The Sims 3: Late Night

The Sims 3: Late Night is the third expansion pack for The Sims 3. Its announced features are reminiscent of features also included in The Sims: Hot Date, The Sims 2: Nightlife, The Sims: Superstar, The Sims 2: Apartment Life and The Urbz: Sims in the City. The game was released on October 26, 2010 in North America, and in Europe on October 29, 2010.

Description
''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 vampires. What will your Sims get up to after dark?''

Game Summary
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: Pianists, dilettantes, paparazzi, celebrities, and bouncers
 * Returning NPC, butler
 * New build tools: Penthouse lofts, platforms, curved pools, fountain tool, half-walls (the curved pools, fountain tool, and half-walls are also included in a patch for the base game.)


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

'The Hustler is unusually good at bar games, such as Darts, Foosball, and Shuffleboard''. Watering Hole Regulars are frequent customers at local bars, so they get a discount on all drinks and food. ''Sims who are the Next Big Thing are bound to make any band successful. They earn extra Simoleons when playing gigs with a band.'' Excellent Groupies make every group outing a good time! ''Masters of Seduction never feel the pain of romantic rejection. Their romantic advances always succeed.'' 'Better Mixologists make higher quality drinks than the average Sims.'' Sims who are Always on the List will never be refused entry into bars, clubs, and lounges. 'Sims with a Map to the Stars can see all Celebrity homes in Map View, making it easy to be a frequent uninvited guest!''
 * New Lifetime rewards:
 * '''The Hustler – 5,000 Points
 * Watering Hole Regular – 7,500 Points
 * The Next Big Thing – 10,000 Points
 * Excellent Groupie – 10,000 Points
 * Master of Seduction – 15,000 Points
 * '''Better Mixologist – 15,000 Points
 * Always on the List – 17,500 Points
 * '''Map to the Stars – 20,000 Points


 * New places to WooHoo: In the hot tub, the elevator, and the celebrity trailer.
 * Form bands

'Reach Level 10 in the Film Career Track (Directing Branch)''.
 * New Lifetime wishes
 * '''Distinguished Director - 30,000 Lifetime Happiness

'Reach Celebrity Star Level 5 worth at least 100,000 Simoleons''.
 * '''Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous - 40,000 Lifetime Happiness

'Master Mixology Skill to own a bar''.
 * '''Master Mixologist - 40,000 Lifetime Happiness

'WooHoo in 5 different places with 5 different Sims''.
 * '''Master Romancer - 30,000 Lifetime Happiness

'Master Bass, Guitar, Drums, and Piano Skills''.
 * '''One Sim Band - 45,000 Lifetime Happiness

'Reach Level 10 in the Film Career Track (Acting Branch)''.
 * '''Superstar Actor - 30,000 Lifetime Happiness


 * New career: Film (Director branch and Actor branch) including part-time Film career (Bartending is not a career)


 * Updated careers: Music and Sports


 * New skills: Piano, Bass, Drums, Mixology
 * New lot types: High-rise penthouses for Sims to live in ,Skyscrapers, Film Studio 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 dishes: Hot Wings, Nachos, Tacos
 * Mixology drinks: Different drinks have different moodlet effects. (Such as better romantic interactions)
 * New radio station: Hip-Hop


 * New interactions: "Make a move", sit & talk while drinking, dance up on the bar and tables, go skinny dipping, steal the clothes from Sims who are skinny dipping, Leaning on Wall whilst talking to a Sim..


 * NPC hosted parties
 * New Club Dance animation
 * Group outings
 * New type of magical gnome : Blingaboo


 * Zodiac signs, which provide a slight relationship boost if they match or are compatible with that of another Sim.

Trivia

 * Sims can now go Skinny dipping in a Swimming pool.
 * 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 in Late Night (like in The Sims: Superstar), though some Sims might "represent" a real-world celebrity. (Possibly similar to Sofia Carlton)
 * Sims can have a day-job and still make Simoleons at night.
 * Sims can get past a bouncer by sneaking in, bribing them, hacking their way in or getting in with celebrity status.
 * Some nightclubs have a VIP-section.
 * Bridgeport is three times bigger than Twinbrook.
 * The tallest building in Bridgeport is the Simolean Traders Financial Center. It has an exclusive lounge for celebrities in the penthouse.
 * Players receive four exclusive objects when they register Late Night.
 * Carbon steel, smithsonite, tungsten carbide and vampires eye are new metals.
 * Spider and Termite are new insects. Kissing Gourami, Sea Sludge and Sewer Trilobite are new fish.
 * Players can now choose which lifetime wish for created Sims, rather than having to select from five that are based on that Sim's traits.
 * Patch 17 was released alongside Late Night and included astrological signs and new muscle and breast sliders to the base game.
 * If a Sim is a celebrity, their offspring could become one as well.
 * The Plasma 501 is in one of the tallest skyscrapers. It is for celebrities as well as vampires.
 * A Sim who is a celebrity might get caught doing bad things, like WooHooing in public. If this happens, they get a bad moodlet for 3 days which causes them to never get discounts and drops their fame level.
 * Celebrity Sims occasionally get free items in their family inventory.
 * Celebrity Sims can get sent a special car that cannot be bought outside of buydebug, and it's called the Extravagator 5000.
 * One the Box Art of the expansion pack, the background for the star and the papparazzi is reused from The SimCity Box compilation of SimCity games.
 * Sims can engage in brawls at bars and clubs as an interaction, which works a bit differently to the usual "Fight!" interaction.

Pre-Release
It was confirmed on July 20, 2010 at EA's Studio Showcase 2010. According to an official sneak peek at Late Night, it would offer players a more mature, realistic and urban environment when compared to earlier similar expansions. Previews of the expansion described it as being more about friend outings than dating and to be more simulation-driven instead of opportunity-driven as the first two expansions were.

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 Cologne, Germany.

The event ran from August 18–22, 2010.

Gallery
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Music
This is a list of artists and their songs that were featured in Late Night:

Cheats

 * RestrictBuildBuyInBuildings [on or true / off or false] - Allows unrestricted build and buy modes in high-rise buildings. Must have testingcheatsenabled on.