SimCity Social launches on Facebook
Maxis and Electronic Arts have unleashed yet another way to find yourself mysteriously losing time on Facebook: SimCity Social
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Maxis and Electronic Arts have unleashed yet another way to find yourself mysteriously losing time on Facebook: SimCity Social
SimCity's E3 demo showed off a number of new features--big and small, including a look at the game's interesting online mode.
SimCity Social was announced today at EA's press conference, coming to Facebook in a few weeks.
EA has nailed down SimCity to February 2013, because the best Valentine's dates are founded on mutual spite for your needy civilian population.
SimCity will use always-online DRM, even for private, single-player matches, and won't support mod tools at launch.
Lead Producer Kip Katsarelis explores SimCity's multiplayer and connectivity and how changes in city design over the past decade influence the new game.
Multiplayer? Resources? Curvy roads? EA Maxis's latest city-builder has some surprises for you.
SimCity gameplay lead Dan Moskowitz talks about some details of the Glass Box engine running the upcoming title.
Multiplayer is just one aspect of SimCity's online functionality. The game is being "built from the groud up to support online," Maxis' Andrew Willmott said at a GDC panel.
A SimCity product page on Origin has spilled details on the multiplayer, Limited and Deluxe Editions, and the game's expected system requirements.