EA Redwood Shores

Review MySims Cozy Bundle (Switch) - An Easygoing, Entertaining Pair Of Sims Spin-Offs

The Sim-ple life

Released in 2007 by EA Redwood Shores, MySims was an attempt to capitalise on the increasing popularity of Animal Crossing (the excellent Wild World had released two years prior). A chibi-styled spin-off from the main Sims franchise, this series skewed towards a younger audience and had players rejuvenate a community with friendship...

• Mon 25th Nov 2024
• Reviews
• Switch eShop
• Sims

Review The Sims 3 (3DS)

My name is Hurl

Ever since David Crane and Richard Gold created Little Computer People for 8-bit computers in 1985, gamers have been fascinated with life simulation games, as demonstrated by the huge sales success of The Sims series. However, The Sims is also a series that has suffered from 'content filtering', as the PC experience has been watered...

• Wed 30th Mar 2011
• 3DS
• Reviews

Review MySims Party (Wii)

Can EA's cute MySims get the party started?

Over the past year or so, Electronic Arts has been catering to the casual audience on the Wii and Nintendo DS through the MySims franchise. Since the launch of the series back in September 2007, it has gone on to become a worldwide hit. Given Electronic Arts' previous track record for milking winning...

• Tue 17th Mar 2009
• Wii
• Reviews
• Retro

Review MySims (DS)

MySims arrives on the DS. Is it time to remove Animal Crossing: Wild World from your DS cart slot?

On paper EA’s MySims seems like the perfect game concept for the Nintendo DS. The machine has already proven it can play host to vibrant ‘virtual worlds’ thanks to Nintendo’s best selling Animal Crossing: Wild World. The enduring allure of the...

• Mon 8th Oct 2007
• Reviews
• DS
• Retro

Review MySims (Wii)

EA's astonishingly successful Sims series is given a lick of 'cute' paint. The result is MySims - but is it any good?

Electronic Arts is a company that can make or break a videogames console. Although the publisher’s output isn’t always associated with quality, the popularity of its franchises can prove vital when it comes to winning the console...

• Tue 2nd Oct 2007
• Reviews
• Wii
• Retro

Review The Sims 2: Pets (Wii)

Big Brother; noun. (1) an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy; (2) an older brother; (3) a dire commercial television series fuelling Channel 4 with ample funds to screen “Top 100” countdowns for the remaining ten months of the year when the show isn’t airing.

I think my loathing of Big Brother rubbed off on my will to play such games...

• Tue 3rd Jul 2007
• Reviews
• Wii
• Retro