With millions of fans around the globe and more than 150 million copies sold worldwide, The Sims series is one of the most popular videogame franchises of all time. To celebrate The Sims birthday this February 4th, Electronic Arts has released a new infographic highlighting some fun facts and surprising statistics about this global gaming phenomenon.
The dedicated agents from the U.S. Department of Electronic Entertainment report: "Steampowered.com is permitting customers to play the co-op online zombie survival game Killing Floor for free this weekend. Although this may appear to be overt Communist activity on American soil, it is actually a marketing tactic to entice customers into buying the game, which is on sale at 75% off for five dollars through this weekend."
EA is having a sale on many of its hottest titles in digital download games at Origin. Try several games or DLC packs from the Battlefield, Command and Conquer, Need for Speed, and The Sims video game series for just $4.99 each.
The Sims 2 Store is closing on March 31st as EA begins to reduce support for the previous generation of The Sims franchise.
Research found CoD players faster than Sims players. Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. In an upcoming study in the journal Current Biology, researchers Daphne Bavelier, Alexandre Pouget, and C. Shawn Green report that video games could provide a potent training regimen for speeding up reactions in many types of real-life situations.
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. World Of Warcraft titles took the next two spots ahead of Spore, Empire: Total War and Fallout Trilogy. Left 4 Dead, Reel Deal Slots Adventure and The Sims 2: Apartment Life rounded off the top ten. 1. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (Electronic Arts) 2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Activision Blizzard) 3. World Of Warcraft (Activision Blizzard) 4. World Of WarCraft: Battle Chest (Activision Blizzard) 5. Spore (Electronic Arts) 6. Empire: Total War (Sega) 7. Fallout Trilogy (Interplay) 8. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts) 9. Reel Deal Slots Adventure (Phantom EFX) 10. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
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:
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