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{{GameInfobox |developer=''The Sims'' studio<!-- If you're gonna change this, please provide refs --> |publisher = Electronic Arts |image= Front-Cover-The-Sims-3-Ambitions-WIN-MAC.jpg |type = Expansion |title=The Sims 3: Ambitions |engines = RenderWare |series = The Sims |na_rel = {{Release|2010|June|1|NA}}<ref name="GameSpot US">{{cite web|url=http://us.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/index.html|title=The Sims 3: Ambitions for PC|accessdate= June 4, 2010|work=GameSpot United States|publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> |au_rel = {{Release|2010|June|3|AU}}<ref name="GameSpot AUS">{{cite web|url=http://au.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/index.html|title=The Sims 3: Ambitions for PC|accessdate= June 4, 2010|work=GameSpot Australia|publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> |uk_rel = {{Release|2010|June|4|UK}} |genre= Life simulation |features = Single-player |ratings = ESRB-T, PEGI-12+ |platforms= Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X }} '''The Sims 3: Ambitions''' is the second [[expansion pack]] for the [[strategy game|strategic]] [[life simulation game|life simulation]] [[computer game]] ''[[The Sims 3]]''. It was released in June 2010. ''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' introduces new career opportunities and control mechanisms into gameplay. Manipulation of Sims' career progressions, actions and interactions during their working are feasible.<ref name="The Sims 3: Ambitions">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesims3.com/game/ep2|title=Ambitions - The Game - Community - The Sims 3|date=2010|accessdate=June 4, 2010|publisher=Electronic Arts|work=EA Canada}}</ref> Additional career pathways introduce a diversity of skill sets available for acquisition.<ref name="The Sims 3: Ambitions"/> These features, which were absent in ''The Sims 3'', give players greater control of their Sims' career pathways, choices and lives. ==Gameplay== {{see also|The Sims 3#Gameplay}} ''The Sims 3: Ambitions'' is a career-based expansion pack and introduces new career pathways. Such examples of career pathways include firefighting, investigator and stylist.<ref name ="GameSpot Preview"/> Fulfilment of duties and tasks associated with careers are committed by the players. Firefighters maintain equipment, extinguish hazardous fires, rescue Sims from burning buildings and clear rubble. Investigators solve cases and mysteries by convincing or bribing Sims for information, breaking into homes for clues or stealing items for evidence. Stylists are hired by neighbors to offer fashion advice and provide makeovers. The success or failure of task and duty outcomes is controlled by the players.<ref name ="GameSpot Preview"/> Implementation of the ''Skill Careers'' features increase career opportunities and enables for self-employment. Self-employed Sims utilize their existing skills to create products, such as paintings, home grown produce or literature works, and profit from their works.<ref name="GameSpot Preview"/> Tattooing and stylist careers enable players to modify other Sims. The complexity of the tattoo system allow for players to produce unique designs by selecting tattoo shapes, colors and layers, and stylists design outfits and hairstyles.<ref name="NowGamer Preview"/> These examples bridge Create-a-Sim Mode and Live Mode, meaning real-time modification of Sims is practical for the first time in ''Sims'' series.<ref name="NowGamer Preview"/> ==Development== Scott Evans, General Manager of ''The Sims'' studio said, "The variety of careers to choose from is unmatched and we've never given players the opportunity to follow their Sims to work and affect their actions on the job. The Sims 3 Ambitions changes that. Players' actions at work now directly affect their lives, community and neighbors and become an extremely important part of how the game is played."