Those who've been running into trouble with the Exchange in The Sims 2 will be happy to hear a patch has arrived to fix the error and it's now available for download.
Sales of the game outpaced those of long-time bestseller World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King. The Sims 3, which is reviewed here, releases this week.
Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown says the advent of digital distribution has put the PC on track to becoming the "largest gaming platform in the world."
The NPD Group released the April 12th-April 18th US retail sales figures for PC games today and Gas Powered Games' Demigod made a big splash in its first week. It's no World of Warcraft or Sims 2, though
Will Wright revealed he was leaving EA last week and it seems appropriate that the newest weekly sales report from NPD would underscore how big of a cash cow Wright's company is for EA. EA Maxis's games occupy five slots on the top ten list for PC retail sales for March 29th to April 4th:
GI.Biz writes: "Electronic Arts has promoted Rod Humble to executive vice president and head of The Sims Label at EA.
International pop/rock phenom, Katy Perry, who is featured on The Sims 2 Apartment Life soundtrack with her new single "Hot N Cold," and The Sims today released the Simlish machinima music video for the song. Sung in the unique language of The Sims, Simlish, the video was made using all gameplay footage from The Sims 2 PC Games. This song is taken from her debut, RIAA gold-certified album 'One of the Boys'.
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.
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.
EA Games has officially announced Mansion & Garden Stuff Pack today, so the previous rumors has been confirmed. Mansion & Garden Stuff will most probably be the last stuff pack for The Sims 2 games.
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "The Sims 2 Double Deluxe was top of the US PC chart for the week ending August 2, according to the latest data from NPD.
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.
EA has unveiled the brand new expansion pack for The Sims 2, entitled Apartment Life.
Timesonline reports: "The Sims - the best-selling computer game of all time and one of the first to experiment with the idea of virtual communities ¿ may part with tradition and let players interact with one another using the web.
VGB writes: Here's the Top 10 10 million selling games. Since the year 2000, there have been few games that sold over 10 million.
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.
Electronic Arts has announced The Sims 2 Double Deluxe and The Sims 2 Kitchen and Bath Interior Design Stuff, due for release on April 15th.
Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has taken the top spot in the US's PC chart for the week of January 13th ¿ 19th, according to NPD data. MCV has the full top ten list.