While ex-Joystiqer Ross Miller and Engadget Editor-in-Chief Josh Topolsky are busy liveblogging Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 preview event in Cupertino, we're here (well, all over) disseminating various gaming-related information you need to know. For instance, Travis Boatman, Vice President of Worldwide Studios for EA, took the stage this morning to discuss the forthcoming Sims iPhone game.
Though details are scant, the liveblog is telling us that, "They're showing off a character buying some things in-game," and, "They're playing music off of the device in the game." We're wont to believe that second part means you're able to play music that's saved on your phone from within The Sims iPhone world. Apparently, claims that the iPhone is "the new gaming platform" aren't so far off after all, eh?
Reader Comments (9)
Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:07PM (Unverified) said
No thanks bloody spammer!
Go and post your links somewhere else.
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Go and post your links somewhere else.
Posted: Mar 18th 2009 1:39AM XLM said
Apple and EA were made for each other. Sell something and sell an expansion that adds just a wee bit extra? Check.
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Microsoft and EA were made for each other. Sell something and sell an expansion that adds just a wee bit extra? Check.
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Sony and EA were made for each other. Sell something and sell an expansion that adds just a wee bit extra? Check.
There, fixed that for ya.
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Microsoft and EA were made for each other. Sell something and sell an expansion that adds just a wee bit extra? Check.
and
Sony and EA were made for each other. Sell something and sell an expansion that adds just a wee bit extra? Check.
There, fixed that for ya.
Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:24PM koehler83 said
The interface is conducive to Sim games, but the platform itself is definitely not.
Simulation games (especially Maxis') are waiting games. They are 'simulations' that you WATCH and try and curb the behaviour of. These do not fit in the 5 minutes between bus stops or coffee break. That's about enough time to set up your budget and ordinance. You might even be able to squeeze in a bit of zoning.. but there won't be any time for your simulation to actually simulate and progress.
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Simulation games (especially Maxis') are waiting games. They are 'simulations' that you WATCH and try and curb the behaviour of. These do not fit in the 5 minutes between bus stops or coffee break. That's about enough time to set up your budget and ordinance. You might even be able to squeeze in a bit of zoning.. but there won't be any time for your simulation to actually simulate and progress.
Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:32PM (Unverified) said
Everyone, this guy is right. NO ONE purchase this game. This game is useless. Don`t go near it. THIS guy is THE authority on portable video games and the time in which it is appropriate to enjoy said video games.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:37PM Da Largest said
This isn't SimCity.
It's the Sims.
It can BE a waiting game if you want it to be, but it's also the epitome of the quick-play casual game. I still play Sims 2 every now and then, because it is very easy to just play for a little while.
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It's the Sims.
It can BE a waiting game if you want it to be, but it's also the epitome of the quick-play casual game. I still play Sims 2 every now and then, because it is very easy to just play for a little while.
Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:48PM (Unverified) said
If this game could convert your song's lyrics to Simlish on the fly, that would be freaking incredible.
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