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Please note I'm currently working on the new site. I didn't want to take the site offline though, so you can still visit it. However me working on the site while it's still online means a lot of the pages will appear wonky. But not to worry, it won't take too long. Happy
6 Oct 2022 - 17:22

For those of you following me on Twitch, I recently made some changes to my Twitch channel. The biggest and most obvious one being, my new name! Which is RosieSoCosy. 😍

I used to be SNWgames on Twitch, but I decided to switch things up. I was unhappy with the name. For starters because streamers would always call me “snow” 😒 which is really not what it stood for to begin with. But I used to stream as SNWgames with hubby (Cheetah) who has expressed he isn’t going to stream alongside me on every occassion anymore. He always told me it’s my channel. So yeah, new name!

When I finally get back to streaming I will still stream Sims games every now and then, as well as other classics such as SimCity, Spore and MySims. But as the name suggests, I will also play (other) cosy games. Not exclusively EA games anymore.

To read more about the history of SNWgames and why I changed it to RosieSoCosy, you can read this in depth article on my RosieSoCosy blog!

To clarify, this is simply about the derived name SNWgames. I will still run the SNW sites. Those are not going anywhere. However the SNWgames (non Sims/Spore) game content will be transferred to RosieSoCosy eventually.

9 Dec 2020 - 18:00

Ho Ho Ho! 🎄🎅 I'll be participating along with 6 others in a Christmas collab on Sunday December 13, 2020! We'll stream for 14 hours straight, and we'll build a Christmas house in The Sims 4. The streams will all be in Dutch, but you're always free to watch. This is the schedule!

Follow all of us if you haven't already!

📷 Illustrations by Rosie / SimsNetwork.
🔠 Layout by Jessie / TessellateGames.

4 Mar 2018 - 15:13

Happy news! If you are a regular here or if you follow me on social media (Twitter, Facebook page, Facebook group, Instagram or Tumblr), you'll probably know about my pregnancy. I posted about health issues and pregnancy complications in January.

Well a few weeks ago on February 11 (a day after my birthday) I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. His name is Levi and he's our third son. Brothers Seth and Quinn are really proud.

As you can probably imagine I'm a bit busy with the baby at the moment. We're not getting much sleep (if any) so I definitely need some time to recover.

Whenever I have some free time (and energy) I will post custom content, as always!

3 Mar 2018 - 22:00

Join Us June 9 - 11 at the Hollywood Palladium for Games, Music and More

EA PLAY is heading back to the city of stars this June, and we're bringing you the biggest games of the year.

  • Where: Hollywood Palladium
  • When: June 9-11, 2018
  • Time: Saturday 2pm - 8pm; Sunday & Monday 10am - 8pm

At the core of EA PLAY is you – our players and communities. EA PLAY is a place to connect with our games and each other, whether you’re joining us in person, online or through your favorite content creators and community leaders. It’s all about giving you early access to our games, listening to your feedback, and most importantly, having fun with some of the biggest games in the world.

And best of all, tickets are free.

The annual three-day event will include more hands-on experiences at the Palladium for players attending the event, while some of the biggest global community creators in the world will be sharing early game footage and live streams directly from the show floor for players viewing from home. We’ll also have a rich online content program via EA.com with breaking news, stories, live content and more to take you deep inside your favorite games.

What games, you ask? At EA PLAY 2018, you will have a chance to play our next Battlefield™ experience, new EA SPORTS™ games, and get an inside look at the stunning new action game, Anthem™. The Sims™ 4 and our mobile games will be on hand, and of course, we have a few surprises as well.

If you are able to make it to Hollywood, we have a lot in store for you: hundreds of game stations, awesome game demos, lots of experiences for attendees and families, including music, art, food and entertainment for everyone.

Tickets will be available this Spring - and in taking your feedback from last year's event, we'll be introducing a new system to give you better hands on access to your favorite games. So stay tuned over the coming weeks and months to learn more about EA PLAY 2018, including ticket availability, entertainment, program schedule and more.

We’ll see you in Hollywood!

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16 Jan 2018 - 18:20

Normally I would post this message on the blog, rather than the news section. But I also realise that most people probably don't actively follow the blog. Hence the decision to post it here instead.

Some of you may know that my partner tszcheetah and I have been expecting our third baby since shortly after we got married in May. I kept in mind that I had pre-eclampsia during my previous pregnancy, and chances were that I would be suffering from this again in another pregnancy, but this wasn't set in stone. Now fortunately as far as we know I'm not currently suffering from pre-eclampsia. But I am being monitored closely. And I'm experiencing a lot of pain (and pain attacks) and complications in this pregnancy, leaving me unable to work on anything that has anything to do with my computer. This includes my job and unfortunately also SNW. I'm mostly on bed rest, so I'm either on the sofa or in bed. I hate that I'm not able to do anything. But I'm mostly in and out of the hospital at the moment, for regular appointments, but also for tests and what not. I'm really tired and ill, and with only 4 weeks to go until the due date, I'm just not very active at the moment. And I wanted to let you all know. As always I will still be back, the moment my health allows me to work at my PC again.

