EA PWNED – Episode 11

  • A special edition of PWNED direct from EA Tiburon studio in Orlando, Florida.
  • Here’s the lineup:
  • EA SPORTS: An Evolution
  • Madden NFL 12
  • Tiger Woods PGA TOUR
  • EA SPORTS Season Ticket

http://www.ea.com/uk/pwned

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 19th September 2011 at 11:48 pm.
UK PC Charts – Week 37

Top 20 Charts for week 37, ending 17th September 2011.

FP: The Sims 3 moves up to 2nd from 3rd, The Sims 3 Generations moves up to 3rd from 4th, The Sims Medieval stays at 7th, The Sims 3 Late Night moves up to 8th from 11th, The Sims Medieval Pirates & Nobles moves down to 14th from 12th and The Sims 2 moves up to 15th from 18th.

BP: The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff stays at 1st, The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff moves up to 2nd from 3rd and The Sims 3 Ambitions moves down to 4th from 3rd.

  1. Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine (Relic, THQ)
  2. The Sims 3 (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. The Sims 3 Generations (The Sims Studios, EA)
  4. Football Manager 2011 (Sports Interactive, SEGA)
  5. Deus Ex Human Revolution (Nixxes, Square Enix Europe)
  6. Dead Island (Techland, Koch Media)
  7. The Sims Medieval (The Sims Studio, EA)
  8. The Sims 3 Late Night (The Sims Studio, EA)
  9. World of Warcraft Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  10. Dawn of War II Retribution (Relic, THQ)
  11. Starcraft II Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  12. Shogun 2 Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  13. Red Orchestra 2 Heroes of Stalingrad (Tripwire Interactive, Lace Mamba Global)
  14. The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles (The Sims Studio, EA)
  15. The Sims 2 (Maxis, EA)
  16. Call of Duty Black Ops (Treyarch, Activision Blizzard)
  17. Civilization V (Firaxis, Take 2)
  18. The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt Red, Namco Bandai Games)
  19. World of Subways 3 London Underground (TML Studios, Excalibur Publishing)
  20. Tropico 4 (Haemimont Games, Kalypso Media)

  1. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  2. The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. Empire Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  4. The Sims 3 Ambitions (The Sims Studio, EA)
  5. Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda, Bethesda Software)
  6. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
  7. Haunted Legends The Queen of Spades (ERS Game Studios, Big Fish Games)
  8. World of Warcraft Wrath of Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  9. Reincarnation 2 Uncover the Past (Vogat Interactive, Big Fish Games)
  10. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  11. Crysis Maximum Edition (Crytek, EA)
  12. Jewel Quest Mysteries The Seventh Gate (IWIN, GSP/Avanquest)
  13. Napoleon Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  14. Haunted Adventures The Witch’s Prison (Big Fish Games, Big Fish Games)
  15. Haunted Hills Green Hills Sanitarium (ERS Game Studios, Big Fish Games)
  16. Rome Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  17. The Settlers 7 Paths to a Kingdom (Blue Byte, Ubisoft)
  18. Crysis 2 (Crytek, EA)
  19. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (Rockstar North, Take 2)
  20. Maestro Music of Death – CE (Big Fish Games, Big Fish Games)

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 19th September 2011 at 4:20 pm.
Darkspore 5.3.0.125 Patch
Darkspore is back online which also means a new patch! Check out the patch notes below: General • New Level DB’s Place! • Destructables no longer give health/energy leech • Hero Profile now properly shows ability modifier loot stats and affected stats on ability • Hero Collection button no longer affected by number of Secondary [...]
Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 15th September 2011 at 8:04 pm.
UK PC Charts – Week 36

Top 20 Charts for week 36, ending 10th September 2011.

FP: The Sims 3 stays at 3rd,  The Sims 3 Generations is down from 2nd to 4th, The Sims Medieval is down from 5th to 7th, The Sims 3 Late Night is down from 8th to 11th, The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles is down from 7th to 12th and The Sims 2 is down from 15th to 18th.

