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It seems that the reincarnation of Final Fantasy XIV has proved a big success – although it has come at a cost. Square Enix has announced that it has halted digital sales of the game as it attempts to get to grip with the high server traffic that has resulted …
Read More »SimCity going offline ahead of Update 2.0 implementation
EA is taking SimCity offline – deliberately this time. The game will go offline for around two hours from 9pm tonight in order for dozens of fixes to be applied for many of the issues that have been irking players since launch. Here are the changes in full, as posted …
Read More »GDC 13: EA: DRM had nothing to do with SimCity
EA Labels boss says concept was led by devs, but admits it could have been communicated better
Read More »SWTOR’s Asia Pacific servers closing; Rise of the Hutt expansion dated
BioWare is to close down Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Asia Pacific servers and merge them with the North American servers. A specific timeframe for the closure has not yet been revealed, although it has been announced that Mastar Dar’Nala (PvP) will transfer to The Bastion (PvP), Gav Daragon (RP-PvE) …
Read More »Amazon posts SimCity warning
Server issues lead retailer to temporarily halt digital sales
Read More »SimCity server failure persists for EA
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 "aggressively undergoing server maintenance" to fix SimCity woes
The clock is ticking ahead of the UK launch of SimCity at midnight. The game has endured a torrid start to life so far thanks to a combination of always-on internet DRM and Origin server woes. The result has been multiple reports of gamers being locked out of the single-player …
Read More »EA apologises after SimCity server issues
Server crash leads to questions over publisher's switch to always online verification
Read More »EA promises a smooth UK launch for SimCity
The server woes that darkened SimCity’s US launch yesterday will not be repeated when the game hits the UK this Friday. That’s according to EA, which has vowed to correct the wrongs of yesterday’s mistakes by the end of the week. "We’re making changes to prevent further issues and are …
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