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: In light of the AI wonkiness of the new SimCity, the same guy who accurately modeled his hometown's

In light of the AI wonkiness of the new SimCity, the same guy who accurately modeled his hometown's traffic problems during the SimCity Beta has made an attempt to do the same thing in SimCity 2000. The results are... pretty interesting.

gamasutra.com posted by Kotaku Apr 16 2013 00:00 GMT

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: If You're Still Mad About SimCity, At Least You Can Sign This Petition

#simcity Their message is clear: What happened with SimCity is not okay. More »

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 23 2013 20:00 GMT

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: The Opening Of Game of Thrones, Done In SimCity

#watchthis Everyone likes to talk about Game of Thrones. And everyone likes to talk about SimCity. So combining the two seems only logical, right? More »

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 20 2013 19:30 GMT

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: Your Complete Guide To The SimCity Disaster

#simcitydisasterwatch Misinformation. Server errors. Fan backlash. Since EA launched SimCity two weeks ago, the online city-builder has been nothing short of a catastrophe for everyone involved. More »...

news.ea.com posted by Kotaku Mar 18 2013 20:00 GMT

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: SimCity Buyers Get Free Copy Of Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Or One Of Six Other PC Games

#simcitydisasterwatch If you register a copy of SimCity by March 25, you get a free copy of one of eight PC games from EA's catalog, including Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3. More »

ea.com posted by Kotaku Mar 18 2013 16:25 GMT

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: Look At How *Advanced* These SimCity Citizens Are

#watchthis Oh, so this is what they meant when they said you could follow a Sim throughout their entire day. Either this is some awful AI, or the Sims are really just that effing boring. I lean toward the ...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 14 2013 18:30 GMT

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: Why SimCity Needs Subways

#simcity I live in New York City. Everyday I ride the subway to work; most people here do. I haven't owned a car in 10 years. I live the densest large city in America, one full of massive skyscrapers, imme...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 13 2013 22:00 GMT

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: With Simple AI Like This, Why Does SimCity Need Cloud Computing?

#simcity With more and more players able to connect to and consistently play SimCity now, they're seeing what GlassBox, the game's simulation engine, has to offer. GlassBox has been pitched as an enormously...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 13 2013 17:00 GMT

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: Rumor: Maxis insider claims SimCity servers not essential

Though EA's official stance on SimCity's persistent Internet connection has been that it's absolutely required for the core game to function, a report from Rock, Paper, Shotgun claims that is not the case. An inside source who asked to remain anonymous t...

rockpapershotgun.com posted by Joystiq Mar 13 2013 00:45 GMT

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: Rumor: SimCity's servers less necessary than EA claims

EA's official stance on SimCity's persistent Internet connection has been that it's absolutely required for the core game to function; however, a report from Rock, Paper, Shotgun claims that is not the case. An inside source that asked to remain anonymou...

rockpapershotgun.com posted by Joystiq Mar 13 2013 00:45 GMT

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: SimCity's Menu Music: A Lovely Composition That I Never, Ever Want To Hear Again

#simcity It's hard not to feel a little bit sorry for SimCity's menu music. The jaunty theme plays every time I start (or attempt to start) the game. It accompanies the loading window that precedes the gam...

christilton.com posted by Kotaku Mar 12 2013 23:00 GMT

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: My SimCity City Thrived Offline For 19 Minutes

#simcity I ran a test yesterday. I loaded the always-online SimCity—the game that EA says just can't be easily made to run offline—and then pulled the proverbial cord. More »

ip-lookup.net posted by Kotaku Mar 12 2013 17:00 GMT

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: SimCity Needs An 'Undo' Button

#simcity No, I'm not making a joke about how SimCity's makers doubtless wish they could hit "undo" on last week's embarrassing, disastrous launch. (Though I don't doubt that's the case.) I'm saying I think ...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 11 2013 23:00 GMT

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: NMA summarizes SimCity woes, sort of

The SimCity servers may still be having problems, but good news: NMA's video rendering servers are working just fine.

joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Mar 11 2013 20:00 GMT

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: The NMA Video About the SimCity Launch Disaster Goes from Funny to Cringeworthy in 39 Seconds

#simcitydisasterwatch NMA, the wacko Taiwanese animation studio, has become a kind of grim reaper in the world of Internet scandal. If you end up in an NMA video, it ain't good—although I am sure Fra...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 11 2013 15:05 GMT

