Tips by Halby on Youtube
Mayor Halby has posted some good tips on Youtube that we thought were worth sharing. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video....
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SimCity Education + Master Planner Contest
Using SimCity to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics subjects in classrooms in my opinion is an interesting thought but how does it work in reality? Browsing the SimCity Edu site...
View ArticleCurrently in Development – SimCity fixes
As SimCity is not a perfect game yet, the people at Maxis are working hard to fix it and make it better. Yesterday they posted a list of fixes that are currently in development. The following fixes...
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Buy toothpaste, get the SimCity Attractions Set with five new buildings
Eh Really? I know that games are going towards product advertising in the games but this… I can believe ‘buy a lego set and get DLC’ sooner than Toothpaste?! I suppose we should be happy they promote...
View ArticleSimCity Update 2.0 Release April 22nd
The update we posted about previously will go live on Monday 22th of April at 9 PM BST / 10 PM CET. Servers will go down for 2 hours and I imagine this is per server so the total maintenance might take...
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SimCity Review – Entertaining for a While.
I want to love SimCity I really do, but for now it is entertaining for a while and I am in need of an expansion pack. I have played SimCity for roughly 200 hours which is good, most of this was during...
View ArticleUpdate 3.0 is Live
According to Bisco in our IRC Chat says its a great patch, the best one so far! • New: Added more Hotel models to increase hotel variety. • Traffic: Updated routing system to improve traffic. Routing...
View ArticleNew SimCity Blog – Back from the Brink
Has this happened to you? So what happened? Well, it’s elementary, actually – I had to move my university (which was responsible for the teaching my Sims the skills needed to run a nuclear power plant)...
View Article22nd of May GlassLab will unveil SimCityEDU
In a couple of weeks Glasslab will show off their Educational version of SimCity in a Google Hangout. I wonder what features from the game they removed and which they kept. If I was a teacher I would...
View ArticleThe Philosophy of SimCity: An Interview With the Game’s Lead Designer
Nice interview, gives us some background and talks in depth about inspiration for SimCity’s urban design. Nicola Twilley: I thought I’d start by asking what sorts of sources you used to get ideas for...
View ArticleSimCity Edu has been unveiled
Today there was a Google Hangout showing a little bit of SimCityEdu, the educational version of SimCity, and discussion about it. I am not a teacher [tried it, did not work out.] but even I can see...
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Simcity: Patch 4.0 Brings Goodies
Maxis released patch 4.0 yesterday to bring back core features that were disabled back in March to stabilize the servers. Mayors are happy to see the return of leaderboards, region filters, and the...
View ArticleHi, I’m Bisco
Hello, Mayors! My name is Bisco. I’m a new writer here at SimCity Platinum, and I’ll be working alongside Sww to bring you the latest SimCity information and news. I’ve been playing SimCity since I...
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SimCity Amusement Park is Almost Here
We knew it wouldn’t be long before Maxis starting rolling out DLC. Their first paid for content set, SimCity Amusement Park, is set to release on Origin May 28th. An official price hasn’t been...
View ArticleSimCity: Patch 5.0 Possibly Coming on June 11th
Patch 4.0 was just released on the 23rd of this month, but Mayors are already wondering what’s in store for the next big update. Senior producer of SimCity, Kip Katsarelis, stated on the official blog,...
View ArticleSimCity Tops the UK Charts
The UK trade association UKIE has released their first PC charts for digital download sales, and SimCity is sitting pretty on top. UKIE has released 5 charts for the month of March of 2013, and you can...
View ArticleSimCity Amusement Park Set Now Available
SimCity Amusement Park is finally here. You can buy it from origin.com or through the Origin client for $9.99 USD (£7.99 EU). Here is some information from the official Origin store, as well as a video...
View ArticleGCD 2013: SimCity Development
Dan Moskowitz gave a pretty nice presentation on the development of SimCity at GDC 2013. He briefly talks about how the GlassBox Engine works, and how it helped create the new SimCity reboot. The video...
View ArticleSimCity: Finalising Patch 5.0
Another Maxis team member has spoken up about patch 5.0 that’s going to drop after the Mac release of SimCity on June 11th. According to Maxisbazajaytee, we’ll see patch notes sometime next week....
View ArticlePlatinum SimCity: Share Your Creations With Us!
Hello, Mayors! I’m here to introduce our new Community Creations section of our blog. We want to share your screenshots, videos, and mods! There are a lot of creative people out there who are going...
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