SimCity Societies Goes Gold, Shipping November 21

October 31, 2007 5:14 PM

Tilted Mill Entertainment's SimCity Societies has gone gold and will retail for the PC November 21, publisher EA announced today. The game is the first major PC installment in the SimCity series that series creator Maxis hasn't developed.

The game strips away some of the more technical aspects of the SimCity series like zoning and setting up public works in favor of socially oriented constructs. And new kinds of resources called "social energies" gauge a city's industry, wealth, obedience, knowledge, devotion, and creativity, allowing gamers to use these resources to enhance their society's features.

For more information, check out longtime SimCity fan and Shacknews editor Nick Breckon's surprisingly optimistic preview of the title.

Carlos Bergfeld

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dahanese

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October 31, 2007 5:36 PM

i'm excited for this game. i love simcity and i have blind faith it will be good goddamnit.
- SilverSnake
  
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  October 31, 2007 5:59 PM
  
  After Sim City DS, I'm not so sure about this anymore. I'm going to try it out if I get a chance, but it's no insta-buy for me. :(
  - dahanese
    
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    October 31, 2007 8:38 PM
    
    you didn't like simcity ds? was it the one city limit? because i thought it was pretty nifty for a DS game.
    - SilverSnake
      
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      November 1, 2007 1:45 AM
      
      I felt the screen size was far too small to work with, Too cumbersome to build the large zones I want in Sim City and a bunch of small annoyances, like the visitors and stuff.
  - Sailor of Fortune
    
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    October 31, 2007 9:07 PM
    
    Sim City DS was much better than I expected. It reminded me a lot of the Sim City 2000 days but it had some stuff from the newer versions.