Gamasutra over De Sims Social

That players can earn points by socializing and then later use them to buy decorations to their houses (versus real money transaction, or even versus in-game currency) is a cool touch. And yet, like in all The Sims Social’s irritating, embarrassing predecessors, that players have to solicit assistance every time they want to add a room or purchase certain types of household items seems like backward logic in a game like this one.

If gaming on Facebook is ever going to escape its cumbersome reputation, it needs to stop forcing players to beg in public. At early blush, The Sims Social seems promisingly fun, exciting and actually social relative to other choices. But the multi-stage “help” projects are not a welcome carryover from other games.

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GC 2011: De Sims Social is er nu echt

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THE SIMS SOCIAL UPDATES ITS STATUS TO LIVE ON FACEBOOK

The World’s Most Popular Award-Winning Life-Simulation

GUILDFORD, UK., Aug. 18, 2011 – Your social life will never be the same thanks to The Sims™ Social. The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that The Sims Social is now live on Facebook. Debuting publicly at Gamescom in Germany this week, The Sims Social has been recognized with the show’s highly coveted 2011 Best Browser Game Award. Available globally in five languages and free to play, The Sims Social allows friends and rivals to play with life on the largest social-networking site where they will be able to interact with each other and create fun, humor and mischief like never before. The Sims Social showcases the best gameplay from The Sims, one of the world’s most popular videogame franchises,combined with innovative social game features. Players create their Sims in any likeness they choose and experience every aspect of their Sims’ social lives, including building a variety of relationships with their real Facebook friends.

GC 2011: De Sims Social wint Best Browser Game prijs

EA wint Best of Gamescom 2011-award

Gisteren is bekend geworden dat EA maar liefst vier ‘Best of’-prijzen in de wacht heeft gesleept tijdens Gamescom 2011. Onze winnende games zijn:

Best Online Game: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Best Browser Game: The Sims Social
Best Console Game: FIFA 12
Best of gamescom 2011: Battlefield 3

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De Sims Social ook op de Gamescom 2011

EA heeft een persbericht rondgestuurd over de Gamescom 2011. Opvallend in het persbericht is dat De Sims Social er ook bij staat, dus ook deze nieuwe Facebook game zullen we op de EA booth kunnen zien.

Verder is bij de EA booth De Sims 3 Beestenbende te spelen (op alle platforms) en dus ook De Sims Social . Waarschijnlijk worden deze games ook tijdens de shows op de EA booth of het centrale podium nog gepresenteerd. Opvallende afwezige op dit lijstje is De Sims Middeleeuwen: Piraten en Adel. Maar deze game zullen wij vrijdag 19 augustus in een behind closed doors presentatie te zien krijgen.

Een behind closed doors presentatie van De Sims Social komt er waarschijnlijk niet, en ook een presentatie van Hidden Springs, de nieuwe buurt voor De Sims 3 is onzeker. Maar we krijgen De Sims 3 Beestenbende al te zien en De Sims Middeleeuwen: Piraten en Adel. Dus hou Sims Nieuws de komende tijd goed in de gaten.

[UPDATE] SimGuruGraham heeft ons via Twitter laten weten dat Hidden Springs ook te zien zal zijn. Het is alleen niet bekend of dat behind closed doors gebeurt of op de EA stand.

EA to Showcase the Year’s Best Entertainment at gamescom 2011

Top IP Transforming to Year Round Digital Businesses Across Console, Online, Mobile and Social

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) will showcase the best of interactive entertainment at this year’s gamescom in Cologne, Germany. The company’s top intellectual properties are set to delight visitors, highlighting this year’s blockbuster launches and offerings for console, mobile phones, tablets and the Web.

Jens Uwe Intat, Senior Vice President of EA European Publishing, said, “The old model of making games every few years to coincide with new hardware launches is gone. We have a very powerful set of games for today’s consoles, and now we offer that IP to players as year-round entertainment across all of their devices and platforms. We’re looking forward to our fans’ response when they get hands-on with our line-up at the show — we think they’ll like what they see”.

Highlights at the show include:

350 gaming stations at the EA booth allowing more consumers than ever before to get hands-on play with each game.
FIFA 12: Huge space that puts players on the pitch to experience the gameplay action.
Battlefield 3™: A dedicated 64-person multiplayer area with the most authentic modern shooter experience of the year.
STAR WARS®: The Old Republic™: 36 hands-on stations with Origin Worlds and 16 hands-on stations for PvP.
Need for Speed™ The Run: Get behind the wheel in a race for your life from the Golden Gate to the Empire State.
The Sims™ 3 Pets: Hands-on play on all platforms
Mass Effect™ 3: A high octane alien invasion adventure explodes in an all-out galactic war. The time has come to join the war effort and experience the industry’s most critically acclaimed RPG first-hand.
The Sims™ Social: The Sims on Facebook® — coming soon!
The Secret World: Funcom producers will be showing an exciting live demo in one of many dungeons, highlighting combat, progression and boss fights.

EA over De Sims Social beta

De laatste dagen zijn er veel reacties op onze site en forum gekomen over de Beta van De Sims Social.

Het team achter dit Facebook spel heeft iedereen laten weten dat ze veel geleerd hebben van alle feedback op de Beta versie. Achter de schermen wordt hard gewerkt aan verbeteringen en het oplossen van bugs.

De komende dagen zal het aantal spelers dat mee kan doen aan de Beta uitgebreid worden, dit zal stap voor stap gebeuren. Dus als je nu problemen hebt met het spelen dan De Sims Social dan weet je wat er aan de hand is. Het is niet voor niks een Beta (test) versie. Alles wat je tot nu toe in het spel gedaan hebt zal niet verloren gaan.

Zie verder ook het De Sims Social topic op ons forum of gebruik de De Sims Social categorie van onze homepage.