If you register a copy of SimCity by March 25, you get a free copy of one of eight PC games from EA’s catalog, including Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3
This is EA’s way of saying sorry for the server issues that rendered the city-building game unplayable for almost a week after it launched on March 5.
https://kotaku.com/that-was-dumb-ea-says-theyll-give-a-free-pc-game-to-an-5989630
“At Maxis, our studio values dictate that we innovate and create something that is quirky, complex and challenging,” the company said in a blog post today. “Sometimes this bites us in the butt, but our servers are green and we’re seeing record numbers of players all online and having a great time.”
Here’s the full list of options:
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. Zombies
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
Not included: an offline version of SimCity
https://kotaku.com/coder-discovers-mandatory-20-minute-offline-timeout-in-5990997
BTW, here’s what I just got when I tried to go to the blog post:
Can’t make this stuff up, people.
