Ikea Brings Self Assembled Furniture to The Sims 2

EA has signed Ikea on to bring their trendy, self assembled furniture to The Sims 2 this summer.  According to Electronic Arts, they have been requested on many occasions to include furniture from the Ikea catalog, so they felt that this step was only natural for them.  “Players of The Sims have asked for IKEA by name, and if you look at the living spaces they design, it reflects the style of IKEA,” said Steve Seabolt, Vice President Global Brand Development for The Sims.

There is no mention of what items will be in the game, but it looks like it could include the entire catalog of items that are sold at Ikea.

I do have to wonder if this means that there will be new animations for your Sims as they assemble the furniture with their included allen wrenches.

Look for the new add-on pack in the US on June 23rd, 2008 and in Europe on June 27th, 2008.  The cost will be $19.99 USD and $14.99 EUR.  Follow the jump for some of the in game screenshots.

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GTA IV DLC To Be Rather Large in Size

Computer And Video Games magazine has released their special edition magazine about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV.  Inside, the pages espout nothing more than the second coming of gaming greatness.  They also seem to be focusing on the 360 version in this publication more than any other version, possibly due to to a sponsorship of the special edition by Microsoft.

Some news of note has come out of the magazine, in regards to the DLC that will be coming in the fall, and it is sounding rather large in regards to the area that will be added to the game.

via playthree

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