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European launch is hours away and server trouble continues to hinder players
Read More »Maxis: Our team won’t stop until SimCity is fixed
The team at SimCity developer Maxis has pledged that they won’t rest until the game is working correctly. At the time of writing connection problems are still blighting players in North America and Australia, and with the UK release just hours away gamers are rightly concerned about their chances of …
Read More »EA apologises after SimCity server issues
Server crash leads to questions over publisher's switch to always online verification
Read More »SimCity: Still playing God after 23 years on the market
Maxis is returning to the franchise that made it famous with the upcoming SimCity, the first full game in the series for ten years. The label’s general manager Lucy Bradshaw tells MCV why SimCity is still an industry heavyweight 23 years after it first appeared. Maxis as a video games …
Read More »Maxis opens new mobile studio in Finland
EA Playfish VP of global studios heads up Helsinki branch
Read More »EA sues Zynga for copyright infringement
The Ville has 'unmistakable resemblance' to The Sims Social, claims publishing giant
Read More »E3 2012: Sim City Social to launch this month
EA shows off new Facebook adaptation of classic city builder
Read More »EA: Sim City Social imminent
EA showed off a new Sim City game for Facebook at its E3 press conference today. The game is designed to pull in more users so that EA can ‘win back’ its city building crown. That means you, Zynga. The game is to be released this month. "It is a …
Read More »Maxis to release social game ‘by end of July’
PopCap and Playfish also developing casual titles
Read More »FAQ: Lucy Bradshaw
The Maxis senior VP gets the rapid-fire question treatment
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