Jason Baker was studying political science at UC Davis when he got his hands on “SimCity.” He took a careful approach to the computer game. “I was not one of the players who enjoyed Godzilla running ...

The new SimCity moved aspects of simulation to the cloud to support region play and social features, Bradshaw said. That includes gifts between players, visual representations, the Global Market, ...

With the SimCity franchise approaching the quarter-century-old mark, developer Maxis decided it was time to refresh the series. Wired.co.uk wanted to know what goes into reconstructing the world's ...

The SimCity Box is a good value, so if for some reason you haven't tested your mayoral prowess in a SimCity title before, now's your chance. Ostensibly, this package includes five games, though that ...

SimCity. There’s something powerful in Maxis’ decision to re-purpose the name of the inaugural game in its classic series for the freshly released reboot. It carries an implied declaration: this is ...

Screenshot of our own SimCity (called, for reasons that made sense at the time, We Are The Champignons) after three hours of game play. A few weeks before the launch, Venue had the opportunity to play ...

SimCity is building its empire on mobile. EA Mobile’s SimCity BuildIt launched about six months ago on Dec. 16. Almost 40 million people worldwide have played it since then, EA Mobile vice president ...

Despite connection problems plaguing the opening days after launch, city-building simulation SimCity has sold more than 1.1 million copies, publisher Electronic Arts announced. More than half of those ...

Maxis chief Lucy Bradshaw comes right out and says it: SimCity could have had an offline mode but it conflicted with the vision the developer had for the game. "So, could we have built a subset ...

SimCity is a visually striking homage to a classic series that takes city building in bold new directions, but troubling business decisions and technical snafus spell trouble. Building a city is hard ...

SimCity's requirement for an always-on Internet connection is backfiring, as the game servers are currently going up and down like a yo-yo. How quickly can EA solve this problem? Crave contributor ...

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...