Gaming News - December 2002

Redwood City, CA (December 30, 2002) - Maxis today released additional information on The Sims Online's New Year's celebrations.

From Maxis:

The Sims Online Celebrates New Year's Eve 2002!

The Sims Online will be the hottest place to throw your own online bash and attend hundreds of virtual parties all day long. Whether it's a black tie affair or an underground blowout, everything you need to host a fabulous and feral fete with your friends is at your finger tips in The Sims Online.

The clothes make the Sim! The proper attire on New Year's Eve is a Sims Online must. Any number of festive options are yours for the taking in The Sims Online. Take a peak at the Uptown, Downtown Costume Collection for cutting edge party wear or Wedding Fashions by Pandora to snap up the perfect tuxedo or formal party frock.

It's all about the atmosphere! The ideal ambiance for a New Years blowout is available for a few Simoleons with What A Gas party balloons, a Bounce My Booty light-up dance floor, a Turntablitz DMK DJ booth, and Spazmatronic Plasmatronic go-go cages. If a more understated affair is to your liking, the Zimantz Component Hi-Fi stereo, Wurl 'N' Hurl retro jukebox, or a Bachmeier grand piano are available to play a more subdued version of "Auld Lang Syne" for your Sim guests.

Food, glorious food! Whether it's spray cheese and a malt beverage or a seven course feast, great grub and grog are important to the success of your Sims Online soiree on the 31st. The Chow Sum Phat buffet table and the Hugh Martin Beverage Bar provide overflowing hors d'oeuvres and limitless libations. Both make for a sumptuous Sim New Year's Eve spread that your guests will never forget.

Those little extras make all the difference! For a retro Lawrence Welk feel, try adding the Super Schlooper Bubble Blower to your Internet festivities. Want to add a bit of whimsy to your Sims Online evening? The Top of The Morning hat rack lets Sims don silly chapeaus. The Sky Scorcher at-home fireworks kit offers magnificent pyrotechnics that will awe your guests and the Lunatic neon clock helps Sims count down the minutes as they usher in 2003.

Don't forget the free, exclusive New Year's Eve Top Hat! Remember that on December 31st, all players will receive their own free, exclusive, animated New Year's Eve Top Hat object with a descending disco ball. They can place it anywhere on their property for use all day long. This special holiday object will automatically kick into party mode on the Sim hour, every Sim hour on New Year's Eve. When that happens, players who "celebrate" with another Sim by kissing them will receive a boost in their mood and a bonus payout of 50 Simoleons. Who needs to be rockin' in Times Square with Mr. Clark when you've got smooching and Simoleons in The Sims Online?

If you don't have New Year's Eve plans, now you do. If you have made plans, change them! The Sims Online will be the hottest place for you and your friends to be on New Year's Eve.

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