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Will Wright en EA partners in Stupid Fun Club

Will Wright zit al jaren in een denktank met de naam Stupid Fun Club en vandaag is bekend gemaakt dat EA met deze denktank zal gaan samenwerken.

Will Wright is forming a new entertainment think tank called Stupid Fun Club that will create intellectual property. Stupid Fun Club will develop ideas for video games, movies, television and toys. EA will develop video games from the group.

Meer informatie vindt je op Snooty’s Will Wright fansite al is die informatie wat verouderd.

Onder de Lees Meer vindt je het hele persbericht.

Will Wright and EA Partner on Stupid Fun Club

Legendary Game Designer to Explore New Projects

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Apr 08, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that EA is making an equity investment in Stupid Fun Club, Will Wright’s new adventure. Stupid Fun Club is an entertainment think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the internet, and toys. Will Wright is leaving EA to run Stupid Fun Club.

EA and Will each own equal percentages of Stupid Fun Club and are the principal shareholders. In addition, EA has the right to develop game concepts that spring from Stupid Fun Club projects. Will Wright is represented by Creative Artists Agency.

“The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change,” said Will Wright. “Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In my twelve years at EA, I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.”

“We believe in Will’s vision for Stupid Fun Club and we’re looking forward to partnering with Will and his team long into the future,” said John Riccitiello, EA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Will is a great designer and he’s been part of a great legacy of globally recognized game franchises like The Sims, SimCity and Spore. The teams that have been leading those franchises in recent years have a lot of exciting content coming.”

“Will has been an inspiration to our teams, and it’s been rewarding for us to bring his ideas to life,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “In addition to legendary games, Will’s legacy at EA will be the many talented people who worked with him and will now continue to contribute their own vision to the art of game development.”

Will Wright created Maxis with Jeff Braun in 1989, which was acquired by EA in 1997. Will is the visionary designer of blockbuster game concepts like Spore(TM), The Sims(TM) and SimCity(TM). Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis(TM), will continue to run Maxis and the Spore franchise. Lucy’s team is working on the upcoming expansion pack, Spore Galactic Adventures, as well asother game concepts including Spore Hero,Spore Hero Arena and Spore Creature Keeper. Rod Humble is head of the EA(TM) Play Label and his team will launch The Sims 3 in June of this year.

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Sims 3 – Rendezvous – deel 10

De Franstalige MSN heeft een nieuw deel (deel 10) online gezet van een serie over een bezoek van een groep Franse Sims fans aan de Maxis studio’s.

Zodra ik de video kan embedden bv via YouTube zal ik dat doen. Veel beelden zijn al bekend: zoals uit een video in dit blogbericht over een paar EA bobo’s over Sim Fansites.

Deel 1 t/m 9 vindt je in dit blogbericht.

Bron: Sims de Toi

Sims 3 nu voor 7 jaar en ouder?

De officiële Duitse Sims 3 site heeft hun informatie over Sims 3 geupdate en daaruit blijkt dat de PEGI voor Sims 3 verlaagd is van 12 jaar naar 6 jaar.

In Nederland zou dat dus 7+ moeten worden maar op de officiële Nederlandse Sims 3 site staat nog 12+.

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Email van Mevrouw Rimpelbil

Ik kreeg net een Email binnen van Mevrouw Rimpelbil dat ze haar blog heeft geupdate en of ik daar onmiddelijk aandacht aan wil besteden.

Dat doe ik dan maar want met haar wil je geen ruzie hebben!

Sims 3: securom en ingame advertenties

Het lijkt erop dat Securom toch in Sims 3 komt te zitten, wel alleen als je de versie neemt die je kunt downloaden via de EA Store, dat blijkt uit de nieuwe EULA voor Sims 3 die WritinReg in dit topic op de Amerikaanse Sims 2 BBS gemeld heeft.

In de ‘gewone’ Sims 3 zal geen Securom zitten, zie ook deze blogberichten.

Over Securom in de “Digital Download Version”:

B. Technical Protection Measures. When you purchase the Software online via digital download (the “Digital Download Version”), you receive a Digital Download Version of the Software that uses SecuROM digital rights management technology provided by Sony DADC Austria AG. The SecuROM technology is integrated into the Digital Download Version of the Software and is not a separate installation. For more information about SecuROM, visit www.securom.com and http:/faq.securom.com/.

By installing the Software, you acknowledge and agree to the Software’s use of SecuROM. An internet connection is required to authenticate the Software and verify your license (“Online Authentication”). EA reserves the right to validate your license through subsequent Online Authentication. If your license is not valid, as determined solely by EA, you may not be able to use the Software. A machine will be authorized to play this game after authentication and license validation by EA. The License allows for up to 5 machines, owned by the holder of this License, to be authorized concurrently for access to the offline features of this Software. You can manage your authorizations yourself by following the de‐authorization instructions found in The Sims 3 Launcher. For additional information about The Sims 3 Launcher, see section D, below. A dll file beginning with “drm_dynata” will reside in the temp directory of your computer each time you de‐authorize a machine. To delete any de‐authorization‐related dll files that reside on your machine, simply delete any and/or all files beginning with “drm_dynata”. An internet connection is required for de‐authorization. When you install the Software on a machine, the machine is automatically authorized (provided you have authorizations available). When you uninstall the Software from a machine, that machine is automatically de‐authorized. To authorize the machine, simply install the Software (provided you have authorizations available). EA does not recommend that you attempt to disable or access SecuROM. If you disable or otherwise tamper with the technical protection measures, the Software may not function properly and you will have materially breached this License.

Verder blijkt uit deze nieuwe EULA dat in alle versies van Sims 3 gebruikt zal worden gemaakt van IGA Worldwide Technology: deze zorgt ervoor dat in het spel ingame advertenties te zien zullen zijn:

E. IGA Worldwide Technology. This game incorporates dynamic advertisement serving technology offered by IGA Worldwide Inc. (“IGA Technology”), which enables advertising to be temporarily uploaded into the game on your PC or console, and replaced while you are online. IGA Technology only logs information that is needed to measure presentation of advertising, and to serve advertising to the appropriate geographic region and to the right location within the game. Logged data may include Internet Protocol Address (“IP Address”), in game location, length of time an advertisement was visible, size of the advertisements, and angle of view. The IP Address is deleted when the online game session ends. Your game may be assigned an id number, which is stored on your PC or console, and used by IGA Technology to calculate the number of unique and repeat views of dynamic in game advertising. The id number is not associated with any personal data. No logged information is used to personally identify you. This ad serving technology is integrated into the game; if you do not want to use this technology, do not play the game while connected to the Internet. For more information see our privacy policy at privacy.ea.com.

De gehele EULA kun je hier vinden als PDF file.

Zelf ben ik nu erg blij dat ik nooit een game digitaal koop: ik heb liever een box en boekje en DVD!

Bron: Sim Programs

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