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Offline and Modding Coming to SimCity

Justin Reynolds

Typical modding rules apply, you have a non-commercial license to create to your heart’s content - for the most part. Add-ons, new content, modified UI, code, art, and footage are all fair game. It’s time to let your creativity run wild. There are of course rules, one of which being no cheating during multiplayer. Basically anything that harms the experience for other players is off limits. Mods also can’t infringe on copyrights of other intellectual property, and can’t be racist/sexist/abusive or down right mean in anyway. Modifying executable files (.com, .exe, .dll, etc.) is a no-go, and lastly EA can disable mods at any time.

SimCity Expansion Intro Vid Brings Robot Destruction

Justin Reynolds

The game’s intro shows, without much exaggeration, how many of the new technologies work together. Your Academy researches new technologies while alternative power sources fuel your city. The Maglev transports Sims around the city freeing up traffic on those old-fashioned roads. Most of the advanced tech in Cities of Tomorrow are based off of projects being researched today. It’s fun to get a glimpse, albeit a fictional one, of how the tech could improve a city.

SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow Launch Trailer is live

Taylor Killian

Take a look.

SimCity Expansion Brings You into the Future

Justin Reynolds

Players will have an Academy, which is the hub of all your research. From the Academy players can research multiple projects such as fusion power, sewage sanitation, waste reduction, and more. All of these projects will have an effect on your city; some projects might benefit transportation, such as the MagLev, while other can increase energy production and clean up pollution.

SimCity to Expand into the Future

Sam Tyler

The expansion pack will be coming to both PC and Mac and will provide all new elements for fans of the game to play with:

EA Launches Charitable 'Red Cross' DLC for SimCity

Justin Reynolds

The SimCity American Red Cross Disaster Relief Set is available now for $9.99/£7.99, and EA will be giving 80% of the proceeds (with a minimum of $100,000) to the Red Cross. In game, the Red Cross will provide significant support by assisting during disasters with relief tents that work with your city’s fire departments and hospitals. Each tent will produce 10 healthy Sims back into your city once the disaster has passed.

EA Announces August Release Date of SimCity's Mac Version

Christopher Metz

Recently, EA has announced that the Mac version of SimCity will be arriving this coming August 29th. Furthermore, it can be played cross-platform, so PC users can either jump into their cities online through Mac and/or vise-versa. Finally, those that already own the PC version of SimCity will be granted the Mac version via EA’s Origin automatically.

EA May Plan to Include an Offline Mode to SimCity in Future Expansions

Christopher Metz

Looking further into player feedback, EA seems to be (finally) taking an offline mode into consideration, among other things, for future expansions. A customer survey that appeared on Reddit requested player suggestions for new additions to the game, such as: farms, overpass and underpass roadways, faster building after disaster events, terraforming, and, most importantly, cooperative city construction with buddies and a Classic Mode! The Classic Mode portion described to allow SimCity players to “In offline or online mode, play a single, fully functioning city using cheats and unlocks that allow you to create your perfect city.”

Upcoming SimCity Patch 5.0 Will Deal With Lying Fire Advisors

Christopher Metz

The ongoing fixing of SimCity’s multiple problems at launch has received yet another in its long line of patching history. Patch 5.0 for the game will continue to do away with as many bugs as possible, with a special helping of weeding out dirty, lying fire advisors that don’t seem to care about your safety.

New SimCity Update 4.0 Adds More to Game

D.J. Waaland

The latest update to SimCity launched yesterday, and promises to change gameplay quite a bit. Unfortunately, there is no increase to the size of cities this time around. There is also no addition of offline mode. The update did bring many changes and additions to the game, however.

Roll Up, Roll Up, For the New SimCity DLC Information

Sam Tyler

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.

SimCity Patch 3.0 Detailed and Hopefully does not Destroy

Sam Tyler

The SimCity launch was the bumpiest ride I have been on since trying to chase a wheel of cheese down the side of a Gloucester hill. Patches have been and gone; some fixes made, but new bugs created. The game is more stable now, but fixes are still required. Therefore, hooray for Patch 3.0, the latest update that hopes to improve Traffic and Transit in particular.