Archive for May 2012

The Sims 3 assistant producer Graham Nardone has posted a new blog entry on TheSims3.com in which he discusses game updates, bug reporting, listening to comments and more:

From time to time, we provide an update to The Sims 3, which helps to improve your game. We incorporate design improvements, including some that have been suggested by Simmers, as well as fixes for outstanding issues.  Anything from obscure bugs we have found and fixed to driver updates and also new hardware support can be included in these updates.  As you can imagine, game updates are complex and play a major role in our testing and engineering process as each change has to work across all variations of The Sims 3 products. We have a very dedicated QA team that continuously strives for accuracy and efficiency in identifying, understanding and implementing what needs to go into these updates.

> “Spring Update!” at TheSims3.com

EA has released a new The Sims 3 parody video, this time for the Queen’s jubilee:

A new Toyota Prius, the Plug-in Hybrid, is now available to download from The Sims 3 Store:

Paving the way for the next generation of environmental vehicles, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid is the newest addition to The Sims 3 Prius Family!

Get a first look at the all-new Prius Plug-in Hybrid that everyone’s been waiting for! Reward and take your Sims for a ride around Sunset Valley in their newest car! Download today!

It only seems to be available on the US and Canada versions of the Store, but there doesn’t seem to be anything to say you can’t download it from the Canada Store wherever you are anyway…
> “Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid” at The Sims 3 Store (Non-country-specific link — may not work)
> “Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid” at The Sims 3 Store (Canada)