Share the Story of Your Sims' Rise to Fame in EA's The Sims 3 Showtime
Pre-Order the Newest Expansion Pack from the Best-Selling PC
Franchise of All-time* and Receive an Automatic Upgrade to a Special
Limited Edition**
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Here is your chance to become a star and tell the story of your journey!
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that The Sims™ 3
Showtime Expansion pack*** for PC/Mac is in development and will
launch worldwide in March 2012. The latest expansion pack from The
Sims Studio allows players to live the rags to riches story with
their Sims and share these experiences with their friends. Using new and
innovative social features such as individual in-game news feeds and
live updates, players are connected to each other like never before.
"The Sims 3 Showtime is a huge step forward for The Sims
franchise," explains Scott Evans, General Manager of The Sims
Studio. "For the first time, we are introducing social features that
allow you to send your Sims to a friend's game, perform at their venue
in front of their Sims where you both will earn rewards, and capture and
share these in-game moments of your rise to fame."
The Sims 3 Showtime allows players to connect and share with
their friends and fellow fans of The Sims without ever leaving
the game. Players will venture into a new world and live the dream as
singers, acrobats, magicians and DJs. Using the all-new SimPort feature,
players can send their Sim into a friend's game to perform in their
world, book gigs in their friends' town, go on tour, and be reviewed.
Along the way, players can earn rewards for achieving goals and
accomplishing special challenges that can be tracked and shared via
in-game social wall posts. Players have the opportunity to post their
Sims' successes, share gameplay techniques, create wishlists and send
gifts, search for new friends and share memories through their in-game
news feeds and as e-cards.
Players who enjoy building can customize their Sims' stages using props
and special effects to create unique venues such as a swanky concert
hall, a massive stadium or an indie club. How the stage is built will
directly influence a player's Sim's performance and career progression.
For players who love a challenge, they can earn in-game rewards and
accomplish goals such as performing a legendary show in a high-level
venue. For players who enjoy experimenting, an endless amount of
gameplay opportunities and choices within the game provide a vast array
of situations for cause-and-effect play and hilarity to ensue.
The Sims 3 Showtime is currently available for pre-order****.
Those who pre-order now will be automatically upgraded to a special
Limited Edition version, which features the Ultimate Stage venue.
Players can place this fully customizable venue in their world and will
be able to use it as an additional stage for their Sims to perform on,
complete with in-game props, backgrounds, lights and special effects.
This bonus venue is available through pre-order and while supplies last.
For more information, please visit http://thesims.com/showtime,
like the game on Facebook
or follow us on Twitter®.
For more information on The Sims 3, please visit http://www.thesims3.com/.
*In North America and Europe according to NPD data, Chart-track, Gfk
France, Gfk Spain, Gfk-MCC Germany and EA internal estimate.
**Requires The Sims 3 for PC/Mac to play.
***While supplies last.
****Conditions and restrictions apply. See http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/pd/productID.241940500?sourceid=ea5068
for details.
About The Sims
The Sims™ franchise, the groundbreaking game series that allows
players to create and live a virtual, simulated life on a computer,
celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2010 and has sold more than 140
million units since its launch in February 2000. Now translated into 20
different languages and available in 60 different countries, The Sims
series has quickly become a universal gaming and cultural phenomenon.
Since its June 2009 launch, The Sims 3 has sold more than 10
million copies worldwide across multiple platforms and was the #1
best-selling PC title for 2009 in North America and Europe. Fan
intensity is evidenced through more than 300 million downloads of
player-created content including: The Sims characters, houses,
stories and more. The Sims 3 community site, www.thesims3.com,
welcomes more than five million unique visitors monthly, handles more
than 100 content downloads every minute and more than 3.5 million
uploads to date. In addition, The Sims 3 has a broad range of
community channels reaching millions of fans daily. The Sims 3
YouTube Channel videos have been viewed more than 63 million times and The
Sims 3 Facebook and Twitter pages have a combined fan base of more
than 10 million. Visit The Sims 3 official website to see
what the players are creating at www.TheSims3.com
or the official YouTube Channel for The Sims at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSims.
Join The Sims 3 Facebook and Twitter communities to see what fans
have to say about the game at www.facebook.com/thesims3
and www.twitter.com/thesims3.
The Sims 3 is available for PC, Mac, iPhone®, iPod touch®, mobile
devices, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360®
videogame and entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, Wii™ and Nintendo
3DS™. In August, 2011, The Sims Social browser-based game
launched on Facebook and within one month garnered an impressive 50M
monthly active users and secured the #2 position on Appdata's chart of
top Facebook games. To play The Sims Social, visit www.facebook.com/TheSimsSocial.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) is a global leader in digital interactive
entertainment. The Company's game franchises are offered as both
packaged goods products and online services delivered through
Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and
tablets. EA has more than 100 million registered players and operates in
75 countries.
In fiscal 2011, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.6 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for
critically acclaimed, high-quality blockbuster franchises such as The
Sims™, Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed™, Battlefield, and Mass
Effect™. More information about EA is available at http://info.ea.com.
The Sims, The Sims Social and Need for Speed are trademarks of
Electronic Arts Inc. Mass Effect is a trademark of EA International
(Studio and Publishing) Ltd. John Madden, NFL and FIFA are the property
of their respective owners and used with permission. "PlayStation" is a
registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox and Xbox
360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies and are used
under license from Microsoft. Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS are
trademarks of Nintendo. iPhone and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owner.
EA
Brooke Bauguess, 310-754-7312
PR Director
bbauguess@ea.com
Cindy
Lum, 650-628-3835
PR Manager
clum@ea.com
Nicole
Morrison, 650-628-5295
PR Specialist
nmorrison@ea.com
Source: Electronic Arts Inc.
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