EA has quietly announced that it has shut down its Emeryville development studio. Gamastura noted a tweet from the designer of SimCity, Guillaume Pierre, that everyone from the studio was “out of a job”. In response, EA confirmed that the studio was being closed, but stated that Maxis franchises would…
Read MoreOn today’s wrap-up of all things newsy; we look at the glory of offline play in Sim City, live through Infinite Crisis as it enters open beta, sort through some Grey Goo, and see the turning of a new era as Bravely Default outsells classic Final Fantasy. SimCity Offline Play…
Read MoreBG’s news wrap returns to DDNet for 2014 with a look at some of the biggest news stories of this young year. On tap; SimCity goes offline, the big two (ahem) release their sales figures, Razer debuts the Nabu and Activision and Marvel Comics part ways. SimCity offline mode has…
Read MoreEditor’s note: For reasons that the entire games industry is aware of, SimCity has had a controversial and very poorly executed launch. While we understand the frustration behind that launch and certainly agree that it was unacceptable on EA’s part, we also believe that as people might be reading this…
Read MoreI have never really been a fan of always-on online DRM. When I heard rumors that it was going to be used on the next generation of PlayStation and Xbox, I groaned. To me, this was a bigger concern than if the consoles would play used games. I disliked it…
Read MoreEA and Maxis’ SimCity ‘reboot’ is just out of its beta phase on the PC. From the latest batch of screenshots, it looks like the obsession is about to start all over again.The beta only gave players a few days to play around with the revamped and uber-detailed city simulator,…
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