The pop sensation talks all about The Sims and video games in the videos below.
Katy Perry has had a successful relationship with Electronic Arts and Maxis with The Sims franchise.
Hearthfire hits Xbox Live today, giving Skyrim players a little taste of The Sims.
Also arriving is The Sims FreePlay from leading game developer and publisher, Electronic Arts Inc. (EA).
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It was a much-awaited release after the success of The Sims, another creation of Mr Wright.
To the layman, the similarities listed between The Sims Social and The Ville are certainly noticeable.
Rather than sending him a flirty message, she invites him to play The Sims Social with her.
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The enjoyable "real world" simulation builds on The Sims series, which sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.
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On the surface, at least, The Sims is a surprisingly simple game, relatively thin on motion and Doomlike violence.
People can now slap their friends or give them flowers with the Sims.
The Sims Social has just come out of closed beta, and is making its debut with 4.8M active users.
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Perry has worked in the Sims medium before, releasing a music-video for Hot and Cold in Simlish, the Sims imaginary language, in 2008.
The latest title to get the treatment is The Sims, a massively popular life simulation title that first debuted all the way back in 2000.
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Wright sees The Sims as a prosthetic for our own imaginations, amplifying creative impulses as a car is a souped-up extension our legs (and personalities).
This is especially true with the Sims and their rocky history.
In May 2000 many players of The Sims were outraged when their game characters died because of an infection contracted from a dirty virtual guinea pig.
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With over 150 million games sold around the globe on just about every device out there, The Sims is one of the most popular game franchises out there.
What is the percentage of female players on The Sims?
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"The Sims is something that has the real potential to change the way we play games, " says Peter Moore , president of Sega USA, one of EA's staunchest rivals.
In addition to using the Magic Remote to control the onscreen action, players have the option of downloading a convenient remote controller smartphone app specifically designed for The Sims FreePlay.
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The Sims franchise is the perfect example of that.
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Starts by announcing that four of their titles will feature Kinect support in 2012- Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Madden NFL, FIFA and one more TBA. Teases a few other Kinect titles, including the Sims.
These included Fallout: New Vegas, Darksiders, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, NBA 2k11, TRON Evolution, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Starcraft 2, Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2, Two Worlds II, The Sims 3: Late Night.
Yes, everyone has heard a great deal lately about The Sims (at 8 million units sold, the bestselling PC videogame of all time) from Electronic Arts (nasdaq: ERTS - news - people ).
Following the success of the integration in The Sims Social, Dunkin' Donuts will be integrated into SimCity Social at launch where players can gift Coffee Boosts and Donut Boosts to enable friends to enhance their game play experience.
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But before my neighbors and my wife call their respective lawyers, I should point out that the situation I'm describing is a slice of virtual life from the world's No. 1 PC game, The Sims, by virtuoso designer Will Wright.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Virtual games such as Second Life and The Sims Online have not only proved to be commercially successful, but have also encouraged public interest and generated a wider understanding of the possibilities that virtual reality (VR) represents.
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