The Electronic Farmyard writes: A few amazing facts regarding our Virtual Neighbourhood A Decade later. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. announces the celebration of the ten year anniversary of The Sims, the groundbreaking game that allowed players to create and live a virtual, simulated life on a computer. Since the original The Sims debut on February 4, 2000, the unstoppable, award-winning franchise has produced three core games – The Sims, The Sims 2, and The Sims 3 – supported by dozens of expansion and stuff packs with lifetime unit sales eclipsing 125 million worldwide. As the best-selling PC game* in nearly every major video game market worldwide, The Sims has continuously reset the bar over the past decade delivering new content, gameplay elements, platform support, and partnerships that resonate with its global fan base in meaningful ways and take the play experience to new levels of fun and entertainment.
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.
If you haven't purchased all the expansions or you have and want some new tricked out gear for your sims, the folks at EA have launched The Sims 2 Store Beta for online shoppers in the U.S. and Canada. Right now there are about a 1000 items to choose from with more than 100 of them released exclusively via The Store. Look for constant upgrades to The Store over the next several months. Will we see a slick conversion for The Sims 3? Check back for more details as they are released. For now, click through for a look at the press release:
Toni Dimayuga of Ripten writes: Apparently, EA's master plan to saturate the world with expansion packs for The Sims 2 isn't complete. They've just announced The Sims 2: Apartment Life for the PC. This will be the 8th EP, not counting the 7 stuff packs which only consist of clothing and/or furniture.
Electronic Arts announced today that The Sims franchise has sold over 100 million units worldwide. Since the first game in the series launched in 2000, it has gone on to be the best-selling PC game franchise of all time. Currently, The Sims is sold in one form or another in 22 languages and 60 countries around the world. At this milestone, we want to thank players of The Sims everywhere for making The Sims such a worldwide phenomenon, said Rod Humble, Head of Studio for The Sims Label. The Sims has been an interactive experience for people around the globe to explore their passion for creativity and we're thrilled to be a part of that. From building houses and relationships, from the first kiss to a toddler's first step, from kitchen fires ¿ and even visits from ghosts, players have told more than 100 million unique and fun stories!
The NPD Group has released the list of the top 10 best selling PC games of 2007 in the US: 1. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard ¿ 2.25 million 2. World of Warcraft ¿ Blizzard ¿ 914,000 3. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack ¿ Electronic Arts ¿ 433,000 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ¿ Activision ¿ 383,000 5. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars ¿ Electronic Arts ¿ 343,000 6. Sim City 4 Deluxe ¿ Electronic Arts ¿ 284,000 7. The Sims 2 ¿ Electronic Arts ¿ 281,000 8. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack ¿ Electronic Arts ¿ 271,000 9. Age of Empires III ¿ Microsoft ¿ 259,000 10. The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack ¿ Electronic Arts ¿ 236,000 [ January 24, 2008 ]
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