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Time to win the Sims 3 Showtime Katy Perry Collector’s Edition! What do you have to do to enter? Simply comment on this post saying you want the game!  Yep – that’s it! 

Only one comment per person, and please make sure to use a valid email when commenting. That will be the only way to contact you if you win. You have until Monday, March 5th to enter, and the winner will be announced on Tuesday March 6th. Contest is open to everyone around the globe.
 

Part 2 of the Sims 3 Showtime Live Chat will air tomorrow! You can watch the chat live here on SimsVIP, and if you miss it, we will have the replay for you!

 
When you start this profession you are a Novice Trickster and you can entertain people pulling a coin from the ear, turning the wand into flowers and  materializing a deck of cards. The responsibilities for this profession arePerform for tips, Perform illusions and Get gigs.
 

 
As you can imagine, the uniforms related to this profession are very charming.
High level magicians can impress the audience with better tricks. For example, you can make butterflies,  birds, fireballs and other items appear, levitate yourself or other Sims and so on.
 

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EA France & EA Germany released Facebook Showtime apps. Nothing special, but it does allow you to make a poster and share it with friends.

German App — French App

Source: SimCookie & Os Games EA
 

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Instead of offering the Crystal Ball as a separate item, the Sims team decided to pair it up with a set of hairstyles & outfits. If you have a spare 850 simpoints lying around, you can now grab the Crystal Ball, as a semi individual item. Check out The Soothsayers Crystal Ball Set.

Note that there are a few hairstyles that are not included in this set, which came with the originally released More Magic Set.

Thanks to 50/50 sims to the info!

As many of you already know, I will be releasing a very detailed game guide for the upcoming expansion, The Sims 3 Showtime! I anticipate the guide being released March 4th, however this is a preliminary confirmation.

Among all the basic details of the game, the guide includes all 150(ish) Game Achievements, the achievement badges, Simport Information and the rewards available to unlock while using Simport.

I have detailed information regarding each of the new Showtime careers, the new interactive objects, as well as a variety of new gameplay and social options. The guide is going to be great!

For now, here is a special SimsVIP sneak peek at the newest Lifetime Happiness Rewards!

Lifetime Happiness Rewards

 

Born to Cook (20,000) - Become a better chef without spending years slaving over a hot stove! Increase the quality and taste of your food!

 

Dusty Old Lamp (30,000) - This lamp can make all your wishes comes true with only a little polishing.

 

Engaging (10,000) - The audience will hang on the slightest movement or quietest whisper that you produce. Your successes on stage will be more prevalent, and your fails less significant.

 

ExtraordinAIRe-Inator (20,000) -  The ExtraordinAIRe-Inator turns your house into a place of meditation. Relax into it’s fresh and soothing aromas.

 

Fearless Voyager (Simport) (20,000) - Sometimes you take a voyage. Sometimes the voyage takes you. Either way, it pays big to be fearless when going on tour via Simport.

 

Perfect host (Simport) (20,000) - You welcome your guest with open arms and accommodate their needs as if your life depends on it….and this doesn’t go unnoticed. Your Sim’s household will receive more money, as well as Lifetime Happiness points, when hosting a Sim through Simport.

 

That was Deliberate (15,000) - Turn a stumble into a well planned stride and a cracked voice into an operatic bellow. The audience is less likely to notice any mistakes that you may make while performing on stage.

For those of you who still need to pre order Showtime, doing so via Origin before March 5th, gets you the best deals on shipping and bonus DLC. To familiarize yourself with the different versions of showtime, click here.

Pre order The Sims 3 Showtime Limited Edition or The Sims 3 Showtime Katy Perry Collector’s Edition via Origin and get free standard Shipping through February 29th. You can also get a free stuff pack of your choice when pre ordering any version of Showtime.

Any pre orders via Origin will also receive the Origin-al 500 Beats Stereo.

What the title says!  For 600 Simpoints, you can grab the Malleable Mimic Voodoo Doll or Lord Vladimir’s Magic Cauldron!

Thanks to Lisa Misa for the info!

 

 

Probably you noticed I was off to the EA office in Cologne on Wednesday the 8th or February to see and play The Sims 3 Showtime. The event was very well Organized, it was at the office or EA but it had legs transformed into a lounge. The place was quite dark with green colors, there was a DJ booth and one big plumbob lamp. On one side of the room there was a big screen for the presentation of Michael Cox and on the other side there was a lounge place and some computers.

So we started off with a presentation and a demo by Michael Cox, the thing I found a bit weird Was that this demo is constantly Already Shown the live broadcast a couple weeks back. So no new information there. After this demo, we had the time to play the game ourselves. At first I went Quickly threw the game to see what was new and what I really needed to tell you. After checking this out I found out I had a lot of time left, so I Decided to disc

 

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To quote many a performer:  It’s showtime!

In this case, though, by “showtime” what’s meant is The Sims 3: Showtime – the next expansion for EA’s The Sims 3 franchise.

While there is much within Showtime that could be considered standard for a The Sims 3 expansion (jobs, items, town, etc.), it’s in how these additions are executed that make Showtime a bit different.  Nowhere is this more prevelant than with the four jobs (three full-time and one part-time) with which Sims 3 players can become employed.

“Typically the careers will be done out of sight as you see [your Sims] go off to an office job and come out at five o’clock.  [The developers] created active professions a couple of expansions ago and we really wanted to run with that in a new direction,” said The Sims 3 Senior Director Aaron Conners.
 

 

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