Today is a big day for PC gamers. The Sims 4 comes out. While this gives us all a great opportunity to brush up on…
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After a "first draft" that put the brakes on most anything interesting, SimCity has published its policy on mods. It means they'll allow some building re-skinning and creation, like this rail station. No changes to gameplay. As for an offline mode? "We are still exploring" that, which is what they said in October, too.
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SimCity is going to the future, where hopefully the servers are better.
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Darkspore is back on Steam, EA tells us today. You can find it in the store. They've confirmed that Error 3, which was blocking players from saving changes to their heroes, has been fixed. Though not widespread, a few people are still reporting difficulties of logging in due to Error 73003, but EA promises they're… Read more
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If your $50 copy of SimCity is lying unused, would a $9 piece of DLC adding a few balloons get you playing again?