Maxis' 2013 reboot of the SimCity franchise will always be remembered for its disastrous launch more than anything else. But now, more than three years removed from that debacle, SimCity creative ...

SimCity is building its empire on mobile. EA Mobile’s SimCity BuildIt launched about six months ago on Dec. 16. Almost 40 million people worldwide have played it since then, EA Mobile vice president ...

SimCity is one of the greatest video game franchises of all time, if only because it demonstrates something important: Designing a city from scratch is very hard, and it’s impossible to make everyone ...

SimCity. There’s something powerful in Maxis’ decision to re-purpose the name of the inaugural game in its classic series for the freshly released reboot. It carries an implied declaration: this is ...

SimCity's requirement for an always-on Internet connection is backfiring, as the game servers are currently going up and down like a yo-yo. How quickly can EA solve this problem? Crave contributor ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. SimCity is a good game hobbled by its insistence on putting as many obstacles as it can between it and you. You can point to the ridiculous online ...

Maxis chief Lucy Bradshaw comes right out and says it: SimCity could have had an offline mode but it conflicted with the vision the developer had for the game. "So, could we have built a subset ...

After a first wave of highly favorable reviews, EA’s long-awaited SimCity proved unable to handle the load of players at launch, leaving them unable to connect. Though the company quickly began ...

The day Mariina Hallikainen received a communique detailing first day sales stats for Cities: Skylines, she was very happy. Most game genres have a progenitor, a "first" that sets the wheels in motion ...

When you begin a new game in SimCity, you have to place your city within the region and the world in which it's located. This facilitates better interaction with other cities, but comes with its share ...

Welcome to my fledgling city of Saillune. SimCity 3000 was the first computer game I ever bought for myself. Up until that point, I was happy with "borrowing" the games that my brothers bought and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Finally. After months of demands, the long-awaited Update 10 for SimCity has made the city-building simulation available for offline play. Still, it's ...