<ref name="EA Press Release March 2010">{{cite press release|url=http://www.ea.com/news/ea-announces-sims-3-ambitions-expansion-pack|date=March 4, 2010|accessdate=June 5, 2010|publisher=Electronic Arts|title=EA Announces The Sims 3 Ambitions Expansion Pack|work=EA Canada}}</ref> Associate Producer Grant Rodiek explained that career-based gameplay was something that the team had always wanted to do. "We always strive to do something new that hasn't been seen in The Sims before."<ref name="GameSpot Preview">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesims3ambitions/news.html?sid=6252806&mode=previews| title=The Sims 3 Ambitions Q&A - Exclusive First Details|date=4 March 2010| work=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive| accessdate=March 11, 2010}}</ref> Rodiek explained the main focus of an expansion pack relied on three elements: community feedback, what the development team wants to do and software limitations.<ref name ="NowGamer Preview">{{Cite web| url =http://www.nowgamer.com/features/636/ambitious-sims-3-ambitions-interview|title=Ambitious: Sims 3 Ambitions Interview| first=Tom|last=Hopkins|date=8 April 2010|work=NowGamer|publisher=Imagine Publishing}}</ref> In addition, versions for [[mobile device]]s are in development as standalone games.<ref name="EA Press Release March 2010"/> ===Music=== Several famous artists were hired to record songs in Simlish for The Sims 3: Ambitions.Robi Kauker, Audio Director for The Sims Studio at EA said "Each time we set out to create a soundtrack for an expansion pack, it's always exciting matching the vibe of the game to the music by our incredible lineup of extremely diverse artists. It's fun hearing hit tracks in the language of The Sims, and I think fans will be pleased to find their favorites songs and artists throughout this game, and will no doubt discover new bands to follow in The Sims 3 Ambitions." <ref name = "Tracklisting"> {{Cite press release | title = Rise Against, Lady Antebellum, and Toni Braxton Sing for EA's The Sims 3 Ambitions | publisher = [[IGN]] | date = May 18, 2010 | url = http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/109/1090746p1.html | accessdate = August 12, 2010}}</ref> {{Track listing | collapsed = No | headline = The Sims 3 Ambitions soundtrack<ref name = "Tracklisting"/> | extra_column = Artist | total_length = | title1 = [[Need You Now (song)|Need You Now]] | extra1 = [[Lady Antebellum]] | length1 = 4:38 | title2 = [[Savior (Rise Against song)|Savior]] | extra2 = [[Rise Against]] | length2 = 4:02 | title3 = [[Pyramid (song)|Pyramid]] | extra3 = [[Charice]] | length3 = 4:07 | title4 = [[Bang Bang (Melanie Fiona song)|Bang Bang]] | extra4 = [[Melanie Fiona]] | length4 = 3:28 | title5 = [[Pulse (Toni Braxton album)|Make My Heart]] | extra5 = [[Toni Braxton]] | length5 = 3:27 | title6 = [[Habits (album)|Animal]] | extra6 = [[Neon Trees]] | length6 = 3:32 | title7 = [[Shark in the Water]] | extra7 = [[VV Brown]] | length7 = 3:02 | title8 = [[Number One Enemy]] | extra8 = [[Daisy Dares You]] | length8 = 3:47 | title9 = [[This Too Shall Pass (song)|This Too Shall Pass]] | extra9 = [[OK Go]] | length9 = 3:08 | title10 = [[Blame It on Gravity|Early Morning]] | extra10 = [[Old 97's]] | length10 = 2:50 | title11 = [[Good Morning, Magpie|As Long As There Is Whiskey In The World]] | extra11 = [[Murder by Death (band)|Murder by Death]] | length11 = 3:15 | title12 = [[No Ghost|Restoration]] | extra12 = [[The Acorn]] | length12 = 3:24 | title13 = [[Cooler Than Me]] | extra13 = [[Mike Posner (musician)|Mike Posner]] | length13 = 3:36 | title14 = [[Jesus Stole My Girlfriend]] | extra14 = [[Violent Soho]] | length14 = 2:57 | title15 = [[Tea Party (song)|Tea Party]] | extra15 = [[Kerli]] | length15 = 3:29 | title16 = Come And Get It | extra16 = [[Eli "Paperboy" Reed]] | length16 = 3:33 | title17 = Lock My Heart Down | extra17 = [[Hal Linton]] | length17 = 3:16 | title18 = Until It's Gone | extra18 = [[Radney Foster|Radney Foster And The Confessions]] | length18 = 4:01 | title19 = Setback | extra19 = [[The Constellations (band)|The Constellations]] | length19 = 3:42 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.thesims3.com/game/ep2 The Sims 3: Ambitions official site] {{Sim series}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sims 3 Ambitions, The}}
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