BP: The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff stays at 1st, The Sims 3 Ambitions is up from 3rd to 2nd, The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff is down from 2nd to 3rd, The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff stays at 10th and The Sims 3 World Adventures stays at 19th.

  1. Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine (Relic, THQ)
  2. Dead Island (Techland, Koch Media)
  3. The Sims 3 (The Sims Studio, EA)
  4. The Sims 3 Generations (The Sims Studios, EA)
  5. Deus Ex Human Revolution (Nixxes, Square Enix Europe)
  6. Football Manager 2011 (Sports Interactive, SEGA)
  7. The Sims Medieval (The Sims Studio, EA)
  8. Starcraft II Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  9. Dawn of War II Retribution (Relic, THQ)
  10. World of Warcraft Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  11. The Sims 3 Late Night (The Sims Studio, EA)
  12. The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles (The Sims Studio, EA)
  13. Shogun 2 Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  14. Call of Duty Black Ops (Treyarch, Activision Blizzard)
  15. The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt Red, Namco Bandai Games)
  16. Tropico 4 (Haemimont Games, Kalypso Media)
  17. Civilization V (Firaxis, Take 2)
  18. The Sims 2 (Maxis, EA)
  19. Portal 2 (Valve, EA)
  20. Red Fraction Armageddon (Volition, THQ)

  1. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  2. The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. The Sims 3 Ambitions (The Sims Studio, EA)
  4. Empire Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  5. World of Warcraft Wrath of Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  6. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  7. The Settlers 7 Paths to a Kingdom (Blue Byte, Ubisoft)
  8. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
  9. Monkey Island Special Edition (Lucasarts, Lucasarts)
  10. The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  11. Medieval II Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  12. Rome Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  13. Napoleon Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  14. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (Rockstar North, Take 2)
  15. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition (Frontier Developments, Namco Bandai Games)
  16. Crysis 2 (Crytek, EA)
  17. Triple Play Ghostly Adventures (Frontier Developments, Namco Bandai Games)
  18. Crysis Maximum Edition (Crytek, EA)
  19. The Sims 3 World Adventures (The Sims Studio, EA)
  20. Coronation Street Mystery of Hotpot (Ocean Media, GSP/Avanquest)

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 11th September 2011 at 9:02 pm.
UK PC Charts: TSM Pirates & Nobles enters at number 7

Top 20 Charts for week 35, ending 3rd September 2011.

FP: The Sims 3 Generations stays at 2nd, The Sims 3 stays at 3rd, The Sims Medieval stays at 5th, The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles enters at 7th, The Sims 3 Late Night is down from 6th to 8th and The Sims 2 is down from 13th to 15th.

BP: The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff stays at 1st, The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff stays at 2nd, The Sims 3 Ambitions stays at 3rd, The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff is up from 17th to 10th and The Sims 3 World Adventures is down from 18th to 19th.

  1. Deus Ex Human Revolution (Nixxes, Square Enix Europe)
  2. The Sims 3 Generations (The Sims Studios, EA)
  3. The Sims 3 (The Sims Studio, EA)
  4. Football Manager 2011 (Sports Interactive, SEGA)
  5. The Sims Medieval (The Sims Studio, EA)
  6. World of Warcraft Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  7. The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles (The Sims Studio, EA)
  8. The Sims 3 Late Night (The Sims Studio, EA)
  9. Starcraft II Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  10. Portal 2 (Valve, EA)
  11. Call of Duty Black Ops (Treyarch, Activision Blizzard)
  12. Civilization V (Firaxis, Take 2)
  13. Tropico 4 (Haemimont Games, Kalypso Media)
  14. Shogun 2 Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  15. The Sims 2 (Maxis, EA)
  16. The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt Red, Namco Bandai Games)
  17. Fable III (Lionhead Studios, Microsoft)
  18. Dawn of War II Retribution (Relic, THQ)
  19. Duke Nukem Forever (Gearbox Software, Take 2)
  20. Empire and Napoleon Total War Collection (Creative Assembly, SEGA)

