After poor earnings and a tidal wave of negative PR surrounding big titles over the past few years like Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 3 and most recently, SimCity, it appears a change was in order.

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For those who have stuck it out with EA Maxis, the publisher is giving you until March 25 to register your SimCity game and until March 30 to download any of these digital games: Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition), Bejeweled 3, Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition), Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition), Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition), Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition), Plants vs.

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