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SNW was at Gamescom this week and got the chance to see the Sims 3 Pets, PC, presentation. SNW also saw the Pets console presentation which can be viewed here. They also got the chance to see the Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles presentation. You can see a snippet of their Sims 3 Pets preview below or visit their site to see the full preview.

Obviously, since this is a pets expansion, there will be some animal loving traits for our Sims! A few examples of some of the new traits for Sims are dog lover, cat lover, horse lover, animal lover. And these special traits unlock social interaction when talking to other Sims. So your animal lover Sims can chat about animals with other Sims. There isn’t an animal hater trait. Graham was very clear in this. Animals are innocent creatures, of course. And there will certainly not be something like animal abuse in the game, well there is neglecting the animals. If your pets do not take proper care of their pets, the social worker will come and take the animals away.

There are no new careers for Sims in this expansion pack. And as far as the pet careers go, this is a console only feature. There are also no new deaths in this game, not for Sims, nor for pets. Pets can only die of old age. There are no pet related deaths for Sims.

If you missed The Sims 3 Pets chat today, you can now catch up with the video below.

SNW was at Gamescom this week and got the chance to see the Sims 3 Pets presentation. They also got the chance to see the Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles presentation. You can see a snippet of their Sims 3 Pets preview below or visit their site to see the full preview.

Pets can have careers. For example dogs can join the law enforcement career, which is another opportunity to earn money.

In the version for Xbox you can use Kinect, and we’re not talking about the move functionality but the voice functionality. So you can give commands with your voice, to control the Sims and pets, and basically use the basic UI navigation with your voice. For example you can switch between Sims and use social interactions.

During the presentation Aaron Connors showed us a character called Tiger Boy, who has also been in a previous demo on E3 earlier this year. Tiger Boy was really devastated because his beloved dog, Tiger Dog had died recently. Tiger Dog was still “hanging around” as a family member. Apparently pets will be able to stick around for a few more days after they have died, as pet ghosts! And just so you know, pets in the consoles games can only die of old age. If Sims use the karma power called Divine Intervention they can bring back a beloved pet who has recently died. But you have only got a few days to bring them back.

SNW was at the Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles presentation at Gamescom this week. You can read a snippet of their preview of the game and check out the full preview at their site.

Aaron showed us some new furniture and clothing for pirates and nobles. You can definitely tell what is for pirates and what is for nobles. I’m not saying you have to be a pirate to use pirate furniture – I don’t know this – but there is pirate stuff and noble stuff. According to Aaron, you cannot have a pirate queen without a booty throne. It was surrounded by gold pieces and other treasures. You could tell this was a pirate room!

The story is that the nobles are from up north. The pirates obviously come from the south. The nobles come to the kingdom to make deals with the people in living there. The pirates are basically there because their ship has wrecked, and they don’t want to leave. They are somehow convinced their ship has been sabotaged. So they are already in a really bad mood when they arrive. The two parties end up crossing paths in the kingdom. They don’t like each other at all. And in the end someone has to “win”, it can be just the nobles, just the pirates, or both. It’s really up to the player to decide how it all ends.

If you missed The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles chat today, you can now catch up with the video below.

The 3rd and final EA PWNED show from Gamescom.

Matt goes behind closed doors with FIFA 12 and SSX, gets more info on the dangers you’ll face in Need for Speed: The Run, checks in with some PvP and Operation action in Star Wars: The Old Republic and gets privileged access to the Battlefield 3 64-player multiplayer PC arena without having to join the 7 hour queue!

EA PWNED has filmed 2 (another one coming) shows all the way from Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.

Show 1

Show number 1 features the announcements of FIFA 12, Star Wars The Old Republic, Mass Effect 3, Reckoning, Need for Speed: The Run and FIFA Street.

Show 2

EA announced that it has won 4 awards at this years Gamescom event, with The Sims Social taking the award for ‘Best Browser Game’.

• Best Online Game: Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Best Browser Game: The Sims Social
• Best Console Game: FIFA 12

And last, but certainly not the least, Battlefield 3 was unanimously elected Best of gamescom 2011.

EA release a trailer for The Sims 3 Pets on Console (Xbox 360 & PS3). The Sims 3 Pets is arriving 21st October 2011.