The Sims 3 has only been out for a few weeks, but the first expansion pack for the god game has already been announced. Dubbed World Adventures, the add-on will allow you to take your Sims to a bunch of new locations inspired by real life landmarks.
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Before The Sims 3 even launched, it suffered from a staggering scale of piracy at the hands of Bit Torrent users. So how is EA’s CEO John Riccitiello taking it? Surprisingly well, actually; in fact he even went so far as to jokingly refer to it as “our secret marketing campaign.”
The Sims 3′s launch has got off to a controversial start. Electronic Arts, the world’s largest videogames publisher and owner of The Sims series, has commissioned a 1,000 person survey to rewrite The Bible’s Ten Commandments.
The Sims 3, due out on 5 June, has already been leaked onto the Internet. And analysis of its download popularity from peer-to-peer file sharing sites shows that it is suffering worse piracy even than recent EA title Spore.
The Sims 3 will not feature the copy protection system that Electronic Arts had used to fan outrage on Spore, but a more standard serial number system (without any online authentication needed), the company has confirmed.
We’ve heard there’s something happening in the US tonight. Not really sure what it is but everyone across the pond is getting in a frightful tizzy about it. Even game makers have been cashing in the action, whether it is for promotional purposes, satire or more serious interactive concepts. Here are five of the more interesting ideas…
Kiss goodbye to your free time. The Sims 3 will be hitting a computer near you, bringing all manner of twee distractions to suck up your social life.