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Spore Outsells Microsoft Office: September's 20 Best-Selling PC Games Revealed (News)

Oct 18, 2008

Shacknews Writes:

"Rollings its weekly PC sales charts into one giant monthly bundle, the NPD Group has released a list of the 20 best-selling PC games at U.S. retailers across September.

Recent releases such as Spore, Warhammer Online, Crysis Warhead and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky all made strong debuts, with classics such as The Sims 2, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Warcraft III and Diablo continuing to sell well."

1. Spore / EA Maxis / $50 (Average)
2. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning / EA Mythic / $49 (Average)
3. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)

Humble named head of The Sims Label (News)

Oct 8, 2008

GI.Biz writes: "Electronic Arts has promoted Rod Humble to executive vice president and head of The Sims Label at EA.

Under this role, Humble will be responsible for The Sims Label, while the former The Sims head Nancy Smith will manage special projects until she begins a new executive role at EA, yet to be announced.

"Like Nancy Smith before him, Rod Humble has demonstrated strong leadership in defining EA's The Sims brand as a stand-alone product label. Rod has great creative instincts, uncompromising quality standards, a deep connection with the player community, and most of all, the respect of the team he works with," said John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts."

Katy Perry's machinima music video (News)

Sep 26, 2008

TVGB: "I'm going to lose a ton of cred here, but I'm pretty much addicted to Katy Perry. There, I've admitted it to the world and now we can all move on with our lives. I also have a strange fascination with the strange language that the Sims speak. It's like if you just listen hard enough you'll be able to understand what they're saying, but you're mind won't wrap around the odd noises. So I've given you two facts about me and now I'm going to group them together and jump to the next paragraph where I'll use them to support the introduction of the video above."

Spore dominates US PC chart (News)

Sep 24, 2008

GamesIndustry.Biz writes: "Spore and Spore Galactic Edition have taken the top two spots of the US PC software sales chart for the week ended September 13, according to data provided by NPD.

EA Maxis' title knocked The Sims 2 Apartment Life down to third place, followed by Spore Creature Creator in fourth.

World of Warcraft: Battle Chest dropped down to number five, preceding The Sims 2 Double Deluxe at six, World of Warcraft at seven and World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade at eight.

Warcraft III Battle Chest secured a spot at ninth place and Crysis closed the chart off in tenth place."

Sims 2 Apartment Life heads US PC chart (News)

Sep 10, 2008

GamesIndustry.biz reports that the US PC chart was once again dominated by releases from Blizzard and Electronic Arts as The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack made it to the top of the list for the week ending August 30.

According to the latest data from NPD, the World of Warcraft: Battle Chest came in at second, with The Sims 2 Double Deluxe taking third place.

The original World of Warcraft title was fourth, with the Spore Creature Creator in fifth, followed by the only non Blizzard/EA title in the top ten - Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm from Greenwave was in at number six.

EA announces The Sims 2 Apartment Life soundtrack (News)

Aug 8, 2008

EA Games has just announced the track list and artists whose music will appear in the background of The Sims 2 Apartment Life. Its a interesting mix of stars from around the world, with talent like Good Charlotte, Katy Perry, Wainwright, Vanilla Sky, Ranetki Girls, Jem, Lola and Gabriella Cilmi lending their songs to the simulation.

The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Trailer (Video)

Jul 25, 2008

Yet another expansion to the uber-simulation series lets you live out the trials and tribulations of apartment life, probably as a testament to the US's crappy housing market.

The Sims 2 Apartment Life revealed for PC (News)

Jun 5, 2008

EA has unveiled the brand new expansion pack for The Sims 2, entitled Apartment Life. Check out the screens.

The add-on takes the Sims out of the suburbs and puts them into a busy apartment building. New character types fill the assortment of coffee shops and playgrounds that surround your flat.

You can choose from five new buildings that range from converted lofts to roomy, posh studios or luxury apartments that ...

The Sims 2 Apartment Life (Screenshots)

Jun 5, 2008

The Sims 2 Apartment Life Guide (FAQ)

Oct 21, 2008

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