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• SimCity developer: "EA is actually a great place to work these days"

  The Sims 4 developer Maxis may have been shuttered, but at least one former employee doesn’t have beef with EA and its decision.

• The Sims, SimCity developer closed down

  The Sims 4 developer Maxis has been shuttered, EA has confirmed.

• EA Origin sale: Battlefield 3 for $1, Titanfall for $10, SimCity for $10 and more

  EA is hosting an end-of-the-year sale on Origin. The sale covers recent as well as older releases.

• The Crew, SimCity mobile games soft launch in Australia, New Zealand

  A couple of mobile spin-offs of big name games have popped up in Australia.

• Who wants a new SimCity game?

  There’s a new SimCity game coming soon for iOS and Android.

• Someone has made SimCity inside Minecraft

  Minecraft is infinitely more powerful and flexible than you, with your three-block high mud cottage, could ever conceive of.

• Turns out you can have bigger maps in SimCity after all

  SimCity sets strict boundaries on the size of your cities, something longterm series fans found very disappointing. Maxis said it was a technical limitation. Modders say it’s not.

• EA nominated once again for Worst Company in America

  Are people still that sore over Mass Effect 3 and SimCity?

• SimCity finally gets offline mode, walkthrough trailer posted

  UPDATE: SimCity is back online and following an update on Origin, will include an offline mode. Here’s a walkthrough trailer: ORIGINAL STORY: SimCity Update 10, which contains offline play, launched today. At present the game is experiencing a server down time, so the game will be unavailable for a few hours. The down time started […]

• SimCity offline update in "final testing"

  SimCity’s long awaited offline play update is almost upon us, according to the game’s Twitter account, which noted that update ten is “in final testing” and “almost there”. Update ten includes many fixes and features but offline play is the big one many fans are waiting for. Thanks, games.on.net.

• SimCity offline mode has been in the works for six-and-a-half months, says lead engineer

  SimCity’s lead engineer, Simon Fox, has explained in a new blog post how the team at Maxis is going about bringing the game offline.

• SimCity to finally get offline mode in free update

  SimCity’s most asked for feature by the community is the ability to play offline, EA’s usual response was that the simulation is not an offline game. All of this is going to change however since the game will be getting an offline mode.

• SimCity now supports mods providing all guidelines established by Maxis are met

  SimCity now supports mods, providing all mods created adhere to guidelines set forth by Maxis. If you are particularly into modding, you can look over the blog post from Maxis here, as well as look over the guidelines. The gist is this: don’t mess with the multiplayer or foul up the integrity of the gameplay; […]

• SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow out now, watch the intro here

  SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow has launched on Origin, courtesy of Maxis and EA. It’s the game’s first full expansion and you can watch the intro video here.

• SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow video shows off a MegaTower

  SimCity has a new intro video available for the upcoming Cities of Tomorrow expansion. The content update will include various futuristic transportation and technology options once the player has unlocked relevant research performed by The Academy. City builders will be able to make use of MagLevs, Garbage Atomizers, the Wave Generator and multi-zoned MegaTowers come […]

• SimCity awarded 'Shonky' award for business practices surrounding troubled launch

  SimCity didn’t get off to the best of starts, with server issues hammering the game mercilessly. Australian consumer group Choice has awarded publisher EA with a ‘Shonky’ award for charging dismayed gamers a high fee for calling tech support during the debacle.

• SimCityEDU headed to classrooms next month

  Glasslab has put together a special classroom edition of SimCity which ties in with a specially-designed curriculum.

• SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow will contain neat transportation options

  SimCity is getting a new expansion in November called Cities of Tomorrow, and today Maxis has released a blog detailing some of the neat, futuristic transportation options. You know, like monorails. It has also released a developer video, which you can view below. Cities of Tomorrow launched November 12.

• SimCity's first mod goes live, creator discusses the modding process

  SimCity developer Maxis recently published the first draft of its modding rules online, along with a call for creativity among the game’s fan base. The title’s first modded building has gone live, and its creator has discussed the method online.