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Aspyr ships The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff

simsfamilyfun 20070430 201239 Aspyr ships The Sims 2 Family Fun StuffAspyr Media announced today that the Mac version of The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff has begun shipping to retail outlets nationwide. The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff, which requires The Sims 2 for Mac OS X to play, add excitement to your Sims’ family with an all-new collection of furniture, clothing and decor. You can decorate the home with an assortment of cool new furnishings, including upscale living room items and adventurous bedroom sets. You can dress your Sims in matching attire for an amusing day out with the family. With 60 new items from castle beds to cruise ship replicas, your Sims will have more stuff for more family fun!

The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff is now available through Aspyr’s website for only USD$19.99.

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Aspyr takes The Sims 2 Pets to the vet and gets it fixed

simspets 20070416 193332 Aspyr takes The Sims 2 Pets to the vet and gets it fixedAspyr Media today released a free update for The Sims 2 Pets. Evidently the previous version of The Sims 2 Pets had some behavioral problems that involved the discoloration of furniture. The developers have had their collective noses rubbed in it and Aspyr assures us that the problems have been dealt with.
The Sims 2 Pets 1.6 Rev A

  • The 1.6.1 patch fixes install issue with later expansions and or object packs in the Sims 2 series.
  • The patch also fixes a setting where changes to your Sims lot or neighborhood name would not be saved and therefore would not show up upon
    next launch.
  • Fixes color problems with several pieces of furniture.
  • Improves performance by adding multithreaded Open GL support.
  • Fixes an issue where user settings would reset to default upon launching game.

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Runes of Avalon, a new puzzle game, released

skitched 20070416 191949 Runes of Avalon, a new puzzle game, releasedAnawiki Games has announced their latest game, Runes of Avalon. The game offers a combination of match-three and Tetris mechanics, over one hundred levels, three play modes, and an intriguing storyline. Runes includes high quality art and music as well as voice-acting for the storyline segments.

Lost somewhere in the mists of time, Avalon’s beauty and grace is threatened. The forests and vales whisper to you of a growing evil and Merlin, your master, has disappeared leaving Avalon unguarded. It is the ambitious and evil Morganna le Fay who is spreading a darkening corruption. Use the Rune Magic that Merlin taught you to rescue your master from Morganna’s Tower. Do you have what it takes to save Avalon from Morganna?

Runes of Avalon is a Universal Binary application which requires a Mac running OS X 10.3 or higher, a G4 or Intel processor, and 128 MB RAM. Licenses for Runes of Avalon cost USD$19.99.

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