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View ArticleThe Workers of SimCity
Jason Halvorson demonstrates the logic that drives the systems of the game. One of those systems being the “Sim Flow Rules” of SimCity.
View ArticleSims 4 Announced For 2014
"Today we are revealing to our top fans the fact that The Sims™ 4 is coming to PC and Mac in 2014.The Sims franchise is fueled by the passion and creativity of its millions of fans around the world....
View ArticleEA Acquires Exclusive Star Wars Game License
EA has announced a deal with Disney to publish future Star Wars games. As announced today, the two companies have established "a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish...
View ArticleSimCity Update 3.0 Coming
Update 3.0 Notes • New: Added more Hotel models to increase hotel variety.• Traffic: Updated routing system to improve traffic. Routing system now understands more information about u-turns, required...
View ArticleWill Wright calls EA’s server problems “inexcusable”
"I feel bad for the team," Wright said when asked about the troubled launch by GamesIndustry.biz following a lecture at the University of California Santa Cruz. "I could have predicted—I kind of did...
View ArticleEA Says SimCity 'Has Recovered From a Challenging Launch'
Nevermind the bugs : the folks behind SimCity say it's doing just fine.Misinformation. Server errors. Fan backlash. Since EA launched SimCity two weeks ago, the online… Read… In an earnings call today,...
View ArticleSimCity's 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 metropolis of Windfall...
View ArticleSimCity sold 1.6 million copies according to EA
Electronic Arts Inc. today announced preliminary financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.SimCity sold through over 1.6 million units since launching in...
View ArticleWill Wright interested in games that intersect with players' lives
GameHorizon Live: The Sims creator discusses the evolving relationship between player and designer, and the impact of new technology on the games business"I'm very interested in how we build a game...
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SimCity (2013): Amusement Park DLC, Release Date: May 28, 2013
EA has confirmed funfair DLC for its controversial 2013 reboot of SimCity after it temporarily appeared on a retailer website.While it was quickly removed, the SimCity Amusement Park Pack DLC briefly...
View ArticleSimCity Update 4 Coming
Update 4.0 Notes • New: SimCity Launch Park, an exclusive new park just for our dedicated fans who were early adopters.• New: Region: Edgewater Bay. Seven city sites in one cluster around a beautiful...
View ArticleApril Member of the Month Awards
Yes, it's finally here! Announcing the April Member of the Month winners. Even though it might be late, it doesn't diminish the efforts of these winners. Stop by and offer your congratulations! Thanks.
View ArticleVideo: Building SimCity's sandbox
Courtesy of the GDC Vault, this free GDC 2013 video sees Maxis' Dan Moskowitz defining what a sandbox game is and sharing lessons learned from building the team's latest sandbox title,...
View ArticleSimtropolis Surpasses 600,000 Members!
Simtropolis has grown by over 100k members in the last 10 months! Is a lot of this growth due to SimCity (2013), or perhaps due to a SimCity 4 resurgence post-SimCity (2013)? Perhaps both! I wonder if...
View ArticleWhat SimCity Teaches Us About Real Cities of the Future
Does Sim City have the capability of teaching us about real cities in the 21st Century? This article touches on some important key points about how Sim City paralells real life city planning and...
View ArticleEA Wants to Stop Being 'Hated'
"Can a computer make you cry?" It's 30 years since video games giant Electronic Arts ran an advert asking that question, adding that it believed the medium had the potential to "bring people's thoughts...
View ArticleSimCity Pacing
Hello, SimCity fans! My name is Jason Halvorson and I’m a gameplay scripter here at Maxis. In this blog I’d like to share one of my strategies when developing a city. One of the more crucial stages in...
View ArticleMay Member of the Month Awards
And here they are! Announcing this month's Member of the Month winners. Stop by and show them we appreciate their efforts. Thanks.
View ArticleSimCity Update 5 Coming
Update 5 is focused on improvements to Multiplayer and Multi-city Play• New: Historic Price charts for Global Market resources are available from the SimCity World button on the main menu.• New: The...
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