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Origin to Rebrand as "EA Desktop App"

Origin is to Rebrand as the "EA Desktop App"

As EA’s shake up of their branding continues, following recent changes of Origin Access to EA Access & EA Access Pro, it seems like Origin won’t be too far behind.

The application on PC & Mac will be re-built from the ground up with a complete fresh lick of paint and will supposedly make it easier to access your games and connect with friends across platforms.

Today, we’re thrilled to offer you…

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We've Discovered Something Mysterious for The Sims Mobile

Hey, @TheSimsMobile! We've found something on our walk through Briny Heights! What could it be?... #TheSimsMobile #XMarksTheSpot

Today has been a great day in Briny Heights.

I stopped off for my morning coffee at the Parkside Cafe. The smell of coffee in the air is always one of the best things about the morning. I also ended up bumping into Izzy! I haven’t seen him for ages but, as always, he looked absolutely fabulous – I guess that’s why he’s got the name he has! After picking my pumpkin spiced latte – my autumn…

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The Sims 4 Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack Review

The Sims 4 Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack Review

Presented by EA GameChangers. This review was made possible by EA GameChangers and does not influence the score or opinions within this review.

It’s been a little while since I have delved into the world of reviews, and I am glad to be back with the highly anticipated stuff pack – Nifty Knitting. This stuff pack has been a long time coming and is the second community voted stuff pack that The Sims…

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Episode 23 of Llama Drama Podcast Featuring SimGuruMegz & SimGuruJack

Make sure you check out the latest episode of the Llama Drama Podcast with @SimGuruMegz and @SimGuruJack! #TheSims

The 23rd episode of the Llama Drama Podcast is now live and available for your listening pleasure on all of your favourite podcast platforms!

In this episode, we are joined by the lovely SimGuruMegz and SimGuruJack from The Sims Mobile team, to talk all about the latest things coming to the game.

Myself and Rachybop also talk about the latest expansion pack, Eco Lifestyle, for The Sims 4, as well…

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Multi Level Building Coming to The Sims Mobile

Multi Level Building is FINALLY Coming to The Sims Mobile #TheSimsMobile

The Sims Mobile team have confirmed that the nxt game update will be bringing a highly request feature! I remember asking about this at EA Play in 2017 when I had the opportunity to interview the producers, so I am super pleased to share that Multi Level building is coming to the game!

Check out the official blog post below!!

Official Blog

In our latest update, we’re excited to introduce a staple…

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There are many iconic moments which have defined The Sims franchise since it’s release in 2000 – everyone remembers their first time playing with The Goth family, meeting the town cassanova Don Lothario, or perhaps their not-so-pleasant experience with the Landgraab family.

One of the many things people will remember from their countless hours of playing with these pre-made families is the houses that they lived in – we all have a soft spot for this!

Angie’s List has paid homage to Sims houses throughout various iterations of the franchise to ceelbrate the 20th anniversary of the video game franchise. The team has curated 6 instantly recognisable homes and have rendered them in CGI, so we can get a glympse to see what they’re like in real life!

The Goth House – The Sims 1

Architectural style – Neo-queen Anne-style house

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The Pleasant House – The Sims 2

Architectural style – Stockbroker tudor-style house

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The Caliente House – The Sims 4

Artchitectural style – Mediterranean-style mansion

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The Landgraab House – The Sims 4

Architectural style – Modernist-style mansion

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The Smith House – The Sims 2

Architectural style – New England-style house

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Don Lothario’s House – The Sims 2

Architectural style – Modern condo

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How phenomenal is it to see these houses re-imagined through the power of CGI?!

If you want to learn more about all of the inspiration behind this, you can read more about their approach and inspiration at the Angie’s List website – they’re the masterminds behind this!

Which one of these iconic homes would you want to live in?

Check out these 6 iconic houses from #TheSims - re-imagined in real life with CGI! There are many iconic moments which have defined The Sims franchise since it's release in 2000 - everyone remembers their first time playing with The Goth family, meeting the town cassanova Don Lothario, or perhaps their not-so-pleasant experience with the Landgraab family.

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The Sims 4 Eco Living Expansion Pack Announced - Arriving June 5th!

The 9th expansion pack for #TheSims4, Eco Living, was announced yesterday! Learn all about it here, watch the trailer, and read our thoughts!

The latest expansion pack for The Sims 4 has been announced with a theme that we haven’t seen in an expansion before – Eco Living.

