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SimCity is about to become FunCity with an upcoming DLC pack that Maxis has been working on. SimCity's first major content pack has been outed by Green Man Gaming. Titled Amusement Park Pack, the package will include an array of exciting  themes for your virtual citizens:  carousels, go karts, and presumably the smell of sweet and popcorn...

Game Designer Will Wright might be the creater of the SimCity franchise, but he hasn't worked on one since 1993. That doesn't mean he can't have an opinion on the controversial latest release, though. Will Wright understands why gamers have been upset with SimCity's DRM, and even predicted that its implementation would be a cause for concern...

Some of the most powerful PC rigs are scattered throughout various levels of hell. Why are they even there? Let's find out. AT COMIC: Eternally Online Also, I thought the imp would be a nice touch. Turns out I was right about that :)

When the clock strikes 1PM PST on Monday, April 22nd, patch 2.0 will be released for SimCity, with the servers going offline for a few hours before you can download the new update. Here's all the patch notes: What’s New Mayors Mansion: Mayors will now drive their fancy cars to work...

Free? Did someone say free!? Starting today you can download the first free DLC for SimCity. It's an electric car charging station, which is pretty cool since it adds unique—and quiet—electric cars to your city's traffic. It even has its own animations for when your population pulls up to charge...

This just in via EA Forums. It would appear that there's the devs of SimCity are preparing a version 2.0 patch for the city-building game, as confirmed by senior producer Kip Katsarelis. Here's the word: We've been heads down addressing the key issues we’re seeing reported from our community...

Gamers have been frustrated with DRM since its inception in 2008. Even then, developers have pursued it as a solution for their greatest enemy: piracy. But it hasn't paid off, and after two attempts at making it work leading to disaster, EA is willing to admit defeat...

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As an apology for all of the server issues, EA is giving away a free Origin game to SimCity owners. Anyone who has activated it already can expect an email starting today, which details how you can get your freebie. Since they are starting this country-by-country, it may take some time for your email to arrive, with the activation portal being available worldwide by March 22nd...

After the first two weeks of availability, EA has announced that SimCity sold more than 1.1 million copies, leading it to become the biggest launch in franchise history. Of those sales, 54% were done through digital download, with the rest at retail. Peter Moore...

For those of you who have jumped into the agonizing DRM-infested city-builder that is SimCity, here's the latest update from Maxis Live Operations Producer (thanks Blue), as the devs try to patch things up in what seems like one of the worst launches since Diablo 3's infamous Error 37 disaster:| Hello again...

Yeah, I was going to make a comic about the whole SimCity launch disaster, but now it seems almost impossible to top this. Or indeed this. Or this.

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So, anybody dared to plunge into the hideous agony that is SimCity? Oh and here's a certain fact that's quite interesting.

Despite EA increasing the server capacity for SimCity over the next few days, Amazon.com has stopped selling the digital version of the game, switching it to "Currently unavailable." A special note underneath the listing also says, "Many customers are having issues connecting to the "SimCity" servers...