Mark this date in your diary, May 28th. It's your Nan's birthday? Who cares, this is also the date that new DLC is coming to everyone's favorite flaky city building game SimCity. Mayors can now design and build an amusement park in their city that will increase tourism and create jobs.
We've been keenly eyeing SimCity for a while now, anxious to see Maxis return to the game that spawned the studio. The latest iteration is a lot more ambitious than previous games, not only blending Sims like statistics on a micro level, but larger intra-city possibilities on a macro level. All of this was actually birthed from looking at previous games and the isolationist experience they gave - which - in relation to the "real world" isn't so real after all.
It's been unclear exactly how friends can cooperate in the new Sim City, but we did know there was going to be a strong social aspect to the game. Now the latest developer diary for the game has revealed a great deal just how cooperative the reboot of the classic series is going to be - and frankly - it's incredibly impressive.
Originally slated in for February next year, there has been a slight delay in the SimCity launch. Don't untie those city planning shoes just yet, because SimCity is still headed our way next spring. EA has announced that SimCity will be released on March 5 in the US and March 8 in the UK for PC and Mac.
There's a new Sim City game coming next year and it's going to be bigger and more ambitious than any of the previous titles. Among the new features will be cooperative inter-city gameplay allowing players to work together to build bigger and better cities. The PC exclusive title expands on one of the oldest franchises in PC gaming, and from the looks of it, it's going to do it justice.
Electronic Arts just held their press conference this afternoon and there wasn't a ton of specific co-op titles to come out of the Orpheum Theatre. One game that was shown that we are clamouring for more information about is the new Sim City from Maxis. The game looks stunning and the new aethestic seems more designed than any of the previous titles, giving players a more tacticle feel than the usual dry user interface. No details were given on how players would interact with each other, but it looks as though there is some form of co-op in the upcoming city simulator.
The next Sim City game will launch in early 2013, according to an Electronic Arts earnings call with investors that took place yesterday. The publisher has now confirmed its launch for 'Q4 fiscal year 2013', which is real calendar time for January to March 2013.
A brand new Sim City is coming in 2013 from developer Maxis and it may be their most ambitious version of the game yet. I have pretty fond memories of playing Sim City 2000 in a hot seat co-op fashion growing up, but having some true co-op objectives based around a city building simulation sounds incredibily enticing. Similar to CitiesXL, the game will feature a large focus on social gameplay and building regions with friends, providing a persistent simulation that lasts over time.
