EA Mobile launches multiple Blackberry titles

EA Mobile has launched a handful of its popular mobile title on the Blackberry App World for Blackberry enabled devices. It’s good to see EA bringing its games to mobile platforms besides iPhone – not everyone uses the iPhone, after all.

The first games to land on Blackberry include Bejeweled, Need for Speed Undercover, RISK, SCRABBLE (in the US and Canada only), Tetris, Tetris Mania, The Sims 3, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR. Hopefully they’ll bring DOOM RPG and other original titles to the platform as well.

The Sims 3 World Adventures announced

Electronic Arts today announced The Sims 3 World Adventures, the first expansion pack for The Sims 3, is in development and will ship to retailers worldwide the week of November 16, 2009. With the expansion players can take their Sims on adventures to famous inspired by real-world locales around the world. While exploring these locations you can expect some adventures to unfold or a learning experience to occur (for your Sim, not you) like mastering martial arts in Shang Simla, China; discovering culture and famous landmarks on a getaway to Champs Les Sims, France; or exploring the depths of ancient tombs in Al Simhara, Egypt.

Players can accept challenges to search for secret treasures, learn new skills and chase down new personal opportunities, meet new Sims with unique personalities, share their culture and bring them home, discover new styles on their travels, and share everything they encounter on their adventures with the world through personal photographs, movies, and stories. Additionally, players will receive 1,000 SimPoints to be used online in The Sims 3 Store for the PC/MAC versions of the game. Exclusive online content, available only for the expansion pack at launch, will be revealed soon.

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Fight Night Round 4 tops UK retail charts

EA Sports’ Fight Night Round 4 debuted as the top selling game in the United Kingdom for the week ending June 27, 2009 - according to ELSPA’s ChartTrack. EA’s boxing title pushed Prototype, The Sims 3, and Wii Fit down the charts by one spot. UFC Undisputed managed to move up one spot to number 5 while the new Transformers game debuted at number 6, Call of Duty World at War fell from the number 5 spot to number 7, and Ghostbusters took a hard dive to number 10 from the number four spot. The top twenty can be found below:

CHARTTRACK WEEKLY CHARTS

1 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4

2 [PROTOTYPE]

3 THE SIMS 3

4 WII FIT

5 UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED

6 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

7 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR

8 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009

9 EA SPORTS ACTIVE

10 GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME

11 GRAND SLAM TENNIS

12 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE

13 RED FACTION: GUERRILLA

14 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE

15 FIFA 09

16 MARIO KART WII

17 OVERLORD II

18 GUITAR HERO: GREATEST HITS

19 POKEMON PLATINUM

20 WII PLAY

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2009 ELSPA Ltd

EA, Dr Pepper team up

Electronic Arts and Dr Pepper have entered a multimillion-dollar marketing agreement that brings original content to Dr Pepper consumers via EA’s portfolio of games. Gaming fans will have access to exclusive premium content on select EA titles throughout 2010 with codes found on more than 500 million Dr Pepper products.

The deal will see both companies work together on co-branded retail initiatives to gameplay enhancing items for many 2010 titles - and all this stuff will be available only to Dr Pepper fans. The Sims 3 is the first title to participate in this campaign beginning early next year and will allow gamers to experience a variety of original content. For example, codes from specially marked Dr Pepper packages will unlock exclusive premium downloadable content that may include beach party items or all the elements needed for a tailgate party..

Additional details of the relationship will be announced in the future.

Prototype dominates UK sales charts

Prototype was the top selling game in the United Kingdom, according to ELSPA’s Chart Track for the week ending June 20, 2009 - up from the number two spot the week prior. The Sims 3 was knocked out of the top spot by Activision’s super hero action game, while Red Faction: Guerilla was pushed out of the number three spot by Wii Fit and the debut of the new Ghostbusters game, falling all the way to number six.

Meanwhile, UFC 2009 Undisputed fell two spots to number seven, while Call of Duty World at War rose from number seven to number five. EA Sports Active was down two spots to number eight, while Virtua Tennis 2009 cracked the top ten at number nine and Grand Slam Tennis managed to land at number ten.

The rest of the top twenty can be found below:

UK Retail Sales - June 20, 2009

1 PROTOTYPE
2 THE SIMS 3
3 WII FIT
4 GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME
5 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
6 RED FACTION: GUERRILLA
7 UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED
8 EA SPORTS ACTIVE
9 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
10 GRAND SLAM TENNIS
11 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE
12 FIFA 09
13 INDIANA JONES AND THE STAFF OF KINGS
14 MARIO KART WII
15 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
16 POKEMON PLATINUM
17 GUITAR HERO: METALLICA
18 INFAMOUS
19 ARMA II
20 RESIDENT EVIL 5

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track

The Sims 3 rules the world

Electronic Arts announced that The Sims 3 has sold through 1.4 million PC/Mac units in its first week of release since launching last Tuesday. EA also says that 7 million pieces of fan-created content have been downloaded since the game hit retail. Those 7 million downloads consists of player created Sims, houses, stories and more.

The Sims 3, which is also available for download from the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPod touch, hit the #1 paid app position on launch day and has maintained the top spot since launch. The Sims 3 for the iPhone and iPod touch took the number one Top Paid App position in the U.S. Apple App Store in just 18 hours of its launch and reached the number one Top Paid App position in 37 countries worldwide within two days of launch. Pretty impressive.

You can learn more about The Sims 3 by visiting www.TheSims3.com and buy it directly from EA as a digital download eastore.ea.com or from the App Store for iPod Touch and iPhone.

Pixie Lott - Mama Do Simlish

Electronic Arts is working with pop singer Pixie Lott to recreate a song related to The Sims. EA and Pixie Lott will team up to re-record Lott’s hit single “Mama Do” in the fake Simlish language. The single will be available for simultaneous download with the English version of the game plus a music video showing Pixie singing a duet with her Sim character. The single will be released June 7th through Mercury Records.

Her first single, Mama Do, is an archetypal teenage tale of sneaking out on mischievous dates under the cover of night. Pixie learned and recorded this song in the unique language of The Sims, because she’s obviously a fan of the series.

On a related note, be sure to check out our review of The Sims 3.