A new town was revealed, some more previews of Late Night were put
online, some new Fast Lane Stuff screenshots and a video were
released, and more
New Town To Be Made Available At The Sims 3
Store
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new town will be made available at The Sims 3 Store in the autumn
(fall), called Barnacle Bay:
An island nestled in the Simuyan Sea, Barnacle Bay is a vibrant
vacation getaway with stunning beaches, campgrounds, parks, and a
curiously modern downtown. First settled by pirates, fisherman and
artists — the world’s inhabitants now enjoy relaxing at Smuggler’s
Beach and letting loose at The Wanderer’s Watering Hole. Will your
trip be a vacation or a staycation?
For an extra couple of screenshots, click below and scroll down
if necessary to the post titled “New screenshots of Barnacle Bay!”
(can’t find it? Change to English > United States via the Select
Language link at the bottom of the page).
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News at TheSims3.com
GamesRadar Focuses On Vampires In A New
Late Night Preview
GamesRadar has posted a new preview of The Sims 3 Late Night,
focusing on the vampires:
There’s something off about the color of her skin and when we
zoom in for a closer look, we can see a hint of fang in her grin
just below her smoldering bloodshot eyes. [Grant] Rodiek draws
attention to his Sim’s moodlet. “Basically, when you’re around
vampires you don’t know, your Sim gets a moodlet called
‘Hunted.’ And this is to encourage you to either leave or to
befriend them – because once you befriend them, you won’t get
this anymore. And of course, if you’re a vampire, you won’t be
‘Hunted’ you will be the ‘Hunter’.”
New The Sims 3 Game Update Makes It
Possible To Be Friends With Cars, More
Another The Sims 3 game update has been released, to coincide
with the launch of Fast Lane Stuff. It adds a couple of new
features that relate to that pack, in fact:
New Features
Sims that drive extensively can now develop a
relationship with their vehicles. Vehicles can be named
once a friendship is formed.
The Vehicle Enthusiast Trait is now available. Sims
with this trait can name their vehicles immediately and
develop relationships with them more quickly.
There’s also a small number of updates for the base game and
World Adventures – to read them, plus that all-important checklist
that must be run through before installing, click below and scroll
down to the article titled “Game Update for:
1.15/2.10/3.6/4.3″ (can’t find it? Switch to English > United States
via the Language link at the bottom of the page):
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News at TheSims3.com
Those that have the Create a World Tool will need to download and
install a new version after installing this update, which can
be obtained the same way as earlier versions – from the Create a
World Tool page:
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Create a World at TheSims3.com
GameSpot Gets Some Exclusive Hands-On
Time With Late Night
GameSpot
has posted an exclusive hands-on preview of The Sims 3 Late Night:
Late Night will have a “hotspot” system that highlights which
of the town’s clubs will be the most crowded and which will be
flat-out empty.
The hotspot system plays into several of Late Night’s new
features, such as the new “celebrity level.” All sims can gain
up to five levels of notoriety (indicated by a 5-star meter that
floats above each one’s head).
EA has announced all the music tracks that will feature in The
Sims 3 Late Night - here they are:
Travie McCoy - “Need You”
My Chemical Romance - “Na Na Na”
Soulja Boy - “Speakers Going Hammer”
Kelly Rowland - “Rose Colored Glasses”
3oh!3 – “Double Vision”
Bryan Rice – “There for You”
Chiddy Bang – “Here We Go”
Electrolightz – “Miss Outta Control”
Eliza Doolittle – “Rollerblades”
Foxy Shazam – “Unstoppable”
Hadag Nahash – “Lo Maspik”
Hadouken! – “M.A.D.”
Jessica Mauboy – “Saturday Night”
Junkie XL – “Live Wired”
Kelis – “Brave”
King Fantastic – “All Black Ying Yang (The Party Song)”
Nikki & Rich – “Next Best Thing”
The Ready Set – “More Than Alive”
Go to the news post (titled “FLO RIDA, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE,
TRAVIE MCCOY, 3oh!3, AND MORE PARTNER WITH EA ON THE UBER POPULAR
LIFE SIMULATOR SERIES THE SIMS”) for some quotes from 3oh!3’s Sean
Foreman, Travie McCoy and Kelly Rowland:
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News at TheSims3.com
Current Poll Extended To 18th September
I’ve extended the current poll, asking whether the title “The
Sims 3 Late Night” sounds like it should end with “Stuff” to you, to
18th September as I haven’t received enough votes. That’s now the
day I’ll reveal the final results – if enough visitors have voted
anyway - but the results as they stand now are available at the
bottom of this News Email.
New Fast Lane Stuff Screenshots
Released On Facebook
EA has released a “Launch Video” for The Sims 3 Fast Lane Stuff –
check it out:
IGN Has A Q&A About Barnacle Bay
IGN has posted a Q&A with EA about
Barnacle Bay, the new town that will be made available on The Sims 3
Store (though they seem to think it’s a full-on expansion pack
as they’ve created a game page for it and everything):
IGN: What kind of loot will you be able to find?
EA: There are hidden insects, fish, gem and mineral spawners all
over the island for explorer Sims to find. There is even a
secret Pirate’s Hideaway, but I’m not telling you where it is.
You have to explore the island to find it yourself.
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Which The Sims 2 expansion pack were Simlish
music videos of both Datarock's Fa Fa Fa and
Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine
created to promote?
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A
new town will be made available at The Sims 3 Store in the autumn
(fall), called Barnacle Bay:
