SimCity is set to hit stores in India today, and if you do happen to pick up a copy of the game, don’t expect it to be a smooth ride. The game requires you to always be online, with no offline mode available. While that sounds harsh enough in itself, …

Customer support says online issues do not count as 'exceptional circumstances'

European launch is hours away and server trouble continues to hinder players

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 …

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 …

Server crash leads to questions over publisher's switch to always online verification

80 per cent of people in the US and Europe are familiar with the SimCity brand, says EA. And more than 12 million people have played a version of SimCity within the last year. EA revealed these stats as it gears up to launchits first true SimCitysequel in ten years …

Exec to report directly to the publisher's new CEO Andrew Wilson

Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw has been promoted to senior vice president at Electronic Arts. Game Informer points to a SEC filing revealing the change as part of EA’s recent executive shuffle. Bradshaw was at the forefront of SimCity launch debacle, frequently updating players as to the status of the …

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