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Joystiq has got hold of eight new The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots, showing such things as a nice view of Bridgeport, Sims rockin’ out, a Sim dancing on a bar, Sims playing arcade games, and a guy dancing while wearing just a towel. You can view them all on the Screenshots tab:
 > The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots

Image source: “The Sims 3 (Late Night)” at Joystiq

The first The Sims 3 Late Night reviews have gone live on the internet, prompting my reviews coverage to begin. Every day that I come across one or more new reviews, I’ll post about it/them here. If once a day isn’t frequent enough for you though, note that I’ll post reviews to the dedicated Late Night Reviews tab as soon as I find out about them (these changes will of course be mentioned on the Updates page).
 > The Sims 3 Late Night Reviews

Anyway, the first review is from News10.net, who graded it B:

When compared to the already-available expansion packs for The Sims 3 (Ambitions and World Adventures), Late Night is easily the best of the three. The expansion’s celebrity status factor finally gives your sims characters a good reason to leave the house that isn’t work related and it enhances the virual [sic] social aspects of the base game.

 > The Sims 3 Late Night review at News10.net

The second and final review I’ve got for you today comes courtesy of IGN, who gave it a “Good” 7.5 out of 10 (and seem to think it’s called Night Life – not the first time I’ve seen it called that):

The expansion packs that have been released so far for The Sims 3 have been meatier than expansions from the previous iterations of the franchise, and Night Life [sic] continues the tradition. It really raises the bar for what we expect out of a Sims expansion, and even though this one is coming only four months after the last one (instead of the usual six to eight months), it really holds its own.

  > The Sims 3 Late Night review at IGN

The Ranking from GameRankings currently stands at 75.00% based on, well, IGN’s review. Metacritic don’t yet have the minimum four reviews to provide a Metascore.
 > The Sims 3 Late Night at GameRankings
 > The Sims 3 Late Night at Metacritic

EA has released the Launch Trailer for The Sims 3 Late Night – and you can watch it here:

Grant Rodiek demonstrated The Sims 3 Late Night at the recent “Townhall” event, and videos of it have now been posted. Part one is directly below, part two is below that (click “Read more” if you’re not on the full post page).

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EA has released yet another couple of The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots, these ones showing activity around a subway entrance, and another vampire transformation:

As usual, you can view them all-bigger-like on the Screenshots tab.
 > The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots

Another three The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots have been released, these ones showing three very different bars:

View them at a more helpful size by going to the Screenshots tab – they following the one I posted about earlier on the same line.
 > The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots

EA has posted another new The Sims 3 Late Night screenshot on their Facebook page. This one shows a very cool looking vampire standing near a Sim in the process of being transformed into one:

Image source: The Sims 3 on Facebook

EA has released another three The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots, this time on Facebook:

View them larger on the Screenshots tab.
 > The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots

Images source: The Sims 3 on Facebook

EA has released three new The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots to coincide with their “Town Hall” event:

View them larger by clicking below.
 > The Sims 3 Late Night screenshots