The Sims™ 3: LATE NIGHT - Official Thread

[Kate]

Official Site: Coming Soon!

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For the first time ever, your Sims can experience late night fun as a VIP!

Get your Sims an all-access pass to the hottest spots in town. Whether they mingle with celebrities or enjoy a casual night with friends, your Sims' social lives are getting a boost! But keep in mind that some scenes are more exclusive than others, so make sure your Sims have the right connections to get past the bouncers at the hottest clubs. Wherever your Sims go, they’ll discover new things to become -adored celebrities, all-night partiers, rowdy bandmates, or sexy vampires.

What will your Sims get up to after dark?

• Hang out at the hottest spots in town, from dive bars to dance clubs to chic lounges, complete with bouncers.
  
• Gain fame and fortune as a member of a music band, mixologist, director, or local celebrity.
  
• Wander into a certain part of town and your Sims just might uncover the secret to becoming a vampire.
  
• Gain access to exclusive areas and enjoy celebrity perks like penthouse living, luxury hot tubs and cars.

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This thread will serve as the place where all the latest news will be posted - if you wish to discuss it, feel free to make your own thread (just try and avoid duplicates).

I'd like to ask you NOT to post on here unless you have obtained a piece of news about TS3: Late Night.

Thank you, happy Simming!

[Kate]

And the release date is... (according to Amazon US, UK, etc)

US: October 26, 2010
UK: October 29, 2010

[Kate]

Previews and Such From Around teh Internet

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Gamepro Preview: www.gamepro.com/article/previews/216120/the-sims-3-late-night-preview/

IGN Preview: uk.pc.ign.com/articles/111/1112311p1.html

Snooty Sims has a nice little section: www.snootysims.com/latenightindex.php?id=latenight

The Sims 3: Late Night sims wiki page: sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_3:_Late_Night

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[Kate]

Features & Facts

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Features:[/u]

• New Neighborhood: Bridgeport
  
• Returning Life state: Vampire
  
• New NPCs: Musicians, Dilettantes, Celebrities, Butlers & Bouncers
  
• New build tools: Penthouse lofts, mini-stages, curved pools, fountain tool, half-walls
  
• New places to WooHoo: In the hot tub and the elevator
  
• Form bands
  
• New career: Film (Director branch and Actor branch) (Bartending is not a career)
  
• Updated careers: Music and Sports
  
• New skills: Piano, Bass, Drums, Mixology
  
• New lot types: High-rise apartments for Sims to live in and all new clubs
  
• Transportation: Subway/Underground System
  
• New traits: Shy and Star Quality
  
• New CAS features: New body sliders: Muscles for males and females, breast-sliders for females which like all sliders have two extremes
  
• New clothes and hairstyles in CAS
  
• New cooking recipes: Hot wings, Nachos, Tacos
  
• Mixology drinks: Different drinks have different moodlet effects. (Such as better romantic interactions)
  
• New interactions: "Make a move", sit & talk while drinking, dance up on the bar, go skinny-dipping, steal the clothes from Sims who are skinny-dipping
  
• NPC hosted parties (not confirmed)
  
• Group outings

Confirmed Facts:[/u]

• A Sim who is a celebrity can attempt to escape the paparazzi
  
• A Sim who is a celebrity can welcome the paparazzi, but they might expose their private life
  
• Real world celebrities are not planned
  
• Sims can have a day-job and still make Simoleons at night
  
• If the club has a bouncer, Sims can sneak in, bribe, hack their way in or get in with celebrity status
  
• Some nightclubs will have a VIP-section

New/Returning Objects in Night Life
When I say returning I mean objects that have been in previous games, but are not yet in TS3...

• Air conditioner
  
• Arcade machine
  
• Window-like Aquarium - Used a room divider. It cannot be stocked, but fish will never die in it
  
• New bars - At custom lengths
  
• Bass (not confirmed)
  
• Bubble blower
  
• Connecting chairs
  
• Darts
  
• Disco ball
  
• Drums (not confirmed)
  
• Elevator
  
• FX machine - Creates smoke, bubble, glitter, fire and snow effects
  
• Garbage chute - For Penthouses instead of going down to take out the trash
  
• Hot tub
  
• Intercom
  
• Keyboard - Similar to pianos
  
• Laser machine
  
• Piano - Including a grand piano and a keyboard
  
• Plasma pack - Small snacks served from the fridge to satisfy a vampire's thirst moodlet
  
• Plasma fruit
  
• Shuffleboard
  
• Snack-stands - Dynamic vendors not fixed to a specific location, selling nachos, hot dogs and tacos
  
• Strobe light
  
• Subway - A new huge community lot object
  
• New vehicles