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Will 'Sims Online' alter gaming world?
News At least as significant as the numbers is the kind of audience "The Sims Online" is likely to attract. This time, the whole world is paying attention as Wright -- creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims", the biggest selling computer game of all time...
[December 16, 2002, 7:55]
Electronic Arts Runs the Sims Online Game Faster and More Reliably, Saves $3.4 Million With Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux
White Papers EA needed to build a solid computing infrastructure for The Sims Online - one capable of providing fast, uninterrupted service around the clock for hundreds of thousands of online gamers. The result was EA could manage the Sims Online with a...
[April 4, 2008, 7:14]
Instant messaging goes 3D
News Hoping to capitalise on the rising popularity of online virtual worlds such as EverQuest and Sims Online, a California start-up has created 3D instant messaging software complete with playful dogs, drivable cars and personalised avatars that show...
[January 8, 2003, 9:59]
Office surfers face wipeout
News Companies that stand to lose from corporate filtering include game sites like "The Sims", commerce hot spots like eBay, online dating sites like MatchMaker.com, and news and entertainment outlets focused on delivering in rich media formats such as...
[January 24, 2003, 15:07]
Sony's online 'Star Wars' game debuts without hype
News Billy Pidgeon, an analyst for research firm Zelos Group, said Sony appears to have learned from competitors, particularly game giant Electronic Arts, which launched "The Sims Online" last year. That game, a multiplayer online version of the smash...
[June 27, 2003, 13:53]
'The Sims' sign up with Sony
News Electronic Arts said during an earnings conference call earlier this month that it would debut an online version of "The Sims", appropriately dubbed "The Sims Online", during the third quarter of this year.
[May 21, 2002, 9:01]
GDC: Game makers grapple with online push
News Such games account for the few financial success stories to emerge so far from online gaming, and game publishers hope to push the concept to a much broader audience with upcoming titles based on franchises such as "Star Wars" and "The Sims".
[March 25, 2002, 11:07]
Free speech online finding limits
News Charles Sims, a partner with Proskauer Rose who represents the Motion Picture Association of America in its case against Corley, dismissed fears of free-speech restrictions, calling them a "false bill of goods.
[November 30, 2001, 12:23]
Game firms look to the wiki ethos
News Wright said he had learned the power of the phenomenon by watching players in his Sim City and Sims games spend hours customising their characters and creating in-game objects that were traded online.
[February 6, 2006, 12:40]
Electronic Arts ROI Report
White Papers To keep its customers happy, EA must keep The Sims Online running around the clock. In this regard, the built-in server redundancy of Oracle9i Real Application Clusters offered clear advantages. Average failover time for Oracle clusters is 10 to 15...
[June 24, 2009, 8:59]
Dungeons and Dragons Meets Macroeconomics
White Papers While multi-player sites such as EverQuest and The Sims Online are attracting thousands of players, researchers at Accenture Technology Labs see the potential of these so-called "virtual worlds" not only to attract a richer set of players (in more...
[May 8, 2004, 1:03]
IFFSnooper
Downloads IFF files have been around for a long time, but nowadays they are mainly used to store object data for games like The Sims and its expansions, and The Sims Online (TSO). IFFSnooper is an IFF file reader for the Macintosh.
[April 19, 2008, 8:00]
Out of the Park Baseball (Mac)
Downloads Includes online or solo play, real/fictional rosters, historical sims, drafts, trades, scouting, and more! Out of the Park Baseball 9 is an award-winning baseball simulation that GameSpot called "the best baseball management sim out there".
[August 7, 2008, 15:02]
Out of the Park Baseball
Downloads Includes online or solo play, real/fictional rosters, historical sims, drafts, trades, scouting. Out of the Park Baseball 9 is an award-winning baseball simulation that GameSpot called "the best baseball management sim out there".
[August 4, 2008, 13:28]
Game industry girds for battle
News Those include "The Sims Online," a multiplayer version of Electronic Arts' popular PC game; "Star Wars Galaxies," Sony Online Entertainment's roleplaying game based on the "Star Wars" universe; and "EverQuest II," Sony's planned sequel to its...
[May 14, 2002, 13:23]
Court upholds ban on DVD-cracking code
News This is a terrific victory for content owners and the motion picture studios," said Chuck Sims, an attorney with Proskauer Rose, which represents the MPAA. Civil rights advocates have been closely watching the case, arguing that the DMCA is too...
[November 29, 2001, 9:06]
Consoles put the squeeze on PC games
News What's going on with The Sims is that PC customers are buying fewer games and playing them more deeply. I think the lesson from The Sims is not about subject matter but about how people want to interact with a game," Gordon said.
[March 23, 2001, 9:48]
Sony to make handheld game device
News That includes an upcoming Game Boy Advance version of the smash PC game "The Sims", which will allow players to swap characters between the handheld and GameCube versions of the game. The $199, or about £127, PlayStation2 Online Pack will bundle a...
[May 14, 2003, 7:54]
Grid computing plays games
News Then there's database giant Oracle, which adapted its grid-computing technology to host the high-profile "Sims Online" game, and telecom giant Alcatel. Outsourcing also provides significant opportunities for cutting development costs, an area of...
[June 4, 2004, 12:35]
New online game role-plays reality
News There" is similar in concept to other subscription-based online games such as Electronic Art's "Sims Online" and Sony's "EverQuest. A new online computer game, which its creators say is more social and creative than other games of its kind, is...
[October 27, 2003, 9:10]
