Sponsored DLC offers in-game happiness for displaying a company logo.
Maxis is offering sponsored DLC for , starting with a free Nissan Leaf charging station.
In-game, the Nissan Leaf charging station offers no real downsides--the building generates happiness without requiring power, water, or workers. It doesn't generate any waste. The in-game advertisement does, however, feature a prominent Nissan logo and fill your city with Nissan's electric Leaf cars.
"Plopping down the Nissan LEAF® Charging Station will add happiness to nearby buildings," . "Adding the Charging Station will not take power, water or workers away from your city. Zoom in to the streets of cities and players will start seeing a percentage of their Sims from all wealth classes driving the electric vehicles. The Charging Station produces no garbage or sewage as well making it pollution free."
Any SimCity player interested in the Nissan Leaf charging station can download it for free from Origin or the in-game store. The content will be available for the next six months.
Maxis has released a small bit of DLC for their city-building game SimCity. Players will be able to add a Nissan LEAF Charging Station to their city for no additional charge.
The first downloadable content for the Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War: Judgment is now available for download. The DLC, sponsored by Maxim, is free to download by all players for a limited time.
EA and Maxis have given us a lot of reasons why SimCity absolutely needs to be connected to the Internet, most of them ridiculous and/or blatantly false. We predict what excuses they'll resort to next...
GamingLives finally gets its hands on The Sims 3 University Life and tries to work out whether it has been worth the long wait since the original, released back during Sims 2. Not quite, would be the short answer.
"Spool forward to The Sims 3, and this generation has been dragging somewhat, hampered by numerous gameplay issues, glitches, dissatisfaction at EAs near-extortionate Sims Store, and a roster of lacklustre, cheap-feeling expansions. While Maxis were slowly churning out new pieces of the Sims universe, University seemed like a glaring omission until, finally, it arrived to be the tradition-breaking ninth expansion. This time, however, if doesnt feel half as exciting or enjoyable and I was left feeling somewhat underwhelmed."
Maxis SimCity makes a return to the PC, five years after the release of SimCity Societies and ten years since the last Maxis developed SimCity game, SimCity 4. Now lets take a look at the new SimCity.
The next installment in the acclaimed Tales series, Tales of Xillia lets players enter the world of Liese Maxia in a tale of personal growth and what it means to be human.
"The series might have been away for a good few years, but the wait was worth it in what is probably the most complete SimCity offering Maxis have ever delivered. Its just a shame the region doesnt quite work how it had been sold, and its this drawback that brings the games score down."
Alex from DC writes: That general feeling of growing something from nothing is echoed in the latest sequel of what is undoubtedly one of EA and Maxis longest running, most intensely beloved franchises. On closer inspection, however, all isnt as it should be when you realise the city youve built is a crumbling house of cards built with inane AI and extremely poor mechanics and riddled with DRM.
Darryl Linington from ITF Gaming writes: Developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, SimCity is the latest edition to the much loved simulator genre. While SimCity suffered a rather diabolical launch phase, it is still a game that I have been looking forward to for a while now. I mean who can pass up building their own city, making a profit, and accumulating mass amounts of debt and then recover skilfully?
