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Grab SimCity 2000 free from Origin for a limited time

Usama Jawad — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:50:01 +0000

Miss the good ol' days of DOS games? Origin is now offering you a trip down the memory lane by allowing you to download SimCity 2000 Special Edition free of cost for a limited time and own it forever. Read more...

SimCity updated to include long-awaited offline single player mode

John Callaham — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 21:03:43 +0000

Developer Maxis and publisher Electronic Arts has finally updated its revival of SimCity to include the long-awaited offline single player mode after several months of development. Read more...

SimCity to finally add offline mode one year after launch

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:05:51 +0000

Electronic Arts has finally announced it will add an offline single player mode for its urban simulation game SimCity, nearly a year after it suffered from a poor launch due to its online requirements Read more...

Is SimCity going to finally get an offline play mode?

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:13:51 +0000

A new survey sent to current SimCity players seems to strongly hint that the urban simulation game may finally get an official offline mode, after EA said that such a mode was not possible. Read more...

SimCity Amusement Park DLC leaks; officially launches on May 28th

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:34:49 +0000

A new DLC destined for EA's SimCity was leaked earlier. It will bring Amusement Parks buildings and mechanics to the game and it will officially launch at the end of this month Read more...

TechSpot: SimCity Tested, Benchmarked

Julio Franco — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:21:37 +0000

Normally when we benchmark a first person shooter, finding a good portion of the game to test with is simply a matter of playing through the game until we find a section that is rather demanding... Read more...

EA CEO resigns two weeks after bungled SimCity launch

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:02:06 +0000

Electronic Arts has announced, two weeks after the company's bungled launch of its SimCity revamp, that its CEO John Riccitiello will resign from the game publisher on March 30th. Read more...

EA: SimCity is "in many ways" an MMO game

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:41:00 +0000

EA Maxis General Manager Lucy Bradshaw seems to nix the idea that the developer will put in a single player experience in SimCity, saying, "In many ways, we built an MMO." Read more...

YouTube video shows hacked SimCity running offline

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:08:49 +0000

A video posted on YouTube allegedly shows that a person can play EA's recent game SimCity offline via a little hacking, despite claims from EA that the game needs online servers. Read more...

Is an offline mode truly possible for SimCity? Signs point to "Yes"

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:40:48 +0000

An unnamed source who claims to work at Maxis on SimCity has cast doubt on the developer's claims that putting in an offline mode for the new city simulation game is not possible. Read more...

EA still upgrading SimCity servers; no offline mode planned

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:18:20 +0000

Electronic Arts is still in the process of upgrading the servers to get its urban simulation game SimCity back to full operation, while also saying they have no plans to add an offline mode. Read more...

EA offers free game to frustrated SimCity owners

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:38:58 +0000

Electronic Arts has announced it will be sending SimCity owners a code to download a free game from its catalog as compensation for its continuing server issues with the city simulation game. Read more...

EA disabling some SimCity features to help fix server issues

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:16:45 +0000

Electronic Arts is temporarily disabling some "non-critical" gameplay features in SimCity in a new patch in an attempt to bring the online servers for the city simulation game back in full operation. Read more...

EA Origin users dealing with long waits to download SimCity

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:53:19 +0000

People who bought the digital download version of SimCity from EA's Origin service are waiting hours to download the full game due to issues with the servers on EA's side. Read more...

SimCity to hold second closed beta test next weekend

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:31:26 +0000

Electronic Arts has announced it will hold a second closed beta test for its upcoming urban simulation game SimCity next weekend, allowing some people to play an expanded version of the first beta. Read more...

SimCity closed beta weekend starts next week

John Callaham — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:44:04 +0000

EA will hold a closed beta weekend for its upcoming SimCity revival next week (January 25-28) and you have until 9 pm Eastern Time to sign up for a chance to be a part of the beta. Read more...

Watch 9 minutes of SimCity gameplay footage

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:00:13 +0000

EA has posted a new video of SimCity, which shows a cool 9 minutes of in-game strategy footage from an unfinished build of the game. The engine is looking sharp, but is it too simple? Read more...

