SimCity - Limited Edition PC Games

Released on 08-Mar-2013

• The Sims 4 confirmed

  A fourth entry in EA's top-selling Sims saga will release in 2014, it has been confirmed. The game will release in 2014 for PC and Mac. No console versions have been announced, but The Sims 3 soon found its way to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

  The game follows hot on the heels of the rebooted and always-online multiplayer Sim City, but while hinting at social sharing features, EA notably refers to The Sims 4 as a "single-player offline experience". The Sims 3 introduced connected suburbs and a shared online world where you and your friends could overlap your Sim towns. What else could be added for a fourth game? For now, EA isn't telling.

  "The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and soul of the Sims themselves, giving players a deeper connection with the most expressive, surprising and charming Sims ever," reads EA's announcement. "The Sims 4 encourages players to personalise their world with new and intuitive tools while offering them the ability to effortlessly share their creativity with friends and fans."

  Present for the announcement were specially selected Sims fans, drawn from the game's community. Not only did these Sims ambassadors get to hear the news first, but they'll be given "special access" to the development team over the next year.
  

  Published: 08/05/2013

• Portal, The Sims and Minecraft showcased by Museum of Modern Art

  New York's prestigious Museum of Modern Art has ended decades of debate by embracing video games as an artform worthy of permanent inclusion. Fourteen titles will be installed in the Philip Johnson Galleries from March next year, with the goal of expanding the collection to forty titles over time.

  Among the first games to be honoured are such classics as Pac-Man, Tetris and SimCity. More modern titles include SONY's bonkers roll-em-up Katamari Damacy, Valve's brilliant Portal and the wonderfully simple endless runner Canabalt. Nintendo's Animal Crossing and indie sensation Minecraft are among the games that will join the collection later.

  "Are video games art? They sure are," reads the museum press release. "The games are selected as outstanding examples of interaction design," the statement said. "Our criteria, therefore, emphasize not only the visual quality and aesthetic experience of each game, but also the many other aspects - from the elegance of the code to the design of the player's behaviour - that pertain to interaction design."
  

  Published: 30/11/2012

• SimCity building towards March 2013 release date

  EA has confirmed the European release date for SimCity, the upcoming reboot-slash-sequel to the legendary urban management game. It'll be here on March 8th.

  The game represents a fresh start for the venerable series, which was created way back in 1989 by Will Wright, who would go on to bring us The Sims. Developed using a new system known as GlassBox, the new SimCity aims to create a genuinely dynamic landscape for you to development.

  Key to this is the idea that rather than the visuals being abstract representations of statistics and data, the statistics and data will now come from the interactions of thousands of complex visual "agents". In other words, every car chugging down your streets will be an actual entity, with a destination, not just a moving dot placed there to look like traffic.

  The game will also be embracing multiplayer heavily, allowing you to build in the same region as your friends, and set up trade and tourism between your cities.

  It's shaping up to be a radical reinvention of a beloved classic, and will be here exclusively for PC from March 8th, 2013.

  Published: 25/10/2012

• SimCity reboot will be multiplayer 'from the ground up'

  The next SimCity game, which follows Tomb Raider's lead by simply rebooting itself with no sequel numbering, will require constant internet access, developer Maxis has confirmed. This is because the game was designed from the start to allow player's cities to exist alongside each other.

  "We really thought about this SimCity as multiplayer from the ground up," producer Kip Katsarelis explained in an online Q&A session with fans. "Cities are no longer in a bubble. You can play in a region with other cities, and there's a lot simulation that's going on between cities. You can play multiple cities or invite friends into your region and play with others. Things like power and water are shared across cities and you can purchase that power. You can share services like fire, education and garbage. You can also gift to one another, so money and resources you can create in your city, and you can also collaborate on great works."

  You'll also be able to build international airports, and collaborate with other players to create popular destinations for both trade and tourism. This is all made possible by SimCity World, a community network that will keep you updated on the progress made by friends in their cities. There'll be challenges as well, such as working together to create more jobs, or competing to reach milestones first.

  The all-new SimCity will be released for PC in February 2013.

  Published: 11/10/2012

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