Maxis: ‘Yes’ — we could ‘have built a subset offline mode’ in SimCity
A modder revealed you can continue playing SimCity even when not connected to a server. Maxis responds.
EA’s Lucy Bradshaw acknowledges SimCity ‘stumbled out of the gate with our service’ (interview)
But she says the game servers can now meet demand and EA has learned valuable lessons.
The DeanBeat: It’s the community, stupid. Again.
Every company has to ask itself if its actions are good or bad for the gaming community.
EA says SimCity core server problems are ‘almost behind us’
Lucy Bradshaw, the general manager of the Maxis label at EA, has become a prolific blogger lately. She said in a post on Sunday that the core problems with getting into the always-connected single-player game are “almost behind us.”
EA improves SimCity online access with 40 times better server response times
Electronic Arts says twice as many people can play the city-building game at the same time now.
Admitting it was ‘dumb,’ EA adds SimCity servers and offers players a free game
EA has added servers and offered free games to help appease disgruntled SimCity players.
With $7.7M raised via crowdfunding, Chris Roberts makes his sci-fi game in the public eye (interview)
With $7.7 million raised and more on the way, Chris Roberts is well on his way to building his ambitious Star Citizen game.
EA DICE is porting Frostbite engine to Mac (Update)
How does Battlefield and Dragon Age for Mac sound? Count on it, because DICE is working to port the Frostbite game engine to OS X.
EA’s Origin service for Mac goes into alpha — coming in February [update]
Valve's Steam service and the Mac App Store must be trembling in fear right now.