There's a small chance I will work on the site (Laundry Day stuff pack article and perhaps a video) later this week, seeing as we purchased a Steam Link device, so I can use my games whilst in the living room. I have yet to try this out, but I'm eager to do so. I miss playing The Sims (or any other game for that matter!)

I would also like to point out that because of my health issues and my due date being in less than 4 weeks (I'm due on my birthday, Feb 10), we are likely to be very slow responding to messages and comments regarding the website and the Graphics Rules Maker. Especially since my husband is also ill at the moment, and he's the one behind the Graphics Rules Maker tool. We will get back to your messages when we are feeling better. Thank you so much for reading and understanding.

Love xoxo ♥

Rosie

19 Sep 2016 - 22:00

Came across this interesting article on Nintendo Everything, where they talk about MySims Friends, a cancelled Nintendo 3DS title from 2010. One of the Nintendo Everything readers named Mattrio had an interview with art director Xavier Garcia. Garcia posted images from MySims Friends a couple of years ago. More recently, Garcia was at liberty to share some information about the game.

“StreetPass and other Nintendo connectivity and was essentially an online only game.”

EA cancelled the game because they wanted to steer the entire Sims franchise in a different direction. Unfortunately MySims wasn't part of that new direction.

Behaviour Interactive was hoping to implement the ability to customise the environment in the new MySims Friends game. In the images below you can see how you would be able to take a regular house and turn it into a different style. Styles included Goth, Sporty, Futuristic, Cute, Tasty, Nature, and Fancy.

Here are a few of Garcia's MySims Friends images and captions:

MySims Friends

This is a little old, but the statute of limitations is passed on this (or so I hope! lol). This is a visual target for a MySims project I was involved with a few years ago. The project has been scrapped since.

 

MySims Friends

Another look at some MySims work, this time is a new character that was going to be introduced. We settled for the one on the right, but I had a soft spot for the first version. His name was Roscoe and he was an explosives specialist.

 

MySims Friends

Yep, more MySims concept art! We were experimenting with a Ninja village setting and still looking for a visual style.

 

MySims Friends

A big part of what was going to be the new MySims game was that you could customize your environments, so here I was exploring how you could take a basic house and each version was a different flavor. So we had the default, goth, sporty, futuristic, cute, tasty, nature and fancy.

 

MySims Friends

These designs were just basic explorations for different silhouettes and architecture

 

MySims Friends

And here is an overhaul on a flower shop.

MySims Friends

A big part of what was going to be the new MySims game was that you could customize your environments, so here is an in-depth look at how the exploration went. You can see how you can customize one house to have several different flavors, what kind of different houses you can have and how you can overhaul the shops.

Personally I'm really sad that the MySims franchise came to an end. I always liked the MySims games, all of them actually. I have all of them, on all platforms. I would have definitely bought MySims Friends as well!

13 Mar 2016 - 17:03

For those of you wondering why I've been so inactive lately, here's why! I gave birth to Quinn last month. I've been pretty much busy recovering ever since (I had preeclampsia, and a breech baby, so I had to get an emergency cesarean), and of course I've been busy with the baby.

(and no, this isn't my first baby. He has an older brother :P )

12 Feb 2016 - 23:48

SimGuruRiley made these adorable Valentine's Day crafts for her colleagues at The Sims Studio! Aren't they the best?

Are you making anything Sims related for Valentine's Day? Let us know!

12 Jan 2016 - 20:11

Just got an e-mail from EA announcing Origin Access. Unfortunately I can't see anything beyond this e-mail, as it's not available in my area yet. But I thought it was worth mentioning it anyway!

At EA, we’re passionate about giving our players more variety, more flexibility, more value, and more fun. Today we're thrilled to announce a new membership service for PC gamers on Origin called Origin Access. It's available now in the U.S., Canada, UK and Germany and coming to more countries soon.

Origin Access brings players endless gaming with a growing collection of great PC games for just £3.99 a month.

This new service launches with 15 great games, including Battlefield 4™, Dragon Age™: Inquisition, The Sims™ 3, and This War of Mine with more titles from EA and independent developers added over time. The complete list of titles currently available in The Vault can be found at https://www.origin.com/store/origin-access .

Origin Access members will be able to:

  • Play More – Explore The Vault where members can download and play full versions of more than a dozen great PC games
  • Play First –Play EA’s PC games for a limited time before they're released. All your stats and progress carry over if you decide to buy the game
  • Play for Less – Save 10% on your Origin purchases – from full games and DLC to content packs and more

23 Dec 2014 - 22:41

Happy Simsmas from the Sims Studio!

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