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Simcity Disaster Watch

EA Wins "Award" For Charging People To Complain About SimCity

EA Wins "Award" For Charging People To Complain About SimCity

For the past eight years Choice, Australia’s biggest independent consumer organisation, has been running the Shonkys…

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10/28/13 11:00PM

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So, Uh, The Cities In SimCity's Futuristic Expansion Look Really Cool

Word is that SimCity plays better these days. But it's safer to just wait for a sequel and not step back into early…

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10/11/13 7:10PM

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A team at Maxis is exploring the possibility of making an offline mode for the always-online SimCity, because you demanded it, according to an official update on the state of the game. (But they can't offer bigger cities; hurts performance.) Previously, Maxis management had said that an offline mode was rejected as… Read more

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10/04/13 11:30AM

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<em>SimCity</em> Is Trying To Ruin Its Mods, Too

SimCity Is Trying To Ruin Its Mods, Too

The good news is that SimCity will soon be allowing user-generated content. The bad news is that EA is looking to…

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10/01/13 11:30PM

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EA Honestly Believes SimCity Has Been A “Success”

EA Honestly Believes SimCity Has Been A “Success”

SimCity had one of the most catastrophic launches in video game history. Even after the server problems went away,…

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7/25/13 12:30AM

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When Will Gamers Say Enough Is Enough?

When Will Gamers Say Enough Is Enough?

I've seen some very similar responses to today's Xbox One news, whether it be the mandatory 24-hour "check-in" or…

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<em>SimCity</em> Disaster Watch Continues: Mac Version Pushed To August

SimCity Disaster Watch Continues: Mac Version Pushed To August

Originally slated for a June 11 release — that would be this coming Tuesday — EA and Maxis have pushed back the Mac…

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<em>SimCity</em> Now Features Disappearing Mouse Cursors

SimCity Now Features Disappearing Mouse Cursors

SimCity's latest v3.0 update has added an exciting new feature to the game: a disappearing or erratic mouse cursor.

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<em>SimCity's</em> Problems Have Caused This Family Nothing But Suffering

SimCity's Problems Have Caused This Family Nothing But Suffering

Meet the Rogers. They live in that tiny little house. One of the first families to move into my burgeoning…

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5/07/13 11:30PM

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EA Says SimCity 'Has Recovered From a Challenging Launch'

EA Says SimCity 'Has Recovered From a Challenging Launch'

Nevermind the bugs: the folks behind SimCity say it's doing just fine.

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<em>SimCity's</em> Creator Calls <em>SimCity</em> Launch "Inexcusable"

SimCity's Creator Calls SimCity Launch "Inexcusable"

Will Wright created SimCity. Will Wright did not work on the digital clusterfuck that ~~was~~…

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5/07/13 12:00AM

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SimCity 2.0 Update Brings A Rash Of New Bugs

SimCity 2.0 Update Brings A Rash Of New Bugs

This week, hopeful eyes turned to SimCity as the troubled city-building game received its first major patch. Maxis ha…

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Am I An Idiot For Playing <em>SimCIty</em>?

Am I An Idiot For Playing SimCIty?

Never write a question in a headline if you don't really want people to answer the question, but there it is. I'm…

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Happy One-Month Anniversary, <em>SimCity</em>. How's It Going?

Happy One-Month Anniversary, SimCity. How's It Going?

One month ago today, EA and Maxis released SimCity into the wild. The game's launch was… troubled, to say the least.…

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Your Complete Guide To The <em>SimCity</em> Disaster

Your Complete Guide To The SimCity Disaster

Misinformation. Server errors. Fan backlash. Since EA launched SimCity two weeks ago, the online city-builder has…

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<em>SimCity</em> Buyers Get Free Copy Of <em>Battlefield 3</em>, <em>Mass Effect 3</em>, Or One Of Six Other PC Games

SimCity Buyers Get Free Copy Of Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Or One Of Six Other PC Games

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,…

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3/18/13 12:25PM

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Coder Discovers Mandatory 20-Minute Offline Timeout in SimCity

Last week, two of our writers played SimCity and deliberately turned off their Internet connections, both finding…

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The hacker who made SimCity run offline now says the game's region features can run without an Internet connection, too.

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<em>SimCity</em> Boss Says They 'Rejected' Any Offline Mode, Clarifies Server Use

SimCity Boss Says They 'Rejected' Any Offline Mode, Clarifies Server Use

Stop holding your breath for an official offline mode for the new SimCity. It doesn't seem like you'll be getting…

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This video from Maxis' Guillaume Pierre demonstrates the in-progress fixes for the game's traffic congestion problems.

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