Hot games

The Sims 3 and Prototype seems to be regular features on the top sellers at the online retailers this week. Let's see what else made the cut:

Amazon.com
1. The Sims 3
2. EA Sports Active - Nintendo Wii
3. Wii Fit - Nintendo Wii
4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Wii Motion Plus Bundle - Nintendo Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort - Nintendo Wii
6. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel - Nintendo Wii
7. Infamous - PS3
8. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Xbox 360
9. Wii Play with Wii Remote - Nintendo Wii
10. Mario Kart - Nintendo DS

Take2
1. The Sims 3: Standard Edition (PC/MAC DVD-ROM)
2. Prototype (PC DVD-ROM)
3. Sam & Max - Season 1 (PC)
4. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (PC DVD-ROM)
5. Infamous (PS3)
6. World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card (PC)
7. Mass Effect (PC DVD-ROM)
8. DCS: Black Shark (PC DVD-ROM)
9. Exclusive: Age of Empires: Collectors Edition (PC)
10. Prototype (PS3)

Kalahari.Net
1. The Sims 3 (PC)
2. EA Grand Slam Tennis with Wii Motion Plus - Nintendo Wii
3. EA SPORTS Active - Nintendo Wii
4. Prototype - Xbox 360
5. Infamous - PS3
6. Prototype - PS3
7. Prototype - PC
8. Lego Star Wars - PC
9. CSI - PC
10. Cricket 2007 - EA Sports

The Sims 3

I remember one of the first PC games I ever played was Sim City - in black and white if you can remember those days.

I was addicted to the game and I remember sneaking into my dads office and booting up his old PC just to get a few hours of gameplay in. Loved the idea of building a virtual world and making all of the inhabitants happy and functional!

I had a big lull in terms of "Sims" game time until my daughter got The Sims 2 for her birthday and some of the old memories came flooding back. It has something addictive about it.

The latest installment is the Sims 3 and if you've been following our Best-sellers list, you will see that the game is on top of a number of the rankings.

In this day where decent kids games - which don't involve gratuitous violence are few and far between - I reckon if the Sims franchise carries on ticking over, we will be on to a good thing.

I haven't played it myself but I thought it would be a nice "post" for users to give some feedback on the game and some of the functionality - is it as good as people say it is?

Synopsis from online retailer Loot (see banner left - note free delivery option):

Loot price: R305.00 (Delivery is free)
You save: R44.00 (13%)

In The Sims 3, Sims can go beyond the boundaries of their home lot, and immerse themselves in an open, living neighborhood, interacting with other Sims using the new deeper personality system. In addition the new goals and rewards systems will give players of all kinds from core gamers to storytellers ability to enjoy long-term gameplay.

New Seamless, Open Neighborhood
Explore the neighborhood freely and take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors’ homes, converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard and more. Who knows what might happen?

New Create A Sim
Create any sim you can imagine with easy-to-use design tools that allow for unlimited customization of facial features, hair color, eye color, and more. Fine tune your Sims’ body shape from thin to curvy to muscular.

New Realistic Personalities
Create over a million different personalities with traits such as evil, insane, kleptomaniac, romantic, and more. Influence the behaviors of your Sims with the traits you’ve chosen. Will you create a neurotic romantic with a heart of gold, or a geeky super-genius with an evil streak?

New Unlimited Customization
Everyone can customize everything - design and build your dream house and decorate it to fit your Sims’ personalities.

New Gameplay That’s Rewarding and Quick
Face short and long-term challenges and reap the rewards as your Sims can pursue random opportunities to get fast cash, get ahead, get even, and more.
Choose whether, or not, to fulfill your Sims’ destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be thieves, rock stars, world leaders? The choice is yours.

Hot games - Sunday 6 June 2009

Another Sunday has rolled around and as usual we highlight the best-selling games on the various online retail platforms.

The Sims3 has arrived and it has plenty of fans topping all three lists - wow!

Check out the list:

Take2.co.za
1. The Sims 3: Standard Edition (PC/MAC DVD-ROM)
2. Sam & Max - Season 1 (PC)
3. Age of Empires III: Gold Bundle (PC) - AoE III + Warchief Expansion
4. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (PC DVD)
5. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (PC DVD-ROM)
6. Crysis (PC DVD-ROM)
7. Mass Effect (PC DVD-ROM)
8. Infamous (PS3) In Stock
9. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PC DVD-ROM)
10. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3 Platinum)

Amazon.com
1. The Sims 3 - PC
2. EA Sports Active - Nintendo Wii
3. Wii Fit - Nintendo Wii
4. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel - Nintendo Wii
5. Infamous - PS3
6. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Bundle - Nintendo Wii
7. Wii Sports Resort - Nintendo Wii
8. The Sims 3 Collector's Edition - PC
9. EA Sports Active Multiplayer Pack - Nintendo Wii
10. Punchout - Nintendo Wii

Kalahari.Net
1. The Sims 3 - PC
2. Infamous - PS3
3. EA Sports Active - Nintendo Wii
4. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - PC
5. Singstar ABBA - PS2
6. Guitar Hero Metallica - Xbox360
7. Lego Star Wars - PC
8. Prototype - Xbox360
9. Demigod - PC
10. Ben 10: Alien Force - PS2