Sign up for the SimCity beta

Nathan Tsui — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:29:04 +0000

Want to try out SimCity early? Electronic Arts is taking applications for a closed beta of the upcoming city-building simulation, for Windows PC only. Read more...

SimCity game announced at GDC for PCs in 2013

Nathan Tsui — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:41:01 +0000

A reboot of SimCity, the seminal city-building simulation game, was announced by Electronic Arts on Tuesday at the Game Developers Conference, and is set for release on PC in 2013. Read more...

SimCity Source Code Is Now Open

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:20 +0000

Tolkien writes "Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed Micropolis, which was apparently the original working title. The OLPC will also be getting... Read more...

SimCity Societies now in stores also!

Todd Tanner — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:45:54 +0000

Electronic Arts Inc. has shipped SimCity Societies™, the newest edition of the top selling PC franchise, SimCity™, to stores across North America, Asia, Australia and Europe today. A version of the game is also available... Read more...

EA Donates Original SimCity to One Laptop Per Child

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:01:07 +0000

Today Electronic Arts Inc. announced the company will donate the original SimCity™ — the blockbuster 1989 game credited with giving rise to the city-building game genre—to each computer in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC)... Read more...

Electronic Arts brings the SimCity Series to Nintendo DS

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:44:04 +0000

The fastest selling gaming system in the world, the Nintendo DS, is getting the best selling game in the world, the Sims series. After confirming at the beginning of February that the company is developing... Read more...

Simcity 4 Rush hour for Mac goes beta

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:58:57 +0000

Simcity 4 Rush Hour has hit its beta stages for the Macintosh platform. It is expected to ship September 2004. In SC4:RH, players control their city's transportation with a wide variety of options. They create... Read more...

New Simcity In The Works

Mon, 24 May 2004 17:51:20 +0000

This interview with Will Wright lets us know that a new iteration of the Simcity franchise is in the works. Here's the quote that confirms it: Will: A new version of "SimCity"... Read more...

SimCity 4: Deluxe

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:02:24 +0000

EA announces that it will release a version of SimCity 4 bundled with the upcoming Rush Hour expansion pack in September. Electronic Arts has today announced that it will release SimCity 4:... Read more...

SimCity 4 ships for the Mac

Sat, 28 Jun 2003 05:55:48 +0000

Aspyr releases EA's popular city building game for the Macintosh. Austin-based publisher Aspyr Media has announced that SimCity 4 for the Mac is now shipping to retail stores. The Mac version faithfully... Read more...

SimCity 4: Rush Hour, Expansion

Sat, 31 May 2003 13:16:37 +0000

No, the latest expansion pack for EA's SimCity 4 won't include Jackie Chan or Chris Tucker. What it does is add a ton of new features to the original game that focus on the transportation... Read more...

SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack is in development

Marcel Klum — Wed, 07 May 2003 20:11:54 +0000

Thanks Quboid for posting this. Electronic Arts today announced that the first expansion pack for SimCity™ 4, SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack is in development at the company's Walnut Creek-based Maxis™ studio.... Read more...

Simcity 4 - Update Patch 2 Released

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 16:12:31 +0000

In SimCity 4, you don't just build your city, you breathe life into it. With god-like powers, sculpt mountains, gouge riverbeds, and seed forests to lay the groundwork for your creation. Then construct the most... Read more...

SimCity 4 Goes Gold

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:38:04 +0000

Cheers jerichohol. SimCity 4 for the PC has gone gold!!! The game is scheduled for release on January 14, 2003. In SimCity 4, you don't just build your city, you breathe life into... Read more...

The Sims PS2 and SimCity 4 Release Dates Moving

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:24:33 +0000

Thanks bigdave from our BPN Forum Maxis is moving the launch of SimCity 4 and The Sims for the PS2 to January 2003. We know you're looking forward to both games and... Read more...

Maxis announces SimCity 4

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:54:58 +0000

A big thanks to nekrosoft13 for posting this news in the forum. Maxis plans to unveil SimCity 4 at E3 in a few weeks, but we have some early details on this truly impressive game... Read more...