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Thursday, Jun 11
Virtual goods might not be real, but their purpose still needs to be
CA virtual goods refers to both objects that can be obtained and actions, like getting to a more advanced level that can be performed within the game. Virtual goods aren't just for free games. In games that have an initial upfront cost, like The Sims, ...
Wednesday, May 27
EA pulls out the stops for launch of Sims 3 iPhone game
Countdown to The Sims 3: A Chat with Executive Producer Ben Bell PC World Chat with Executive Producer of The Sims 3 PCWorld Norge Talking Simlish with Producer Justin Taber about bringing The Sims ... Pocket Gamer Hollywood Reporter - Inside Mac Games
Monday, May 4
EA's Spore game creature uploads strong, but game sales now on the ...
Created over seven years, the game had some of the best hype in history, including a cover story in Wired magazine. Wright's previous game, The Sims, sold more than 100 million units, counting expansion pack sales that upgraded the game with new ...
Wednesday, Apr 22
Can casual game Virtual Families take a chunk out of The Sims?
CA - Dean Takahashi Last Day of Work is launching a new casual web game dubbed Virtual Families today. It'sa family simulation game that hopes to carve out a market in the shadow of the giant Electronic Arts franchise, The Sims, which has sold more than 100 million copies ...
Thursday, Apr 2
Will Wright favors Web 2.0-like community-driven game design
CA But the game has sold in the low millions and it isn’t clear whether it will have any of the traction that The Sims did. (A new version, The Sims 3, will launch in June, more than nine years after the first game debuted.) Wright said that hardcore ... Will Wright: Games Invade Real World Forbes
Tuesday, Mar 17
30 million iPhones sold — now that’sa game platform
Electronic Arts’ Travis Boatman went on stage and talked about how EA already has 10 games on the iPhone and how The Sims 3 will make use of iPhone 3.0 features. [Update: And here's an important update on a much needed feature: Virtual goods. ...
