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SimCity Amusement Park Pack DLC confirmed after retailer leak
New DLC coming for SimCity on May 28.
News - Posted May 17, 2013 10:53 am GMT
Will Wright interested in games that intersect with players' lives
SimCity creator teases development ambitions, says building experiences around a person's life can make gaming more mass market.
News - Posted May 9, 2013 8:54 pm GMT
SimCity launch 'inexcusable' says Maxis co-founder Will Wright
"I can understand the outrage," says original Sim City creator Will Wright.
News - Posted May 7, 2013 2:13 pm GMT
First major SimCity update next week
Maxis to deliver Update 2.0 for city-building game on Monday; applying the changes will take game offline for a few hours.
News - Posted Apr 19, 2013 8:02 pm GMT
Buy toothpaste, get SimCity DLC
US Gamers who buy specially marked Crest or Oral-B toothpaste will receive choice of Attractions Set, in-game cash, or Origin coupon.
News - Posted Apr 16, 2013 1:02 pm GMT
SimCity hits Mac June 11
Maxis' city-building game coming to Mac this summer with cross-platform play; PC sales rise to 1.3 million.
News - Posted Apr 10, 2013 3:41 pm GMT
SimCity sees return of Cheetah Speed
SimCity's fastest setting reenabled a month after being temporarily removed.
News - Posted Apr 10, 2013 10:25 am GMT
Free SimCity DLC offers sponsored Nissan Leaf car dock
Sponsored DLC offers in-game happiness for displaying a company logo.
News - Posted Apr 3, 2013 10:41 am GMT
EA says DRM a 'failed, dead-end strategy'
Labels boss Frank Gibeau says digital rights management "not a viable strategy" for gaming at large.
News - Posted Mar 28, 2013 2:04 am GMT
EA again in running for Consumerist's Worst Company In America title
FIFA and Battlefield publisher the only game company in consumer affairs blog's annual tournament.
News - Posted Mar 20, 2013 2:00 pm GMT
New SimCity update addresses traffic issues
Update 1.7 for city-building game includes range of fixes for traffic features, other game elements.
News - Posted Mar 19, 2013 10:17 pm GMT
Origin exploit discovered
Electronic Arts' virtual marketplace reportedly at risk from loophole that could swap games for malicious code.
News - Posted Mar 19, 2013 3:48 pm GMT
Origin hits 1.3 million peak concurrent users
After SimCity launch, simultaneous user player figure for EA's online service reaches new milestone.
News - Posted Mar 18, 2013 7:28 pm GMT
SimCity sells 1.1 million in two weeks
Despite launch marred by various server issues, EA's latest city-building game is "biggest SimCity launch of all time."
News - Posted Mar 18, 2013 6:40 pm GMT
EA details free Origin games as apology for SimCity launch disaster
List of games being given away by EA includes Battlefield 3 and Dead Space 3.
News - Posted Mar 18, 2013 6:07 pm GMT
EA: SimCity offline mode 'didn't fit with our vision'
Maxis GM says developer recognizes some fans want offline mode, but even more are praising the game's always-on features.
News - Posted Mar 15, 2013 10:30 pm GMT
SimCity traffic problems being fixed, says Maxis.
SimCity lead designer Stone Librande acknowledges traffic issues and details how the team at Maxis is working to fix them.
News - Posted Mar 15, 2013 11:44 am GMT
SimCity servers aren't required, offline mode possible - Report
Anonymous Maxis insider says that SimCity's servers aren't handling the kind of computations the developer is claiming.
News - Posted Mar 13, 2013 1:15 pm GMT
Maxis: SimCity woes are 'almost behind us,' but still not ready to give the 'all-clear'
Maxis reports that SimCity game crashes have been reduced by 92 percent since the game's disastrous launch last week but that it needs a few more days before it can say the problems have been solved.
News - Posted Mar 11, 2013 11:40 am GMT
UK Chart: Tomb Raider finishes top, SimCity enjoys strong launch
Tomb Raider reboot sets new sales record for the series and enjoys the best-selling opening weekend of the year so far.
News - Posted Mar 11, 2013 10:41 am GMT