Categories Posted inin Business While SimCity stumbles: Kalypso discounts Tropico on Steam, and SimCity 2000 tops GOG charts Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 8, 2013 1 min The Tropico publisher is swooping in to capitalize on EA's errors. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA puts brakes on SimCity marketing campaign as servers continue to malfunction Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 8, 2013 1 min The publisher is suspending the city-building game's ad campaigns. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA backpedals on SimCity refunds Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 8, 2013 2 min EA slams the door on gamers demanding a refund. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: SimCity plagued by server issues, Ubisoft does not condone whaling Posted byby GamesBeat March 8, 2013 3 min This week, SimCity launches but suffers catastrophic sever issues, PETA claims Ubisoft is glorifying whaling in Assassin’s Creed IV, and Boy Scouts can now... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Maxis: It’s ‘fair’ that reviewers ‘punished’ SimCity for server issues Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 8, 2013 1 min An internal memo from Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw reveals some of the developer's feelings on the launch. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business SimCity server errors inspire a wave of memes (gallery) Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 3 min Unhappy gamers take to Photoshop and meme-making to express their displeasure with SimCity. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Amazon stops selling digital copies of SimCity as EA shuts off in-game features (update) Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 1 min EA turned off leaderboards, achievements, and the game's fastest speed setting. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business SimCity not working for you? 5 alternative city-building games Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 3 min If you're done with SimCity, we have some city-building alternatives that might have what it takes to fulfill your needs. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA addresses SimCity issues — bringing in more servers and disabling some features Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 2 min The game's always-online infrastructure is collapsing under high demand. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA closes SimCity servers for maintenance, and even the alert message is broken Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 6, 2013 1 min Electronic Arts is patching in an update to improve SimCity's servers, which are struggling under high demand. Continue Reading 1 min