SimCity
‘SimCity’: DRM is a failed dead-end strategy
0DigitalSpy have posted an article all about EA’s thoughts on the controversial and failed idea of DRM. “SimCity‘s internet requirements were not designed as a DRM measure.” That’s what Electronic Arts told DigitialSpy.
In regards to the new SimCity, they added – “(DRM) is a failed dead-end strategy”, according to EA’s Frank Gibeau. And that the always-on internet requirements were included to make SimCity a “multiplayer collaborative experience”.
“For the folks who have conspiracy theories about evil suits at EA forcing DRM down the throats of Maxis, that’s not the case at all.”
Read more: DigitalSpy.co.uk
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University Life & SimCity Hit!
0March 5, 2013
Today is the day when not just one, but two big games hit the shelves! The Sims 3 University Life Expansion Pack and SimCity! Obviously, this is only for our American counterparts, but the rest of us need not worry as this Friday we too will part take in city building hijinks and fraternity parties!
Will Wright and Ocean Quigley discuss SimCity and share memories
0I don’t know about you, but it’s so nice to see Will Wright again. He’s a great speaker and wonderful to listen to. It’s been too long…So here he is with Maxis’ Ocean Quigley discussing the new SimCity and sharing memories. It’s a great watch.
Maxis Announces Second SimCity Beta
0Can’t get enough of SimCity? Was a weekend not enough? Need more? Maxis have announced that there will be a second closed beta for SimCity during 16th-17th February. New codes will be required.
The team at Maxis is hard at work rebooting the king of city-simulation games, SimCity! We are extremely excited with our progress so far and would especially like to thank you the fans for your continued participation and support. We are humbled by your passion, it fuels us to work even harder to make the game we’ve been dreaming of, and deliver the SimCity you’ve always wanted.
SimCity Beta 25th January
0The SimCity beta is just around the corner (finally) and will offer you budding Mayors to be a chance to play a one hour segment of the game. Registration closes on January 20th, if you haven’t signed up already, then what are you waiting for?: SimCity Beta Sign Up
SimCity intro video revealed
0Want a look at what you’ll be seeing on your computer screen when you start up SimCity? Well here you go as Maxis has put it up on YouTube!
SimCity System Requirements
0SimCity has had a complete make-over, it’s website that is. The Official website for the game has been updated with a new design. Along with this Maxis also included the system requirements. They are a bit higher than I expected, but hey ho!
System Requirements
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or betterOperating System:
Windows XP/Vista/7RAM:
4GB RAMHard Drive:
10GB HD SpaceGraphics Card:
ATI Radeon HD 2×00 or better*
nVidia 7800 or better*
Intel Series 4 integrated graphics or better*Broadband Internet:
Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload*Minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better support.
Mac
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or betterOperating System:
Snow Leopard 10.6.4RAM:
4GB RAMHard Drive:
10GB HD SpaceGraphics Card:
NVIDIA 9400M/ Intel HD3000Broadband Internet:
Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps uploadRecommended Specs PC
Processor:
Intel Core i5 or fasterOperating System:
Windows 7RAM:
4GB RAMGraphics Card:
nVidia GTX 275 or better, or ATI 5850 or Better
SimCity – Multi-City Play Video
0Check out this new video for SimCity that Maxis have been teasing these last few days that focuses on the multi-city play feature. It comes with a press release too.
SIMCITY GOES MULTICITY IN NEW STRATEGY VIDEO
In October, Maxis debuted the first all-gameplay strategy video where Lead Designer Stone Librande gave you the first look at the inner workings of SimCity. You not only learned that roads are the foundation of a successful city, but you also learned the basic infrastructures needed to start growing a city. When Stone left off, he was just beginning to build out a tourism city using casinos. Today he’s back and he’s showing you some advanced strategies for growing his casino city using Multi-city play – one of the crowning achievements in SimCity.
With Multi-city play, you no longer need to provide all the required city infrastructures in one city. Build a police station and share your growing police force with the greater region. Have your friend build a fire station in a neighbouring city and soon you’ll see their fire trucks putting out flames in your city. Just like the world around you, neighbouring cities support each other through shared resources. These are just a few examples of the Multi-city play that you’ll see today in Stone’s gameplay strategy video.
Built from the ground up to be a fully connected experience, Multi-city play in SimCity gives you the option to choose how you play. When you login and pick a region, you can decide to claim all the cities for yourself, invite your friends into your region to play alongside you, invite anyone in and make new friends, or join someone else’s region.
What kind of region will you build? You’ll find out when SimCity launches on PC in March 2013.
High Quality SimCity Producer Diary Video
0A few weeks ago, there was a new producer diary for SimCity, featuring Creative Director Ocean Quigley, posted onto Amazon.com. EA have uploaded a higher quality version of the trailer to YouTube, so take a look!
SimCity seaside screenshot
1Time for a new screenshot from SimCity, this one by the sea. Again, this is from Facebook.
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