SimCity

In the wake of SimCity’s catastrophic launch, EA president Frank Gibeau has come forward to say something that none of us expected. Apparently, EA is anti-DRM. In other news, flying pigs have been spotted over Chicago and Hell has organized its first official snowball fight.

Are you upset with the current state of SimCity servers? Well, EA feels your pain. That’s why they are offering you a free Origin title, simply for putting up with the server issues during the game’s rocky launch period.

The saga of SimCity's troubled launch continues, but at least we're seeing a lot of communication from EA and Maxis. Lucy Bradshaw, head of Maxis, recently posted another update to provide answers in regard to the game's Always-Connected requirement.

SimCity has been the subject of gamer ire ever since its release, with fans vilifying the always-online feature of the game and the decision to make it integral to the gameplay. But now a modder has come out and revealed that the game can be played offline with a bit of tweaking.

SimCity hasn’t had the best launch in the world. Though issues have been clearing up in the past few days, the initial launch period plagued users with dropped connections and infinite loading times. It’s just a sad side-effect of an always-online game. However, new information reveals that this could have all been avoided since the online components of SimCity aren’t even necessary!

Lucy Bradshaw, head of Maxis, took control of SimCity's official Twitter handle to answer some burning questions from the gaming community.

It seemed like you couldn't go on any videogame news site every day this week without seeing something about SimCity and its launch troubles. Maxis and EA have taken steps to improve their customers' experiences and fix the issues plaguing the game's debut, but today Lucy Bradshaw, head of Maxis, will answer fan questions on Twitter regarding the game and its current state.

In an attempt to ease the pain of SimCity owners who have experienced server issues with their game, Electronic Arts and Maxis are offering them a free PC download from the EA archive on March 18th.

A few weeks ago, a rumor started circulating around the net about the possibility of a console port of the brand new SimCity game by EA. Unfortunately, it appears as if that’s all it was, a rumor.

Consumers who are exasperated over the connectivity issues of SimCity will not be offered refunds for their game, reports Polygon. A tweet today from Origin reminded SimCity fans that, "in general we do not offer refunds on digital download games."