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	The Urbz ''The Urbz: Sims in the City'' is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo DS. It is the third ''Sims'' game for video game consoles and is the second Sims game not to be released on Microsoft Windows; after a planned PC port and sequel were both cancelled due to mediocre sales. The next release for consoles and handhelds was the console port of ''The Sims 2''. For the console versions of the game, music group The Black Eyed Peas provided several music scores which were translated into Simlish; they also appeared as guest Urbz in the game. The Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS version has its own storyline, which is a sequel to the handheld version of ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' (2003). Plot Console In the console version of the game, the protagonist of the story moves from their mother's house to Simcity, where they move into an apartment in the city. In the intro, the protagonist decides to go clubbing. Once the protagonist gets to the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Maxis Maxis is an American video game developer and a Division (business), division of Electronic Arts (EA). The studio was founded in 1987 by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Jeff Braun, and acquired by Electronic Arts, EA in 1997. Maxis is best known for its simulation games, including ''The Sims'', ''Spore (2008 video game), Spore'' and ''SimCity''. In the late 2010s, Maxis suffered from a series of studio closures and layoffs. This included the shutdown of Maxis Emeryville in 2015, EA Salt Lake in 2017, and a wave of layoffs at Redwood Shores in 2018. With the remainder of Maxis reorganised under EA Mobile, and EA opening new studios under the label from 2019, some commentators have suggested that only the brand name from the original studio survives. History Independent studio (1987-1997) Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish ''SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity'' on home computers. Before then, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Sims Bustin' Out ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' is a video game that was released in 2003/2004 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage. It is the second title in ''The Sims'' console series and the first ''The Sims'' title not released on Windows PC. It featured the same 3D environment and engine the past game did, however adds several features from ''The Sims'' expansion packs: ''Livin' Large'', ''House Party'', ''Hot Date'' and ''Superstar''. As the title suggests, Sims can get out of the house to visit other locations such as ''Shiny Things Lab'' or ''Casa Caliente''. There are two modes: ''Bust Out Mode'', which has mission-based gameplay and ''Freeplay Mode'', which is open-ended gameplay very much like the original ''The Sims'' PC game. The PlayStation 2 version once featured the option to play online. However, it was shut down on August 1, 2008 (the same day ''The Sims Online'' shut down). The Game Boy Advance and N-Gage version has its own storyline. The Game Boy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Elephunk ''Elephunk'' is the third studio album by the American musical group Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 24, 2003, by the will.i.am Music Group and A&M Records. The album charted at number 14 on the American ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and has gone on to sell more than 9 million copies worldwide, with 3.2 million in the United States alone. It was the group's first album with Fergie, as well as its first album where the group is credited as ''The'' Black Eyed Peas. The album cover art was designed by Markus and Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri. Critical reception At ''Metacritic'', which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 15 reviews indicating generally positive reviews. John Bush from ''AllMusic'' wrote that ''Elephunk'' "possesses some of the most boundary-pushing productions in contemporary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fergie (singer) Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975), better known by her stage name Fergie (), is an American singer and rapper. She first achieved chart success as part of the hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas. Her debut solo album, ''The Dutchess'' (2006), saw commercial success and spawned three ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one singles: "London Bridge", " Glamorous", and "Big Girls Don't Cry". Although she vocally incorporates rapping into some of her performances, she does not consider herself a rapper. Fergie was originally a member of the children's television series ''Kids Incorporated'' and the girl group Wild Orchid. In 2001, she left the group and in the subsequent year joined the Black Eyed Peas. She worked with the Black Eyed Peas on two albums before releasing her debut solo album, ''The Dutchess'', in 2006. She continued her collaboration with the Black Eyed Peas and released a further two albums with them, '' The E.N.D.'' (2009) and '' The Beginning'' (2010). Her second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Edge Of Reality Edge of Reality, Ltd. was an American video game developer founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas that developed video games for the Nintendo 64, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox game consoles. It also had games in development for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games consoles. It was best-known for developing Nintendo 64 ports of the first three '' Tony Hawk's'' games. The company had two development teams, one of which worked on licenses and established franchises while the other worked on completely original games. The company only developed two games at a time, one with each studio, feeling that "anything more than that would jeopardize our focus, and therefore the quality of our studio". History Edge of Reality was founded in 1998 by Rob Cohen, the lead programmer of '' Turok: Dinosaur Hunter'' at Iguana Entertainment and Mike Panoff from Paradigm Entertainment. The company started by developing Nintendo 64 ports of successful games on other systems, including the ''To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]