The Sims 4 Official Information

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EA/Maxis has posted the Sims 4 Release Schedule:
The Sims 4 Release Schedule

The regions and times are as follow:

North America: Tuesday 9/2/2014 at 00:00 EDT

Central Asia: Tuesday 9/2/2014 at 00:00 KST

Russia: Tuesday 9/2/2014 at 11:00 MSK

Australia: Thursday 9/4/2014 at 00:00 AEST

Japan: Thursday 9/4/2014 00:00 JST

EU (Excluding UK and Ireland): Thursday 9/4/201 at 00:00 CEST

New Zealand: Friday 9/5/2014 at 00:00 NZST

India: Friday 9/5/2014 at 00:00 IST

South Africa: Friday 9/5/2014 at 00:00 SAST
 
United Kingdom and Ireland: Friday 9/5/2014 at 00:00 GMT/BST

I feel for our friends in other regions who may be restricted to a Sept. 4 or Sept. 5.

Also, just based on my own past experience, if you purchased the game digitally, there may be server issues (it happens occasionally with big releases on EA games)

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EA/Maxis has released the official launch trailer for the Sims 4 on Youtube.

You can find it here:
The Sims 4 Official Launch Trailer

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Looks like the Sims team is going to do a Let's Play of the Sims 4 tomorrow on Twitch at 12:00 PM Pacific time in the US

Want to see live gameplay? Join us on @Twitch tomorrow at 12 PDT for Let's Play with #TheSims4:http://www.twitch.tv/thesims  pic.twitter.com/UrIpClZDkz

(Source:  Official The Sims Twitter)

This is the Twitch channel it should be on:
http://www.twitch.tv/thesims

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SimsVIP has part 1 of the Twitch demo on Youtube.  You can see it here:
Let's Play The Sims 4: Live Broadcast (August 26th)

(Note:  I did catch snippets of this on Twitch, so it is legit).

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SimsVIP has today's demo on Youtube.  You can see it here:

Let's Play The Sims 4: Live Broadcast (August 27th)

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Nothing major, but the official Sims news has a little something called Familiar Faces of Willow Creek
(Source:  The Familiar Faces of Willow Creek)

Last month we told you a little bit about the families of Oasis Springs, and now let’s take a look at the families of Willow Creek.

Back in May, we had our first look at the Goths, one of the most well-known couples residing in Willow Creek. Since learning that Mortimer and Bella have returned, many of you have been curious about the fate of their children, Cassandra and Alexander. We all know that our teenage years can be an awkward time, but Cassandra, is a stunner and has obviously followed in her Mother’s genetic footsteps! Let’s not forget about little Alexander; will the youngest child in the family have time to overcome his eerie heritage and live a normal life or will he be another macabre member of the family?



Despite the Goth Family’s fame, the couple with the most buzz has been Bob and Eliza Pancakes. A new couple to The Sims, it looks like they may be the most miserable couple in all of Willow Creek! As you get to know the Pancakes you will have a chance to explore just what’s keeping these two together? Eliza will have plenty of chances to drift away, whether she stays in Willow Creek or wanders over to Oasis Springs. Who knows, Bob might just be happier left alone with his pancake griddle.

Let’s not forget Willow Creek’s love triangle. Free spirit Liberty Lee, cheerful Summer Holiday, and geeky Travis Scott make a pretty unlikely group of friends. At first, it seems like nothing can come between the bond that these three share. Will anyone be happy when this love triangle finally resolves itself?

Now on to one of our favorite and most complicated families, the Spencer-Kim-Lewis household. Keep in mind that with the new emotions that Sims exhibit in The Sims 4, relationships are more complex to manage – and the larger the family, the more challenge there is to be had. Here’s the breakdown: Dennis Kim and Lydia Spencer had a daughter named Alice Spencer-Kim, then they divorced. Their daughter Alice married Eric Lewis and they had their own little girl named Olivia Spencer-Kim-Lewis. Alice, Eric and little Olivia recently moved back in with their parents; Alice’s dad and Eric’s mom. Oh and Vivian Lewis came along too. How can Alice and Eric afford all the new additions to their household? They will definitely have to find the right career! Can they turn around some quick cash before their savings run out or will they find themselves stumbling around once their power gets cut? Hey, no one ever said having a family was easy and with this many mouths to feed, this family definitely isn’t!