And, for the first time ever, it shall be arriving on PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One all on the same day – June 5th 2020!

Interestingly, the announcement of the expansion pack has received a very mixed response from Simmers – ranging from extremely positive to negative.…

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Round 5 Results Are In... Community Voted Stuff Pack Name Revealed

#ICYMI The community voted stuff pack now has a name... and, thankfully, it's not "Luv 2 Knit"!

After the latest round of voting, where many different naming options were offered, the community voted stuff pack now has a name and an icon. Thankfully, it wasn’t one of the horrid names like “Luv 2 Knit”!

Check out the official blog post below to learn more about The Sims 4 Nifty Knitting Stuff and it’s icon!

It’s hard to believe that only six months ago, the Community Voted Stuff Pack was…

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Nostalgia Sunday: The Sims Superstar

Take a look back at #TheSims Superstar, released in 2003, with this Nostalgia Sunday post!

Released in May 2003, The Sims Superstar allowed your Sims to rise to fame for the very first time! It was the sixth expansion pack for the original Sims game with the focus on your Sims becoming a celebrity – a theme we have seen re-used throughout future Sims generations.

Whether they wanted to become a singer, an actor or as a supermodel (you better werk!), Studio Town had everything you…

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The Sims FreePlay Holiday Français Update Now Available

The Sims FreePlay Holiday Français Update Now Available - Learn all about it here!

Parlez-vous Français? We have been teasing the upcoming update for The Sims FreePlay over the last few days, and now it has officially launched!

Your Sims will need to brush up on their French as they are about to experience Paris, the city of art, fashion, food and culture.  In the latest update of The Sims FreePlay, you will be able to unlock your own spectacular art gallery! Your Sims are…

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Third Teaser for Upcoming Sims FreePlay Update

A third teaser has been shared by @TheSimsFreePlay team!

The Sims FreePlay team have shared a third teaser for their next game update!

This time, it features a Sim potentially sketching or painting a piece of art. There has been a lot of speculation that this could be some sort of museum!

What do you think?

https://twitter.com/TheSimsFreePlay/status/1251677147065876480

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Blog: Behind the Scenes of the Community Voted Knitting Stuff Pack

SimGuruConor has shared a blog post on TheSims.com, where he gives a behind the scenes look at the upcoming community voted knitting stuff pack!

Hello, Simmers! I hope everyone is doing all right in these crazy times. Just stay indoors and stay safe—and maybe play some video games?!

As you are all hopefully aware, our next Community Voted Stuff Pack* is centered around knitting! Sims will be able…

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Another Teaser for Upcoming Sims FreePlay Update

Another Teaser for @TheSimsFreePlay has been shared! 🐎🐎

Following the first teaser that we shared earlier on today, it looks like the FireMonkey’s team can’t resist sharing more glympses at their upcoming update to The Sims FreePlay!

Another tweet has gone live with the caption “Were you expecting this?!” and a brand new image!

https://twitter.com/TheSimsFreePlay/status/1251284384050798593

What do you think is coming to The Sims FreePlay?! Hopefully…

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Teaser Released for Upcoming Sims FreePlay Update

Teaser Released for Upcoming @TheSimsFreePlay Update... what could it be?!

The FireMonkeys team do love to tease their upcoming updates, and the next one is no exception to that rule!

The official Twitter page has shared a teaser image of an object from an upcoming update and has asked players to guess what the theme of the update could be! The image shows a chandelier in a Sims’ home.

Let us know what your thoughts are!

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The Sims Mobile Spring Flower Garden Update

The Spring Flower Garden Update is coming to @TheSimsMobile!

Sul sul!

We’re springing into action in a new update of The Sims Mobile and introducing a mixture of flowery flora and marble furnishing rewards from the latest Sweet Treat Showdown, perfect for building a new park area or revitalize your home’s lawn!

Completing the event and unlocking all rewards will allow your to create your own Victorian inspired botanical garden fir your Sims. Do you prefer…

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Presented by EA GameChangers. Early Access provided by EA, all opinions are my own.

Out of the blue, Maxis recently announced The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack was arriving on the 22nd January 2020. This is the first stuff pack since Moschino Stuff, which we’d like to forget about, and if I am going to be honest… I thought it was a joke when I first saw the trailer.

