TheSims3.com posted 2 new videos for creators Schtinky and estatica.  You can view them by clicking here.

GameSpot.com posted a new CAS video that you can find by clicking here.

The New York Times wrote an article on The Sims 3.

    IN its biggest campaign yet for its biggest franchise, Electronic Arts is making The Sims video game a little more sociable.
    The Sims lets players choose characters and create lives for them, selecting everything from when they sleep to what their bathroom looks like (“Sims” is short for “simulated”). Introduced in 2000, and updated in 2004, it became the best-selling line of PC-based video games in the world. In The Sims 3, which goes on sale June 2, there are new features.

Click here to finish reading the article.

IGN has released an article about Riverview, the additional neighborhood that will be available as a free download beginning on June 2nd.

"EA let out the last big reveals for the game last week when it announced that a second town, Riverview, would be released as a free download when the game hits shelves on June 2. Fittingly, we got a peak at Riverview at EA's pre-E3 event this week in Los Angeles. Riverview is a far different place than Sunset Valley, the town that will ship with the game. The latter is a gorgeous little coastal town while the former is designed to be a slower, more tranquil farming community. It's a pretty place, surrounded by farmland and with plenty of little nooks and crannies to explore. As you'd expect from the name, the river that runs through it defines the map. Quite a number of houses are located on an island in the middle of the river, and it feels like a more rural place. There's a great fishing spot that doubles as a secluded barbeque area, as well as a mini-Stonehenge on a small island."

Read the full article here: http://pc.ign.com/articles/980/980951p1.html

        Thank you to Simmers News for posting the article.

The Sims 3 has been shipped off to manufacturing and will be appearing on store shelves June 2nd!  Only 24 days until its arrival!

Also, there are 3 new Sims 3 screenshots that have been added to our photo gallery.  You can check them out at here at the top of the page.

Interviews with Sims 3 Creators Ehaught58, Decorgal, and TheSidDog can be found here.  They talk a lot about the gameplay, machinima, and the architectural aspect of the game.

A new wallpaper has been made available for The Sims 3 from the official Singapore Sims 3 site.  You can download it here or below.

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Today we edited the TunePod by adding a Country playlist complete with just 28 songs for now.  There will be a lot more added by the end of the weekend and hopefully a new station coming by the end of May (the genre's a secret though!).  There are also now 107 songs on the Platinum playlist since we added about 15 new songs today as well.

Remember you can always request a song by clicking here!

We have now added a ton of new information to our site pertaining to The Sims 3.  We have the Sims 3 Info Center (found in the navigation bar above) which has the Sims 3 trailer and links to a Facts Center, Photo Gallery, Videos, System Requirements, and more.  Since there are only 27 days left until the release of The Sims 3 we figure that people will either be looking everywhere for as much information as they can, or at least looking into the game more.  To fulfill the craving for knowledge of The Sims 3, we created the Info Center where you can find all the information you could dream of laying your eyes on.

The Sims 3 Facts
    - The Seamless Neighborhood
    - The Sims
    - Build and Buy Mode
    - School and Work
    - Miscellaneous
    - Cheats
    - Traits
    - Articles and Previews |

     Sims 3 Photo Gallery | Sims 3 Videos | System Requirements

It is now official.  The Sims 3 will include the Sims 2 cheats kaching, motherlode, and moveobjects on/off.                                                                            
    Source | Games Guide

There is also a new Question & Answer posted with Grant Rodiek at Gamespot about The Sims 3.  It talks about the feedback given by Creators from the Creator Camp, the reason The Sims 3 was delayed, traits, and more.

SimTunes has posted its first advertisement on YouTube.  Please watch, rate, and/or comment!  We love getting feedback.  It is the first video Shakeit has ever made with The Sims 2, so we would love to recieve feedback for this video especially.  Thanks a ton!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Y0iXz1nyM

The Sims 3 has posted updates for Week 9 of the Creator Camp with Decorgal and Baconandeggzie.

Both of the creators are into machinima and have created videos that can be found in our last TuneZine update below.  Morning Run and Rejection for Two, which can both be found on TheSims3.com.

There have been quite a few new videos released in relation to The Sims 3.  Below is our favorite video and the links to four more.  Only 46 days until the Sims 3 is finally released!

Rejection For Two
Spotlight on The Sims 3 Player: Parsimonious
The Sims 3 Movie Mash-up Tool

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