Articles, Interviews, Screenshots & More - 26th February 09

GamePlanet have posted a large interview with Associate Producer Grant Rodiek where he talks about the game and the recent delay.

Read that here - GamePlanet Interview

Next we have Kotaku, who have posted two articles about The Sims 3. One all about the new neighbourhood, Sunset Valley, and the other about graveyards and ghosts! Also included with these were three new screenshots, view them below:

GameSpy have posted another article, talking about The Sims moodlets, wishes etc...

Read that here - GameSpy Article

Almost done, but SimVIPOnline have posted another video from the recent Creator's Camp.

Watch that here - SimVIPOnline Video 4

The Official Website updated today with week 4 of the Creator's Camp. EHaught58 & Jope are showcased this week with their content such as furniture, Sims, houses etc...

Read more info - Week 4

Last but by no means least, a brand new VIP Blog has been posted on The Sims 3 Website. This time they focus on The Sims AI.

Read more info - AI Blog (Use code 57821)

Creator's Camp Week 3 Update - 19th February 09

The Official Website for The Sims 3 has updated today with info from the third week of the Creator's Camp. (Which was held last month). Suza and Tdyannd are showcased this week.

Read more: Week 3

Happy Valentine's Day - 14th February 09

EA have kindly given us some smoochy screenshots for Valentine's Day!

I have also added 8 others in the screenshots section, go check them out now!

Destructoid have also posted a preview of The Sims 3 - Preview

They talk about some interesting features, here is a certain part I found very funny:

"When she was alone at a neighbor’s house, one of her actions was “Steal...” -- Grant picked it, and explained that she would run off with a random object from the room."

Creator's Camp Week 2 Update - 12th February 09

The Official Site has updated with info from the second week of the Creator's Camp (which was held last month at EA). This week, Shtinky & SterlingDT's creations are showcased.

Read more here - Week 2

New Screenshots - 10th February 09

Kotaku have posted an article all about pregnancy in video games, and most of it about The Sims. However, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there is a brief mention of The Sims 3, along with a screenshot: Pregnancy In Video Games

I have also added some new Create-a-Sim pictures in the screenshots section. Find them there!

New Previews & Screenshots - 8th February 09

Brazilian Fansite Alalasims and Spanish Fansite OSimBR attended a preview of The Sims 3 and have posted a preview of their experience. Both previews have a nice list of new information:

Alalasims | OSimBR

Also, the UK EA press site released these two screenshots below:

These Sims were created at the Creator's Camp and claim to be Vampires. However, EA have since come forward and informed us that Vampires will not be in the game and that these Sims were merely created to look like ones.

 

A video interview with Ben Bell has also popped up on Youtube. He is asked questions regarding some of the fears the fans have about The Sims 3.

 

Please note that the release date for The Sims 3 in the UK is 5th June 2009.

New Video - 6th February 09

Discover things about The Sims world you never knew before in this video from the French MSN group for The Sims 3.

Ben Bell, Charles London & Nancy Smith are just some of the names that are interviewed here. Highly recommended!

More Screenshots - 5th February 09

More screenshots of content created at the Creator's Camp have been added into the Screenshots section.

Also, you can view some photos taken of the content creator's playing The Sims 3:

Video Interview & Screenshots - 4th February 09

EA UK Press site have posted 3 new screenshots from the Creator's Camp:

A video interview has also popped up on Youtube from GEN CES 09 - Watch that here

Screenshots, Trailer & Blogs - 3rd February 09

After finally confessing about the delay, EA have decided to give us some good news for once.

First of all, a brand new Trailer - Watch here

Three new Screenshots:

Content and information from the Creator's Camp is now starting to be showcased on the Official Site. Blogs, pictures and a video have been posted so far - Creator's Camp

Lastly, EA have revealed a new Official Box Art Cover for PC and Mac:

 

THE SIMS 3 OFFICIALLY DELAYED - 3rd February 09

EA have posted a press release that announces that the delay fans have been discussing for the past few weeks, is actually true.

The new release date for the game is now JUNE 2ND 2009.

Read the press release - Here

Not good news...

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