1Up reports that a new SimCity Societies patch is being worked on by Tilted Mill and will be made available in the coming weeks. This will be the third patch for SimCity Societies. According to 1Up the new update will feature: A new disaster in the form of an Alien Attack An easier way to [...]
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Jan
13
Apparently coming off the release of SimCity for OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), Don Hopkins’ port of SimCity for Unix has been released as free, open-source software. To avoid copyright issues with EA, the game has been renamed “Micropolis“. For those of you who are into that type of thing, the Micropolis OLPC activity source [...]
Dec
21
Just in time for the holidays, the SimCity Societies team has released a new patch for the game. This second patch includes the new strategic modes SIMphoni reported on earlier this week, along with several other fixes. A complete list of updates follows below the cut.
Earlier on EA announced that they would release some news on the second patch for SCS this week. Although no release date for the second patch has been set as yet, details of it are emerging on the official SCS forums. It appears critique on SCS being too easy has been taken to heart: We are [...]
Rod Humble, head of EA’s The Sims Studio, sat down for an interview with CNET covering The Sims, with a few remarks on SimCity Societies. Humble says that the strategy on the development of SCS was similar to the one used with The Sims 2: Hey how can we broaden this? How can we make it [...]
Nov
17
A critique for the established SimCity fan base SimCity Societies is a fun and entertaining game, and can provide hours of computer-gaming enjoyment. Now, stop thinking of it as SimCity and that can continue to be the case. The fact is, Electronic Arts (EA) did not do this game any favors by lending the [...]
Gamespy in their review of SC:S note that the first patch for the game has been released. EA notes that the “day one” patch now available on its servers should smooth out any framerate issues The changelist as given by EA is as follows: 2 exclusive buildings & 2 terrain maps Improved install experience for [...]
Today November 13th marks the release of SimCity Societies for anyone living in North America. People in other parts of the world will have to wait a day or two longer. The first review of the final game has also appeared on Eurogamer (as opposed to a preview of the unfinished game). Thanks to our [...]
Nov
9
EA has given the One Laptop Per Child organisation the opportunity to pre-install SimCity Classic on their low-cost machines. The open ended nature of the SimCity series seems to fit perfectly with the vision of the OLPC: Our goal: To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves. OLPC wants children in [...]
The first Simcity: Societies newsletter has been released. It contains an interview with Rachel Bernstein, the Lead Producer of SC:S, on what kind of playing style suits her best. The newsletter also states that SC:S is now available for pre-ordering. Apparently pre-orderers will get a bonus: Order your copy at these retailers, and receive your [...]
