SimCity (1989) News

German magazine interview with Maxis' Lucy Bradshaw suggests fifth core installment in city-building franchise on the way next year with new game engine, multiplayer, nonlinear roads.

Electronic Arts teases reveal from California-based company at next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; event to be streamed live.

Bar Karma to debut on Current TV, encourage viewers to participate in production of show via virtual television studio.

[UPDATE] Sims and Spore designer leaves longtime home to establish "entertainment think tank" bankrolled by Electronic Arts.

Publisher offers a look at how it adapted The Sims, SimCity, and Madden NFL franchises for educational purposes and why it won't be making a habit of the practice.

The rights and wrongs of how developers' ideas get turned into games, as dissected by David Jaffe, Ron Gilbert, Lorne Lanning, Will Wright, and more.

One Laptop per Child project to include city-building classic in computers for school-age children.

The high-profile developer, currently working on Spore, tells the audience at BAFTA headquarters about his favourite platform, why games are shifting into multiple genres, and that encountering opposition with a new medium is to be expected.

The Sims creator becomes the first person from the video games industry to be honoured with the accolade.