Update your Sims’ wardrobes with Diesel styles straight off the runway. Dress your Sims in Diesel’s iconic cutting-edge pieces that have made it a go-to brand for denim apparel. Complete your Sims’ transformation with fashionable designs for the home featuring distinctive Diesel furniture. The Sims 3 Diesel Stuff Pack preps your Sims for the look and the lifestyle they’ve always wanted no matter what neighborhood they live in.

You can read the feature list and see some screenshots on TheSims.com.
> “The Sims 3 Diesel Stuff Pack” at TheSims.com

Paving the way for the next generation of environmental vehicles, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid is the newest addition to The Sims 3 Prius Family!

Get a first look at the all-new Prius Plug-in Hybrid that everyone’s been waiting for! Reward and take your Sims for a ride around Sunset Valley in their newest car! Download today!

It only seems to be available on the US and Canada versions of the Store, but there doesn’t seem to be anything to say you can’t download it from the Canada Store wherever you are anyway…
> “Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid” at The Sims 3 Store (Non-country-specific link — may not work)
> “Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid” at The Sims 3 Store (Canada) 

Many of you may have joined us for the previous The Sims 3 Katy Perry’s Sweet Treats Live Broadcast located [on the page], but prepare to sink your sweet tooth into our reveal of the Cake Pleasure Dome, a new local hangout packed full of sweet surprises. Jennifer will show off the vast range of décor items, furniture, and, of course, fabulous fashions and hairstyles, all inspired by Katy’s real-life clothing and props as part of the full live demo. Turn your Sims’ home and neighborhood into a vibrant candytopia!

You can set an email reminder on the page, which you may need considering how far in advance this is.
> “The Sims 3 Katy Perry’s Sweet Treats Preview Part 2″ at EA

Creating the worlds of The Sims 3 is an exciting process. It takes many talented people and a lot of work to turn a single idea into an entire world. Teams of model makers, concept artists, designers, directors, and animators expand a simple concept into buildings, hairstyles, and everything in between. Together, they create the distinctive looks of The Sims 3!

> “Ever wonder where the world of The Sims 3 comes from?” at TheSims.com

It’s more than a month since Showtime’s release, so probably a fair few of you have bought it now, and have had one of your Sims take up one of the new professions — but which one? That’s what I want to know this time. Even if you’ve forgotten which one you took up first, or haven’t even got Showtime, you can still vote, so do it now on the right of any page. If I’ve received enough votes by then the poll will close on Tuesday 22nd May, with the results revealed then.

So that concludes my reviews coverage. With the possible exception of any from GameSpot and IGN as they’re such major websites, I will not inform you about any more reviews here. However, I’ll still add them to the game page and mention that change on the Updates page.

Metacritic sources:

• The Sims 3 Showtime (71)
• The Sims 3 Pets (79)
• The Sims 3 Generations (70)
• The Sims 3 Late Night (74)
• The Sims 3 Ambitions (74)
• The Sims 3 World Adventures (81)
• The Sims 3 (86)
• The Sims 2 University (81)
• The Sims 2 Nightlife (76)
• The Sims 2 Open for Business (78)
• The Sims 2 Pets (76)
• The Sims 2 Seasons (78)
• The Sims 2 Bon Voyage (74)
• The Sims 2 FreeTime (74)
• The Sims 2 Apartment Life (75)

EA has also been sharing some concept art on Facebook:
> Photo 3 at The Sims 3 on Facebook
> Photo 4 at The Sims 3 on Facebook
> Photo 5 at The Sims 3 on Facebook

The Sims series has come a long way since the tame days of the first game in the series. Those no-fun prudes would barely go near each other unless it involved making a baby. Things loosened up when the concept of WooHooing was introduced in The Sims 2, and with The Sims 3 and its six expansions, Sims are presented with over a dozen zany places to get it on.

> “Sims WooHoo spots – Our 19 favorite places to love our fellow Sim” at GamesRadar

As mentioned in the introduction to that article, The Sims 3 also featured in their top 7 “game characters we (seriously) fell in love with” with “Your neighbor in The Sims” at number 4:

It started off plainly enough: our neighbor came over for a housewarming party once we moved in, and we told them a few jokes. But then they came over again and the jokes became flirts. And then the flirts became more flirts. And then they slapped us, but then the jokes became more flirts. Cut to a few months later and we were married, pumping out kids like no one’s business.

Read the rest of the entry on page 5:
> “The Top 7… Game characters we (seriously) fell in love with” at GamesRadar

Although it comes packed with several new career paths  and a brand new town, Showtime is really still just a  few more goodies in the Sims universe. Good for fans,  but won’t win over any converts.

> The Sims 3 Showtime review at Gaming Nexus

Somewhat surprisingly, IGN has still not reviewed it, when they were one of the first to review all previous expansion packs. Anyway, the Metascore at Metacritic has gone down another point since last time to 71 (“Mixed or average reviews”), based on 13 reviews.

Source: “The Sims 3: Showtime” at Metacritic