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Feb 18, 2010 - The company could've snapped up Maxis and Will Wright's Sim-based phenomenon, but decided against it. CEO Bobby Kotick details this and other missed opportunities after the jump.
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Feb 4, 2010 - The original version of The Sims came out 10 years ago today. Will Wright and other members of the original team weigh in on why it became such a success in this IGN Original video.
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Sep 16, 2009 -
"Life is a game," Shakespeare is once quoted as saying, "A game that can kill you in the face!" With
Gamer set to button-bash its way onto our cinema screens this week, we look back at movie's greatest death games - where participants must pla...
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Aug 6, 2009 -
It's been two years since we last visited this topic, which is just about enough time for the controversy over our previous selections to have just about died down. Since that last list was created, we've had some changes on the PC staff. First, Dan ...
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Jun 30, 2009 -
With The Sims 3 here and breaking all sorts of EA sales records, it's only natural that we begin to turn our thoughts to the inevitable expansion packs. After all, The Sims had seven expansions, not counting the special compilations that blended the ...
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About this Game
Welcome to The Sims, a mirror world created from the fantasies of thousands -- a random alternate reality where you view and play, both. Enter here and, you own a plot of land to create your own kingdom. Build a house, pizza joint, discotheque, library or anything you dream of. Take a walk through the locality around you and meet Sims just like you. Enhance your power, wealth, reputation and social standing by bonding with Sims everywhere. Here your destiny is in your hands, make it or break it.
Genre: Simulation
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Maxis
Expansions: The Sims: Livin' Large,
The Sims: House Party
The Sims: Hot Date,
The Sims: Vacation,
The Sims: Unleashed,
The Sims: Superstar,
The Sims: Makin' Magic,
Face Factory,
The Sims: Expansion Collection -- Volume One,
The Sims: Expansion Collection -- Volume Two,
The Sims: Expansion Three-Pack -- Volume One,
The Sims: Expansion Collection -- Volume Two (Second Edition),
The Sims: Expansion Three-Pack -- Volume Two,
Release Date: February 04, 2000
MSRP: $39.99
Also on: Mac,
Xbox,
PS2,
GCN
ESRB: T
Also on: Mac, Xbox, PS2, GCN
