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Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, i did. Spent time with my family and recieved copies of Rock Band 2, Skate, Boom Blox, The Orange Box and Crackdown. On Christmas day there were a few new Sims 3 Screens released from Sim Times. Check them out Below and in the photo reel which is on the right hand nav bar.

Happy Holidays!

On behalf of everyone here at Simmers News we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays! We wish the very best as we move into the New Year, and hope to see you back Soon!

Happy Holidays!
~Skyline, Editor in Chief, Simmers News

P.S. -You can track Santa Here

Poll Results: Graphics

Sorry, i know i'm a day late again, ive been burried up to my neck in schoolwork, but anyway here were last weeks poll results! We asked you: "What graphics settings do you play TS2 on?"

Results:
Ultra High: 2 Votes (50%)
High: 1 Vote (25%)
Moderate: 1 Vote (25%)
Low: 0 Votes (0%)

This week we ask you: "Is EA Exploiting the MySims Franchise, with titles such as MySims Party and MySims Racing?". Poll will close next monday.

Rumor: MySims Racing?

I must say that i looked forward to the first MySims game, it seemed fresh, and new. But Allgame.com has posted a new page for "MySims Racing" with a release in 2009. If i were to take a guess at what it would be like, i would guess maybe similar to the Mario Kart type racing. Something Kid friendly, which obviously fits the Wii and DS well. We'll keep you up to date on any developments that occur regarding the MySims Franchise.

Source: Sims Domination

MySims Party Boxart

EA has released the new Boxart for MySims Party. While i am fairly impressed with it, it feels like EA is really going to start expanding upon the MySims franchise (as you will see in posts hitting later today). Anyway you can check out the Wii and DS Boxcovers below, MySims ships in early 2009.

MySims Party First Screenshots

Sims De Toi has stumbled across 15 new MySims Party screenshots for the Wii. We have posted them all after this, and we hope to have a galery up shortly! It appears to be a Mini-game type game for the Wii with up to 4 players playing simulatniously on the Wii. The Wii is famous for this type of game, and i am rather dissapointed with EAs choice of gameplay style. Anyway check out the screens below!

Announcement: EA Now on Steam

EA and Valve have announced that you can now buy several of their games via Steam. SecuRom is likely still in these games, but elimates the need for the EA downloader. As of yet no Sims games are purchasable via steam, but you can buy about a dozen of EA's top PC games including Spore, Mass Effect and Dead Space!

Press Release:

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - December 18, 2008. Just in time for the holidays, Valve announced that, Spore™, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™, Mass Effect®, Need for Speed™ Undercover and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 2009 are available now to gamers in North America via Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world.

In the coming weeks, Mirror's Edge™ , Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3, and Dead Space™ will also be added to the catalog of EA's titles available via Steam.

"EA is one of the industry's largest publishers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "The EA titles coming to Steam this holiday include some of this year's top PC titles."

"We are pleased to extend our holiday titles to gamers worldwide via Steam -- a revolutionary technology that is one of the game industry's most successful digital distribution services," said John Pleasants, President, Global Publishing & Chief Operating Officer.

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com

About Steam
The leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment, Steam delivers new releases and online services to over 15 million PC users around the world. For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS FreestyleTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO, Spore, Dead Space, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Mirror's Edge and Need for Speed are trademarks of their respective owners and used with permission. Mass Effect is a trademark or registered trademark of EA International (Studio & Publishing) Ltd. Warhammer is a registered trademark and Age of Reckoning is a trademark of Games Workshop Ltd. Official FIFA licensed product. "© The FIFA Brand OLP Logo is a copyright and trademark of FIFA. All rights reserved." Manufactured under license by Electronic Arts Inc. The Premier League Logo © The Football Association Premier League Limited 1996. The Premier League Logo is a trade mark of the Football Association Premier League Limited and the Premier League Club logos are copyright works and registered trade marks of the respective Clubs. All are used with the kind permission of their respective owners. Manufactured under license from the Football Association Premier League Limited. No association with nor endorsement of this product by any player is intended or implied by the license granted by the Football Association Premier League Limited to Electronic Arts. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

View the EA Steam Catalog Below:

Coming Soon:

The Sims 3 VIP Update

Thesims3.com has updated with a New Developer blog, which talks about Build and Buy modes. You can check out the blog here You can use the code 27824

New Sims 3 CAS Trailer

Game Trailers has posted a brand new Trailer for The Sims 3. This trailer emphasizes the creativity aspect of The Sims 3. Ranges from CAS to Customizing outfits, to building houses! You can get The Sims 3 on February 20th worldwide!

The Sims Movie Slips into 2010?

According to IMDB The Sims Movie is now supposed to release in 2010. That is a year later then previously stated, hopefully the movie will turn out decent... Hopefully.

Check out the IMDB listing here

MySims Kingdom Nominated for Best Wii Simulation Game of 2008

MySims kingdom was the runner up for Best Simulation game for the Wii in 2008 by IGN.com today. While yes there was only one other game (animal Crossing City Folk, which won) it still shows that MySims Kingdom is here to stay. Congrats to all the folks at EA who worked on the game.

Read the Rest of the awards here

New Sims 3 Screenshots and Preview

Gamesrader has taken a trip over to EA and have written up a preview, and have supplied 2 new screenshots. The most interesting aspect of the screens if you ask me is the ceilings. Check out the Preview here

The photos have been added to the photostream on the right hand side of the nav bar.