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Despite the fact that SimCity is now working, the online games community continues to target it. Accusations of all sorts are being flung online, ranging from broken AI pathfinding to critical services bugs, but perhaps the most significant is the claim that EA has lied about the game’s dependency on …
Read More »Former Firemint devs shack up with new studio
Trio form Loveshack Entertainment and reveal debut project
Read More »Criterion hosting open day for aspiring game devs
UK studio challenges students to prove their hunger for a place in game development
Read More »SimCity problems are "almost behind us" says EA studio Maxis
Adding more and more servers to support the launch of its SimCity reboot appears to be helping EA turn a corner. A new statement from studio head Lucy Bradshaw says the core problem with getting in and having a great SimCity experience is almost behind us”. Although it might take …
Read More »Tomb Raider takes UK No.1 and is the biggest launch of 2013 so far
The rebooted Tomb Raider is the new UK No.1. Square Enix’s revamp of the long-running franchise has debuted at the top of the charts, and is also the biggest game launch of 2013 so far. It has comfortably doubled the week one sales of previous best seller Aliens: Colonial Marines. …
Read More »EA halts SimCity online advertising
Publisher 'temporarily' pauses promotion of troubled city-builder
Read More »Senior video games execs call for a more gay-friendly industry
Games representatives and social activists have called for an attitude of acceptance towards LGBT issues in the industry at an event in New York. As reported byGamasutra, senior staff from EA, Kixeye, the ESA and US politicians discussed the issues facing members of the LGBT community when it comes to …
Read More »Game execs call for acceptance of LGBT in games
EA, Kixeye, the ESA and others speak up on representation and diversity in the industry
Read More »SimCity launches smoothly in the UK; Amazon pulls digital game from sale in the US
After what has been a wretched start to life this week, SimCity has finally arrived in the UK – and everything’s fine! Gamers have been reporting a largely trouble-free time both downloading the game and logging into its servers ever since it went live at midnight. EA confirmed via Twitter …
Read More »Amazon posts SimCity warning
Server issues lead retailer to temporarily halt digital sales
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