The Sims 3: Late Night

The Sims 3: Late Night

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The Sims 3: Late Night
It's a whole other world after dark
Development
Developer(s)	The Sims Studio
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Ratings	ESRB: T PEGI: 12
Series	The Sims series
Release date(s)	NA October 26, 2010 EU October 29, 2010
Technical information
Engine	The Sims 3 Engine
Version	6.5.1
Platform(s)	Windows, macOS
Media	DVD, Digital Download
System requirements	Minimum Hardware Requirements on TheSims3.com
Game features
Genres	Simulation/Strategy
Themes	Fame, Nightlife
Creatures	Vampire
Neighborhoods	Bridgeport

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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.

• New Lifetime rewards:

• The Hustler – 5,000 Points
  The Hustler is unusually good at bar games, such as Darts, Foosball, and Shuffleboard.
• Watering Hole Regular – 7,500 Points
  Watering Hole Regulars are frequent customers at local bars, so they get a discount on all drinks and food.
• The Next Big Thing – 10,000 Points
  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 Groupie – 10,000 Points
  Excellent Groupies make every group outing a good time!
• Master of Seduction – 15,000 Points
  Masters of Seduction never feel the pain of romantic rejection. Their romantic advances always succeed.
• Better Mixologist – 15,000 Points
  Better Mixologists make higher quality drinks than the average Sims.
• Always on the List – 17,500 Points
  Sims who are Always on the List will never be refused entry into bars, clubs, and lounges.
• Map to the Stars – 20,000 Points
  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 places to WooHoo: In the hot tub, the elevator, and the celebrity trailer.
• Form bands

• New Lifetime wishes

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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 [1] ,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.[2].

• 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

See also: The Sims game rumors#The Sims 3: After Dark

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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  A Bartender (Lou Temple).

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  It's party-time!

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  Penthouse hot-tub with a look over Bridgeport.

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  A street-pianist.

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  More par-tay!

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  A Celebrity posing on the red carpet.

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  In A Hotub.

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  Lounge band.

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  Vampires.

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  A dive bar.

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  A celebrity signing autographs.

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  A celebrity on the set of a sci-fic movie.

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  Awards.

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  Rock Band.

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  A garage band.

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  A jazz band.

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  A vampire.

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  Vampires on the hunt.

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  Vampire feeding in the bathroom of a bar.

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  A Bar on a Skyscraper.

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  Here is a dive bar.

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  "The Plasma 501."

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  Loading Screen.

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  New pool tool.

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  A band playing at a gig.

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  Two Sims using the Bubble Bar.

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  Laser Dance!

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  Vampire Arise!

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  Vampires.

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  Dancing in a club.

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  A Sim dancing on a table.

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  Two Sims in a club.

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  A few Sims in a popular club

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  Sims using a Bubble Bar.

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  Sims in a modern-day hot tub.

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  A rooftop pool and abr.

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  A view of the bar Eugi's.

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  Mmm, yummy.

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  A beautiful view of the ocean and Bridgeport.

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  Looks like this is the place to be!

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  Outta luck, dude.

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  It's definitely Late Night!

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  The transforming of night-walkers.

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  Dancing in The Grind.

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  The Bridgeport skyline.

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  A hangout.

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  Bouncers.

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  A bar fight.

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  A jazz lounge.

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  A female vampire.

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  Paparazzi.

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  A drummer.

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  Playing the bass

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  A vampire feeding

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  A vampire on the hunt

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  A vampire sleeping

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  Bridgeport downtown

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  Bridgeport Apartment

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  Subway & food truck

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  Penthouse

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  Square and large fountain

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  Bridgeport fog

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  Bridgeport loading screen

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  Build mode

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  Buy mode toilets and urinals

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  Curved pools

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  Half walls

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  Pool and fountain tool

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  Vampire motives

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  Crane Decoration

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  Pigeons on the floor

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  Arcade Machine in Late Night

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  Vampire drinking a Plasma Pack

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  Elevator being placed on lot

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  A Butler washing dishes in Late Night

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  Two gnomes from Late Night

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  Blingaboo

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  Vampire Transformation

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  New Theatre in Bridgeport

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  Vampire Super Run

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  Water Reflection and Wall Stereo

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  Bridgeport Intro Cutscene

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  Sim Playing Dart

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  Bridgeport New City Hall

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  Sim Using Bubble Bar

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  Another Band

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  A Sim playing the bass in a black light

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  A Firey drink created in Waylon's Haunt

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  The FX Machine Snow Effect

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  The FX Machine Fire Effect

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  The FX Machine Lasers Effect

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  The FX Machine Bubbles Effect

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  The FX Machine Confetti Effect

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  The FX Machine Sparks Effect

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  The FX Machine Fog Effect

Many more screenshots available from Valley dos Sims (Portuguese) and SimCookie (French)

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• The Sims 3: Late Night Official Trailer

  The Sims 3: Late Night Official Trailer

• The Sims 3: Late Night Launch Trailer

  The Sims 3: Late Night Launch Trailer

• Charlie Sheen is WINNING in The Sims 3

  Charlie Sheen is WINNING in The Sims 3

• New promo of The Sims 3:Late Night

  New promo of The Sims 3:Late Night

• German EA tour of Late Night

  German EA tour of Late Night

• Presentation of the game at the EA Studio Showcase

  Presentation of the game at the EA Studio Showcase

• GameSpot demo of Late Night

  GameSpot demo of Late Night

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  New CAS sliders

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  Zodiac signs

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  New hairstyles

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  Female outfits

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Music

Audio disclaimer: The following section features recordings from real-life artists. The files are of inferior quality of the original recording and are only 30 seconds in duration. The files will play at your system's volume settings. We suggest you turn down your volume and then adjust it to your liking. If you have problems listening to the audio files, see Help:Audio files.

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

Artist	Track	Real-world preview	Notes/References
3OH!3	Double Vision
Bryan Rice	There for You
Chiddy Bang	Here We Go
Electrolightz	Miss Outta Control
Eliza Doolittle	Rollerblades
Foxy Shazam	Unstoppable
Hadag Nahash	Lo Maspik
Hadouken!	M.A.D.
Jessica Mauboy	Saturday Night
Junkie XL	Live Wired
Kelis	Brave
Kelly Rowland	Rose Colored Glasses
King Fantastic	All Black Ying Yang (The Party Song)
My Chemical Romance	Na Na Na
Nikki & Rich	Next Best Thing
The Ready Set	More Than Alive
Soulja Boy	Speakers Going Hammer
Travie McCoy	Need You

Cheats

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

See also

• Comparison between The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 3: Late Night
• List of objects in Late Night

External links

• The Sims 3: Late Night on TheSims3.com
• News announcement on TheSims3.com
• Official Press Release on EA.com
• The Sims 3 Late Night at EA Games.
• Carl's Sims 3 Late Night Guide - Tour of New Features.

References

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