  1. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  2. The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. The Sims 3 Ambitions (The Sims Studio, EA)
  4. World of Warcraft Wrath of Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  5. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition (Frontier Developments, Namco Bandai Games)
  6. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  7. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft (Montreal), Ubisoft)
  8. Napoleon Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  9. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
  10. The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  11. Empire Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  12. Rome Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  13. The Settlers 7 Paths to a Kingdom (Blue Byte, Ubisoft)
  14. Medieval II Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  15. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (Rockstar North, Take 2)
  16. Crysis 2 (Crytek, EA)
  17. Coronation Street Mystery of Hotpot (Ocean Media, GSP/Avanquest)
  18. Crysis Maximum Edition (Crytek, EA)
  19. The Sims 3 World Adventures (The Sims Studio, EA)
  20. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 Deluxe Edition (Various, Namco Bandai Games)

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 5th September 2011 at 2:28 pm.
Darkspore 5.3.0.119 Patch
A new patch for Darkspore was out last week and you can check out the patch notes below and also download via your game launcher. General • Parts store should now properly display all items except weapons • Avatar level can now reach 100, unlocking the last hero & inventory upgrade • Hero move-to fix. [...]
Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 4th September 2011 at 4:26 am.
UK PC Charts: The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff stays at number 1

Top 20 Charts for week 34, ending 27th August 2011.

FP: The Sims 3 Generations is down from 1st to 2nd, The Sims 3 moves down from 2nd to 3rd, The Sims Medieval is down from 4th to 5th, The Sims 3 Late Night is down from 5th to 6th and The Sims 2 is down from 12th to 13th..

BP: The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff stays at 1st, The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff stays at 2nd, The Sims 3 Ambitions is up from 6th to 3rd, The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff is down from 16th to 17th and The Sims 3 World Adventures is up from 20th to 18th.

  1. Deus Ex Human Revolution (Nixxes, Square Enix Europe)
  2. The Sims 3 Generations (The Sims Studios, EA)
  3. The Sims 3 (The Sims Studio, EA)
  4. Football Manager 2011 (Sports Interactive, SEGA)
  5. The Sims Medieval (The Sims Studio, EA)
  6. The Sims 3 Late Night (The Sims Studio, EA)
  7. World of Warcraft Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  8. Portal 2 (Valve, EA)
  9. Starcraft II Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  10. The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt Red, Namco Bandai Games)
  11. Civilization V (Firaxis, Take 2)
  12. Shogun 2 Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  13. The Sims 2 (Maxis, EA)
  14. Tropico 4 (Haemimont Games, Kalypso Media)
  15. Call of Duty Black Ops (Treyarch, Activision Blizzard)
  16. Dawn of War II Retribution (Relic, THQ)
  17. Fable III (Lionhead Studios, Microsoft)
  18. Duke Nukem Forever (Gearbox Software, Take 2)
  19. Homefront (Kaos Studios, THQ)
  20. Empire and Napoleon Total War Collection (Creative Assembly, SEGA)

  1. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  2. The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. The Sims 3 Ambitions (The Sims Studio, EA)
  4. Voodoo Whisperer Curse of a Legend (Big Fish Games, GSP/Avanquest)
  5. Jewel Quest The Sleepless Star (Iwin, GSP/Avanquest)
  6. World of Warcraft Wrath of Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  7. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  8. Rome Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  9. Napoleon Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  10. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition (Frontier Developments, Namco Bandai Games)
  11. The Settlers 7 Paths to a Kingdom (Blue Byte, Ubisoft)
  12. Coronation Street Mystery of Hotpot (Ocean Media, GSP/Avanquest)
  13. Empire Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  14. Assassin’s Creed (Focus Multimedia, Ubisoft)
  15. Medieval II Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  16. Crysis 2 (Crytek, EA)
  17. The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  18. The Sims 3 World Adventures (The Sims Studio, EA)
  19. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 Deluxe Edition (Various, Namco Bandai Games)
  20. Stray Souls Dollhouse Story (Alawar Entertainment, Focus Multimedia)

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 30th August 2011 at 2:53 pm.
SNW: The Sims 3 Pets – PC – Preview

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.

