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The Sims

PC, PS2, XBOX, GC / Action / Release: Jan 31, 2000 / ESRB: T

Electronic Arts Updates Its Release Schedule, Seemingly Confirms Dead Space 2 PC

As mega-publisher Electronic Arts begins to detail its annual earnings, the company has also issued a revised schedule detailing its "key titles" through March 2011.

For the most part, the list is similar to the one the company issued in February 2010, though a couple games have been shifted around and / or properly announced.

Perhaps the most noteworthy detail contained within is the listing for Dead Space 2 PC, which was at one time certain but then relegated to being under consideration. Read more »

"I'm gonna be pissed if I come here tomorrow and see an update posted with an EA exec clarifying ..."
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EA Reveals Release Windows of Major Games: Crysis 2, New Dragon Age, Sims and Much More

Curious as to what mega-publisher Electronic Arts has up its sleeve for the next year?

Wonder no more, as the company today issued a breakdown of its major titles through March 2011, including release windows for Crysis 2, Dead Space 2, Medal of Honor, the new shooter coming out of Epic and People Can Fly, "something far-reaching from Mass Effect," another Dragon Age, a new Spore entry, and much much more. Read more »

"As little as a year ago I'd have never guessed that EA will be a major 'savior' of PC gaming in ..."
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Dead Space 2, New Crysis, Sims on Console and 'Innovative' Madden Coming Across Next Year

Laying out the company's next fiscal year, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello today revealed release timeframes for several previously undated games.

In his words, we can expect the following titles between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011: "a great new version of Medal of Honor, a revitalized Need for Speed, Sims on console, FIFA in a World Cup year, an innovative and new take on Madden, Dead Space 2, Crysis...an MMA game, and many others." Read more »

"insanity doing something over and over expecting different results -Albert Einstein "
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The Sims Movie Plotted: It's Weird Science Meets Will Wright, Right?

Related Topics – The Sims, PC, Hollywood

Confused as to how a watchable movie can be made out of The Sims? You're not alone.

Producer John Davis (Dr. Dolittle 2, Waterworld) is in charge of the project, and recently explained the current plot of the film to Collider. And after reading, and reading again, we still don't know what to make of it. Read more »

"Talk about suspension of disbeleif... a guy who plays the sims? really?"
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The Sims Franchise Sells Over 100 Million Units

The Maxis-created lifestyle simulator series The Sims has sold over 100 million units since its debut in 2000, publisher Electronic Arts claimed today.

That figure encompasses the whole of The Sims franchise, including The Sims (PC), The Sims 2 (PC), and countless expansion packs along with console and mobile phone versions. The next entry in the series, The Sims 3 on PC, is due out in 2009. Read more »

"And yet, their latest "stuff" pack released today has bugs in it that are insanely obvious and ..."
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The Sims 3 Arrives in 2009, First Screens Released

The third entry in Electronic Arts' lifestyle simulation series The Sims will be released on PC worldwide in 2009, the company, as promised, revealed today.

Running on a new engine that is said to have been in development for almost three years, the sequel is being developed at EA Redwood Shores. A set of nine screenshots accompanied the announcement. Read more »

"Moo! Moo! Moooo! Hear that? thats the sound of the cash cow getting raped some more. God I ..."
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The Sims 3 Info Coming March 19

More information on EA's highly anticipated lifestyle simulator The Sims 3 is due on March 19, according to a recently launched teaser site.

EA has been rather tight-lipped about the latest title in one of its most successful brands. Two years ago, the company noted its hopes to release the game within its 2009 fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009, though recent EA presentations have not mentioned the project. Read more »

"didn't touch the first two, won't touch this one. but glad they came up with further money ..."
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The Sims > Myst

Related Topics – The Sims, April Fools

Well here is one for the record books. The Sims according to EA has just recently become the top selling PC game of all time. They are claiming sell-in numbers of 6.3million copies of the game.

The Sims has steadily insinuated itself into pop culture consciousness since its release. In September of 2000, the game inspired New York City-based band Electric Funstuff to release a Sims-inspired anthem, appropriately titled Sim-Hilarities, about a player of the hit PC game who finds odd parallels between his life and the lives of his on-screen characters. A take-off of ``Simlish,'' the unique language of The Sims, was featured in last year's season opener of ABC Television's ``Drew Carey Show,'' as well as game footage depicting the office antics at Winfred-Louder Department Store, Drew's place of employment, in its April Fools episode. Most recently, a take-off of The Sims was featured in an episode of Fox Television's ``Malcolm In The Middle.'' Malcolm recreates his own family in a computer game called ``The Virts'' with disastrous results.
The woman sitting next to me owns the game and all the expansion packs.

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"I bought the game when it first came out basically because there was nothing better at the time. ..."
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