Maxis

Background
Maxis Software is a California-based studio of Will Wright, founded in 1987. Maxis specializes mainly on simulation games, some of them became widely known (SimCity and The Sims series). The studio was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1997. Its Emeryville studio was shut down in March 2015, after the one-two punch of the first-release versions of SimCity 2013 and The Sims 4.

1st Logo (1987-1992)
Logo : TBA.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Rare. Seen on Amiga games from the company.

Scare Factor : None.

2nd Logo (1992-2012)
Logo : There is a crescent, faced in upper-left direction. The name is placed over it, reading M A X I S.

FX/SFX : None for many games, but some of them have custom animated variants.

Variants :
 * On SimGolf, the background was cloudy.
 * On Spore Creatures for NDS, the whole logo was blue.
 * There is an early animated logo, which shows Earth with "MAXIS" unfolding over it, and the Moon coming to leave the crescent.
 * For a number of years after EA acquired the company, the byline "Maxis is an Electronic Arts Brand" is on the bottom.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Seen on a lot of simulation games, including SimCity 2000, The Sims and their sequels. The last game with this logo wasDarkspore.

Scare Factor : None.

3rd Logo (2012-)
Logo : TBA.

FX/SFX : The Logo Forming.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Seen on the 2013 reboot of SimCity, The Sims 3 since Patch 50 and The Sims 4.

Scare Factor : None.