The Sims 3: Late Night

The Sims 3: Late Night is the third expansion pack for The Sims 3. It was confirmed on July 20, 2010 at EA's Studio Showcase. Its announced features are reminiscent of features also included in The Sims: Hot Date, The Sims 2: Nightlife, The Sims: Superstar, and The Urbz: Sims in the City.

According to an official sneak peek of Late Night it will offer players a more mature, realistic and urban environment when compared to earlier similar expansions. Previews of the expansion has described it as being more about friend outings than dating.

Official description
"Get The Party Started! VIP Treatment In Dynamic Urban Setting Filled with High Rise Homes, Parties, Celebrities, Bars…and Even Vampires!"

The Sims players will soon have a reason to stay out late on the town! The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts will release this fall The Sims™ 3 Late Night Expansion pack*, the newest expansion to The Sims 3, the best-selling PC game of 2009. This Expansion Pack will be released on October, 26 in North America and October, 28 in Europe (October, 29 in Italy - Source Italian GameStop).

The Sims 3 Late Night gives players all-access to and lets them loose on a vibrant, active downtown scene where they’ll rub elbows with celebrities at the hottest parties, hit the local bar after work, tour the scene with their Sims’ band, kick back in a plush hot tub, and discover what’s lurking as the lights go out and adventure begins after dark.

Players will be able to take their Sims into the bustling urban setting where they’ll be able to become local celebrities, members of music bands, mixologists, directors, and more. To gain entrance into the most elite clubs in town, Sims need to keep their attitude in check, otherwise they’ll be given the cold shoulder by tough bouncers -or they can find another way onto the list. If chilling is the player’s forte, their Sims can lounge at a chic club or dive bar. Or, if they like to live on the edge, they can discover the secret of becoming a vampire.

Whether embarking on a new career, painting the town red, or throwing a party on the rooftop of a penthouse, it’s always up to the player to tell their unique stories with The Sims 3. What will happen when the lights go out and Sims get all access?


 * Unleash your Sims in more interesting and unpredictable social situations! Schmooze with celebrities on the rooftop of a skyscraper, woo the crowd with your Sims’s band, or be the best bartender in town at the hottest new lounge
 * Hang out at the hippest 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

Features

 * New Neighborhood: Bridgeport
 * Returning Life State: Vampires
 * New NPCs: Musicians, Dilettantes, Celebrities, Butlers & Bouncers
 * New build tools: Penthouse lofts, mini-stages, curved pools , fountain tool, half-walls


 * New and returning objects: See List of Objects in Late Night.


 * 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
 * Group outings


 * According to an EdenStyle fact sheet, located at, Sims can now have zodiacal signs. This has been confirmed, although they don't do anything special.

New CAS Features
According to an Edenstyle article, The Sims 3 Late Night will include some great new features for CAS. The most notable, New Muscle and Breast Sliders, New hairstyles, and new clothing. Here is the Article that we found... "Muscles definition and breast bars Two of the main updates of CAS (Create a Sim) are muscles definition and breast bars. Muscles bar let you define muscles, creating Sims with defined abdominal muscles. It’s available for both male and female Sims. Breast bar is available for female Sims only and let you make the breast bigger. Before Night Life, we were able to have a bigger breast only with fatter Sims. Now we can also have thin Sims with a very big breast. We must say that this feature is perfect for celebrities…

New clothes are amazing. Due to expansion pack’s topic, there are many beautiful dresses for discos and parties. There are also some news in nightwear and swimsuits categories, like corsets.

In accessories, you can find necklaces. They are both modern (great for goth Sims and teens) and classic.

Hairstyles There are many new hairstyles, both for males and females, as you can see in the pictures below. The cuts are really cute! There are also new facial hairs…

Zodiacal signs In personality tab, you can now choose zodiacal signs. It seems they don’t really have a special function in the game, by the way.

Traits When you create your Sim, you can now choose between 2 new traits: Shy and Start quality. Start quality: Sims with this trait like to be popular and have more possibilities to become famous. Shy: those Sims don’t like to be popular and are… shy, of course! As you can see in the picture, they receive a negative moodlet (-10 points) when there are too many people around that they don’t know. They feel more comfortable when they are with friends. It’s funny that they added a trait like this one in an expansion pack dedicated to parties, celebrities and night life. We like this antithesis! It would be curious if there’s the possibility to use both traits at the same time: how a Sim would deal with celebrity status if he’s shy?

Considering the traits already released in the base game and previous expansion packs, we suggest you the following combos for celebrities and… the opposite: Celebrity: Star quality, Dramatic, Charismatic, Party Animal, Snob. Anti- celebrity: Shy, Loner, Never Nude, Clumsy, Hates the outdoor

Facts

 * 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

GamesCom Facts

 * Bridgeport is the name of the new city
 * The home is the highest floor
 * You reach the penthouse with an elevator
 * You can set the color of the hot tub
 * Arcade machines
 * There’s a bubble machine again
 * Large aquarium for the wall
 * With the cursor on the thumb of your Sim you can see his/her star level
 * Sims can dance on the tables
 * A drink can remove all bad moodlets or your Sim can learn faster
 * The vampire bar is really dark with some red spots
 * Vampires are more functional. They can buy plasma in hospital
 * Bridgeport is an island connected with bridges
 * You can see through the swimming pool with windows on the lower level
 * A special object makes your lot to a bar
 * Bridgeport is really urban
 * You can build swimming pools on every level
 * You have to buy special multilevel penthouses
 * Call the butler with the cellphone
 * A butler costs 1200§/week
 * The superstar career also relates to the new celeb feature
 * You can pay off the paparazzi
 * You can play for tips in the subway
 * Special food truck parking lot
 * Late is more hooking up than romance

Images
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Videos
Video:The Sims 3 Late Night Trailer Video:EA Studio Showcase 2010 - The Sims 3 Late Night.avi Video:The Sims 3 Late Night preview

Music
This is a list of artists officially announced for Late Night so far, though others have been rumored and announced by the artists themselves.

Events
Late Night has been featured at a few real-life and internet events.

2010 EA Studio Showcase
EA holds an annual Studio Showcase where upcoming games are featured. This page show the Late Night segment for 2010. The video was originally available for live streaming through Gamespot at 1 PM PST (21:00 UTC) and was archived at the same address afterward.

Twitter with Grant Rodiek
On July 29, 2010, The Sims 3 Producer Grant Rodiek was on The Sims 3 twitter answering questions submitted by players about the Late Night expansion pack, as well as other upcoming developments.

GamesCom 2010
GamesCom is the largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games and entertainment. It is based in Germany, Cologne.

The event ran from August 18-22, 2010.

Initial rumors
It was rumored under the name After Dark.