Electronic Arts be sending out a hotfix t' help improve the experience for beleaguered SimCity players. The fix includes some unspecified improvements 'n also disables a few "non-critical gameplay features," according t' a community manager on the EA seas. These features include leaderboards, achievements 'n region filters, with EA promising their removal will "in no way affect yer core gameplay experience."

SimCity has suffered from server issues since it launched earlier this week, with many players (including our own Alexander Sliwinski) unable t' connect t' the "always-on" required game 'n, thus, unable t' play. EA will be adding new servers over the next two days. The publisher recently expressed confidence that the international launch would not suffer the same problems.