The SimCity we delivered captures the magic of its heritage but catches up with ever-improving technology.
Electronics Arts has apologised for the shambolic launch of the latest version of town-planning title SimCity.
SimCity is a really good game, but the maps tend to be really small.
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The SimCity-like game is available in five languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.
The SimCity twitter handle is offering up updates and advice about new and available servers.
Earlier this month, EA fumbled the launch of a new edition of its iconic "SimCity" franchise.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) today announced that SimCity Social is now live on Facebook.
ENGADGET: EA opens SimCity Social on Facebook, really, really hopes you'll 'like' it
Players of SimCity Social who "Like" the game get access to free in-game exclusive content.
ENGADGET: EA opens SimCity Social on Facebook, really, really hopes you'll 'like' it
Given the proven success of Cityville, SimCity Social has a good shot at doing that again.
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If SimCity and Diablo III launched without any errors, I guarantee you we would see a drastically different scene.
Gamers have reported long queues to play, bugs and other glitches since SimCity launched on 5 March.
The world of SimCity is absolutely gorgeous (as long as you have a pretty recent, powerful PC).
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The move follows connection problems and glitches caused by EA's decision to make SimCity an online-only game.
Maxis Senior Vice President Lucy Bradshaw made clear where EA is setting its sights with SimCity Social.
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As compensation, all those who bought SimCity will be offered a free Electronics Arts PC game this month.
SimCity is a game that illustrates why the claims of the end of PCs has been greatly overstated.
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He talks about the how the SimCity launch debacle broke records on his site in this exclusive interview.
Bradshaw wrote on the SimCity blog that her studio has reduced game crashes by 92% from day one.
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Four years later he came up with the idea for SimCity, in which players designed their own cities.
Players who registered copies of "SimCity" will receive details on how to download the free game March 18.
It was enough to get me to take a chance on SimCity, but now regret is already creeping in.
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We're hoping you won't stay mad and that we'll be friends again when 'SimCity' is running at 100 percent.
The concept behind the always-online, always connected SimCity is sound, interesting, and fun.
SimCity has almost been turned into a single-player game by an enterprising hacker.
This same model will be applied to all sorts of genres, Gibeau says, including titles like Battlefield and SimCity.
Social interactions in SimCity Social go far beyond just visiting friends' cities or using them as resources to complete tasks.
ENGADGET: EA opens SimCity Social on Facebook, really, really hopes you'll 'like' it
Update: Turns out one simple line of code is all it takes to turn your SimCity into an offline game.
If one was able, they could modify skins in the old battlefield series, or modify buildings in the older SimCity titles.
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Of course, the question of ownership over your digital purchases is further complicated by the always-online nature of games like SimCity.
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Metacritic.com has SimCity receiving a 71 out of 100 aggregate sites, while gamers have given it a 1.6 out of 10.
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