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
Categories Posted inin Business Electronic Arts’ digital revenue will surpass physical game sales this year (infographic) Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2013 2 min Digital games are overtaking retail releases, and the effects are showing with one of the biggest publishers in the industry. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA: Rumor that we’re killing Dead Space is ‘patently false’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 5, 2013 1 min Rumors claim EA is killing the Dead Space franchise due to slumping sales of the third game. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA shuts down BioWare San Francisco Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 5, 2013 1 min The social and mobile game developer is no more. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Can’t download SimCity? You’re not alone (update) Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 5, 2013 1 min It's SimCity launch day, also known as "hell" in EA's server room. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business SimCity’s always-online functionality trips up the review process Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 4, 2013 2 min The new city-simulation game from developer Maxis requires a constant connection to the Internet and that's causing issues. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology A ‘big data’ experience revives the glory of SimCity (review) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2013 11 min SimCity is back with its best installment in years. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business Underneath Fuse’s brilliant combat system is a steep learning curve (preview) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes March 2, 2013 3 min Insomniac Games says it'll be the best four-player co-op shooter when it releases later this year. After overcoming Fuse's steep learning curve, I'm almost convinced that it may be right. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Crytek chief puts on his Warface and says why Crysis 3 for Wii U ‘had to die’ (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 1, 2013 10 min Crytek's Cevat Yerli says Warface will start the era of high-quality, free-to-play shooter games. Continue Reading 10 min