Grab Your Chopsticks, Jump on Your Scooter and Adventure Your Way Through Ancient Tombs in The Sims 3 World Adventures
EA has offered up a one-day-only Halloween sale for their popular title The Sims 3, taking $20 off the full price for the rest of the day.
Even if you don't plan to celebrate Halloween, there's no reason why your virtual marionettes can't. EA is offering free Halloween-themed content for The Sims 3.
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Registering games isn't only a good way to let Big Brother know what you're playing. In the case of The Sims 3: World Adventures, registration will also net you free in-game content.
ve3tro writes: "So a Sim game is announced, you know, the game featuring gibberish catchy music with the nonsensical lyrics? Would you imagine that a list of artists from Fefe Dobson, to country sensation, LeAnn Rimes want to be featured on such a soundtrack?
The Sims 3 expansion will let players build basements. This function is to mimic the tombs in which you'll sim will discover. Of course, many tomb related objects will be included and are detailed.
The all-day video game deals event on Amazon.com has started with The Sims 3 as the deal of the day. The rest of the bargains will happen throughout the day.
EA has released a new update for their life simulation title The Sims 3, now available for download.
VG247: The EA financial call is still ongoing and in it the company revealed that The Sims 3 has sold 3.7 million copies.
Koku Gamer writes: 'The Wii and the DS are outright winners in Australia this week as they cover the whole of the Australian All Format Full Priced Games for the week ending 26th July.'
The Sims 3 has been updated again! Another long list of changes and bug fixes come with update 1.3.
Koku Gamer writes: 'It was another one-two-three for the Wii in Australia this week as Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii topped the all-format chart, with Wii Sports Resort yet to come...'
Gamasutra can reveal that The Sims 3 sold 820,000 copies in the United States in June, topping sales charts across all platforms for the month, according to information provided by NPD.
Rumours have been circulating on video gaming message boards that the first expansion pack for EA's The Sims 3, dubbed "Virtuous Ventures" will be announced in August for a release in October.
The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. With combined sales volumes of 1.65 million units, Nintendo's Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles equate to 72% of the top five 'best sellers' chart. The period also saw total sales of Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training surpass the three million units mark to become the UK's most popular game ever.
EA has released a patch for their life/social sim title The Sims 3, now available for download. The update brings the game to version 1.2.7 and includes fixes and improvements for a variety of gameplay elements.
The Sims 3 was illegally downloaded something like 200,000 times prior to its actual release, outpacing the most pirated title of 2008, EA's Spore. Normally, you'd think this sort of rampant piracy would really be quite upsetting to a publisher. Ironically, however, this kind of leak for Sims 3 essentially served as a "demo program," EA CEO John Riccitiello told us as part of a larger E3 interview.
PixelatedGamer.com writes, "In possibly the most random news piece PG have ever published, we show off our new status as EA Press Release receiving moguls with a little bit of fun news.
GameRush.nl is reporting on the young YouTube-sensation Esmee Denters. The Dutch singer Esmee Denters has recorded her record 'Outta Here' in Simlish. Of course this is related to the recent release of The Sims 3.