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 23rd August 2011 at 2:25 am.
UK PC Charts: The Sims 3 Generations/Town Life Stuff stay at number 1

Top 20 Charts for week 33, ending 20th August 2011.

FP: The Sims 3 Generations stays at number 1, The Sims 3 stays at number 2, The Sims Medieval stays at number 4, The Sims 3 Late Night is up from 7th to 5th and The Sims 2 is up from 13th to 12th.

BP: The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff stays at number 1, The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff stays at number 2, The Sims 3 Ambitions stays at number 6, The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff is down from 12th to 16th and The Sims 3 World Adventures is down 1 from 19th to 20th.

  1. The Sims 3 Generations (The Sims Studios, EA)
  2. The Sims 3 (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. Football Manager 2011 (Sports Interactive, SEGA)
  4. The Sims Medieval (The Sims Studio, EA)
  5. The Sims 3 Late Night (The Sims Studio, EA)
  6. World of Warcraft Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  7. Starcraft II Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  8. Shogun 2 Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  9. Civilization V (Firaxis, Take 2)
  10. The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt Red, Namco Bandai Games)
  11. Portal 2 (Valve, EA)
  12. The Sims 2 (Maxis, EA)
  13. Dawn of War II Retribution (Relic, THQ)
  14. Empire and Napoleon Total War Collection (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  15. Duke Nukem Forever (Gearbox Software, Take 2)
  16. Fable III (Lionhead Studios, Microsoft)
  17. Homefront (Kaos Studios, THQ)
  18. Call of Duty Black Ops (Treyarch, Activision Blizzard)
  19. Rift (Trions World, Trions World)
  20. Fallout New Vegas (Obsidian Entertainment, Bethesda Software)

  1. The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  2. The Sims 3 Outdoor Living Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  3. Jewel Quest The Sleepless Star (Iwin, GSP/Avanquest)
  4. Empire Total War (Creative Assembly, SEGA)
  5. Coronation Street Mystery of Hotpot (Ocean Media, GSP/Avanquest)
  6. The Sims 3 Ambitions (The Sims Studio, EA)
  7. Voodoo Whisperer Curse of a Legend (Big Fish Games, GSP/Avanquest)
  8. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  9. The Settlers 7 Paths to a Kingdom (Blue Byte, Ubisoft)
  10. World of Warcraft Wrath of Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision Blizzard)
  11. Assassin’s Creed (Focus Multimedia, Ubisoft)
  12. Crysis 2 (Crytek, EA)
  13. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe Edition (Frontier Developments, Namco Bandai Games)
  14. Mystery Age 1 & 2 (Shanghai Quarter Digital, Big Fish Games)
  15. Shadow Wolf Mysteries Curse Full Moon (ERS Game Studios, Big Fish Games)
  16. The Sims 3 Design & High-Tech Stuff (The Sims Studio, EA)
  17. Victorian Mysteries Woman in White (GSP/Avanquest, GSP/Avanquest)
  18. Nightfall Mysteries Curse of the Opera (Mastertronic, Mastertronic)
  19. Shutter Island (City Interactive, City Interactive)
  20. The Sims 3 World Adventures (The Sims Studio, EA)

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 23rd August 2011 at 2:24 am.
Gamescom 2011

That’s it for another year! We’ll keep this site up and running as an archive site and we hope to see you again next year! :)

Please note:

- snippets posted may differ from the original site if changes have been made.

- we will not add any new posts from now.

- we will also not update posts, if updated on original sources.

- all links are correct to date (23/08/2011), some could lead up become dead or 404 if changed on original site.

Comments Posted by DJBoddington on 23rd August 2011 at 1:36 am.