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Read More »EA sponsors The Inbetweeners for Comic Relief
Electronic Arts is sponsoring The Inbetweeners for their Comic Relief road trip. The Sims 3 publisher will donate up to 25,000 to the charity if the sitcom’s four stars successfully complete their challenge – finding 50 rude location names around the UK within 50 hours. Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James …
Read More »EA aiming for simultaneous Sims future
Publisher EA hopes that future instalments in the highly lucrative The Sims series could see a simultaneous release on console and PC. The claim comes ahead of the release of The Sims 3 on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 29th. It arrived on PC on June 5th this year. …
Read More »EA: Sims 3 on console dated
Publisher EA has confirmed that The Sims 3 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS on October 26th. The series is one of the most popular ever devised on PC and it will be fascinating to see how this appeal manages to carry over into the console …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead holds the fort
Red Dead Redemption has racked up a third week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, due in no small part to a lack of new entries. The only new release to hit the Top 10 is EA’s The Sims 3: Ambitions, the second expansion …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Red Dead holds the fort
Red Dead Redemption has racked up a third week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, due in no small part to a lack of new entries. The only new release to hit the Top 10 is EA’s The Sims 3: Ambitions, the second expansion …
Read More »The Sims going back in time?
Expansion packs for The Sims have proved a highly lucrative business for publisher EA in the past, and a host of new URL registrations point to a possible new direction for the series in the future. As spotted by Superannuation, the likes of simsmedieval.com and thesimsgetmedieval.com suggest that a future …
Read More »Missing features for pre-owned Sims 3
The Sims 3 will be the latest title to penalise those who buy the pre-owned version of the game when it arrives on Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year. Those hoping to use the new Facebook functionality that allows players to share achievements and other in-game features with friends …
Read More »UK games market holds firm
The UK video games market weekly value continues to rise this week following the release of The Sims 3 and Red Faction: Guerrilla. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, the UK market has hit 23.5 million for the weekend ending June 6th, a rise of three …
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