Tiny Living? What exactly is that? Those are the first thoughts I had when I saw this stuff pack announced, but as more has been revealed, I am actually quite impressed by the offerings of this pack, the way it promotes new gameplay, and the objects it contains.

Create A Sim

Create A Sim brings a variety of new items for both masculine and feminine Sims from gorgeous new hairstyles, new styled looks, cute sweaters and other modern items of clothing to spice up your Sims’ look. One of my personal favourites in CAS is the new clear plastic glasses – something I have been wanting to get in real life for a while now – so I am pleased my Sim can look this cool!

There’s a good balance of clothing and hairstyles for masculine and feminine Sims too – sometimes you find one category gets more attention than the other, but on this occasion I am impressed with how it was balanced out. And it all looks very good.

Building Your Tiny Home

Build and buy mode is equally as impressive in this stuff pack, boasting a modern collection of furniture for you to style your Sims’ homes! Not only that, you get a new lot type so you can classify your lot as a ‘tiny home’, which brings new gameplay elements to encourage you to build small.

By setting your lot as a Tiny Home, you can work through three different tiers of lots – small, tiny and micro – all which encourage you to build smaller and smaller.

A small home is anything 100 tiles or less, a tiny home is anything 64 tiles or less, and a micro home is anything 32 tiles or less. The best I was able to do was a tiny home, which I was quite proud of!

By building smaller and achieving these build sizes, you can get differnet lot perks! Skills may increase at double the speed, everything may be more comfortable, bills cost less, and more. I like that this brings an incentive to actually build small in this pack. Who needs big lots anyway?

The only slight problem with building this small is that you will need to quickly get good and landscaping, as otherwise your lot will be quite empty outside. Some more new landscaping items, or smaller lots, would have been a welcome addition – but that is wishful thinking for a stuff pack.

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The styled rooms are also excellent for giving you a head start with building the tiny home of your dream, and come in a variety of great colours. I personally used them and they inspired me to think of how else I could make tiny rooms like it.

One awesome thing to note about the new items is that things like the TV and shelves ‘slot’ together – if you put them side to side it gives the illusion that it’s one big unit of furniture which I was VERY impressed with.

Buy and build in this pack is extremely impressive. You get a wide variety of modern items and suit the theme of this pack, feel consistent with Create A Sim’s modern vibe, and the new lot types really do encourage you to try building small.

The Murphy Bed

In addition to Tiny Living, one of the big things that this pack brings is the murphy bed, which returns to The Sims franchise, better than before.

This bed sits up against the wall and folds out when your Sim wants to get a good nights sleep (or some WooHoo, perhaps?). Unlike previous incarnations, it can have a sofa underneath it which neatly folds away to make way for the bed – talk about space saving!

Your Sims can be squashed by the murphy bed – you will find that every 5/6 times you open the bed that it flattens your Sim. But not to worry, they will not always die. But death by murphy bed is possible!!

If your Sim dies by murphy bed they will come back as a ghost, but will have a ‘Z’ instead of a heart, which I thought was a very nice detail for a stuff pack.

Too Tiny, or Just Right?

The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack is honestly one of the best examples of a stuff pack for The Sims 4. After Moschino Stuff and the less than impressive My First Pet Stuff, it feels like the team have finally got a winning combination.

The theme of the pack is clear – it feels modern, it brings different gameplay, and the murphy bed is a whole lot of fun. I have really enjoyed challenging myself to build smaller – which yes, you could always do… but this pack gives you an incentive and reward for doing so.

The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff is great fun and it feels polished. Though, with all of these stuff packs, I really feel like it’s time for The Sims 4 to get a store like The Sims 3 did to fill all of these gameplay niches.

Presented by EA GameChangers. Early Access provided by EA.

Better late than never! Our review of @TheSims 4 Tiny Living Stuff is now live... and we love it! Presented by EA GameChangers. Early Access provided by EA, all opinions are my own. Out of the blue, Maxis recently announced The Sims 4 Tiny Living Stuff Pack was arriving on the 22nd January 2020.

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Reticulating Splines... More content is on the way!

Reticulating Splines... More content is on the way at BeyondSims!

Uuuuh, hello? Is this thing on?

It’s been a while since I have posted anything on BeyondSims.com, and things have been quite sparse on my Twitter and Facebook pages too. I sincerely apologise for being missing in action and hope that you are all doing good!

I am happy to say that things are starting to get back into motion now after being pre-occupied with a variety of things the last few months.…