Maxis' 2013 reboot of the SimCity franchise will always be remembered for its disastrous launch more than anything else. But now, more than three years removed from that debacle, SimCity creative ...
Eight months after the disastrous launch of "SimCity" that many irate players attributed to the game's nonsensical always-online requirement, publisher Electronic Arts and developer Maxis are now ...
The new SimCity is bustling like never before. You’ll notice the difference right away—unlike previous versions of the hit computer game, this one is actually ...
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The Museum of Modern Art’s inclusion of fourteen video games in their new “Applied Design” exhibition is a worthy, forward-thinking gesture, but as an exhibit it doesn’t quite work. To make any sense ...
GlassBox, Maxis' in-house engine, brings deeper intimacy to the 2013 SimCity reboot. The SimCity reboot set to release early next year has come a long way from the original 1989 SimCity. GlassBox, ...
The new SimCity moved aspects of simulation to the cloud to support region play and social features, Bradshaw said. That includes gifts between players, visual representations, the Global Market, ...
Ever since I was young, I've been playing SimCity. I first started playing the original version in the early Nineties, and then graduated to SimCity 2000. I then jumped ahead much later to SimCity 4, ...
A new expansion pack for the city simulation game surrounds players with futuristic technologies. But even in the future, one thing never changes: human nature. In SimCity designer Stone Librande’s ...
SimCity. There’s something powerful in Maxis’ decision to re-purpose the name of the inaugural game in its classic series for the freshly released reboot. It carries an implied declaration: this is ...
When you begin a new game in SimCity, you have to place your city within the region and the world in which it's located. This facilitates better interaction with other cities, but comes with its share ...
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Finally. After months of demands, the long-awaited Update 10 for SimCity has made the city-building simulation available for offline play. Still, it's ...