IGN just posted a new SimCity Societies Trailer. Check it out, and discuss it in the forums.
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This may be a little late, but in some cases, late is better than never! Thanks to a tip from Dani McDowell, we’ve stumbled upon a SimCity Societies preview from E3 two weeks ago. WorldSims’ ManagerJosh managed to get a pass into E3, and was allowed to take a direct look at the game. Although [...]
Jul
26
This week, IGN’s regular top ten list features game designers and they put Will Wright in second place. IGN says of Will: “Wright is able to tap into common human interests and create some of the most compelling gameplay experiences around” Including our long time favorite SimCity series, Will’s latest game, Spore, also promises to [...]
Forumer The Monkeys Uncle says, “There’s a ton of new information coming from SimCity Societies at E3, from a half dozen different sources. There are several articles and even a few videos.” Here are his finds.
Electronic Arts posted a new About page for SimCity Societies on their website. It reveals some new information, like a building count and an online sharing feature.
Jun
27
According to IGN.com, SimCity for the Nintendo DS “plays like a metropolis, looks like the ghetto.” SimCity DS received a decent rating of seven out of ten for being “a solid recreation of the city builder, with all the management tools and addictive gameplay necessary to make a bustling metropolis.” However, the game was criticized [...]
EA was fearful of making a SimCity 4 clone, where they wanted to do something “completely different”. This, according to EA’s Rod Humble, was the reason for placing the project with Tilted Mill.
Our colleagues at GameVideos have posted an 18 minute 1Up video of SimCity Societies. The demo shows clearly that SimCity Societies is more focussed on Societies than on Sim(ulating) cities.
Following the news of EA’s splitting up, there was some discussion at SIMphoni about where the development of Simcity Societies would take place. News is now emerging that the game will actually be developed by EA Sims.
According to Gameworld Network, Electronic Arts, the leviathan that once gobbled up Maxis, has decided to split into four groups. Their names will be: EA Games, EA Sports, The Sims, and EA Casual Entertainment. According to GWN: “EA Games will be developing games such as Spore, Need for Speed, and Command and Conquer. EA Casual [...]
