Asus, a world-leading manufacturer and innovator of motherboards among other products have announced their extended offer of Electronic Arts and Maxis third instalment and highly-anticipated simulation game, Sims 3.

The offer gives you a 20% discount coupon for purchasing one of the following graphics cards:
  • Asus ENGT220/G/DI/1GD3(LP)
  • Asus ENGT220/G/DI/1GD2(LP)
  • Asus EN210/G/DI/512MD2(LP)
The offer was originally set to expire on 31st December 2009, but has now been officially extended to 30th April 2010.

Minimum specifications are:

Desktop PC (Windows XP + SP2):
CPU: 2ghz Pentium4 Processor or Amd Athlon 2000+ Processor
RAM: 1 GB of RAM
GPU: 128mb Video Card (GeForce FX 5900 or Radeon 9500)

Desktop PC (Windows Vista + SP1):
CPU: 2ghz Pentium4 Processor or Amd Athlon 2400+ Processor
RAM: 1.5 GB of RAM
GPU: 128mb Video Card (GeForce FX 5900 or Radeon 9500)

Laptop (Windows XP + SP2):
CPU: 2ghz Pentium4 Processor or Amd Athlon 2000+ Processor
RAM: 1.5 GB of RAM
GPU: 128mb Video Card (GeForce Go 6200 or Radeon 9600)

Laptop (Windows Vista + SP1):
CPU: 2ghz Pentium4 Processor or Amd Athlon 2400+ Processor
RAM: 2 GB of RAM
GPU: 128mb Video Card (GeForce Go 6200 or Radeon 9600)

The third part of this award-winning set of games has gamers at the ready and is creating a high buzz around forums and gaming sites.

The game is officially released and is available in any good games store.

More information on the game can be found on the official Sims 3 website here.