Maxis
SimCity's servers will be going offline later tonight in anticipation of the update 2.0 patch. The game will be unavailable for about two hours at around 9 PM GMT later today, April 22.
A massive SimCity patch is set to drop on Monday, and Maxis is hoping that it will clear up many of the issues still plaguing the game. A post on the SimCity forums states that it will include "a number of top-requested bug fixes and improvements."
EA is putting in place the first update for SimCity on April 22 to fix several bugs.
Well over a month after the game's disastrous launch, EA has finally announced that "Cheetah Speed" will be making its way back into the game. Additionally, a new update will also be arriving soon.
As the SimCity debacle finally inches towards a close, EA has revealed the list of free titles it will be offering to owners of the game as an apology for the appalling lack of functionality over the past two weeks.
Lucy Bradshaw has gone on the EA Blog to declare the company has no interest in creating an offline mode for SimCity
The so-called "SimCity-gate" scandal continues, as a modder announces that he's successfully circumvented the game's "always on" DRM requirements.
An anonymous source within the Simcity camp believes Maxis could make an offline mode for the game.
Despite the major headache that has been SimCity's major connectivity issues, early reviews of the game have been fairly positive overall, although almost all of them cited the always-on features as the biggest negative.
Somehow, the grand fiasco that is the latest SimCity is stretching into a fourth day. A new online petition is now demanding that the "always on" DRM that came included with the game be removed.
The SimCity fiasco continues, as Electronic Arts continues to struggle to get the game's servers functional. Despite the constant assurances before and after the game launched that the company had things under control, the situation continues to worsen.
SimCity is off to a very rough start. Despite a constant stream of assurances that Origin could handle the "always online" features at launch, players are reporting continued outages as the game is released in more countries worldwide.
After nearly a decade since the last numbered entry, SimCity is finally back. The recently released game features a brand new engine, the GlassBox, which will allow for more interactive cities and more complex visual elements.
SimCity, previously referred to by fans as SimCity 5, is officially being released today. The game is technically the sixth major installment of the franchise and will see the implementation of a number of new features.
Concerns have been raised over the upcoming SimCity game, which will feature a much smaller city size than players have gotten in the past. Speaking with IncGamers last month however, Maxis' Ocean Quigley explained that it was a trade-off in favor of better performance on more computers.