We hope these tales of domestic bliss and turmoil have got you excited to jump in to the lives and stories of Willow Creek! We have no doubt you’re already creating intricate plans for these couples and families. Good luck and happy Simming!

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Thanks to SimsVIP for putting todays Twitch Livestream on Youtube once more. 

You can find it here:
Let's Play The Sims 4: Live Broadcast (August 28th)

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Small round-up of new things.

The first is you can see the Sims 4 Official TV commercial on Youtube:
The Sims 4: Official TV Commercial

The second is that if you live in North America pre-ordered the Sims 4 via Origin, you can now begin pre-loading the game.  You still won't be able to play it before the official release date, but it won't take as long to download/install if you pre-load.

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Once again, thanks to SimsVIP for putting up today's Livestream of the Sims 4.  You can see it on Youtube.


Let's Play The Sims 4: Live Broadcast (August 29th)

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SimsVIP has put up a video of the Sims Team playing at Pax:

Let's Play The Sims 4: Live Broadcast (August 30th)

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A round-up of some new information. 

First, for those people who are heavy into creating Custom Content and other mods for their games, EA/Maxis has released some technical documentation for their  Custom Content Creation Guide.

Source:  The Sims 4 Custom Content Guide

Second, given the recent release of the Sims 4, there has been some patching for the game.  To get this update, you have to be logged into Origin.  If you have automatic updates enabled in Origin’s “Application Settings”, the game should autoupdate once your open Origin. 

I would recommend not to have it auto-update, though.  Sometimes Origin gets wonky, and may try to download a game you already have, and you don't want to waste bandwidth.

Source:  The Sims 4 Patch Notes

Update: 9/5/14

Bug Fixes / Issues: • It has been brought to our attention that some of our cute and adorable babies have had difficulty expressing themselves without… well… distorting.  There was an issue with some integrated chipsets causing the poor little ones to appear in their own “unique” way. We have corrected the problem and pulled everyone back together. Thank you for helping us identify, and track down this issue.


Update: 9/2/14

Severe Issues / Crashes: • Fixed a crash in Build Mode by preventing the game from thinking fences were rooms.
• Fixed a crash in Create A Sim that could occur after the you lock and unlock your computer.

Bug Fixes / Issues: • Fixed an issue with “Shine on Men’s Suit”, “Glitter and Abs”, “Big Hat of Shame”, “Star-Spangled Glasses” and the “Tiki Bar”, not remembering their unlocked state upon reload.
• Fixed several issues with Sims attempting to go on dates with the Reaper, resulting in non-responsive game states.The Reaper still loves ya baby, he is just too busy to go on a date with every lovelorn Sim that vies for his attention.
• Fixed several issues where babies were incorrectly hibernating within household inventories resulting in several issues: ◦ You can now exit Build Mode when not on your home lot if a baby was incorrectly left in the home lot inventory.
◦ Game no longer hangs if you attempt to split a household with a baby on the lot and in the household inventory.
◦ Splitting and merging households no longer results in unplayable households due to babies being left in household inventories.
◦ Babies are no longer left locked in the household inventory if all the other Sims in the household die.
◦ Babies no longer multiply if left in the Household Inventory while editing the lot via Manage Worlds.

• Fixed an issue where Gallery households that have been merged with another household were preventing Live Mode from loading.
• Adding a new Sim to a played household via Create A Sim by going from Manage Worlds will now allow you to modify their face and body.
• Lots with scaled objects (via the shift + [,] cheat) that are shared to the Gallery will now remember their enlarged state for others to enjoy.

Gallery Issues:
• Fixed an issue where the game would become non-responsive when attempting to save a lot to the your library.