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: SimCity Makers Say Crashes Dramatically Reduced, No 'All-Clear' Yet

#simcitydisasterwatch SimCity may have gotten more stable over the weekend as the game's creators at Maxis have added more servers, but the game isn't quite out of the woods yet. More »

ea.com posted by Kotaku Mar 11 2013 01:26 GMT

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: SimCity Gets Twice As Many People In The Game, "Improves Server Response Time By 40x"

#simcitydisasterwatch Providing a little more detail than was briefly offered yesterday in a series of Twitter exchanges, Maxis' Lucy Bradshaw has written a blog post outlining the progress that continues t...

simcity.com posted by Kotaku Mar 10 2013 05:47 GMT

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: SimCity Boss on Game's Failure: 'This is on Maxis. We Own It.'

#simcitydisasterwatch After fielding some 1900 questions in a 45-minute Twitter Q&A, Maxis, the maker of SimCity, directly answered about eight regarding the game, which has been inaccessible to many since ...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 09 2013 22:00 GMT

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: It Would Take 'Significant Engineering' to Make SimCity a Singleplayer Game

#simcitydisasterwatch Later this afternoon, Lucy Bradshaw, the general manager of SimCity maker Maxis, is going to take over the studio's official account to answer questions from gamers who, four days afte...

polygon.com posted by Kotaku Mar 09 2013 15:00 GMT

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: 'That Was Dumb': EA Says They'll Give A Free PC Game To Anyone Who Bought SimCity

#simcitydisasterwatch Anyone who bought SimCity will get a free video game, publisher EA said tonight. More »

ea.com posted by Kotaku Mar 09 2013 03:50 GMT

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: Rumor: EA asks SimCity affiliates to 'stop actively promoting the game'

polygon.com posted by Joystiq Mar 08 2013 23:00 GMT

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: The Many Ways We Didn't Get To Play SimCity This Week

#simcitydisasterwatch Looking back on this week's SimCity launch debacle, it isn't just remarkable that the game's servers failed, it's remarkable how many different ways they failed. More »

neogaf.com posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 22:00 GMT

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: Report: EA Suspends SimCity Marketing In Light Of Launch Disaster

#simcitydisasterwatch In light of SimCity's disastrous launch week, publisher Electronic Arts has suspended the marketing campaign for the game, according to an internal email obtained by Polygon. More �...

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 19:38 GMT

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: Now That SimCity Has Curved Roads, It Also Can Have...

#nsfw The city in the above image was created in the beta for the new SimCity and demonstrated that, as always, if gamers can draw some male genitalia into a game, they will. Really, they will. More » ...

esrb.org posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 17:30 GMT

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: They Want $250,000 To Make A DRM-Free Clone Of SimCity

#civitas A team of developers is looking to make a single-player city-building game that seems like the anti-SimCity—and they're asking for $250,000 on Kickstarter to make it happen. More » ...

kickstarter.com posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 15:40 GMT

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: Why South Korean Gamers Are So Pissed about SimCity

#simcitydisasterwatch Upset about the rocky SimCity rollout? Take heart. You are not alone. Gamers in South Korea are also not happy campers. But it's not just due to the inability to play. More » ...

news.naver.com posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 10:00 GMT

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: SimCity Makers Address Launch Fiasco, Vow To Continue Adding Servers Over The Weekend

#simcitydisasterwatch The head of the studio behind the troubled new SimCity told Kotaku today that efforts to solve the game's server woes will continue aggressively into the weekend. More »

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 01:55 GMT

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: NFL Punter Kicks The Crap Out Of EA And SimCity

#simcitydisasterwatch Everybody's sick of this SimCity disaster. Everybody! More »

t.co posted by Kotaku Mar 08 2013 01:09 GMT

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: No, EA Won't Ban You On Origin If You Ask For A Refund For SimCity

#origin Lately, a rumor has spread about how EA might ban users who request for refunds on SimCity. It's bunk. More »

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Mar 07 2013 22:10 GMT

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: Amazon Has Stopped Selling Digital Copies Of SimCity

#simcitydisasterwatch As the disastrous SimCity launch lurches toward the end of the week, it feels like it's been one catastrophe after another. More »

giantbomb.com posted by Kotaku Mar 07 2013 20:28 GMT

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