find another game. http://ow.ly/iNNy
7 PS3: Shatter Dev's say their game was the second most downloaded game on the PSN. http://ow.ly/iGeu
6 PSPgo: Two screenshots have been released showing the Sense Me Application (it creates a playlist according to your mood) http://ow.ly/iKoj
5 360: Guitar Hero 5 will use Avatars in the game, they will play instruments on stage. http://ow.ly/iGfo
4 PS3: First Uncharted 2 Beta Figures. 130,543 Players, 63% from USA, Canada 9.71%, UK 6.55%, Mongolia 1 player. http://ow.ly/iJ45
3 Chris Deering says that Blockbuster games should cost £70, the Modern Warfare 2 Price hike is not high enough. http://ow.ly/iFQk
2 Its rumored that the Modern Warfare 2 Hardened edition has been cancelled by GameStop. http://ow.ly/iKws
1 PS3:FFXIV article in Famitsu Wave. games more modern than FF XI, NO EXP or Levels, music by Uematsu + 8 minute video http://ow.ly/iPDq
I know that i only started using Ow.ly near the end of the week, so it doesn't show what everyone clicked on during the week, but next Sundays will.
92% of these clicks were from people in the United States of America.
What Have You Played This Week?
Football Manager 09 – PC – Still playing, still going. It is my vice and will be for many years to come.
Crackdown – Xbox 360 – I played the demo when the game first came out and wasn't impressed. And still, I can understand why it had a bad first impression. I've nearly done the first island and feel mixed about the game. It has some good moments, but also some bad ones. I'll try to play further into it before making a final conclusion about the game. I do like the graphic style of the game, and whilst the camera has been a little of an issue, it doesn't detract from what is a good looking game, even now.
Killzone 2 – PS3 – got all the job badges now and was in top 10% for last week so another welcomed trophy.
Pokèmon Platinum – DS – done the final gym battle. Now getting my squad up to a decent level to take on the elite 4.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
New Nintendo Wii A Boy And His Blob Screenshots And Fact Sheet
Majesco has released new screenshots for the A Boy And His Blob remake coming to the Nintendo Wii.
The game has 40 levels spread across 4 worlds, which are filled with hidden treasures to find. there are now 15 beans you can feed the blob, including ones from the original game, to transform him into things to help the player.
You can unlock bonus content like concept art, video features, and more.
The game is currently set for a Fall 2009 release.
A Boy And His Blob
Fact Sheet
Publisher: Majesco Entertainment
Developer: WayForward
Platform: Wii
Genre: Platformer
Release Date: Fall 2009
Price / Rating: TBD / RP
Story Overview:
When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil emperor, the blob comes to earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that’s terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.
Game Overview:
a boy and his blob makes it’s triumphant return! A reimagining of the NES classic, as the boy, you feed your blob jelly beans and watch him transform into cool and useful objects to solve puzzles and escape danger. With its robust and emotionally driven story, challenging puzzles, and visually impressive art style, a boy and his blob is sure to become a classic once again.
Features
Experience the heartwarming story through an all-new, hand-drawn and animated presentation designed exclusively for Wii.
Teamwork is key: the boy has limited movement and strength, so you must use your blob friend to transform into useful objects to get to things or places the boy cannot access alone.
Transform the blob into 15 useful items by feeding him jelly beans such as the all-new Caramel Cannon and Bubble Gum Bouncer and classic beans like the Licorice Ladder, Apple Jack and Tangerine Trampoline!
Travel through the Blobolonian Outskirts to the Emperor’s Citadel in four breathtaking worlds featuring 40 levels filled with hidden treasures!
40 additional challenge levels will put your skills to the ultimate challenge!
Battle baddies and evil bosses that terrorize Blobolonia, including the Serpent, Quadruped Beast, and even the Blobolonian Emperor himself!
Unlock bonus content including original concept art, video features and more.
The game has 40 levels spread across 4 worlds, which are filled with hidden treasures to find. there are now 15 beans you can feed the blob, including ones from the original game, to transform him into things to help the player.
You can unlock bonus content like concept art, video features, and more.
The game is currently set for a Fall 2009 release.
A Boy And His Blob
Fact Sheet
Publisher: Majesco Entertainment
Developer: WayForward
Platform: Wii
Genre: Platformer
Release Date: Fall 2009
Price / Rating: TBD / RP
Story Overview:
When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil emperor, the blob comes to earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that’s terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.
Game Overview:
a boy and his blob makes it’s triumphant return! A reimagining of the NES classic, as the boy, you feed your blob jelly beans and watch him transform into cool and useful objects to solve puzzles and escape danger. With its robust and emotionally driven story, challenging puzzles, and visually impressive art style, a boy and his blob is sure to become a classic once again.
Features
Experience the heartwarming story through an all-new, hand-drawn and animated presentation designed exclusively for Wii.
Teamwork is key: the boy has limited movement and strength, so you must use your blob friend to transform into useful objects to get to things or places the boy cannot access alone.
Transform the blob into 15 useful items by feeding him jelly beans such as the all-new Caramel Cannon and Bubble Gum Bouncer and classic beans like the Licorice Ladder, Apple Jack and Tangerine Trampoline!
Travel through the Blobolonian Outskirts to the Emperor’s Citadel in four breathtaking worlds featuring 40 levels filled with hidden treasures!
40 additional challenge levels will put your skills to the ultimate challenge!
Battle baddies and evil bosses that terrorize Blobolonia, including the Serpent, Quadruped Beast, and even the Blobolonian Emperor himself!
Unlock bonus content including original concept art, video features and more.
Cake Mania 3 Nintendo DS Screenshots
Majesco have released new screenshots for the upcoming Nintendo DS version of Cake Mania 3.
Cake Mania 3
Cake Mania 3
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