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Life's a Beach

Rowdy holiday resort sim set to appear at end of season

Eidos' oddball management sim Beach Life is now on track for a September 6th release, slightly later than anticipated but just in time for you to relive all your (hazy) memories of holidays in the Mediterranean. For those of you who haven't been keeping track of the game, it sets you the task of building an Ibiza-style holiday paradise, complete with bars, nightclubs, casinos and wet t-shirt contests. Or you can just sit back and watch your little Sims-style visitors enjoying themselves. Eidos' Ian Livingstone, who came up with the idea in the first place, is promising punters a winning mix of "cheap booze, loud music, romance, polluted water, mosquitoes, hot sun and beach volleyball". Will it be even better than the real thing? We should know soon, but in the meantime why not ogle the latest set of sizzling screenshots to emerge from Eidos. Related Feature - Beach Life screenshots

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