After the fiasco of Simcity's 2013 launch, Electronic Arts has merged what's left of its Maxis studio into EA Mobile as Senior VP Lucy Bradshaw leaves the company.
After almost an entire year of declaring online was crucial to SimCity's infrastructure, and that an offline mode would never be possible, EA and Maxis finally announced offline mode would be coming to the beleaguered game for free in the next update. What a mess.
The first full expansion for SimCity, Cities of Tomorrow, will be coming this fall. With it, you'll be able to travel to the future to create a new vision of your perfect city.
SimCity’s first major update will be dropping on April 22nd, officially upgrading the loved and hated city-simulation to version 2.0. The patch is set to address several things including traffic, tourism, game invitations, and more. It will also introduce a couple new features into the game, however, offline play is still not one of them.
The story behind SimCity just gets weirder and weirder. First, there were the numerous server issues that players had to contend with launch. Then, there was the first piece of downloadable content which was essentially just a Nissan ad. Now, players are being offered free DLC for… buying toothpaste? What the heck is happening with this game?
One of the biggest complaints about SimCity, outside of its numerous server issues, is the fact that you aren’t able to control the speed of the simulation. This feature, one of the key features of SimCity since the franchise first debuted, was one of the “non-critical” features that was disabled in order to handle the SimCity server load. Now, finally, the feature is coming back, allowing Sim fan